Alley Cats Finds Bittersweet Pulse in Gervais’s Netflix Toon
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Netflix’s six-episode animated comedy Alley Cats, created by Ricky Gervais, follows Gus and a ragtag London cat crew as they bumble through life with crude banter, while a melancholy undercurrent about hardship and companionship gives the series a surprisingly bittersweet heart and ends on a quietly resonant note.
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