Tyler Henry : à l'écoute de l'au-delà

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.

'Psychics' aren't psychic. There is no evidence for it. If it were a genuine phenomenon then psychics would be winning the lottery every week or even just predicting mundane things like Covid and wars. Susan Gerbic calls them 'grief vampires' and that is precisely what they are. Using well reported, simple to replicate techniques (cold reading/hot reading/google etc. ) in order to prey on the vulnerable. This is why psychics put 'for entertainment purposes only' on their websites - only, trashing people's genuine memories with BS isn't particularly entertaining.

Shame on Netflix for backing this trash.

A lot of people are skeptics and that's fine but they put a rating of 1/10 which ruins the average score. If you have an open mind to the possibility that there is more than the physical realm then you might like this series. I bet if you removed the ratings from the skeptics then this would be at least an 8/10.

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.