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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineSep 23, 2021
Season 1 Review:
A mystery fueling what becomes a dystopian survival tale, a chase thriller, a quest and, most fruitfully, a political allegory. If only Yorick seemed the effort. Most often, he acts like a self-involved idiot. [27 Sep - 10 Oct 2021, p.7]
The GuardianSep 22, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It is, simply as an apocalypse drama, good enough. And there are, as the series progresses, signs of hope that Yorick will be relegated further into the background, the female characters will come further to the fore, and that it will start to exploit some of the gyno-opportunities offered by the premise. It could just do with getting there a bit faster, that’s all.
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Sep 8, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The series is often provocative, generally compelling and almost never quite as entertaining as it should be. ... Clark’s serious-minded approach to Y: The Last Man gives it grounding and thematic richness and sets up several terrific monologues to underline its speculative choices. It also makes the show talky and murky, and although the storytelling doesn’t exactly lag, it never finds the right balance with action-fueled adventure.
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Sep 8, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It’s apocalypse-by-numbers, with a good cast — see also Olivia Thirlby as Yorick’s paramedic sister Hero, and Amber Tamblyn as Kimberly, the conservative pundit daughter of the newly-deceased president — and the occasional interesting set piece, but most of it is generic at best.
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Sep 13, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Add Y: The Last Man to the long list of comics-turned-series since "The Walking Dead" became a smash hit that have yearned to emulate its post-apocalyptic appeal. Like most of the others, this beyond-grim drama falls short, at least initially, despite a strong cast headed by Diane Lane as the US' new leader.
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Sep 8, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It takes itself too seriously to allow for many other emotions beyond “desperate” and “grieving.” ... Even while furiously grieving, human beings are able to laugh, flirt, and dream bigger than our circumstances might allow. “Y: The Last Man” acknowledging as much wouldn’t betray the genre, but enrich its own reality to become more recognizably poignant — and, yes, harrowing — than the monochromatic pain to which it otherwise defaults.
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Sep 13, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There’s just not enough here to distinguish it from any number of post-apocalyptic entertainments we’ve had in previous years, other than the gratingly single-minded protagonist. A world with almost no men has so much potential, but this one is squandered on its mostly lifeless characters.
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