#spoilers tlmoe

[royalarmyofoz]

the last man on earth: 4.07 - gender friender 

i mean we live together, we’re raising a kid together, it’s like we’re already married. the only thing we don’t have is some stupid piece of paper.

[steddie-as-she-goes]

The Last Man on Earth: *kills Lewis*

Me: Great. Another show falls to the bury your gays trope

The Last Man on Earth: *puts Gail and Erica in a loving wlw relationship that's supportive*

Me: ...fuck

[davidlowery]

[nerdy-pidgey]

So The Last Man on Earth had its season finale last night and I want to talk about it. I’m also going to be talking about the episode last week as well because I just watched all 3 episodes tonight. 

First off, the most important thing to discuss is the massive 6-month time skip the show just drops in your lap with no warning. Usually if a time skip happens in a TV show, it’s between seasons or follows a massive event. Here, we were in the middle of multiple rather involved plot lines and character arcs. Carol was getting concerned that there was something wrong with her pregnancy because she didn’t have any symptoms. Melissa was making slow but sure progress with her mental illness. Jasper was slowly getting closer with the other members of the group. The episode begins with a romantic(?) moment between Gail and Erica, which isn’t completely surprising because when the characters were first introduced back in the first season, it was implied they had experimented with homosexuality before coming to Tucson. But it hadn’t been brought up since then, and it kinda came out of left field. This whole episode did. Every scene throws curveball after curveball at you, confusing you. I started to think that one of the characters was having a bizarre dream. Jasper talks for the first time (to us anyway) and Tandy reacts like it’s a big deal, but then it’s revealed that he’s reacting to something completely different. At Todd and Melissa’s wedding, Tandy finally reveals that it’s been six months since the last episode, and the writers practically give us a big middle finger about everything that’s confusing us. And yeah, I get that it’s funny because it subverted our expectations. But at the end of the day, all they did was leave multiple dangling plot lines and jump ahead in time to the aftermath without actually giving us a satisfying conclusion for any of it. Oh no, is there a problem with Carol’s pregnancy? Oh, nope, she’s nine months pregnant lol. Is Melissa ever going to fully recover? Oh, she’s completely back to normal? Great. Will Jasper ever open up to the rest of the group? What’s that? He’s talking and making snarky comments to everyone. Well that’s just fucking peachy.

Also small nitpick but if Jasper is talking now why are they still calling him Jasper? You mean to tell me that he didn’t tell them his name?? Or that he doesn’t have a name?? THAT doesn’t make any sense.

I suppose one good thing that came out of the time skip was Melissa. She absolutely stole the show in these episodes. All of the best lines were hers. I had forgotten how much I missed her no-nonsense, say-it-like-it-is attitude. I also really enjoyed the introduction of the nuclear meltdown element. I love when they bring back how morbid it is that everyone’s dead and man’s creations are falling apart. Everything about Erica’s labor was handled spectacularly. Carol having to get over her fear, Gail and Todd overcoming the immense challenge and redeeming themselves for their previous failure, everyone helping reposition the baby so they don’t have to do a c-section, it was all amazing.

But, unfortunately, we need to talk about the elephant in the room, the one major problem I had. I may have not liked the time skip too much, but by the time the two part finale was starting, I had accepted that this was where the show was going. No, my major problem was Tandy. I understand that Tandy’s antics are the main source of this show’s humor. I like it. I like how it’s mostly cringe humor. But I feel like these three episodes crossed a few lines and were really in bad taste. One of the plot lines I was starting to see was Tandy very slowly starting to grow up and act a little more mature. However, it seems like the time skip has caused Tandy to regress and become even worse. Often times, Tandy’s actions aren’t very harmful. They’re just kind of annoying, and he usually has a heartfelt moment with another member of the group by the end of the episode. And while there was a small moment with Gail at the end of the first episode, but it wasn’t very genuine. Plus, everything Tandy did in these episodes was just despicable. Putting on the mask and pretending to be Phil? That was just fucked up. His exceedingly long speeches making everything about himself was just terrible. He was a massive creep and violated Erica’s personal space while she tried to breastfeed like four fucking times. And he singlehandedly caused the fire in the trailer house that led Pat to their location.

