The first two seasons were beautifully written and acted and by the end of season two, we had seen the evolution of the Gervais character from depressed, suicidal man to seeing the light. He was finally embracing life, finding comfort in friends and ready to again, be part of the world. Season three is a total reset of the show with a doubling down on his depression, pissing on the people that helped him before and a large number of side stories encompassing an endless series of offensive sexual jokes that often miss the target. Why did Gervais not continue the growth of the character in S3 rather than do a complete reset as if nothing had ever happened in the first two? Why not more embracing of life, more joy of being alive instead of every show having the character buried in his grief watching a seemingly infinite supply of old recordings of his dead wife. He must have recorded every waking moment of his life with her and he was a bit of an ass even then. Season 1 and 2 get an 8 rating but season 3 moved the needle down to 5. Netflix must have asked for season 3 after he thought it was done so he just started over again.
Review of After Life
