Ricky is so underrated as an actor. He is so real and convincing when he plays this character Tony, you really believe that he’s actually going through this.
Jm I just think that when everyone hears the name “Ricky Gervais” they automatically think comedy because that’s what he’s always done., but he’s certainly surprised me with Afterlife and Afterlife 2 .
I believe that, in time, After Life will be seen as a really important piece of work. Not just as a triumph for Ricky Gervais, but as a masterful description of human nature as applied to loss and grief. This will become compulsory viewing for students of life. Thank you for the gift that this series has given us all, Ricky.
This series is amazing. I don’t care what people say if they like it or not, it doesn’t matter. It’s Real, its heartbreaking and puts your heart together again. Bravo!
This series has meant so much to me Ricky, it’s helped me tremendously, I lost my dear husband last August 2021, after 64 years marriage, he’s been my whole life, so now at 80 years old I have to find a new life, there’s such a void in my life now, that can never ever be filled without him, but from this I have realised just how many angels I have in my life, not with wings, but real people, a huge thank you 😊
This show has managed to express much of what I was experiencing and still do experience these days. After loosing my son Sheldon in 1999 I couldn’t imagine being happy about anything ever again. But I have felt happiness again...it’s just a happiness coupled with a longing to share it with my beautiful son.
This is classic BRITISH humour, pulls you down to deepest darkest sad moments then pulls you back up kicking and screaming with laughter. Utterly brilliant!
After a year in from loss. I found this series on Netflix and it had me crying my eyes out with laughter and sadness. SO MANY FUNNY LINES. WELL WRITTEN PERFECT CAST. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEASON.. 3
I am a Ricky Gervais super fan 😄 seen hours upon hours of him in all his series/ films yet I'm still blown away by the level of his acting, it's almost like hes not acting.. absolutely sublime 👌 in my opinion best on the planet!
He’s just been very lucky that every role he has had to play has been a middle aged man from Reading from a working class background. With that sort of luck I mean.......😑
“Jane” is his real life partner(in the gravestone you can see the name)and I think it’s so beautiful that actually he wrote what he would do without her and maybe that’s why After life is full of humanity for me,love that
If this series doesn't get some accolades for the content and acting... then there is no justice... One of the most bitter sweet programmes ever. Its a joy and a heartbreak to watch. Absolute magic
This cast is amazing and one can sense the pulse of family among them. For me Kerry Godliman (Lisa) and Penelope Wilton are the ultimate goddesses. One cant believe Kerry is anything other than this effervescent delight in real life. She rips one’s heat to shreds with her beautiful spontaneity. And Wilton always has an angelic energy. Thank you to everyone involved in producing this masterpiece.
To be honest, this is one story that helps us connect with reality. We have people like Tony Sandy Lisa Pat Daphne all around us.Thanks to Ricky for making this
seeing all the comments about how much this show has helped people dealing with the loss of a loved one is so touching🥺i really hope every single one of you is doing okay!❤️
This show is really amazing, brilliant, raw, and powerful. The minute I laugh and the next minute I’ll be crying. It absolutely brings me a new perspective on life on how people grief and how differently people face and cope with their own problem. This show has me sobbing for like 30 minutes straight on the last episode and no other show that I’ve watched ever done that. Just brilliant.
The scenes with Ann are incredible I love her advice to Tony and comfort, and then you realize that Ricky wrote the script, it’s mind blowing. I also love how much Tony cares for Sandy. Such a beautiful show that has helped me in so many ways
this is a masterpiece and ricky went up in my expectations 10 fold captured grief which is a hard thing to portray ......... brilliant show plus he loves dogs ...........fantastic man
It's the smalls that break your heart- the little insignificant things that loom so large after someone you have loved so deeply leaves this world. Whats left of your heart is a shambles
I think the sad part is, i would continue on in tony's mindseet if i was him. The happier ending that he had was such an uplifting ending. Gervais and the cast should be damn fucking proud of what theyve done here. ITs a beautiful mix between happy and sad, beautiful and haunting, the cynical and the positive. damn well done.
