Ricky Gervais

Life's Too Short's finale was too little, too late

Life's Too Short's final episode was its strongest as Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant cracked out some good gags and Warwick Davis' life slowly unravelled. But is it all too little, too late?

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Life's Too Short continued tonight - but I wish it hadn't. For those of us who have in the past loved Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - and almost everything they did - it has proved to be a huge disappointment.

We used to feel like we were in safe hands when we watched The Office and Extras. We knew we would be tickled and treated by this comic genius who could do no wrong.

But Life's Too Short has irritated everyone except the most hardcore of Gervais fanboys with its weak plots, below-par performances and shockingly unamusing dialogue.

Tonight, Warwick embarked on a quest for religion (cue the introduction of several grating new characters) and insulted a potential love interest when his blind date turned out to be a dwarf. Like him. Geddit?

At this point, it's starting to get uncomfortable to watch the bloody thing. Viewers who tune in at 9.30 on Thursdays are treated to half-an-hour of Gervais' career limping desperately across the screen, a blood trail in tow as it haemorrhages towards its humiliating end.

And with two weeks left before Life's Too Short draws its final breath, those who insist on watching are in for an uncomfortable and unsightly few episodes.

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