Home > After Life > Season 2 « TV Series Page After Life: Season 2 (2020) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Season 2 After Life Critics Consensus Though After Life's second season struggles to affirm its existence, it's a solid entry for anyone aching for a little more contemplative gallows humor. 75% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 28 83% Audience Score User Ratings: 258 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Eager to be nice but still having issues with happiness, Tony embarks on a meditation course with Matt, whose marriage is falling apart. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Lenny's girlfriend's son takes a position at the Gazette. Sandy contemplates writing a gossip column. Matt gets iffy advice from his therapist. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 A turn of events at the paper hits Sandy hard. Roxy and Pat share a meal, and Tony tries to support Matt's desire to get back out there. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Tony interviews a local woman addicted to corrective surgery. Later, he holds back the snark in hopes of cheering up Kath. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 The curtains go up on the community theater revue and things go about as well as can be expected. Tony receives devastating news. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Grieving over another loss, Tony asks his friends and co-workers for space, not sympathy. Later, he wrestles with what it means to move on. More After Life: Season 2 Videos 1:37 After Life: Season 2 Trailer View All Videos (1) Tv Season Info In season 2, whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, we see Tony try to become a better friend to those around him. Each grappling with their own problems and only to be intensified by the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down. Genre: Comedy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Apr 24, 2020 Creator: Ricky Gervais Exec. Producers: Ricky Gervais, Duncan Hayes, Charlie Hanson Cast Ricky Gervais as Tony David Bradley as Tony's Dad Ashley Jensen as Nurse Tom Basden as Matt Penelope Wilton Tony Way as Lenny Kerry Godliman as Lisa David Earl Joe Wilkinson Mandeep Dhillon Jo Hartley Roisin Conaty Diane Morgan Tracy Ann Oberman Peter Egan Ethan Lawrence Show More Cast News & Interviews for After Life: Season 2 Movies Leaving Netflix at the End of May 2020 TV Premiere Dates 2020 Movies Leaving Netflix at the End of April 2020 View All After Life: Season 2 News Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Eager to be nice but still having issues with happiness, Tony embarks on a meditation course with Matt, whose marriage is falling apart. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Lenny's girlfriend's son takes a position at the Gazette. Sandy contemplates writing a gossip column. Matt gets iffy advice from his therapist. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 A turn of events at the paper hits Sandy hard. Roxy and Pat share a meal, and Tony tries to support Matt's desire to get back out there. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Tony interviews a local woman addicted to corrective surgery. Later, he holds back the snark in hopes of cheering up Kath. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 The curtains go up on the community theater revue and things go about as well as can be expected. Tony receives devastating news. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Apr 24, 2020 Grieving over another loss, Tony asks his friends and co-workers for space, not sympathy. Later, he wrestles with what it means to move on. More Critic Reviews for After Life Season 2 All Critics (28) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (7) There are generous smatterings of funny business throughout but there's arguably less comedy here than in season one. And that's a good thing...The main focus is Tony's quest to reclaim his inner life, something he lost after his loss. May 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Jim Schembri 3AW Top Critic If lacking the first series' narrative arc After Life Season 2 still works, its mixture of generosity, big, emotional beats and salty laughs chiming with these uncertain times. May 8, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Ian Freer Empire Magazine Top Critic Once again, Gervais derives comedy from rants, insults and grotesquery. But at the same time he's probing human decency and the series treads lightly on serious matters. Apr 29, 2020 | Full Review… John Doyle Globe and Mail Top Critic If After Life lacks freshness in places, Gervais makes up for it by writing some wonderful material for the other characters. May 15, 2020 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) I'm just not sure whether this second journey is worth the lack of laughs it takes to get there. Because it is, indeed, just less funny. May 8, 2020 | Full Review… Euan Ferguson Observer (UK) Season 1 of After Life was a logical endpoint for Tony's story and as such, and season 2 spends large parts of its time justifying its existence. The inevitable third season will no doubt be more of the same. May 8, 2020 | Full Review… Liam Hoofe Flickering Myth The second season of After Life is a worthy follow-up to its successor, but it only occasionally reaches the same heights - and when it does, it takes a little too long getting there. May 8, 2020 | Full Review… Michael Patterson What Culture Despite a few shortcomings and a few 'punchlines' that shouldn't land, if you enjoyed After Life the first time around, you're sure to find some joy in season two. May 8, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Laura Jane Turner Digital Spy Dialogues and situations are born from an intelligence, a sensitivity, a look at people and their circumstances that are out of the ordinary. [Full Review in Spanish] May 7, 2020 | Full Review… Carlos Boyero El Pais (Spain) It will get you laughing, crying, thinking and talking about mortality and your feelings toward it in ways that will probably surprise you. It did all of that to me, anyway. May 1, 2020 | Full Review… David Zurawik Baltimore Sun On a storytelling level, Season 2 of After Life is easy to dismiss. It plays out like a repeat of Season 1. There's no newness. But grief is not a narrative; it is the silent madness that numbs a narrative into submission. Apr 29, 2020 | Full Review… Rahul Desai Film Companion [It] grapples with the weightiest, thorniest, most scarily existentialist themes, with big, ominous questions looming and, perhaps, never properly answered. Just like life. Apr 28, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… David 'Mad Dog' Bradley Adelaide Review View All Critic Reviews (28) Audience Reviews for After Life: Season 2 2d ago this drama is funny yet sad, giving you a value of life. not a "carpe diem", but "it goes on" Yahya H May 19, 2020 Honestly, I don't know where to start. It just sticks with you. Ricky Gervais is fantastic as Tony, and moved me to tears many times. While it's always great to see Ashley Jensen, and Penelope Wilton, I'm glad that Afterlife introduced me to Mandeep Dhillon. Annette H May 15, 2020 After Life: Season 2 - is a mawkish and vulgar add-on to the rather patchy but ultimately worthwhile first season. This second season is, unfortunately, trite, cloyingly sentimental and surprisingly unfunny. In fact, this is EVEN worse than 'Derek', which should really tell you all you need to know. I'd recommend watching The Office, Extras or any of Ricky's Standup specials if you want a laugh. Julz M May 12, 2020 Compared to Season 1 it is poor, no real comedy just reliying on crudeness for laughs. Stephen H May 12, 2020 .............................. Richard B May 09, 2020 Gervais' character is barely a character here, he just reels off Ricky's standup or tweets as dialogue, which always feels forced rather than organic. Telling everyone that you're sad constantly and giving yourself a dog isn't character-writing. Although it is a good dog. David B May 09, 2020 First season grew on me. Second season was a painful, vulgar watch. Rupert W May 09, 2020 This is the rare gem of a series that delivers on all fronts. Perhaps the strongest endorsement I can give is this: I absolutely LOVED rewatching the entire first season the day that Season Two hit Netflix. Yes, I wanted to be prepared so I could easily jump back into the brilliant characters created by Ricky Gervais. But it wasn't a chore; it was nearly as good as the first time through. This show's first two seasons also distinguishes itself in that every character, every episode, and even every scene was entertaining in a slightly different way. One minute I was scaring the dog with my raucous outbursts of laughter and the next I was fighting off tears. And I don't cry easily. Please do yourself a favor and binge watch this amazing show. Jim M May 09, 2020 This is absolute genius, such an accurate and moving account of grief set within life which is so often ridiculous and hilarious. I have stuck grief and this is such effective therapy for me, I cried at every episode. Ironically the one character I hate is the therapist! Anne B May 08, 2020 Sad but heartwarming and hopeful. 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