What is it about?
Nell Serrano is forty years old, penniless, and recently single. When she finds the only job she can find, that of an obituary writer, she begins to see and write about the deceased. With all these upheavals, Nell must find his footing and start all over again. It’s not easy to talk to people who shouldn’t be there and nobody sees…
*From “Confessions of a Forty-Something Fk Up” by Alexandra Potter.
who is he with
It was revealed and rewarded thanks to the brilliant Jane the Virgin and it is back on our screens, to our great delight. Gina Rodriguez stars in Not Dead Yet, a 13-episode comedy opposite Hannah Simone (Session from New Girl), Lauren Ash (Superstore) and Rick Glassman (Undateable).
Is it worth seeing?
If you love Gina Rodriguez (just like the author of these lines), then the answer is a big yes. She proved to us with Jane the Virgin that she was just as good in comedy as she was in drama, and that she could play a wide range of emotions. What he does best is make us laugh and cry. Sometimes in the same episode. He returns to the genre in Not Dead Yet, an ABC/Hulu series that ends logically with us on Disney+.
He falls in love with a journalist who writes obituaries, and every ghost he meets offers a lesson in life. The series features a lost quad who must start his life and who never seems to see the end of the tunnel. But we see him slowly climbing the stairs and rebuilding himself before our eyes.
The tone is light, the humor well dosed, Gina Rodriguez moves as she makes us laugh. The series is very American in its genre and seems moralizing in certain aspects, but it is above all a good series that will cheer you up if you have had a bad day (like the heroine). It can rely on a gallery of truly engaging characters and actors who never fall into the trap of overplaying.
Not Dead Yet might suffer from its over-televised format (one ghost per episode) that doesn’t necessarily lend itself to binge-watching, but it’s not exactly a series we’re going to binge-watch, but one that’ll get you through a few evenings. Disney+ is putting the first season online this Wednesday, which has 13 20-minute episodes.
A second season has already been ordered, a testament to the series’ success on the other side of the Atlantic.
Source: Allocine
Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
