The Last Man on Earth

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 1, 2015
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Feb 27, 2015
    60
    The premise calls for a level of creativity from the producers (Forte is joined by directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord of “The Lego Movie”) that these episodes don’t consistently deliver. That’s not to say “I wouldn’t watch him if he were the last man on Earth.” But like the fate of humanity within the series, while the future certainly isn’t hopeless, neither does it look particularly bright.
  2. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Feb 26, 2015
    60
    The humor in Last Man is often more disturbing than laugh-out-loud funny, and some of it can be off-putting. But the show is more ambitious than any other current network comedy, and in just two episodes it pushes forward in bold, even reckless ways.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Feb 25, 2015
    60
    The Last Man on Earth has a unique, committed comic sensibility. But the pacing of the first hour is a little slack, as Forte returns to the same comic well a few too many times before an inevitable twist gives the second half a different energy.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Feb 26, 2015
    58
    Forte does seem to be having a good, slovenly time, but after a while, the whole affair starts to feel a bit wanton and self-indulgent.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Feb 24, 2015
    50
    The show itself is slight, the conceit perhaps worthy of an extended sketch, but after two episodes, it begins to feel stretched.

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#82 Best TV Season of 2015
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#19 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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#50 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 269 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 204 out of 269
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 269
  3. Negative: 37 out of 269
  1. Drekassn
    Apr 22, 2015
    5
    I don't really know how to feel about this show. I thought the first episode was hysterical, and this compelled me to keep going, but it justI don't really know how to feel about this show. I thought the first episode was hysterical, and this compelled me to keep going, but it just kept getting more and more PAINFULLY awkward. I've never wanted to just reach through the screen and shake a character by the neck as much as I wanted to do with the main character. At the same time as I feel bad for him that just absolutely nothing ever works out for him, most of his failures are a result of him screwing up. So this annoying dichotomy basically leads me to nothing but frustration, and with every episode this just seems to get worse, especially now that this cringeworthy awkwardness is spreading to characters I used to enjoy.

    Bleh. I don't know why I keep watching it. It's like watching a huge trainwreck--you can't look away.    … Full Review »
  2. EileenJoy
    Mar 1, 2015
    10
    I loved every moment of this. Loved the writing, the actors. Loved the music, too ("I'm an Apeman.") An intelligent comedy. I laughed out loudI loved every moment of this. Loved the writing, the actors. Loved the music, too ("I'm an Apeman.") An intelligent comedy. I laughed out loud at least a dozen times, and I rarely do that. This and "Better Call Saul" are the TV shows I've got taped.… Full Review »
  3. DaveMo
    Mar 25, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I found the first two episodes very entertaining. Starting with the third episode, the writing went down hill. The premises are good, but the dialog and shtick are horrible. The series could be much better with a different lead actor. Everyone else (the other 3 actors at the point of writing this) does a great job.… Full Review »
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