Beautiful and so real. Ricky's acting is so underappreciated. The last scene on the couch had the tears streaming. So powerful
30 Reviews
Ricky master of emotion and comedy
Seanny9325 April 2020
Ricky gervais . Ricky gervais . Ricky gervais
hassan-1720326 April 2020
Ricky gervais is a genius ! What a performance and what a series . He makes you cry then suddenly you laugh . Everyone who wanna make a dark comedy watch after life .
He is not just a good actor , he wrote and directed the show too . Thanks for this masterpiece
Superb performance from the secondary characters too . What a season 👏
He is not just a good actor , he wrote and directed the show too . Thanks for this masterpiece
Superb performance from the secondary characters too . What a season 👏
Did not disappoint
petemitch24 April 2020
Series one was so good I was wondering if Ricky could keep it up with series two, he did not disappoint with his show about bereavement and loss interspersed with some comic genius that had me crying with laughter one minute and sadness the next, loved the way the characters were developed sympathetically.
Superb !!
Vindelander24 April 2020
Building on Series 1 the stories of the characters are cleverly developed into the finale. Nothing is predictable with Gervais' writing but it is all beautifully done. A fine mixture of sadness, foul language, humour and hope blend to make this one of the best series I've seen
The cast and storyline are both outstanding. What a talent spotter Gervais is
The cast and storyline are both outstanding. What a talent spotter Gervais is
Life in 3 words: It Goes On
hugomerckx29 April 2020
Very good season finale of a very good second season of a very good series. Ricky Gervais is truly an amazing talent. The writing is superb, the humor great, the directing very good and the acting is amazing.
Very emotional.
It's a good ending for the show in my opinion, but I wouldn't mind a third season. Looking forward to more work by Gervais
Very emotional.
It's a good ending for the show in my opinion, but I wouldn't mind a third season. Looking forward to more work by Gervais
Absolute Genius!
matt-285526 April 2020
This is by far the best series I have ever watched. Every second of dialogue is perfectly placed. It takes you on an emotional roller coaster and by the end of watching the Second series I am exhausted.
This is British TV at its very best. I do not think we will see anything this good for a long time.
This is British TV at its very best. I do not think we will see anything this good for a long time.
Emotional Explosion
AdelinoBaptista26 April 2020
This serie is so unique, it haves a little of all, the power that a dog can do in your life, the stigma with social life and having to follow other people's "train" and goals, people mentally vulnerable, the number one invisible enemy of humans (cancer), the lost of family, and grumpy people, suicide, the lack of emphaty and the things we should have said it and we didn't but i guess that's how life is, i should have done that done that, said that but we didn't ... It is what it is. the bit of humor and more. And this episode is a perfect demonstration THAT LIFE IS A HUGE ROLLER COASTER. So be happy, say and do more good things, be more altruistic and have more empathy, CAUSE ALL WE HAVE IS NOW.
Curse you, Gervais! You made my cry!
DVD_Connoisseur25 April 2020
A truly emotional finale to a pitch perfect second season.
I love "After Life", it's simply a beautiful show. A solid script and a wonderfully talented cast make this unmissable viewing. I ended up devouring the whole of this season in two viewings.
10 out of 10. Bless you, Ricky. This is life affirming television.
I love "After Life", it's simply a beautiful show. A solid script and a wonderfully talented cast make this unmissable viewing. I ended up devouring the whole of this season in two viewings.
10 out of 10. Bless you, Ricky. This is life affirming television.
The Widow and the Magnate
chris-8335911 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Here be spoilers.....
For a Brit of a certain age, with a keen interest in UK TV history, this episode, more than the others had me crying tears of joy (between the real tears as I told my wife of 25 years that I love her).
It's Paul and Ann. Paul and Ann walking away into the sunset, talking and laughing as if Martin Bryce was in the ground. (Ever Decreasing Circles 1984). Genius. It might pass many by, but to me it is the beautiful end to unrequited love. Like Ria and Leonard in Butterflies but better. Leave on a high, and this series did, the last two scenes of episode 6 are dynamite. Pure tension, laughs, tears and love. It's a shame some reviews on the main After Life page don't get it, but it really is your loss. But really don't listen to a 20 something from the US with zero life experience. Watch, Laugh. Cry. You will do both in equal measure. Maybe more crying if you have ever truly loved before. Maybe more laughing if that joy is still to befall you. Congratulations Ricky, After Life is pushing hard to find pride of place on your epitaph, which hopefully will not be written for many long years. Well done.