Ricky Gervaise, he’s the “mate” we’d all like to have, in actual fact we all think he is our mate, that’s how close he makes us feel, you can’t help but like and admire him, a proper person.
This show changed my life. It changed how I feel about the world, about life, about death, my interactions with other people. It’s absolutely brilliant and I have been telling everybody I know about it. I’ve never laughed and cried in equal measure watching the same thing before. It’s hysterically funny at times and heart wrenching and wonderful at other times. So so good. Gervais was a revelation in this show, and his supporting cast were also so amazing. Absolutely loved it!! ❤️❤️
I think the reason this is so successful is that Ricky Gervais is one of only a very limited few writers who can somehow make all of the pain palatable… somehow acceptable and honour it within each of us. This series is actually in many ways therapy. But it crept in through the back stage door. Sheer genius. It really ought to shine ✨ when those BAFTA nominations start.
After life is the best show I have ever seen. Great cast of actors portraying fantastic real characters. Every emotion is captured in each episode. Ricky created a masterpiece and what a fantastic actor he is. I just wanted to give Tony a hug. Well done to all involved in making this wonderful show.
I was doubtful about watching this stuff, mostly because it wasn't rated well enough but I'm so glad that I came through because I just fell in love with the cast. It's the small things that matter and as it goes, life moves on.
Akeeth Pinto you didn’t ask me but, I never tend to look into reviews too much. I feel like it can spoil the outlook, watching something yourself will show whether you like it or not!
It was just the best TV ever or for at least 50 years. I dont think Ricky thought it would have had this effect. Powerful but loving.... Pure magic. The best of British.
I truly love this series! It is the most real show on grief, a topic that is not addressed enough. Thank you, Ricky for this series! I look forward to Season 3!
Good one Ricky I’m 74 this year I very rarely spoke to my dad as I was poisoned by family that my dad was a wrongen and he was taken in to a cardiac ward but because I never had any respect for him I was out clubbing it not even giving my dad a thought he passed away that morning so I went to the hospital in the morning and my father was gone and I decided to look into my dads passed and I discovered my dad was a very hard working man to put food on the table for us kids and I remember he never raised his voice to us he hated bad language he’s been gon a few years now and I’ve never stopped grieving for my dad every day I grieve for my dad and I would love to tell him how very sorry I am and that I love you dad xxxxx
this show along with some other helpful distractions have been the only things that kept me going through grief, Ricky did such an amazing job portraying what grief feels like especially the cyclical nature of grief
Dear Ricky l lost my husband and my two sons lost a dad of cancer it’s nine years and we are still lost and never got any help your story touch our hearts you sounded like me and l can’t get over losing the love of my life you either can move on which is good to do or you can’t and that’s the painful one your heart is broken no one can repair it .we are left alone no one wanted to know after he died . More to say but it’s too long and painful to say . Thank you Ricky from my heart and to all who have loved and lost .🙏🏼👍😥👍🥰
@ChrisJohnson-lh9qb hi my friend long time this has just come on my phone .hope you are well and happy .lm here any time if you need a good lister to talk to but if your happy thats all that matters
Everyone is fantastic in this masterpiece, but Ricky was so clever giving the lodestone speech of Season 3 to June! Jo Hartley does that speech to perfection.
I came in expecting some fooling around and instead got something completely unexpected. I loved it... it made me really admire Ricky Gervais a lot more...
He is soooo right....i lost my son suddenly in August 2021...heart attack and he was 37.......sick of hearing ...are you better??..wtf i'm not ill,i'm grieving so please bare with me.......this is the bestestestest therapy for me... THANK YOU
Very brave to tackle grief like never been done before Very well done to you Ricky...beautifully portrayed of how it feels from every angle...all a process Like you say most people got their own issues....at all levels Cannot judge a book
Simply put , probably the best , most rounded show I have seen in years. It’s a show that makes you laugh out loud and once in a while you will get some dust in your eye 😉. The cast is completely perfect.The only bad thing I could say about this show is that , at the end of the season all you think is “ DAMN IT , how long until the next season?!” It’s a solid 5 out of 5 👍🏻
I know Ricky's proudest achievement was the office, and I've spent so many hours of my life listening to xfm and the podcast, but after life will hold a special place in my heart for the rest of my life. I've always said Breaking Bad was my favourite show, but although this show isn't perfect, it means much more to me.
