After You

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death by medically assisted suicide, death, substance use, and mental health conditions.

Louisa Clark is working at the Shamrock and Clover, an Irish bar at the airport. Toward the end of her shift, she notices that a nervous man left his coat behind. She chases after him, finding him anxiously splashing his face with water in the bathroom. He explains that he’s terrified of flying. Louisa reassures him, giving him the courage to board his flight.

Louisa returns home to her empty apartment late that night. She drinks a bottle of wine and climbs up to the roof. She ignores the dead plants in the rooftop garden and tries walking the parapet. Since her late love and former employer Will Traynor died, she’s been challenging herself to do similar things. Feeling the evening breeze, she urges herself to keep walking. It’s been 18 months since Will chose to die, but she’s still grieving and angry. A voice behind her tells her not to keep walking. Startled, Louisa loses her balance and falls from the roof.