How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026) is an Irish comedy thriller series for Netflix

Mostly positive reviews from critics, earning a 91%–93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, though casual viewer opinions are more divided.

Worth watching. But I’m one of those disappointed.

The show is penned by Lisa McGee, creator of Derry Girls, one of the best comedy TV shows of all time.

This one is not nearly as good.

Rapid-fire Northern Irish wit is similar. Chemistry of its leading cast good — but not nearly as good as Derry Girls.

It’s neither a great comedy, nor a great murder mystery. Pick a lane Lisa. Stick to comedy, Lisa.

When three close friends from Belfast receive the news that the estranged fourth member of their teenage friend group has unexpectedly died, they travel to County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland to pay their respects.

Strange events at the wake and a long-kept secret threatening to come out propel the trio into investigating their friend’s mysterious death, but the amateur sleuths quickly find themselves in over their heads,

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