Afterlife
 

Ricky Gervais's new, dark comedy series, "Afterlife" starts on Netflix at 8am in the morning UK time. 3am New York time and midnight, LA time.

Ta, Alfie, you're a doll for reminding us :hee:

Anybody started watching yet?

I'm gonna start tonight, when I get home from rugby.

Omg... I just about died laughing in episode 5...

And for the bread I use my own vaginal yeast...

No. No. Nononono. That is not a thing lol

That was a funny scene with the rice pudding made out of breast milk, and him boking when his mate was guzzling it down.

Overall, it was OK but The Office is still his best work.

Maybe,
It had lots of office undertones. Working at a newspaper company... a job that is a dying industry. Humour very similar obviously.

I did like it better than Derek... or really any of his most recent works.
I really enjoyed it !

Watched the first episode and it was just... a bit too heavy on the insults and unnecessary attacks of every random character. Felt more of a chore to watch than anything moving/comedic. I do love the cast, though, so will watch the rest at some point... just didn't grab me in any way like some of Gervais' other work. I see he's gone for another Derek route: focusing more on the seriousness of it all than any of the...comedy.

Like I didn't see any point of spending so much on scenes with him lambasting that newspaper delivery guy, or the postman, or his colleague, or the guy who told him off for not leashing his dog. It was very one-note and felt like padding for time. Could understand if it was funny, but everyone was just a fat **** or a fat twat. :shrug:

Only laugh in the episode was his comeback to the ginger kid calling him a paedo.

Watched the first episode and I really liked it

we watched 3 eps back to back last night and loved it

"Freddie Mercurys tooth" :laugh2:

That's the point of the character. He's grieving, angry and suicidal, and not having a care for anything or anyone, anymore.

Brian: "Not everyone's fingered Jackie Collins"

Ricky: "have you?"

Brian: No"

:joker:

:joker:

Finished it all, loved it. It was hilarious and sad at the same time

Watched the first one today, thought it was hilarious but very sad at points too

Finished it. I did grow to like it but I had one main problem with the show and that was its treatment of Julian.



Adored Daphne, the cemetery-bench widow, and good old Lenny though. And the dad scenes :love:

You didn't cry did you, Matthew?

I like a bit of pathos in comedies, but I don't like comedy writers that go out their way to deliberately make you cry. It is a comedy after all, and the point is to make you laugh.

Just watched last 3. Was in tears through last episode - literally what I went through with my dad. Brilliant series, just brilliant

This is depressing as ****. :umm2:

Put episode 1 on for a laugh and it's putting me in a stinking mood. :(

It's dark humour. Poignant

I love dark humour, this is just bleak.

Me at the KIK chat.

I loved this so I'm glad it's been renewed

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It's been renewed for a second (6-part) season, which'll air in 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47812290