Purgatony (series)

Purgatony is an animated webseries created by Joel Watson and produced by blackpills, Studio71 and Explosm. A trailer for the show was uploaded to the ExplosmEntertainment channel on Youtube on Sep 18, 2017. The first episode was introduced to Youtube on October 4th, 2017, by the blackpills US Youtube channel and reuploaded by Explosm in a string of weekly Tuesday uploads on June 4, 2019. The entire series is made up of 8 episodes, ranging from 12-14 minutes in length.Speculation on the release of a second season was hinted at in ExplosmEntertainment's upload of "What!? Dreams May Come!?" At the end of the episode, the characters state that enough people watch the episodes and Explosm is given enough money, then there might be a Season 2. However, this may have just been a joke.

On the first Purgatony compilation video uploaded by Explosm, Joel Watson made this comment regarding Season 2 of Purgatony:

"'Hey hey, I’m the creator of Purgatony and I’m really happy to see all the enthusiasm for the series in these comments. A lot of you are asking about season 2, so I wanted to clear some things up. We aren’t currently working on a season 2, because a show like this needs studio/network support. Season 1 was paid for by a VOD service called Blackpills, that is now defunct. 2 years after premiering behind their paypalled app (not our choice), we got the rights back and tossed it up on YouTube just to be able to share it with the world. The team and I spent 6 grueling months making this season, and to have it locked away on an unknown app was really heartbreaking. So, it might seem like we just made this show and put it up on a free platform, which begs the question of why can’t we just do a season 2 that way, but that’s incredibly far from the truth. So, whereas season 2 will never happen unless we find a home for Tony on a real network or larger streaming service (which is incredibly difficult), we DO actually have some exciting Purgatony news that we should be able to share in early 2020. Anyway, I hope you enjoy rewatching the series with these compilations. I’m super proud of it, and feel it’s the best thing I’ve ever made. I’d love nothing more than to get into more trouble with this short, miserable, possibly eternally damned weirdo.'"

According to a video by Explosm created on January 30, 2020, Purgatony is now streamed on the Syfy network from 12:30 AM EST / 11:30 PM PST.

Synopsis
Purgatony follows a cynical, bored, and apathetic caseworker named Tony Purgatelli. Tony interviews different "clients" at his job in Purgatory. Tony decides which of his clients go to Heaven, and which of them go to Hell, based on a case file containing information about their actions in life. Plagued with a lack of self-confidence and the feeling that he is not qualified to perform his job, Tony often reaches to his boss Death for advice. Death is generally indifferent to Tony's struggles and strongly favors Tony's narcissistic but perky co-worker Chad Bradley.

Tony and Death both seem to be aware that they are being portrayed in some type of media, and occasionally break the 4th wall.

The main cast includes:

 * Joel Watson as Tony Pergatelli
 * Rob DenBleyker as Death
 * Kris Wilson as Chad Bradley