In a TV landscape positively swimming in mystery series (we’re only two weeks into 2026 and we’ve already had a new Harlan Coben show, His & Hers, and Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials on Netflix alone), it takes something special to really catch our eye. And the new trailer for How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, Lisa McGee’s first project since finishing bona fide all-time great TV series Derry Girls, has definitely caught our eye. Check out the teaser for McGee’s eight-part Netflix comedy-thriller below;
Okay, so we’re definitely getting some early Derry Girls vibes from the female-friendship-group-plus-token-Englishman dynamic and drily delivered craic here (and from the surprise Saoirse-Monica Jackson reveal at the end of the teaser, obvs.) And there’s definitely a detectable hint of Bad Sisters in the ‘here’s a group of woman implicated in some messed-up shit they really didn’t sign up for’ stakes established by How To Get To Heaven From Belfast‘s frenetic first trailer, too. But along with the familiar, distinct McGeeness of it all, there also a properly compelling murder — or possibly missing person — mystery to solve, Scooby Doo stylie, for our leading trio: chaotic yet whipsmart TV writer Saoirse (Roísín Gallagher), spun-out mother-of-three Robyn (Sinéad Keenan), and dependable, inhibited carer Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne).
The official synopsis for McGee’s latest reads: “Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara have been friends since high school. Now in their late 30s, but still as close as ever, these three friends are about to embark on the most thrilling adventure of their lives. When an email arrives, telling them about the death of the estranged fourth member of their childhood gang, a series of eerie events at her wake set them on a dark, dangerous and hilarious odyssey through Ireland and beyond as each tries to piece together the truth of the past.”
After three glorious seasons with our beloved Derry Girls, we’re more than ready to head from the nineties to the now — and about an hour-and-a-half’s drive down the road, geographically speaking — for How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, whose mysteries will be revealed on Netflix on 12 February.
