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Like a lot of Netflix series this was packed with filler. The first episode and the last were actually interesting. The first deals with near death episodes and the last with reincarnation. That last was most amazing to me. I had never heard of such apparent evidence with regard to reincarnation. The middle of this documentary is sort of sad filler.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. I hope thay make more seasons.

My only complaint is they lost focus when they turned the show into one not about life after life- but about ONE particular medium. ?? What was THAT about?

I might add not a very interesting medium either. Not a shot at the lady's personality just perhaps the way they filmed it or what they asked her. And while I'm not denying her abilities - that fake child voice is laughable. Perhaps not the best way to introduce ppl to mediumship?

It doesn't make sense why they spent SO much time on this one particular medium instead of exhibiting some of the masses of information on life after life experiences and the scientific data about it. Or even cultural ideas about it.

Hopefully they will regain focus and explore what ppl are watching the show to learn.

I really didnt like the Mediumship episodes, too long and somehow unbelievable (the Dutch lady) even tho I am a true believer in these things.

I have been waiting for a good documentary about NDEs. This one started off well with Mary Neal, and I am so happy to see that they have shown clips of DNE pioneer, Raymond Moody. I cannot wait to finish this docuseries. I am beyond excited!

Update: Started strong and it went downhill from there. What a waste. They should have focused solely on NDEs.

That. Dutch. Medium. Or, how to make a fool of yourself for the world to see. While her voice is high-pitched for "little Tommy" and guttural for Freda, they still have Dutch accents, LOL. Not to mention that the "communication" she shares are taken right off social media and Google.

I really enjoyed the episodes on NDEs and Reincarnation. The Mediumship episodes were disappointing and silly at times.

Like most people have said, skip episodes 2 and 3... too much focus on possible frauds. I was the biggest nonbeliever in all of this before I had my own experience about 5 years ago. Even if you don't believe in all this, you have to admit it's interesting. Give it a try!

I have lost the most important person in my life, the love of my life, but I can tell you that he is definitely "there" and tries to communicate. I can feel him and his love: he doesn't need a "medium." I am the one who's not very good at communicating spiritually, so I watched this out of sincere interest but also with a healthy skepticism. The first episode is interesting and hooked me a bit, and the last ones after the clearly dubious mediums. But I will continue to search elsewhere.

I found this series truly inspiring. I went from being terrified of death both from the standpoint of my own death as well as the standpoint of losing somebody close to me and I can honestly say that I feel a bit better about both now. I found the second half of the series much more interesting. each episode explores one facet of death which obviously is going to hit the mark with some people and not others. .

I wanted to love the entire show so much. The first episode was so amazing and inspiring. The last episode truly blew my mind and completely change my beliefs. Now, unfortunately all the episodes in the middle made this show loose credibility and were far from the level of the first and last episode. They really didn't need to be there. They should only have done a 2 episode season.

I did go into this with some high hopes and the first episode did show some promising signs. However, into the second and third episode it fell apart. When it got to the part when they started talking about Ectoplasm, there was absolutely no scientific evidence presented and, I was hoping they would look at both signs of the coin, previous experiences and empirical fact, but never got there.

Shame really, as it could have really shown different aspects and maybe opened up to more sceptical people.

Ok whoever reads this who filmed this, you nailed so many things. Thank you. The first episode nailed several items that were absolutely true. The medium episodes bother me for personal reasons and I don't think they were needed. I never believed in previous lives until I saw them for myself. Most importantly is that I learned that there is a support environment for people like me who have "seen it." All I found were weirdos in 2015 when it would have been so helpful to find normal people who just needed to find a way to experience the now. I learned that so many other people know that what I saw and the people I met were absolutely not "visions." "dreams." The net is that I want to tell whoever created this show - thank you. You missed a few things. You missed the incredible humor and laughter on the other side. But thank you for doing something that was true and not fake and was marketable enough to end up on netflix.

I generally don't care whether there's a plurality of opinion on a particular aspect of a review or for that matter, even a point of view.

But, I agree with the plurality this time. I thought the episodes focusing on mediums and the Dutch woman were preposterous.

Here's my main point: If they would include those episodes in a series that began with some fascinating and even persuasive stories, doesn't that call into question the credibility of it all?

I wanted to be fairly persuaded on some of it, but this tainted the rest. If they would throw everything plus the kitchen sink in the mix, then they may not have done the proper due diligence on the rest either. This is often (not always) true in other ideologies as well.

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.

