Where do we go after we die? It's a question we've seen tackled in film and television before, and the ideas run the gamut. There are more heartfelt, emotion-based depictions like Coco (2017), more scientific deep dives, like After Death (2023), and everything in between.
Now, Bad Ancestors is here to throw another theory into the mix. Created by Wendy Mocke, the miniseries delivers the vibes of The Good Place, but with all the comedy of your funniest older cousin at the family party*.
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*That's a lot, BTW.
The show follows best friends Nora (played by Mocke) and Charlie (played by Joseph Althouse) who reside in the land beyond the living. The pair are subjected to an unimaginable afterlife experience that involves having to "subscribe to capitalism" — AKA, work as ancestral guides for earthside Pasifika youths. Sounds easy enough, right? Think again! These teens aren't about to make their afterlives easy.
