After Life - the fragility of being human

After Life is a British show about a journalist mourning his wife. She passed away with breast cancer, and he hasn't found a way to process his loss.

A Portrait of True Depression

Depression is not sitting at the corner and crying. Yes, you may have those moments, but they aren't the majority. Especially when you are around other people. After Life was able to show that thoughtfully and truthfully.

Depression is anger. You feel as you hate everything and everyone. Depression is tiredness, is lack of enthusiasm. Everything is dull, and you don't have the will to move. You don't even try. Depression is a void.

This was so perfectly showed that even being a comedy (yes, you will have funny moments), it brings tears to your eyes sometimes.

Making serious topics lighter

The topic is hard, and it could be treated in a very dark way, but the choice for comedy was perfect in many ways.

The news for the newspaper are, most of the time, ridiculous. You'll laugh at some cases. Yet if you pay attention, what you're watching is lonely and unhappy people trying to get some attention.

The therapist is disgusting. In fact, he is anything but a therapist. Yet, he provides some funny moments. With no degrees that we know of, the best therapist is the cemetery lady. She is sweet, empathic and she knows what Tony is feeling. She is the only one that makes him feel understood.

Loneliness

Tony is lonely because he lost the love of his life. Some are lonely because they never found one. Others are lonely because they are surrounded by people. There are many ways of feeling lonely, and the show focuses on them all. We all have a sad story, right?

After Life is a sweet and thoughtful comedy that you definitely should watch. It will make you cry and laugh, but most importantly, it will warm your heart.

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