That’s more like it. Last week, we saw a marked improvement in The Last Man on Earth following a series of uninspired episodes with state plots. For this week’s season finale, the show has turned in two of its best episodes…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×16): “The Big Day”
After painting itself into a corner over the second half of the season, The Last Man on Earth finally returns to a semblance of its former quality with “The Big Day”, and all the show had to do was time-skip six…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×15): “Name 20 Picnics…Now!”
Over the past few episodes, The Last Man on Earth has taken a turn for the worse. The scripts have been mediocre or outright bad due to questionable plot choices that have turned the show’s vivid characters into pale caricatures.…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×13): “Find This Thing We Need To”
The worst episode of The Last Man on Earth since its nadir in the middle of the first season isn’t a result of lame humor or cliched writing, but from the epic pointlessness of the whole affair. “Find This Thing We Need…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×08): “Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem”
For the second episode in a row, The Last Man on Earth turns in a disappointing installment. The plot of “Whitney Houston, We Have a Problems” feels like a wild goose chase that’s only purpose is to hang a couple solid gags…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×07): “Mama’s Hideaway”
This week’s episode of The Last Man on Earth is a relative letdown following last week’s note perfect installment. While it hits many of the beats I like in Last Man episodes, many of them felt stale or too low key for…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×06): “The Open-Ended Nature of Unwitnessed Deaths”
After last week’s solid but somewhat below average scenery setting episode, it’s an absolute joy to see an episode like “The Open-Ended Nature of Unwitnessed Deaths” that both draws upon character relations and development all while keeping the show’s post-apocalyptic…