Y: The Last Man

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 2021
User Score
4.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 16 out of 33
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  1. viroodiem
    Sep 13, 2021
    4
    Everything is like moving in slow motion.

    I literally had to ramp up the speed to x1.38 just to keep awake. I can normally tolerate a serious slow burn but this just smolders without really catching fire. It took 2 full episodes to even catch on to the central premise of the show it tells its story in such a slow, plodding way. Then it starts to reveal its ugly underside. Agenda.    Everything is like moving in slow motion.

    I literally had to ramp up the speed to x1.38 just to keep awake. I can normally tolerate a serious slow burn but this just smolders without really catching fire.

    It took 2 full episodes to even catch on to the central premise of the show it tells its story in such a slow, plodding way.

    Then it starts to reveal its ugly underside. Agenda. Not only is this a showcase of a lot of misandrist ideas, apparently being sourced from a comic book it takes extensive liberties with the source material. It is also a vehicle to focus on a portion of its attention on a basically non existent trans character.... for reasons?

    Aside from its agenda which immediately kills 5 points, the show is shot well, dialogue is solid and even its agenda is subtle enough for most of it to not be overwhelmed by it. The performances by most of the actors are satisfying enough even with such a hard sell of the slowest of burns. It suffers mostly from having a pretty run of the mill, generic plot that after all of the dystopian future TV we grind through this is a path so worn we can mostly follow it with eyes closed.

    A little known comic, minor variation for its central premise, slow grim dark world that is fleshed out slightly better than average and solid enough performances from a competent cast. I think 4.25/10 rounded down to 4 is a fairly accurate score, if you critique it on only its merits or even if you critique it on its message. Its literally a filler show at best. Just entertaining enough to make it through an incredibly boring day.    … Expand

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#54 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 23, 2021
    60
    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]
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Angelica Jade Bastien
    Sep 23, 2021
    70
    The show has so far proven to be a complex, engaging, and even thrilling work of adaptation. But if the writers and artists bringing it to life can’t properly grapple with the questions they seek to illuminate or push its visual dimensions further, the series won’t touch the hem of greatness within its reach.
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Benji Wilson
    Sep 22, 2021
    80
    Diane Lane as the de facto President is as good as ever, noble and kind but never West Wing preachy in her rectitude. ... Ultimately though, this is TV machine-tooled for the times we live in. It is trying to build a “world” populated with multiple characters whose interlocking stories can run and run. It looks like a Marvel movie and it shares those films’ amalgam of astonishing narrative efficacy and yet total fatuousness.
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