A previous reviewer hit the nail on the head with one question: "where are the critical questions?"

Perhaps I raised my own expectations too high, but this felt far too much like tabloid journalism. Interviews felt coached to deliver one liners and spin stories that create an atmosphere of "I want to believe" rather than "could we prove/debunk this?"

Any scientific interest is reduced to pseudoscience in an atttempt to prop up the assumptions being made, so all hope is lost if you really want to learn something new or interesting about near death experiences or the possibility of life after death.

If, on the other hand, you do just want to kill an hour hearing people's dramatic experiences, you could enjoy the first episode.

They definitely lost me with the physical medium/seance lady who clearly googles her sitters. She was very uncomfortable to even watch...and it should be a crime to play with people's grief.

Every episode is good except the 2 medium ones. The Dutch lady felt so disingenuine and scammy, doing bad voice impressions and slightly adjusting the words she used, telling people 2 basic details extracted from a Wikipedia page and then basically saying 'if you don't believe me you're a hater'. The reincarnation episode was brilliant, so interesting to see stories of uninformed children talking about past lives.

I would recommend you give this series a shot, form your own opinions but skip the mediums episode if you feel it's hard to watch.

The medium having "Tommy"- the "10 year old boy" speak through her was just embarrassing. She sounded like a Mr. Rogers puppet voice telling the poor people who paid her everything she read on their Facebook pages (and none of the the pre-determined code words, of course). I get wanting to believe but that episode was just comical!

I made an account simply to review this. I thought this was an incredible alternative look on how we view the world and something that is greatly needed in our current world. Although some moments may seem highly farfetched I appreciate the amount of disbelievers that were spoken to in it and as a viewer I never felt it was forcing me to believe something I didn't. Other reviewers raised the question where is the science in all of this (which there is none)... but I believe it highlights areas that our current sciences can't touch on just yet, how can all the coincidences within this documentary be mere coincidence?

After watching all the episodes... I really just wanted more.

Other people said it better than me re the mediums episodes. Embarrassing to watch and very sad to see people potenially exploited so horribly. Also the NDE woman in episode 1 did not feel authentic. Someone who has had that experience I am sure would have rather more humility. It is ok to have enough respect for the consultant to called her by her name but the woman who cares for her child is only referred to as 'the nanny'.

But episode four Signs was truly hearbreaking. I felt so much for the parents of all the children, especially Elijah's mother and I kept waking up the night after watching it hoping she would have some comfort. I felt she in some way blamed herself (I really do not know why I felt that) but I found myself sending prayers that she is able to let this feeling go so that she can receive the signs she is seeking.

The ghost episode was fun and the reincarnation one was interesting. But do ignore episodes 2 and 3!

The first episode sets you up to expect SO much more, and then jerks the rug out from under your feet. If only we could get filmmakers with integrity to look at this subject seriously, without preying on people suffering through heavy amounts of grief suffering delusions from their loss.

If you watch this purely from an objective, entertaining standpoint with little to no regard for scientific evidence and data, you'll get some entertainment from it, but still not enough to rank this higher than 3-4 stars.

Yet another disappointment from a Netflix documentary offering; at this point it's what most of us have come to expect.

The "physically medium" part gets really ridiculous. in the first episode I think it's a real disservice to completely omit the scientific evidence of psychoactive substances that are released by the brain nearing death and some during childbirth too. These substances that are endogenous to the body have similar effects to common and psychotropic drugs. they cause things like in increasing body temperature (the warmth), reduction of stress (feeling of well-being), dissociation from the self and the body, and auditory and visual hallucinations. The life changing experiences these people describe from being near death sound really similar to the life changing experiences that may describe when they take hallucinogenic drugs. it changes your whole outlook on life. The reincarnation section at the end is very fascinating.

I rated this a 9 out of 10 only because I did not find the Mediumship episode convincing (particularly The Dutch Lady). In areas of research concerning these topics, I don't want to be entertained, I want evidence. All the other episodes were realistic and far more "thought provoking." I would like to see more investigations of children recalling their past lives, and when doing so, not waiting until their teen+ years to try and meet alleged family members from their described past lives. Do it while they are recalling it like James 3 & his wonderful parents did. This program was intriguing, endearing, even gripping at times. I'm very impressed with Leslie Kean and all the participants, and especially the parents who took the time to listen to their children, took the time & invested in investigating their child's dreams, memories, recollections and most importantly go to every length to validate their child's past life experience as well as the families of the deceased. Those parents are truly golden! I genuinely look forward to more!