After I watched this show together with my girlfriend I turned to her and said:' you're my angel, you know. You saved me.' And she looked at me and said:'and you are mine, you saved me too.' And then we hugged. This is what this show does to you.
I just finished watching last night, I lost my dad August last year, this series has helped me in different small ways. Everyone was awesome in it, confused by the ending though
Ricky gervais can do anything ! I’ve watched every episode of After Life at least 2 times , Derek, The Office, Extras .. the list goes on.. . He is an insane human . 🙌❤️
Binged S1 twice within one week. Second one was a bit of a rewarming but very welcome. Just the therapist shots were worth an Emmy alone. That actor is something else.
This is a very healing show. I loved it after my 13 year-old son introduced me to it, knowing I don't do series/boxsets etc. But yeah, absolutely brilliantly written and performed. I'll be watching them all again in the near future. Thanks to everyone involved :-) :-)
I saw the first series trailer and it put me off cause I thought it would be all sad and I didn’t think it was something for me but a few months after I decided to watch it and I’m so glad I did I can’t wait for series 3
I am living with hypertension and anxiety and by far this is the best represent of people like me.After life is so close to reality and I can relate to it. I personally go through these thoughts of suicide on daily basis(don't worry I am smart enough to not kill myself) .Do make season 3
Ricky is so underrated as an actor. He is so real and convincing when he plays this character Tony, you really believe that he’s actually going through this.
He's an infinitely better writer
Jm I just think that when everyone hears the name “Ricky Gervais” they automatically think comedy because that’s what he’s always done., but he’s certainly surprised me with Afterlife and Afterlife 2 .
I agree. I am blown away by him!!
Because I think he knew a Tony.
Janet Egan Wallace. 😆
I lost my wife in October. This show has been a great comfort to me.
Keleigh Hardie ♥️ :)
🖤🖤🖤
I lost my mum in mid Nov. This show is great.
@@maxstrengthholistics Condolences mate.
@@Keleigh3000 much appreciated
I believe that, in time, After Life will be seen as a really important piece of work. Not just as a triumph for Ricky Gervais, but as a masterful description of human nature as applied to loss and grief. This will become compulsory viewing for students of life. Thank you for the gift that this series has given us all, Ricky.
This series is amazing. I don’t care what people say if they like it or not, it doesn’t matter. It’s Real, its heartbreaking and puts your heart together again.
Bravo!
I lost my wife to a Brain Tumour 7 years ago now, After Life is so close to all that we fill Thank you for making it , Life goes on as we say
This show is wonderful it makes me laugh and cry at the same time!!
This series has meant so much to me Ricky, it’s helped me tremendously, I lost my dear husband last August 2021, after 64 years marriage, he’s been my whole life, so now at 80 years old I have to find a new life, there’s such a void in my life now, that can never ever be filled without him, but from this I have realised just how many angels I have in my life, not with wings, but real people, a huge thank you 😊
God bless
This show has managed to express much of what I was experiencing and still do experience these days. After loosing my son Sheldon in 1999 I couldn’t imagine being happy about anything ever again. But I have felt happiness again...it’s just a happiness coupled with a longing to share it with my beautiful son.
This is classic BRITISH humour, pulls you down to deepest darkest sad moments then pulls you back up kicking and screaming with laughter. Utterly brilliant!
I think this is Gervais at his finest, loved every episode, pure genius!
That's was a wonderful line... HAPPINESS IS AMAZING IT DOESN'T MATTER IF ITS YOURS OR NOT.... MADE ME CRY
After a year in from loss. I found this series on Netflix and it had me crying my eyes out with laughter and sadness. SO MANY FUNNY LINES. WELL WRITTEN PERFECT CAST. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEASON.. 3
I am a Ricky Gervais super fan 😄 seen hours upon hours of him in all his series/ films yet I'm still blown away by the level of his acting, it's almost like hes not acting.. absolutely sublime 👌 in my opinion best on the planet!
Same.
