What's it all about? It's about Tony (Ricky Gervais) who has lost the love of his life to cancer and is in a very dark place. Tony is an atheist who doesn't believe in an afterlife and now that his wife is gone, doesn't really have any good reason to carry on. As a result, Tony says and does pretty much whatever he wants. He is a bit of an asshole, but a very charming one. Tony works at a very small community paper run by his brother-in-law who lets Tony get away with his outlandish behaviour because Tony is grieving hard for his deceased sister. The tiny paper is filled with oddball characters. They cover goofy and silly stories of people who just want their picture in the local paper for ten minutes of fame. Tony's life is jammed packed with characters - which is the charm of the show. He has a dad with dementia whom he visits on a daily basis and talks with the pretty nurse who works there; he has hilarious sessions with his toxic male therapist; a quirky relationship with a sex worker; and a funny hostel relationship with the postman. I've always liked Ricky Gervais - partly because I'm also an atheist and I tend to like my humour dark - but in this role, as Tony, you can see Gervais stretching as an actor, diving deeper into more personal stuff. It's good, he's good. I was impressed. Catch it on Netflix.
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