Also let’s talk about Pat. Pat was a confrontation I had really been looking forward to since the beginning of the season. And then he’s there for five seconds before he gets shot by Pamela. It’s nice to see that Pamela joins the group, and I’m excited to see where that goes in the beginning of season 4, but I feel like the writers forgot about Pat, had no real plans for him and he was just another loose end they had to tie up incredibly quickly, like all of the development that was going on before the time skip!

But back to Tandy, I just felt like everything he did in these episodes was unforgivable. He has gone from a quirky little annoyance with funny one-liners to an actual nuisance and a serious hindrance to the group’s long-term survival. I really hope they address this going forward in season 4. I think Tandy needs real development. He can’t go on like this forever. A good opportunity for a step towards this would have been in the second episode, where he could have actually been a real help in assisting Gail and Todd in the delivery room, instead of...ugh, doing a tasteless impression of the DEAD FATHER OF ERICA’S CHILD.

So, overall, I mostly enjoyed the season 3 finale. The nuclear meltdown threat was great, Melissa was hilarious, and the intensity of Erica’s labor was beautifully written and executed, with some Carol development thrown in for good measure. The time skip was a little annoying, though, and felt largely unneeded, and left the show with more than a few unresolved plot lines, including Pat. Tandy was a fucking scumbag and I hate him. Things I hope they address in season 4 include this, Gail and Erica’s romantic(?) moment, and Jasper’s name. Seriously are they just gonna keep calling him Jasper??

[beached-thing]

I'm really upset at the new episode of The Last Man on Earth. I get that it's a dark comedy about the apocalypse and whatnot, but I doubt I'm alone in feeling that the show is at its best when there is a character fulfilling the "straight man" trope as a stand-in for the audience. Having someone in the cast that acts realistically to how ridiculous the situation and Tandy's antics are really just makes the show so much more funny. But they refuse to keep the level headed characters around and it makes the rest of the cast film flimsy without them.

[miinka]

the last man on earth (annyira nem spoiler mer az első rész 20. perce kb meg amúgy is 2 éves de na)

szóval a grimm fertelmesen hitvány fináléja után mélydepikben ültem hogy kellene találni megint valami sorit a bérszámfejtéshez és eszembe jutott hogy a nextepisode javasolta még a tlmoe-t viszont így a címén kívül annyi infót láttam róla hogy két túlélő van oszt csókolom mondom jóvan mama belenézünk na odaérek a csajmegjelenős részhez üvöltök hogy természetesen bazmeg az utolsó nő egy gyönyörű modell ÉS AKKOR MAGÁHOZ TÉR A FASZIKÁM ÉS BAZMEG KRISTEN SCHAAL VALÓJÁBAN A NŐ

na itt kb sírva sikoltoztam a gyönyörtől hogy

[generous-dimensions]

I forgot abt tlmoe and now im seeing spoilers ughhh

[royalarmyofoz]

buskerlenny replied to your post: me@tlmoe: gail and erica don’t belong to you...

this show has been on my watchlist for ages bc of those 2 - should i still watch?

yes?? i mean gail and erica are worth it but they don’t officially become a couple until 3x16. s1 is really hard to watch because forte’s character is THAT unlikable. and s4 is slowly surpassing s1. if that tells you anything

[royalarmyofoz]

erica & gail in the 4.06 sneak peek

[royalarmyofoz]

so gail and erica are married and in love and that is the first time i can say that about a wlw otp of mine

we. are. blessed. don’t fuck this up forte

[royalarmyofoz]

Congrats on Gail and Erica getting married. That must've been a wonderful surprise :D

this is a blessed sunday evening 

[royalarmyofoz]

i’m still just beside myself after that episode

[royalarmyofoz]

the last man on earth: 3.17 - when the going gets tough

gail and erica being sweet with each other

[royalarmyofoz]

the last man on earth: 3.18 - nature’s horchata

pamela finally meets the group

[royalarmyofoz]

erica and gail share a kiss | the last man on earth 3.16 preview 

[royalarmyofoz]

you’re my rock. and you’re my roll.  (x)