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Highway61

(2,573 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:53 AM Apr 2019

After Life

A little slow on watching this but when I started we binge watched. What a brilliant show! I cried, I laughed and, at times, felt a myriad of emotions all at once. In all the years we have been together I never saw my hubby laugh as hard as he did during episode 5. Ricky Gervais was awesome. In fact the entire cast was great. Every. Single. One. Netflix hit it out of the park yet again.

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After Life (Original Post) Highway61 Apr 2019 OP
Now you should try to find Derek The Blue Flower Apr 2019 #1
Will check it out! Highway61 Apr 2019 #3
I just "discovered" Ricky Gervais. I enjoyed After Life so much that now I am watching "Extras" patricia92243 Apr 2019 #2
I started as well Highway61 Apr 2019 #5
I follow him on facebook catchnrelease Apr 2019 #4
This is kind of a take off of The Invention of Lying Beringia Apr 2019 #6

The Blue Flower

(5,647 posts)
1. Now you should try to find Derek
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:00 AM
Apr 2019

I binged on After Life, too. Ricky Gervais has such talent for portraying the most tender human emotions. He wrote, produced, and starred in Derek, which is about a man with limited intelligence who works at a senior facilitiy outside London. It's also beautiful and brilliant.

patricia92243

(12,876 posts)
2. I just "discovered" Ricky Gervais. I enjoyed After Life so much that now I am watching "Extras"
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:26 AM
Apr 2019

with/by him. I'll try "Dereck" later.

Couldn't get into "The Office UK" I guess because I watched the US version and liked it better,

catchnrelease

(2,015 posts)
4. I follow him on facebook
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:05 PM
Apr 2019

He says he is overwhelmed by the positive responses to After Life, and is already working on Season 2.

Beringia

(4,660 posts)
6. This is kind of a take off of The Invention of Lying
Mon Apr 8, 2019, 09:30 PM
Apr 2019

also by Gervais and also like his dentist character in Ghost Town. He reminds me of a doctor I worked for. He had the most sarcastic, cruel wit, and at first I thought he was horrible, but he grew on me, and eventually I really liked him. People in general did like him, but he said whatever he felt like saying.

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