CAROL & THE END OF THE WORLD

Comfortably Numb

Dave Golder

UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▸ Showrunner Dan Guterman ▸ Cast Martha Kelly, Beth Grant, Lawrence Pressman, Kimberly Hébert Gregory EPISODES 1.01-1.10 While most of humanity is facing the impending destruction of Earth in a hedonistic bucket list frenzy (with much nudity), inveterate glumster Carol finds meaning in routine, working out the apocalypse in an office full of like-minded seekers of order. She doesn’t even know what the company’s called, or what it does. To its workers it’s just “The Distraction”. Welcome to possibly the most depressing work of animation ever (and yes, we’re including When The Wind Blows in that assessment). Sure, Carol & The End Of The World’s 10 episodes have moments of exquisite black humour, plenty of wonderfully bizarre images and a generous smattering of amusing and bittersweet observations…

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