He’s just been very lucky that every role he has had to play has been a middle aged man from Reading from a working class background. With that sort of luck I mean.......😑
That's because he wrote all the roles for himself I think after life is the best thing he has done especially the second series
We need more stuff like this that's real and connects with people. x
“Jane” is his real life partner(in the gravestone you can see the name)and I think it’s so beautiful that actually he wrote what he would do without her and maybe that’s why After life is full of humanity for me,love that
I theorised that this is so powerful bevause he wrote it thinking about how he'd be without Jane specifically.
If this series doesn't get some accolades for the content and acting... then there is no justice... One of the most bitter sweet programmes ever. Its a joy and a heartbreak to watch. Absolute magic
Having been through horrible pain and loss myself watching this series made me cry my eyes out 😭
I've watched AfterLife2 three times now. I can't get enough.
I have seen it twice, each time I had to take breaks, its the most emotionally draining show I have ever seen
“Happiness is so amazing, it doesn’t matter if it’s yours or not” that hit me
the man is pure genius this is one of the best shows ever the writing is spot on and anyone can relate to it in one way or another
This cast is amazing and one can sense the pulse of family among them. For me Kerry Godliman (Lisa) and Penelope Wilton are the ultimate goddesses. One cant believe Kerry is anything other than this effervescent delight in real life. She rips one’s heat to shreds with her beautiful spontaneity. And Wilton always has an angelic energy.
Thank you to everyone involved in producing this masterpiece.
To be honest, this is one story that helps us connect with reality. We have people like Tony Sandy Lisa Pat Daphne all around us.Thanks to Ricky for making this
THIS SHOWS DESERVES THE WORLD!
Love, love, love this series. Made me cry so much. I just finished today. Thank you for making this brilliant gem, Ricky Gervais.
I love you, Ricky. Thank you so much for making this series.
seeing all the comments about how much this show has helped people dealing with the loss of a loved one is so touching🥺i really hope every single one of you is doing okay!❤️
This show is really amazing, brilliant, raw, and powerful. The minute I laugh and the next minute I’ll be crying. It absolutely brings me a new perspective on life on how people grief and how differently people face and cope with their own problem. This show has me sobbing for like 30 minutes straight on the last episode and no other show that I’ve watched ever done that. Just brilliant.
The scenes with Ann are incredible I love her advice to Tony and comfort, and then you realize that Ricky wrote the script, it’s mind blowing. I also love how much Tony cares for Sandy. Such a beautiful show that has helped me in so many ways
This is one of the best shows ever made. If u let it, it will help you heal from a loss in some magic way, through laughter and tears.
this is a masterpiece and ricky went up in my expectations 10 fold
captured grief which is a hard thing to portray .........
brilliant show
plus he loves dogs ...........fantastic man
This show can not be topped and I do not want it to be! It is a treasure!
It's the smalls that break your heart- the little insignificant things that loom so large after someone you have loved so deeply leaves this world. Whats left of your heart is a shambles
This is one of best series I’ve ever seen. It’s beautiful and real.
After life is the best thing I've seen on Netflix, Ricky is a genius
I think the sad part is, i would continue on in tony's mindseet if i was him. The happier ending that he had was such an uplifting ending. Gervais and the cast should be damn fucking proud of what theyve done here. ITs a beautiful mix between happy and sad, beautiful and haunting, the cynical and the positive. damn well done.
Ricky Gervaise, he’s the “mate” we’d all like to have, in actual fact we all think he is our mate, that’s how close he makes us feel, you can’t help but like and admire him, a proper person.
At last something that deals with the catastrophe of Grief that never ends. Fantastic Ricky Gervais.
Best series I've ever watched...truly amazing. Thank you Ricky for this masterpiece.
Just binged the second series tonight. My god. Thank you Mr Gervais. You bastard, can’t stop crying. ♥️
This show changed my life. It changed how I feel about the world, about life, about death, my interactions with other people. It’s absolutely brilliant and I have been telling everybody I know about it. I’ve never laughed and cried in equal measure watching the same thing before. It’s hysterically funny at times and heart wrenching and wonderful at other times. So so good. Gervais was a revelation in this show, and his supporting cast were also so amazing. Absolutely loved it!! ❤️❤️
Ricky if you never do anything again it wont matter to me, you have made a series that will remain with me forever, totally sublime writing
I think the reason this is so successful is that Ricky Gervais is one of only a very limited few writers who can somehow make all of the pain palatable… somehow acceptable and honour it within each of us.