It's Paul and Ann. Paul and Ann walking away into the sunset, talking and laughing as if Martin Bryce was in the ground. (Ever Decreasing Circles 1984). Genius. It might pass many by, but to me it is the beautiful end to unrequited love. Like Ria and Leonard in Butterflies but better. Leave on a high, and this series did, the last two scenes of episode 6 are dynamite. Pure tension, laughs, tears and love. It's a shame some reviews on the main After Life page don't get it, but it really is your loss. But really don't listen to a 20 something from the US with zero life experience. Watch, Laugh. Cry. You will do both in equal measure. Maybe more crying if you have ever truly loved before. Maybe more laughing if that joy is still to befall you. Congratulations Ricky, After Life is pushing hard to find pride of place on your epitaph, which hopefully will not be written for many long years. Well done.
Brilliant
dougalwall2 May 2020
Cried & Laughed at the same time unbelievable Ricky Gervais is a genius I heard my father crack up watching it laughing so hard and yet recognizing all those feelings of sadness too. Just pure Genius everyone in Dublin Loving this. Well done Ricky on another Masterpiece 👍
So beautiful and sad.
Jemae16 May 2020
Ricky Gervais does it again with another wonderful season of Afterlife. This episode in particular was so emotional.
By this episode you can see the character development in Tony, he's changing for the better and helping others (which is usually the message in most of his projects).
It was a great ending the the season but I really wish there were more episodes. Hopefully Ricky does write a third season as I believe it would be interesting to see by then, how much Tony really has changed. I'm excited as I read his tweet saying Netflix want another season, so fingers crossed.
It was a great ending the the season but I really wish there were more episodes. Hopefully Ricky does write a third season as I believe it would be interesting to see by then, how much Tony really has changed. I'm excited as I read his tweet saying Netflix want another season, so fingers crossed.
Episode 206
bobcobb3012 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The show is repetitive, but it just comes off as authentic and always gets the message across it is trying to.
Tony nearly killing himself had me on the edge of my seat, I was just as nervous as the dog was, but glad we got a somewhat happy ending instead.
Tony nearly killing himself had me on the edge of my seat, I was just as nervous as the dog was, but glad we got a somewhat happy ending instead.
Slowly sinking
mb-904-28386110 May 2020
The second season starts well, with the perfect mix of black humour, hilarious and sad moments like the best episodes of season one.
Unfortunately, shortly thereafter the downward spiral begins sinking the whole show one episode after the other, to reach the lowest point at the very end - with repetitive, plain dullness.
It seems that the brilliant Ricky has a sad hangover, this time.
It goes on
Calicodreamin3 November 2020
AMAZING SHOW
dollfacecrafter13 May 2020
Season Two Review
southdavid13 May 2020
I wasn't quite as vociferous with my praise for the first season of "After Life" as some others were. It's not that I didn't think it was good, it was that I didn't think it was quite the show it thought it was. It acted like Gervais' character was let free of the social norms to say the things we all think, but are too polite to say . . . but he didn't really do that, just was a bit mean to a couple of people a couple of times. Anyway, shorn of trying to be that concept, I liked the second season more than the first.
Tony's (Ricky Gervais) relationship with this fathers nurse Emma (Ashley Jensen) hasn't progressed very far, as Tony remains grief stricken about his late wife. Though Emma is accepting that this the the stage of life that he's at, the lack of an anticipatable future is something that she can't live with. Meanwhile, Matt (Tom Basden) Tony's boss and brother-in-law, has relationship troubles of his own and goes to the psychiatrist (Paul Kaye) for help.
This season, even more so than I remember from the first run, doubles down on the maudlin but valid expression of lost that Tony is going through. I find myself wondering a lot of the time where this level of processing grief comes form with Ricky Gervais, it's so deep and so specific. Tony talks about it all the time, but it's often undercut by a funny and foul mouthed diatribe from someone else in the cast. A highlight b-story is the relationship between Joe Wilkinson's Postman and Roisin Conaty's sex worker, but all the cast are given their moments to shine. I could do without Paul Kaye's character though, if it comes back for a third season. I know he's supposed to be awful but justifications for keeping him in the plot have run out.
It's a wonderful treatise on the longstanding effects of grief and loss, and it's a comedy with at least one laugh out loud moment in each episode.
Tony's (Ricky Gervais) relationship with this fathers nurse Emma (Ashley Jensen) hasn't progressed very far, as Tony remains grief stricken about his late wife. Though Emma is accepting that this the the stage of life that he's at, the lack of an anticipatable future is something that she can't live with. Meanwhile, Matt (Tom Basden) Tony's boss and brother-in-law, has relationship troubles of his own and goes to the psychiatrist (Paul Kaye) for help.
