TV Show Review - After Life (Season 3)

Season: 3
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Number of episodes: 6
Year: 2022
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, David Bradley, Kerry Godliman, Ashley Jensen, Penelope Wilton, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Ethan Lawrence, Jo Hartley    

Description: After Tony’s (Ricky Gervais) wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude; taking his old world by storm.  

Review: “After Life” is one of the most beloved series on Netflix. I know it’s one of my personal favorites. And the third season from and featuring Ricky Gervais as the grieveing Tony does not disappoint at all.
Gervais tries to hardest thing with “After Life”: make a series about death that is also funny. The first season in particular succeeded wonderfully. We all laughed at one moment and felt tears roll down or cheeks the next.
In “After Life” Gervais plays Tony, a journalist for the local newspaper who has just lost his wife Lisa to cancer. For Tony, life doesn’t have to be after that. He’s unkind to everyone he meets and would prefer to die as soon as possible too. The only thing that stops him is his dog Brandy.
Over the seasons, through people who come his way, he comes to repentance. He finds a little more happiness each day. He helps others and finds meaning again. And all this without losing his morbid and hard-hitting sense of humor.
This was also the case in season 2 and the third season is pretty much a repeat of what we saw in the second series. But that does not take away from the fact that as a viewer you often laugh and cry at the same time. And that remains extremely clever. “After Life” is still a warm blanket that you want to wrap around you when life is not so great. Because there is always hope.
Even though it’s a repetition of movies, the final season focuses on side characters as well. With that “After Life” remains a series to love, mainly thanks to the great writing by Ricky Gervais and his excellent humor.