She's dead, she's messy, and she's about to expose EVERYONE at her own funeral party.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestSet in modern day Aotearoa, Literally Dead follows True–the most iconic bitch you’ve ever met. She’s beautiful, smart, charming, and sharp, but on the cusp of graduating from high school, she died in a tragic accident (note: it wasn’t an accident). Our story takes place entirely on the night of True’s graduation party, as her ghost presents her circle of friends and frenemies, we discover her death was the least fucked up thing that happened that year at Gilchrist Grammar.
Acting
Kirana Asmarani's posthumous narrator steals every scene she's not in
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it'll cut you—then you'll thank it
Direction
Single-night structure builds suffocating pressure
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series deliberately codes 'Grammar' schools as colonial residue, with Māori and Pasifika students navigating spaces never built for them.
K-Ci Williams wrote True's narration during actual insomnia nights, explaining her 3 AM energy.
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