• Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 8, 2019
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Aug 14, 2020
    83
    Gervais mostly finds a balance between humor and deep darkness, though he sometimes falters (far too much time is spent on an obnoxious therapist). And, like many comic actors, he seamlessly transitions to drama; even better, he poignantly walks the tightrope between despair and laughter.
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 27, 2020
    80
    Achieves new depths of feelings - and hilarity - in its second season. [27 Apr - 10 May 2020, p. 11]
  3. Reviewed by: Allison Shoemaker
    Apr 20, 2020
    70
    There’s more to appreciate here than before, if only because there’s no better time to recognize how difficult it can be to simply exist and be decent when the world feels inhospitable or cruel. And if nothing else, Gervais the actor has built on the work of that first season in a way that feels honest, fragile, and even surprising.
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. Apr 24, 2020
    10
    Very great show that teaches you a great lesson about life, grief and how to cope with it. Ricky Gervais tells a wonderful story.
  2. Apr 24, 2020
    10
    Touching morose awkward cheerful sad uplifting downbeat ..perfect. I think it's Ricky's best work since the last series of After Life. It's aTouching morose awkward cheerful sad uplifting downbeat ..perfect. I think it's Ricky's best work since the last series of After Life. It's a must watch. Full Review »
  3. Jan 3, 2022
    4
    Honestly, Season 2 felt very much like a retread of many things we have already seen out of season 1. There are some good laughs to be heldHonestly, Season 2 felt very much like a retread of many things we have already seen out of season 1. There are some good laughs to be held but it's just not as interesting the second time around and largely because the characters really go nowhere. It's hard to care about these characters when they are given so little depth throughout the season. Full Review »