"Three middle-aged women may be all you need for anything. To run a business, raise a village, end a war, retool a civilisation, empty the loft. Even more usefully, you can make a great murder-mystery caper with them, as Lisa McGee (a fourth woman! If it ain't broke, don't fix it) has done with her new series How to Get to Heaven from Belfast."
"McGee made her name, of course, with Derry Girls a nigh-on perfect sitcom that followed the trials and tribulations of a group of Northern Irish Catholic schoolgirls (and a beleaguered English cousin) as they went about the chaotic business of growing up in the mid-90s at the tail end of the Troubles. The main characters of the new offering don't map precisely on to the previous one but the DNA of Derry Girls as an entity remains gloriously alive (is DNA alive? I feel a curious urge to consult Sister Michael)."
"The only difference is that one of the schoolgirls is dead. Probably. Maybe. Perhaps not. To explain: Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne), Saoirse (Roisin Gallagher) and Robyn (Sinead Keenan) are old schoolfriends who reunite to attend the funeral of Greta (Natasha O'Keeffe) We're dying now, is it? says Robyn, rightly enraged by the relentless march of time who completed their teenage gang of four."
Three middle-aged former schoolfriends reunite for the funeral of their missing fourth friend, confronting a decades-old secret tied to a haunting night in a burning forest shack. One friend, a TV crime writer, suspects that the reported stair-fall death conceals foul play and uncovers disturbing details at the wake. The series blends sharp comedy, chaos and precise plotting, pairing verve and acuity with dark mystery. The narrative alternates between present-day investigation and flashback to the night that bound the women together, exploring loyalty, aging, and how buried truths resurface. Tone mixes caper energy with emotional stakes.
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