The Love of My Afterlife

Delphie Denise Bookham is 27 years old when she dies while choking on a microwavable hamburger in her London apartment. Just after she chokes, she finds herself in a brightly colored laundromat. She is still wearing her pajamas. An exuberant young woman named Merritt greets Delphie and informs her that she has died and is now in a place called Evermore. Merritt is an Afterlife Therapist whose job is to help “Deads” adjust to their afterlife, though she notes that many of the older therapists don’t believe in her new approaches and often steal her clients. Delphie cannot believe that she is dead and asks to go home, but Merritt pulls out an old TV and DVD player to show Delphie an overview of her life.

On the TV, Delphie sees her idyllic childhood before her father left and her mother moved to an artists’ commune in Texas. She also views her childhood best friend, Gen Hartley, who later became her bully. Many clips show Delphie alone, and in high school, she was often tormented by Gen and her boyfriend Ryan. Now, as she watches her adulthood, Delphie sees the same days replaying over and over again.