This series is actually in many ways therapy. But it crept in through the back stage door.
Sheer genius.
It really ought to shine ✨ when those BAFTA nominations start.
Every time I watch this and I cry . Even though my husband is with me still I feel like crying .
So emotional!
Loss and grief is something we all go through or will go through at some point in our lives , we can all relate to it
After life is the best show I have ever seen. Great cast of actors portraying fantastic real characters. Every emotion is captured in each episode. Ricky created a masterpiece and what a fantastic actor he is. I just wanted to give Tony a hug. Well done to all involved in making this wonderful show.
I was doubtful about watching this stuff, mostly because it wasn't rated well enough but I'm so glad that I came through because I just fell in love with the cast. It's the small things that matter and as it goes, life moves on.
You decide what to watch based on someone else's opinion of it...?
@@adambritain5774 Haha.. It's never "someone", is it? Don't you think you ought to know how people feel about a show before investing your time?
Akeeth Pinto you didn’t ask me but, I never tend to look into reviews too much. I feel like it can spoil the outlook, watching something yourself will show whether you like it or not!
Absolutely an amazing series and Ricky and the full cast are amazing too
It was just the best TV ever or for at least 50 years. I dont think Ricky thought it would have had this effect. Powerful but loving.... Pure magic. The best of British.
I truly love this series! It is the most real show on grief, a topic that is not addressed enough. Thank you, Ricky for this series! I look forward to Season 3!
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Dosen't matter how many times I seen these scenes I still bawl my eyes out 🙈😭
And the next second you laughing your ass off 🥰
I loved the series so much my wife and i laughed and cried and hugged each other so much ! Thats for the amazing story
A very real take on grief, sprinkled with amazing moments of humanity and great laughs. Fantastic series!
Great to see 'Lisa' sitting there.
I felt happy and calm after a long time after watching this
Good one Ricky I’m 74 this year I very rarely spoke to my dad as I was poisoned by family that my dad was a wrongen and he was taken in to a cardiac ward but because I never had any respect for him I was out clubbing it not even giving my dad a thought he passed away that morning so I went to the hospital in the morning and my father was gone and I decided to look into my dads passed and I discovered my dad was a very hard working man to put food on the table for us kids and I remember he never raised his voice to us he hated bad language he’s been gon a few years now and I’ve never stopped grieving for my dad every day I grieve for my dad and I would love to tell him how very sorry I am and that I love you dad xxxxx
this show along with some other helpful distractions have been the only things that kept me going through grief, Ricky did such an amazing job portraying what grief feels like especially the cyclical nature of grief
I loved After Life. I am a huge fan of Mr. Gervais.
I just saw season 3 and i loved the entire season. Was sad when I come to the last episode. Loved it... sad it ended .... like grief.
What an actor - simply amazing ! Dark to light !
Dear Ricky l lost my husband and my two sons lost a dad of cancer it’s nine years and we are still lost and never got any help your story touch our hearts you sounded like me and l can’t get over losing the love of my life you either can move on which is good to do or you can’t and that’s the painful one your heart is broken no one can repair it .we are left alone no one wanted to know after he died . More to say but it’s too long and painful to say . Thank you Ricky from my heart and to all who have loved and lost .🙏🏼👍😥👍🥰
@ChrisJohnson-lh9qb hi my friend long time this has just come on my phone .hope you are well and happy .lm here any time if you need a good lister to talk to but if your happy thats all that matters
I from towcester northants
@ChrisJohnson-lh9qb lam going to
Las Vegas next year my first flight so lm excited and nervous .hope your well
And happy .
Everyone is fantastic in this masterpiece, but Ricky was so clever giving the lodestone speech of Season 3 to June! Jo Hartley does that speech to perfection.
