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Life After People: The Series

2009 Ended 60m episodes

7.3/10 150 votes

Documentary

Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

Created by:: David De Vries
Cast:: James Lurie, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, Don Wildman, Andrew Patrick Nelson
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: History

Episode guide

Seasons

4 available

Season 3

Episodes

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E01

Episode 1

★ 8.0

Water World

2025-07-14 · 44m

In a world without humans, water turns from life-giver to destroyer-flooding cities, collapsing dams, and triggering ancient forces long kept at bay.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

Shop 'Til You Drop

2025-07-21 · 44m

When humanity disappears, the global retail machine collapses--malls rot, shipping lanes turn explosive, and ghostly grocery stores become battlefields for rodents, predators, and time. Yet from gold objects to jars of honey, some remnants of consumer culture might outlast civilization itself.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 8.0

Urban Jungles

2025-07-28 · 44m

In the absence of humanity, the world's most iconic cities—from New York, to Orlando, to Rio de Janeiro—are reclaimed by nature, as forests rise, animals roam free, and fire and flood undo centuries of construction.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 8.0

Sands Of Time

2025-08-04 · 44m

In a world without humans, the deserts we once tamed rise to reclaim our greatest triumphs—from the glittering lights of Las Vegas to the soaring heights of Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 8.0

Home On The Strange

2025-08-11 · 41m

After humanity ceases to exist, the homes we built—from suburban mansions and Miami condos to rural farmhouses—face a relentless siege by fire, flood, wildlife, and time.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 8.0

The Underground Rises

2025-08-18 · 41m

When humanity vanishes, the vast and fragile infrastructure hidden underground—from subways and pipelines to one of the biggest coal seams in the United States—begins to unravel.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 8.0

Built To Last

2025-08-25 · 44m

Humanity's strongest structures were engineered to defy disaster—but in a world without people, even the mightiest begin to crack.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 8.0

Ticking Time Bombs

2025-09-13 · 44m

Hidden dangers once held at bay by humans erupt with catastrophic force—from everyday objects ready to explode to chemical plants and locust plagues—as nature and human legacy collide, these ticking time bombs threaten to send the world up in smoke.

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