IDEAL SCENARIO: last man on earth ends after an appropriate amount of seasons and in the process manages to pick up the huge fandom it deserves. all the characters finish their stories in good places. the word ‘bisexual’ is finally said, and often. there are no shock deaths and no cruel twists.
less than a year later a “next generation” type sequel/spinoff is announced, starring craig robinson as adult jasper and laura harrier as adult dawn
is that you? [huge spoiler at link]
I want Mike and Erica’s reunion to be sweet and respectful. Something like, “Oh, you’re married to Gail now? And you have a baby! Well, I too am now in a relationship with [insert random name here], so it’s all good. I’m not dead!*”
That being said, I don’t think too much time will be spent on Mike/Erica. They went on a couple of dates and had one aesthetically pleasing kiss and that was it. And – god, I know how risky it is to say this these days, but – I really honestly do trust the writers. Reading interviews with them, I think they do know what they’re about and what a good thing they’ve got going here. The only really big misstep they’ve made in all the show so far is killing off Lewis, and I suppose one Big Mistake per four seasons is a pretty good ratio.
*Will not be the case if Mike turns out to be a ghost which is my other theory
Jason Sudeikis to return to ‘Last Man on Earth’
I wonder about this a LOT because… can they actually afford to keep Jason Sudeikis around for a whole series, if a series five does get commissioned? So I can’t think of how they’re going to do it. But I’m looking forward to finding out!
A few more spoilery thoughts on the trying-so-hard-not-to-be-spoilery press releases:
forget slow burn romance, give me slow burn found family. give me enemies to friends to siblings. tired, weary old mentors learning to live again for their plucky young apprentices. heroes sharing apartments after world saving adventures because they’re so used to living with each other. dramatic “oh shit” moments where one gets kidnapped and the other realizes “god, that’s my kid.” i want to sit and watch in agony for thirty chapters while two idiots slowly adopt each other, someone get on it
A couple of weeks ago @royalarmyofoz made a Gail/Erica gifset with the tag
#fun fact: if erica drew the short straw there is no way in hell gail would have let her do it either
and I had to write that scenario!
It has an unnecessarily pretentious title but I hope you enjoy it.
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Persephone in the Underworld
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Erica looked at her straw, and then she looked at Gail, and then she turned and ran out of the room without saying a thing.
Gail observed the faces of the other people in the room. They all looked sympathetic, but each and every one of them was clearly thinking “Thank god it wasn’t me.”
(more…)OKAY I admit it I still occasionally lurk on the TLMOE subreddit, and it’s every bit what you’d imagine I suppose. Some samples regarding Melissa:
That Melissa had better stop being being a bitch and just give Todd a baby.
Melissa should suck it up and have a baby instead of guilting Erica into doing it.
I think she’s super selfish for not having a kid with Todd.
The survival of the human race is literally at stake. She’s putting
her feelings ahead of that and those feelings ultimately aren’t worth
shit if there is no society left.For lack of a better word, it is bugging the hell out of me, because I am in a similar situation! It’s never outright said that Melissa doesn’t want to get pregnant because of her mental health situation, but we can assume it’s a factor, and – yo. I’m not ruling it out entirely, I’m honestly not, but I think adoption is the way to go. Obviously I’m not one of only a handful of people left alive after an apocalypse either, but –
I really appreciate that the show/Melissa has doubled down on this. I mean – Melissa is actually really great with kids and doesn’t dislike them at all. Her husband wants a baby and has made that very clear. This series of TLMOE has been all about trying to ensure the human race lives on and she’s the only woman of childbearing age who hasn’t basically signed on to have as many kids as possible. Maybe she should just suck it up! But she’s not gonna, because it’s her freaking body, and even over the six-month timeframe of the last episode she doesn’t once waver in Not Wanting A Baby Ever.
It’s a little thing in a show that’s basically a live-action cartoon but I’m really grateful for it. [nb. If the show goes back on this for any reason, disregard this post entirely and note my pissed-off-ness.]
god lurking on reddit can be a real eye-opener sometimes
OKAY I admit it I still occasionally lurk on the TLMOE subreddit, and it’s every bit what you’d imagine I suppose. Some samples regarding Melissa:
That Melissa had better stop being being a bitch and just give Todd a baby.
Melissa should suck it up and have a baby instead of guilting Erica into doing it.
I think she’s super selfish for not having a kid with Todd.
The survival of the human race is literally at stake. She’s putting
her feelings ahead of that and those feelings ultimately aren’t worth
shit if there is no society left.
For lack of a better word, it is bugging the hell out of me, because I am in a similar situation! It’s never outright said that Melissa doesn’t want to get pregnant because of her mental health situation, but we can assume it’s a factor, and – yo. I’m not ruling it out entirely, I’m honestly not, but I think adoption is the way to go. Obviously I’m not one of only a handful of people left alive after an apocalypse either, but –
I really appreciate that the show/Melissa has doubled down on this. I mean – Melissa is actually really great with kids and doesn’t dislike them at all. Her husband wants a baby and has made that very clear. This series of TLMOE has been all about trying to ensure the human race lives on and she’s the only woman of childbearing age who hasn’t basically signed on to have as many kids as possible. Maybe she should just suck it up! But she’s not gonna, because it’s her freaking body, and even over the six-month timeframe of the last episode she doesn’t once waver in Not Wanting A Baby Ever.
It’s a little thing in a show that’s basically a live-action cartoon but I’m really grateful for it. [nb. If the show goes back on this for any reason, disregard this post entirely and note my pissed-off-ness.]
PROS of Last Man on Earth
CONS of Last Man on Earth
