So, I sneakily watched the Last Man on Earth finale before it aired here, and….it was sad. You know, for a show that gets 99% of its comedy from toilet humour and all.
If that really is the last we’ll see of Mike, it was nicely understated, but a part of me refuses to believe he really died out there, all alone apart from a bag of balls. (Heh.) I sort of suspect that’s just a handy way to leave Jason Sudeikis in TV Cast Limbo in case they do decide to bring him back/scheduling allows for them to bring him back. I secretly hope they do, really, because that was majorly depressing, even with the fart jokes. Despite Mike begging him not to, you would expect Phil (or anyone really) to return to the house in a few months just to check/bury the body. Great, now I’m sad again.
God, I never thought I’d be feeling so sorry for Phil. I loathed him last season. (Honestly, if you’re thinking of watching this show, skip the first season. Just skip it.) But this show’s gotten really good now, has actual heart, has great characters, and has me constantly feeling things. God damn it.
(It’s bugging me, though, that surely Mike would have mentioned at one point he met another survivor. Although we don’t know who the other two are. They’re a surprise.)