Season two begins in a similar way to season one. Tony is struggling with everyday life and confesses that he feels sad all the time. It turns out that he didn’t pursue things further with the nurse and he is still a jerk to the people around him. The only time he seems truly happy is when he is watching old home videos of his deceased wife. These moments are touching and effective but offer nothing that we hadn’t already seen in season one.

On the plus side, we get to see more of Joe Wilkinson as a postman named Pat and Roisin Conaty as Daphne. The moments the show moves beyond Tony’s grief and onto their budding relationship are more entertaining, although begrudgingly predictable.

Worse still, the female side characters in season two are given unforgivably disappointing dialogue. In one scene, Tony’s colleague Sandy makes him promise to save the paper, just because she quite likes working there. In another, Matt’s ex-wife decides to go out with Matt just because another woman, Kath, is showing interest.  Kath spends the season pining after Matt, failing to pick up any social cues. Her only genuine moments are when she is bonding with Tony about the death of his wife. 

You know things are bad when the best comic relief character is a drunk therapist obsessed with downing pints with his mates and chasing after women. It’s cringy to watch but somehow still better than watching Tony’s terrible office banter with his poorly-written colleagues.

The ending of season two is touching but given the state of the rest of the series, Gervais would have been better off concluding the series with season one.

2/5

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Gervais announced the news via a post on Twitter.

“Thanks again for all the love for #AfterLife,” Gervais wrote. “I have never had a reaction like this. The reviews have been great but the response from viewers has been f***ing amazing. And that means so much more to me. You are the best fans in the world. Oh, and I’ve started writing series 2.”

The first season of After Life premiered on Netflix in early March with all six episodes being available for streaming at once. The show starred Gervais as Tony, a man who struggles to cope with the death of his wife. After a failed attempt at suicide, he decides to change his approach to the world and starts saying a doing whatever he likes.  The cast list also includes Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Mandeep Dhillon, and Ashley Jensen.

Although it was previously believed that After Life will have a limited run and conclude after season one, acclaim from audience and the critics obviously encouraged Netflix to order more episodes.

The post Ricky Gervais Confirms After Life Season 2 is in the Works appeared first on Entertainment For Us.

Season two begins in a similar way to season one. Tony is struggling with everyday life and confesses that he feels sad all the time. It turns out that he didn’t pursue things further with the nurse and he is still a jerk to the people around him. The only time he seems truly happy is when he is watching old home videos of his deceased wife. These moments are touching and effective but offer nothing that we hadn’t already seen in season one.

On the plus side, we get to see more of Joe Wilkinson as a postman named Pat and Roisin Conaty as Daphne. The moments the show moves beyond Tony’s grief and onto their budding relationship are more entertaining, although begrudgingly predictable.

Worse still, the female side characters in season two are given unforgivably disappointing dialogue. In one scene, Tony’s colleague Sandy makes him promise to save the paper, just because she quite likes working there. In another, Matt’s ex-wife decides to go out with Matt just because another woman, Kath, is showing interest.  Kath spends the season pining after Matt, failing to pick up any social cues. Her only genuine moments are when she is bonding with Tony about the death of his wife. 

You know things are bad when the best comic relief character is a drunk therapist obsessed with downing pints with his mates and chasing after women. It’s cringy to watch but somehow still better than watching Tony’s terrible office banter with his poorly-written colleagues.

The ending of season two is touching but given the state of the rest of the series, Gervais would have been better off concluding the series with season one.

2/5

The post “After Life” Season 2 Shouldn’t Have Been Made appeared first on Entertainment For Us.

Gervais announced the news via a post on Twitter.

“Thanks again for all the love for #AfterLife,” Gervais wrote. “I have never had a reaction like this. The reviews have been great but the response from viewers has been f***ing amazing. And that means so much more to me. You are the best fans in the world. Oh, and I’ve started writing series 2.”

The first season of After Life premiered on Netflix in early March with all six episodes being available for streaming at once. The show starred Gervais as Tony, a man who struggles to cope with the death of his wife. After a failed attempt at suicide, he decides to change his approach to the world and starts saying a doing whatever he likes.  The cast list also includes Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Mandeep Dhillon, and Ashley Jensen.

Although it was previously believed that After Life will have a limited run and conclude after season one, acclaim from audience and the critics obviously encouraged Netflix to order more episodes.

The post Ricky Gervais Confirms After Life Season 2 is in the Works appeared first on Entertainment For Us.