Heavenly Ever After: The Afterlife Dilemma No One Saw Coming | popgeeks.com
If You Love “The Good Place,” “Upload,” or “Ghosts,” Then Heavenly Ever After Might Be Your Next Binge-Worthy Fix
What if, in the afterlife, you got to choose your forever age? Netflix’s new Korean series Heavenly Ever After takes that premise and adds a big spoonful of awkward romance, eternal beauty contests, and one very salty grandma.
Dropping April 19, Heavenly Ever After follows Lee Hae-Sook (played by the legendary Kim Hye-Ja), who dies at 80 and arrives in Heaven. Cool, right? Not quite. The first thing she’s asked is: “Hey, what age would you like to be forever?” Casual. No pressure.
She flashes back to a tender moment with her husband, who once said, “You were beautiful in your 20s, beautiful in your 40s, but you’re most beautiful now.” Sounds romantic. Sounds sincere. Sounds like a man who didn’t think this through.
Hae-Sook takes his words to heart and picks 80 as her eternal age. She steps into Heaven, full of confidence, grace, and orthopedic shoes.
Then her husband walks in—Ko Nak-Joon (played by Son Suk-Ku)—looking like a K-drama heartthrob in his prime. Why? Because he chose to be in his 30s. Six-pack abs, great hair, zero shame.
He’s surprised. She’s stunned. And honestly? I have a feeling she wants to punch her husband straight through the pearly gates.
But wait—there’s more. She’s not just the only person who stayed old for love. She’s the only person in Heaven who stayed old, period. Everyone else up there looks like they’re about to launch a skincare line. It’s like being the only one who showed up to prom in a bathrobe.
Imagine being offered the chance to be young and hot forever—and turning it down because your dying husband said, “You’re most beautiful now.” Was it sweet? Sure. Was it a lie? Maybe not. But when he got his second shot at being 30, he took it real fast. Eternal love, meet eternal betrayal (with great jawlines).
Heavenly Ever After isn’t just funny—it’s quietly savage. It pokes at everything from aging and vanity to relationship regrets and afterlife etiquette. Can you ghost someone if you’re already dead? Can you get a heavenly divorce? And what happens when your soulmate is now way too hot for you?
Streaming April 19 on Netflix, Heavenly Ever After is a bold, hilarious look at life, death, and how fast people change when they get a second shot at being sexy.
Now be honest:
If you were given the choice to be any age in the afterlife… what age would you choose?
