Why is TV so obsessed with the afterlife?

The Guardian

Forever, The Good Place, Black Mirror and, most recently, Russian Doll have all explored the afterlife on television. "TV’s recent preoccupation with the great beyond has to be reflective of where the real world is at in 2019," says Rachael Sigee, "when very little seems certain but we can all agree on one thing: we’re doomed. Whether it’s nuclear war, overpopulation, climate change or some other, not-yet-imagined but definitely human-made disaster, we’re done for – and more conscious of our mortality than ever."