The end of the world scares us all. And the political, environmental and public health crises of the past few years don’t help too much to calm this phobia of an impending apocalypse. It is also a fear that inhabits Canadian actor Jay Baruchel (The Trotsky,goon), co-producer and host ofWe’re all going to diea nice documentary series on a subject that is not too much: the different ways in which humanity could disappear.
The most pessimistic and anxious in the face of the uncertain future of our species may want to avoid this panorama of the possible ends of the world, for fear of fueling their anxieties, and yet, they would still be depriving themselves of reasons to hope. Because although Baruchel is not very optimistic about the future of the human race, fascinated and frightened by the possible causes of our eventual extinction, he undertakes a search for plausible solutions, or at the very least imaginable, with scientists and experts from various fields, which, failing to offer reassuring and simple solutions, suggest a little light at the end of the tunnel.
Each of the series’ six episodes, whose tone oscillates between earthy humor and thoughtful observation, examines a possible cause of the end of the world: a giant asteroid, a nuclear catastrophe, a pandemic, an alien invasion, a volcanic eruption, without forgetting the climatic disaster that awaits us. The discoveries and work of some of the many experts questioned on the possible means of avoiding these catastrophes never completely reassure us, but they shed light on what it is possible to do to avoid the worst… in our lifetime. It is already a lot.
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