I am in the middle of season 3, which means I am a glutton for punishment. I like the entire cast, even Carol, except for Original-Phil, or as he is now known, Tandy. They've retooled him to be less of a moronic, narcissistic sociopath with a penchant for destroying everything he touches, so are we supposed to like him better now that he only lies half the time? Considering the highI am in the middle of season 3, which means I am a glutton for punishment. I like the entire cast, even Carol, except for Original-Phil, or as he is now known, Tandy. They've retooled him to be less of a moronic, narcissistic sociopath with a penchant for destroying everything he touches, so are we supposed to like him better now that he only lies half the time? Considering the high score the show had in its first season, and what a prominent role he plays, he must be appealing to some people. This show does have a certain comedic flair strewn about which feels fresh and alive, but every good moment gets immediately buried by Tandy once again aggrandizing himself while knowing less than nothing. And so every man joining the group who actually does know something that might help them survive past the time when gas and canned food have gone bad must die, or otherwise this group would have dumped Tandy long ago because he is actively harmful aside from being more annoying than a 24-hour long scratch fest on a chalk board. If I found myself at the end of the world and he was the only other human, I'd move to the other side of the Earth to get away from him. And since this is all conceived and written by the comedian who portrays him, my opinion of Mr Forte is that I will never watch anything else by him. How is this inspired comedy genius? Monty Python is inspired comedy genius; this is mental masturbation for people who never grew up past age 15.
From a science fictional point of view this is complete dreck. The post virus world is pristine and clean, without any bodies anywhere, which is explained with inept handwavium. The comedy is all-pervasive; there are very few introspective moments, and the characters who provide those generally don't live long (I can tell a redshirt pretty much by the end of the episode where they join the cast). I guess the moral is the less thoughtful you are the more likely you'll get to live after an apocalypse; which might soothe the current anti-science sentiment in America.
Some good points beyond the generally capable cast: a fat man who's not the butt of anyone's (but Tandy's) joke, a black man who's not the criminal or magical negro, and a gay man who's not a mincing, lisping stereotype. Alas the women don't get off that well; at first glance they looked like a competent foil to Tandy's idiocies, but at this point one is a lush, one is psychotic, one is mildly kooky, and one is a cipher.… Expand