Life After Death with Tyler Henry

First of all, I am from East Asia, where many buddhists and taoists believe in life after death. I do think it is possible to connect with the deceased ones. Certainly, different people have different beliefs. Yet I don't think it's fair to give this show a one star simply because it contradicts your ways of seeing life.

What I like about this show is that it is different from Tyler Henry's previous show, Hollywood Medium. In this Netflix series, many people of color and working-class people are being read. I really appreciate this.

What I don't like about this series is that the pace is too slow. I think it would be better to shorten it into perhaps 3-4 episodes or just one documentary (2 hours).

A lot of people assert that Tyler Henry is a liar and it is unacceptable for Netflix to make a show for him. I think it's an interesting comment since people would enjoy a Netflix series like "Inventing Anna," which is about a criminal who stole millions of dollars from others, but hate Life After Death with Tyler Henry in which he helps people to express love to the deceased ones or get over the past.

Of course I don't know if Tyler really can communicate with the dead... I don't have proof. But even from the counseling perspective, I think he is very a genuine and loving person.

Some people are accusing Tyler of being really good at manipulating people's emotions and giving vague readings. In many East Asian cultures, we believe that clairvoyants/mediums/fortune tellers could only see the tip of the iceberg when communicating with the "other world"... that is, maybe only 10% of the whole picture. If they disclose too much, they would lose something from their own lives. Many clairvoyants die young or remain not married or suffer from a health issue if they reveal too much. There is a Chinese proverb that goes, "tianji buke xielou" (Heaven's secrets must not be revealed). And I believe that it is why Tyler doesn't say a lot in a reading. He can't see everything. There is a limit.

You can tell many people who reviewed this 1. Didn't actually watch the show 2. Aren't familiar with mediumship 3. Reject it because it goes against their religion or set beliefs I have medium's in my family, and Tyler has such an amazing clear, uninterrupted, connection to the spirit world. If you actually know what to look for you would know he was legit. People complaining this is slow or boring, lol don't watch it. Tyler is giving people closure to move on with their life and that angers people for some reason, nobody is forcing you to watch it. Great show! Really hope they come out with another season.

I was expecting a sequel to his E! Series. Happy, joy joy, powerful readings. That is not what this series is about. Tyler Henry grew up, came out of the closet and still is trying to connect the afterlife with the living people.

Is it scripted? Maybe. Is the info that Tyler delivers vague and random? Maybe. But are the believers feeling more comfort after a reading from Tyler? 100%. I don't feel like Tyler abuses his (non)existent powers. It's not like he's charging insane amounts for a reading. Nothing like that. He is probably the most polite person on earth and shows very much empathy to his clients.

I was surprised that this new series took a darker turn than the E! Series. For the fist time we get to see what's behind the ear-to-ear smile that Tyler always delivers. There is the backstory of the grandmother who was a murderer and a child kidnapper. In true Netflix style, that story is laid out piece by piece up until the final episode.

So what is a bit wrong with the readings that Tyler is doing in the show? First of all, it is regular people, not celebrities. Some are related to celebrities, but that's it. So any info that Tyler shares is non validated by the viewers. Only the person in front of Tyler can confirm or deny. I truly believe that the readings were genuine and sincere. But... and here comes the big but... the producers of the show made so many editing mistakes. You can clearly see that they cut out phrases and words and stitched them together, to give it a better impact or feel. And they failed. In each episode you can see several shots of Tyler scribbling and the same paper gets more or less scribbled on shown. That is manipulation. And this also what happens with Tyler's words. In one shot he sweats, or holds something in his hands, in another shot his hands are totally somewhere else. All cuts made by the producers to try to amp up the speed of the readings or slow down. Like the face shots where Tyler says nothing and only looks or listens to the other person. For me, that was a big mistake in the series and actually frustrated a lot.

Nevertheless, I do believe that Tyler is capable of something. You can see the exhausting in his eyes of always being overwhelmed with all the worlds sorrows. Going through so much heartache and often violent deaths, that does something to a person. I am very concerned about his health. Not only physically but also mentally.

I'm reading a lot of negativity here in the comments and I understand some of it. Sometimes you see people on TV that claim to be physics or mediums and they are not. I understand skepticism until you actually come face to face with someone who has this ability and then your opinion changes.

I worked at Culligan Water in Daytona Beach, Florida back in the late 1980's early 1990's. I was in sales and Dede was in customer service and service work orders. She had never met my husband.

We were at a summer picnic that the owners were having a great time with everyone and I had brought my husband Frank with me. Dede was across the picnic table from us and as a silly thought I had Dede read Frank on a whim to see if she was able to connect with anyone. She asked Frank to give her something anything that might help and he gave her his wedding ring. She read it like a dime store novel. It was crazy and she did not know Frank at all and everything was correct on what she told him. She told him things that I didn't know myself let alone me telling anyone else knew as what she was saying. It was crazy and I had knew found respect at that table that day regarding Dede.

Say what you will about parlor tricks and pretending to know something about other people but I found a knew respect for people that have this "thing". It is real and that day rocked my insufficient world, wow. I have no more words other than this. People that have this ability will have a special place in this world. I would not want to have this ability for nothing. The weight on your shoulders is beyond our comprehension and I would not want it for all the tea in China. Just to much in your ears and thoughts, no way.

If you were to say to me that I would watch this entire production from 1 through to 9 in a single sitting on a weekend when I could be doing literally anything else, I would have laughed in your face.

I don't really believe in mediums. I don't know definitively if there's an "afterlife". I've never encountered verifiable proof that we go on when the lights go out in this life. I'm also not religious in any traditional sense. The only thing that I had going into this was a niggling sense of hope and an optimistic *maybe*.

However, when I hit play and this story began to unfold, I was captivated. Whether or not Tyler's gift is real or not takes a sudden back seat. I no longer care about quantifiable because what I'm seeing FEELS real.

Everything these people appear to be experiencing through him has a sense of authenticity to it. He himself exudes authenticity. It's mesmerising. The stories of love, loss, guilt, grief and hope for the future are all very human experiences you can't help but relate - you won't be able to stop yourself from relating.

Give this a watch with an open mind and you just might be surprised by how much you get out of it.