Three generations of one family wrestle with very different ideas of a good life and a good death in The End, a 2020 British drama series from creator Samantha Strauss.
What is The End about?
The series follows a family split across three generations, each pursuing an entirely different answer to the same question: how to face the end of life on their own terms. An aging matriarch wants control over how her story closes, her daughter is consumed by the demands of caring for others while barely managing her own life, and the youngest generation is only beginning to understand what either of those choices might cost. Their paths cross and clash inside one household, turning private decisions about dignity, care and mortality into a shared, often darkly funny, family drama.
About the cast
Harriet Walter anchors the ensemble, joined by Frances O'Connor, Ingrid Torelli, Morgan Davies, Noni Hazlehurst and Luke Arnold. The cast spans veteran stage and screen performers alongside younger actors, giving the three generations at the center of the story distinct, believable voices rather than a single uniform tone.
Context & significance
Created by Samantha Strauss, The End is a British half-hour drama that treats end-of-life care, aging and grief as material for close, character-driven storytelling rather than melodrama. Set inside one extended family, the series moves between hospital rooms, aged-care facilities and ordinary living rooms, tracking how each generation processes loss differently. Its short episode length keeps the focus tight on individual relationships rather than sprawling plot, and the series builds its drama from the small frictions of caregiving rather than big incident. The result plays closer to observational comedy than issue-driven drama, letting awkward silences and mismatched expectations carry as much weight as any single plot turn.
Watching The End on Ktime
The End streams on K-Time with a free account login, and viewers can browse the platform's full catalogue through its Farsi-first interface built for Persian-speaking audiences. The series is presented in its original English.