2018-2019 fantasy comedy, 13 episodes. The afterlife's experiments
with ethics and moral philosophy continue.
As before, I'm not going to give away the plot; this is one of
the very few series which I think it's worth coming to without knowing
what's going on. But at the end of season 1, the premise of this
series was completely changed; at the end of season 2, it happened
again. Our deceased heroes are back on Earth, for a while…
The producer's explicit "no assholes in the crew" policy, something
otherwise unheard-of in broadcast TV, seems to be working well: not
only are the core cast at ease with each other, not surprising in a
series 3, they work well with the extras and bit-part players.
Obviously one can never be quite sure, but it feels like a happy set.
Things seemed to me to start off a little slowly, but once the action
moves to Earth there's little wasted time, and I was often surprised
when an episode ended. Indeed, while the "half hour" (21 minute)
format clearly encourages the writers to keep things tight, some of
the plot elements could have done with more room to breathe. (As it
is, the action often continues under the credits.)
In short: this is great stuff, but start at the beginning; you could
catch up from here, but why would you want to? Not only is each season
its own story, they follow on from each other, and as with any
long-running series some of the pleasure in viewing comes from the
emotional capital one has invested in the characters. A fourth and
final season is to be broadcast starting in September.
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