after two acclaimed six-episode seasons, he explained himself by citing the example of. John Cleese and his co-writer Connie Booth called time on that brilliant sitcom after just 12 episodes. Guided by an impeccable sense of quality control, they declined to push their creation beyond the term of its natural life.TV ventures – which have included– have been short and sweet. He’s consistently walked away from them after two seasons at most.
This isn’t to say that he charges at his material blindly, with no regard for decorum. Gervais is a highly intelligent artist. Making, he was well aware that he’d set himself a challenge with an excruciatingly high degree of difficulty. He spent the whole of the first series walking a tightrope suspended above a minefield.On the whole, Gervais kept his balance. He made humour out of his grim material without trivialising it.
By the end of the show’s first series, Tony was still depressed, but he was no longer suicidal. “It’s worth sticking around,” he said, “to make my corner of the world a slightly better place.” Was a second series necessary after that? Maybe it was, to illustrate the point that you can’t stop being depressed just by deciding to buck yourself up. Moreover, Tony wasn’t the only character in the show worth exploring. He was surrounded by a gallery of misfits, played by an ensemble of first-rate British actors. In series two, the show’s superb supporting cast was given much more to do.would contend that season two was an improvement on season one.
How though do you end a show whose whole identity is based on a resistance to facile closure? Already there’s been much debate about the effectiveness of’s final episode. Undoubtedly, it contains at least one scene in which Gervais, for the first time in the show’s run, lapses from disciplined realism into unqualified schmaltz.’s finest scenes too. It delivers tiny moments of uplift that have been fully earned by the show’s earlier unwillingness to accept easy answers.
Does he care
Yes goddamnit yes. He’s the Muthaf&ken Chief, he & only he says when it’s over.
Absolutely.
Totally
No. The third series is dreadful
Yes - yes it was!!!! AfterLife3
Yes
Definitely !!
Oh yes. It’s got people talking. Real life issues. Comedy and heartbreak together. rickygervais genius
No, 3 is very contrived ,I may be missing something but what’s with the 2 pricks swearing?
Yes, definitely yes!
Yes. Season 3 was perfection.
Idk but the one on the left looks like a good boy who eats about 50 $ of food every week.
Yes.❤️
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