So I just finished the Midnight Gospel, and I know that I was probably not the intended audience for it (considering most of the discussions I've seen of it are about how people watch it on some kind of drug), but it was really interesting.
The show is in the format of interviews between Duncan (called Clancy in the show) and various guests on his podcast, taking the form of different people he meets in different worlds within a simulator. These interviews are then paired with wild, colorful, creative visuals.
A lot of the show for me were these visuals, and they were damn good. The animation is very smooth and fun to watch, the designs of the worlds and the characters that inhabit them are fun and varied, and the use of color is phenomenal.
The bulk of the show are, obviously, the conversations that take place in it. They cover topics like spirituality and death-- and admittedly, I didn't follow a lot of the conversations. That being said, there were a few standout episodes, specifically the last three.
And out of those, the final episode hit the hardest. Spoilers, I guess, if you want to go in blind:

The last episode is a discussion between Duncan and his late mother, who died about a year after the recording. It's, from my interpretation, all about death and acceptance.
I won't go too further into it because this thread is long enough and I don't think I'll do it justice. It's an intense episode, and (save for one point where they became a little distracting) uses the animation to really amplify the emotion within it.
The Midnight Gospel is very interesting, especially as it follows a pretty atypical format for animation and TV as a whole. Its format is incredibly interesting.
The visuals alone are worth the watch, but it might not be for everyone-- so just try the first episode, at least.
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