I'm a 22 year old guy and I never thought a tv show could consistently almost bring me to tears. But I was wrong. I wish there were more shows that could make me laugh, cry, feel happy, and depressed all in one episode. I hope future episodes of this show are just as brilliant.

I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect when I heard of this show. Ricky Gervais can be a bit biting and sarcastic for some. But I was in tears 2 episodes in. His portrayal of Derek is so genuine and kind hearted. The world needs more Dereks

I’m watching this show for the 6th time, it’s a great background show or just good to watch! Every time I pick up things I missed and it still makes me laugh…and cry. Ricky Gervais is BRILLIANT!! And the rest of the cast. There’s fun, laughter, cringe, sadnes and mostly truth. I love the raw emotion and the straigh up truth bombs. This show has everything and there should be more chatter about this! What’s everyone’s fave episode eirnmoment or quote??

How can people bash this show? That was some of the best writing acting and directing I've seen on a tv show in ages. ( I admit being a dog lover it hit me hard) However just the overall theme hit me so hard.

This is what we need in the world. People being sensitive to the right stuff..

Found this show by chance on Netflix and have finished it. What a great show! Granted I had to turn on subtitles at times due to the accents. It’s too bad Gervais only does 2 seasons of a show, at least make them longer because I wanted more! Only complaint I might have is Kev got too much screen time. He had some good jokes at times but a little goes a long way with that type of humor. I would have liked more time spent on other things like why were Hannah and Tom trying to have a baby when they weren’t married and even stated they had no money? Do you get money assistance there when you have a kid from the government? Just seemed like an odd story arc. The episode with the dog in season 2 really hit me. We just put our pup of 13 years down literally 3 days ago and man, seeing that just re-triggered everything. If you enjoyed Derek you”ll like Afterlife on Netflix, has many of the same actors in it AND there’s 3 full seasons.

I decided to start watching Derek on Netflix last night and honestly it's one of the best shows i've ever seen. So much emotional scenes in near enough every episode. I cannot believe i've never watched it before but i'm so glad i did.

I saw a post where someone was saying Ricky probably scripted Karl because Dougie and Karl are so similar and seeing as how Dougie is a character then Karl must be too. Unfortunately the post is already archived so I can't reply. If you're a huge Pilkington fan like myself then you probably already know that Dougie was basically written for Karl and using Karl's humour. I'm sure there are bits here and there were Karl just ad libbed as he said himself that all credit for making an actor out of him goes to the person who made his wig and he pretty much just said/did Karl type things. So no, it doesn't mean Karl is fake, it just means Dougie is literally created for Karl to be able to easily play. What's more Karl quit since he was fed up with acting and that's why they had to write Dougie out (bummer really, the show isn't the same without him and they've made a mistake letting Kev get too much air time with unfunny antics instead of just giving the extra time to funnier characters like Derek, Hannah, or Vicky). Anyway, that's all I had to say.

I expected laughs, not my fucking life to change.

The whole series is great and everyone has their moments, but I think the realest thing said on this whole show was when Kev said “ I’m not a failure because I didn’t succeed, I’m a failure because I didn’t try. I gambled, I took the easy way out and drank”.

What the fuck guys I didnt sign up for this shit, I was looking for a laugh and I found tears

I'm successful at my job, I have friends, money and doing really good overall.

And now I'm sitting here in my flat and I'm in tears for the first time in more than 20 years. This series is brilliant.