Dead and loving it: why has TV become so obsessed with the afterlife?

New sitcom Russian Doll sees a wise-cracking, chain-smoking woman trapped between life and death. Along with The Good Place and Black Mirror, it’s yet more proof of TV’s fixation with the great beyond

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Russian Doll and Forever

In new Netflix show Russian Doll, the main character, Nadia, dies approximately nine minutes into the first episode. She dies again 10 minutes later. By the end of the second episode, it has happened five more times.

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