Monday, May 4, 2015

"The Last Man on Earth" - Season 1 Review



"The Last Man on Earth" finds out he's not actually the last person on Earth in this debut season of "The Last Man on Earth", starring Will Forte as "Phil Miller" After driving cross country looking for any other people, it's not until he gives up and returns to his home town in Tuscon, AZ. that he finally finds other people still alive. "Phil" wanted to find other people so bad, but when he finally meets new  people; he has trouble getting along with them. He is quickly branded an outcast, a pathological liar, and the black sheep.

The remaining people on Earth form their own community in a rich Tuscon neighborhood and call it "The Culdesac", and the community continues to grow throughout the season. The guy to girl ratio is in Phil's favor until a new arrival with the same name, "Phil Miller" finds this community of survivors and suddenly "Phil" is not the only available man. With two guys named "Phil Miller", the gang votes that the original "Phil" go by his middle name - "Tandy". Threatened by the arrival of this new handsome male, and all the attention he receives from the women in their community;"Tandy" decides to get rid of him and put things back in his favor. That doesn't work out very well for "Tandy" once the new "Phil" discovers his plot. In the season finale, The new "Phil" shows his true colors by attacking and tying up "Tandy", before abandoning him in the middle of nowhere. He tells him he is not allowed to come back to Tuscon, (even though it's "Tandy's" hometown and he's the one that started their lil community).

"Carol", played by Kristen Schaal, decides to leave the new "Phil" and reconnect with the original "Phil Miller". She finds him stranded in the desert alone, and they drive off together to settle somewhere else. At the end of the finale, we see Phil's brother, played by Jason Sudekis, on the international space station, completely unaware that there is no one left on Earth. I knew Jason Sudekis was going to be in this series because "Phil" puts a family photo up in his new mansion and it shows the two of them together. Iv'e been waiting for Jason Sudekis to pop up in one of the episodes, so I was really excited to see him at the very end of season one. Season two is currently in production, but no release date announced yet.... Hopefully, we will get to see Will Forte and Jason Sudekis together on screen in season two!

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