I came in expecting some fooling around and instead got something completely unexpected. I loved it... it made me really admire Ricky Gervais a lot more...
He is soooo right....i lost my son suddenly in August 2021...heart attack and he was 37.......sick of hearing ...are you better??..wtf i'm not ill,i'm grieving so please bare with me.......this is the bestestestest therapy for me...
THANK YOU
One of the best, if not ,the best series I have ever watched.
Every emotion comes out of me when I watch Afterlife.
After Life is beautiful. I love it!
The series is outstanding. It makes me cry, it makes me laugh. And Ricky is brilliant as an actor and as a writer. Just brilliant.
I love this show so much.
The cemetery talks with Anne is an amazing scene .
Very brave to tackle grief like never been done before
Very well done to you Ricky...beautifully portrayed of how it feels from every angle...all a process
Like you say most people got their own issues....at all levels
Cannot judge a book
The ones who have suffered are the best therapists.
Best Programme on tv ever, all 3 series brilliant
Simply put , probably the best , most rounded show I have seen in years. It’s a show that makes you laugh out loud and once in a while you will get some dust in your eye 😉. The cast is completely perfect.The only bad thing I could say about this show is that , at the end of the season all you think is “ DAMN IT , how long until the next season?!” It’s a solid 5 out of 5 👍🏻
The best I had seen for a long time. Raw sad funny equals genius Ricky. Great work.
Such a fantastic, emotional series! Just a masterpiece
I know Ricky's proudest achievement was the office, and I've spent so many hours of my life listening to xfm and the podcast, but after life will hold a special place in my heart for the rest of my life. I've always said Breaking Bad was my favourite show, but although this show isn't perfect, it means much more to me.
After I watched this show together with my girlfriend I turned to her and said:' you're my angel, you know. You saved me.' And she looked at me and said:'and you are mine, you saved me too.' And then we hugged. This is what this show does to you.
I just finished watching last night, I lost my dad August last year, this series has helped me in different small ways. Everyone was awesome in it, confused by the ending though
Ricky gervais can do anything ! I’ve watched every episode of After Life at least 2 times , Derek, The Office, Extras .. the list goes on.. . He is an insane human . 🙌❤️
I think I agree. He has slowly grown on me. I think it takes time to see how brilliant he is.
Ricky is amazing as an actor an as person
Fucking love this show. Makes me laugh, cry and remember
I am starting to watch it again, love it so much.
Binged S1 twice within one week. Second one was a bit of a rewarming but very welcome. Just the therapist shots were worth an Emmy alone. That actor is something else.
This and Derek are masterpieces. And to have The Office under your belt as well? Unreal.
After Life & Derek are his best work
The office and extras are better than derek
SupremeBlaze THoes are two great shows. Extras is so funny! Derek has so much heart and Kev is fantastically funny
I so very much enjoyed watching Ricky, not to mention he’s one of my fav comedian & atheist like myself🥰
Best serie on Netflix.
Done.
This is a very healing show. I loved it after my 13 year-old son introduced me to it, knowing I don't do series/boxsets etc. But yeah, absolutely brilliantly written and performed. I'll be watching them all again in the near future. Thanks to everyone involved :-) :-)
Your 13 year old son is very special!
Best series...ever.
He said dogs have souls, it's a shame some humans dont, a few on here
Best show ever.❤️
Can't wait to work with Ricky. ✌️❤️🎼
A VERY special series. Just watch it!!
I got Netflix just to watch this show. It's amazing.
I must watch this series soon.
I saw the first series trailer and it put me off cause I thought it would be all sad and I didn’t think it was something for me but a few months after I decided to watch it and I’m so glad I did I can’t wait for series 3
So well written, touched my heart 💛
Best program ever made
I am living with hypertension and anxiety and by far this is the best represent of people like me.After life is so close to reality and I can relate to it.
I personally go through these thoughts of suicide on daily basis(don't worry I am smart enough to not kill myself) .Do make season 3
@Jm I know and I am anxiously waiting to see what Ricky is going to do with Tony's character
Masterpiece.
That first series is fantastic.
Everything's beside.....
Sandy's Eyes were the most comfortable thing to look at, after all thise griefs