After Lives

After Lives is a 1 hour, serialized drama sprinkled with bits of humor and twists the love triangle trope: a young man has two different women fall for him, only to be killed in a freak accident with both present. Both were good friends, but his death and jealousy breaks them apart. His spirit unable to move on, he believes the reason is to repair the rift. He sees their struggles starting out in life and how friends misunderstood the real him. Another twist: He discovers one of them is bisexual. While developing a romantic interest in him, she can’t turn off deep feelings for her friend, both now lost. Whom he would have chosen becomes more difficult the more he learns. It explores the themes of life, death, forgiveness and identity. Comps: The Good Place (NBC)- Instead of going to heaven or hell, Herón’s stuck in an earthly purgatory with zero guidance. Dead Like Me (Showtime)- The dead dealing with how their deaths affect the living and how those they knew change. Ghost- Seeking closure before moving on.