Reasons to watch The Last Man on Earth

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immaplatypus:

  • a super intriguing premise without falling into your usual melodramatic post-apocalypse tropes
  • mega fun characters considering the end-of-the-world circumstances (consider adult mabel pines, extremely caring but constantly concerned boyfriend, and accordion-playing Wine Mom™, among others)
  • jerky protagonist that actually gets called out on his behavior, his actions have real consequences that promote personal growth (his change into season 2 and beyond is honestly really refreshing)
  • adding to that the character development is really organic, growth comes from trial and error and characters realistically struggle with old flaws from time to time
  • relationships that go beyond conventional romance!!! above all else most of these couples are friends
  • some super fun comedy, with Will Forte as the main character and showrunner and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, Clone High) as executive producers
  • KRISTEN SCHAAL
  • JANUARY JONES
  • MARY STEENBURGEN AND CLEOPATRA COLEMAN
  • LOTTA GREAT WOMEN ON THIS SHOW OKAY
  • gay and bi characters that aren’t solely defined by their sexuality (except by one character in a couple of episodes, who’s doing that really unproductive “im trying to be an ally” thing and gets shut down promptly)
  • this absolutely fantastic gag where they introduce a big guest star and then kill them after literally 5-10 seconds of screentime
  • genuinely emotional moments and sweet family dynamics (do not even get me started on The Open-Ended Nature of Unwitnessed Deaths)
  • dinosaur suit tandy
  • ”So there I am, standing between Denzel Washington’s legs, and I’m saying ‘Push, Denzel, push!’ And Denzel pops out the most beautiful little Siamese twins, they are perfect. And then he says, ‘Sally’ – because he’s calling me Sally for some reason – he says, ‘Sally, you keep my attached babies. I got my movie career.’ And I have had that dream fifty times, and I do not know what it means.” 

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