This season, even more so than I remember from the first run, doubles down on the maudlin but valid expression of lost that Tony is going through. I find myself wondering a lot of the time where this level of processing grief comes form with Ricky Gervais, it's so deep and so specific. Tony talks about it all the time, but it's often undercut by a funny and foul mouthed diatribe from someone else in the cast. A highlight b-story is the relationship between Joe Wilkinson's Postman and Roisin Conaty's sex worker, but all the cast are given their moments to shine. I could do without Paul Kaye's character though, if it comes back for a third season. I know he's supposed to be awful but justifications for keeping him in the plot have run out.
It's a wonderful treatise on the longstanding effects of grief and loss, and it's a comedy with at least one laugh out loud moment in each episode.
Instant classic
dholdcroft28 April 2020
Wow. I never write these but for this series I just had to. Perfect writing and fantastic acting pulls on heart strings 1 minute then has u aching with laughter the next, just like real life to be honest. Ricky Gervais Is utterly fantastic in this which I think is my favourite roll by him and as an extras and office fan it is a big statement. The rest of the cast were brilliant also.the linking of all the plot threads and story's was very satisfying and the ending is very fitting for the series. I unlike alot of people wouldn't want another season as much as I'd love to see it all again and see how all the characters progress etc I think it ended perfect and where do u go after perfection. Well done Ricky and all cast members it put a big smile on my face in very difficult times. Amazing
Season 2 is downright awesome
iamkeysersoze-1322824 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Whilst not as good as season 1, After Life is a great continuation to an awesome show.
Ricky Gervais does carry this show. He does deliver his best work in this show. Not only as an actor but as writer and director as well. Everyone is great in this show as they were in season 1.
The tone is perfect. Combining the comedy and tragedy really well. The comedy isn't as perfect in this season but it really does deliver most times. It also proves my point that British comedy is always better than American comedy.
It's more or less the same kind of story from season 1, just with further development to the characters. It works 90% of the time. For a show that I didn't think needed a second season, it really did surprise me
Nothing feels forced about the tragedy. It feels natural and authentic. The comedy doesn't try to be hard to be funny, which is also a bonus. The finale was seriously amazing. It was actually sad.
One of my favourite things about the show is when Lenny, Tony and Sandy visit people for the news articles. That's genuinely comedy gold.
Overall it's not as great as the first season but it still delivers. Ricky Gervais is great here and I can't wait for Season 3.
Ricky Gervais does carry this show. He does deliver his best work in this show. Not only as an actor but as writer and director as well. Everyone is great in this show as they were in season 1.
The tone is perfect. Combining the comedy and tragedy really well. The comedy isn't as perfect in this season but it really does deliver most times. It also proves my point that British comedy is always better than American comedy.
It's more or less the same kind of story from season 1, just with further development to the characters. It works 90% of the time. For a show that I didn't think needed a second season, it really did surprise me
Nothing feels forced about the tragedy. It feels natural and authentic. The comedy doesn't try to be hard to be funny, which is also a bonus. The finale was seriously amazing. It was actually sad.
One of my favourite things about the show is when Lenny, Tony and Sandy visit people for the news articles. That's genuinely comedy gold.
Overall it's not as great as the first season but it still delivers. Ricky Gervais is great here and I can't wait for Season 3.
eight year old girl
mbocquet-0406125 April 2020
Got to be willing to go with it
mister_taf24 November 2021
The psychiatrist
osamaromoh25 April 2020
Painful, but not in how Gervais would probably want it.
Rob-O-Cop9 July 2020
Series 2 was a struggle to get through. The first series wasn't anything to write home about but it was the first look at this set up and passed quick enough, but this series seemed to drag and overstayed its welcome by a country mile.
Paul Kaye's Psychiatrist hammered his point over and over in repetitive monotone monotony, Gervais wrote himself as the loveable Arseh0le again, delivering nasty lines but making it all ok cos he writes Sandy to smile at his lines so they must be ok, cos she gets the joke and knows he's really a nice guy under the relentless insults.
Really it was a tired and tiring experience. The off jokes really were just off, and not clever or edgy.
Eff me
okluge-738383 January 2022
Some of the most powerful I've seen. The entire series is phenomenal, but this episode is above and beyond. By the time the outro song plays it's incredibly hard not to be in tears.
Absolutely brilliant stuff. Ricky Gervais is an absolute legend. Love that bloke.
Absolutely brilliant stuff. Ricky Gervais is an absolute legend. Love that bloke.
Good night.
cybllica13 January 2021
It was so powerful and heartbreaking. The last scene broke me into tears. I don't know whether or not I can go back to normal, it's changed me somehow. "The time invites you." I'm soo glad to watch. The song entitled "silence" is amazing, thanks for this.
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