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Old 04-02-18 | 03:28 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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So another baby or two on the show? What are the writers thinking? Maybe they expect to be cancelled this season, otherwise how do they do another season where there would be 5 toddlers/babies around.
Haha same comments we made. Looks like almost half the cast will be infants/toddlers soon. Yeah, that'll be a laugh riot.
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What happened to Jasper? I guess the time jump in this episode could help explain any growth spurt he's had.
Hopefully he left for boarding school. Every scene he is a part of is a drag on the episode.
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It looks like we've got another guest star coming onto the show. I've already forgotten exactly what happened but I think that's the case from what I recall at the end of the episode.
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Old 04-02-18 | 06:14 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

The show really seems to be aimless.

They get guest appearances that only last a few episodes and then they're back to where they were.
Bringing in Jasper and kids (and more kids) will be painting themselves into corners story line wise.

I liked that the show didn't concentrate solely on survival as the last people on earth, but it's barely even part of the story line anymore. They need to get back to some of that.
Old 04-02-18 | 06:47 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

Originally Posted by Coral
I liked that the show didn't concentrate solely on survival as the last people on earth, but it's barely even part of the story line anymore. They need to get back to some of that.
The goofy, random things Tandy does to entertain himself are the best bits in the show. While they have to have some sort of story going to connect the bits together I can't see how bringing half a dozen toddlers into the show is going to do anything but distract away from what made the show funny and interesting in the first place. And to think I thought it was a horrible idea when they added Jasper (which it was).
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

The show is still amusing and occasionally funny, but I think I'm out after this season. The story's not going anywhere and the characters aren't evolving, so it's all just...there.
Old 04-04-18 | 02:30 PM
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I bailed during S2...for all the reasons everyone else is talking about.
It's too bad, it was a great idea for a show.
Old 04-04-18 | 03:12 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

I wish Fox execs would cancel this instead of holding January Jones prisoner
Old 04-04-18 | 05:07 PM
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I guess I'm the last man on this earth who still enjoys it.
Old 04-04-18 | 05:18 PM
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Seeing Kristen Schaal all horned up for Will Forte is not enjoyable.
Old 04-04-18 | 10:02 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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I wish Fox execs would cancel this instead of holding January Jones prisoner
She looks real good on this show.

But how many kids will the show have now? 5? Pretty ridiculous.
Old 04-04-18 | 11:17 PM
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The babies on this show are hogging up all the screen time. I watch this show for Will Forte, not Yasir Hashim Lafond!
Old 04-04-18 | 11:23 PM
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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She looks real good on this show.

But how many kids will the show have now? 5? Pretty ridiculous.
6 counting Jasper. Half the regular cast. I watch the show for it to be funny, not adorable. How many dirty diaper jokes can they come up with?

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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

They have to repopulate the Earth somehow... maybe they're building up to a finale that takes place far in the future, with the principle cast way old and/or dead, with their kids grown up, with kids of their own, showing a pathway for human survival, albeit in a funny light, I would hope.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

Holy shit! Good reveal at end on someone coming back. Props to Forte for going there again.
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They have to repopulate the Earth somehow... maybe they're building up to a finale that takes place far in the future, with the principle cast way old and/or dead, with their kids grown up, with kids of their own, showing a pathway for human survival, albeit in a funny light, I would hope.
They can do that if they want, but I would be immediately done with the show. They are already pushing their luck with non-stop baby plots.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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Holy shit! Good reveal at end on someone coming back. Props to Forte for going there again.
Didn’t he die? I don’t really remember
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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Didn’t he die? I don’t really remember
He went back home because he was sick but they never showed him dead.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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Didn’t he die? I don’t really remember
He got sick (they believed it was the infection), and then he asked them to leave him to die in peace at their family home.

But I could swear Tandy went back at some point and gave no indication he wasn't dead or that his body was missing or something. So yeah, I must be forgetting some detail.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

When Tandy went home, Lewis convinced him not to look in Mike's room, so he could always have some hope that his brother was still alive and well. Basically Schrödinger's brother, but we never saw either way.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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He got sick (they believed it was the infection), and then he asked them to leave him to die in peace at their family home.

But I could swear Tandy went back at some point and gave no indication he wasn't dead or that his body was missing or something. So yeah, I must be forgetting some detail.
I remember Tandy going home and leaves a note on Mike's bedroom door, not knowing if he's still alive or dead, and leaving without opening the door to find out. Mike was Schrödinger's cat/brother.

EDIT: beat me by a millisecond.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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When Tandy went home, Lewis convinced him not to look in Mike's room, so he could always have some hope that his brother was still alive and well. Basically Schrödinger's brother, but we never saw either way.
Yup.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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When Tandy went home, Lewis convinced him not to look in Mike's room, so he could always have some hope that his brother was still alive and well. Basically Schrödinger's brother, but we never saw either way.
Ah, that was it. Frickin' Lewis!
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

And that's the season. This is one of those shows that's on the edge of cancellation, right?

Pretty big cliffhanger. But to follow through on it, pretty much changes the whole set-up. But with all of the babies, I think they're reaching the point where the story can't reasonably continue. I'm about ready for a limited number of final episodes to wrap things and put the series to rest. It would be nice to have an ending, instead of just cancellation.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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And that's the season. This is one of those shows that's on the edge of cancellation, right?

Pretty big cliffhanger. But to follow through on it, pretty much changes the whole set-up. But with all of the babies, I think they're reaching the point where the story can't reasonably continue. I'm about ready for a limited number of final episodes to wrap things and put the series to rest. It would be nice to have an ending, instead of just cancellation.
Limited run final season....like New Girl.
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

It was neat seeing Tandy being the only one acting like an adult with the idea of staying.

So Tandy/Mike drive a long way to look at that heat source, find nothing and drive all the way back. Meanwhile that large group of people start following them from that location by walking.
Tandy and gang wind up leaving the drug lord house and drive for a while (a few hours at least?) and stop at this farm. That large group have already caught up to them by simply walking?

It was a really weird way to get rid of a character they shouldn't have added in the first place (Jasper).
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Re: The Last Man on Earth (FOX) -- Season 4 Thread -- premieres 10/1/17

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So Tandy/Mike drive a long way to look at that heat source, find nothing and drive all the way back. Meanwhile that large group of people start following them from that location by walking.
Tandy and gang wind up leaving the drug lord house and drive for a while (a few hours at least?) and stop at this farm. That large group have already caught up to them by simply walking?
They drove through the farm the first time which was just before the heat location. Remember they wondered if the goats were the heat source since it was so close. So nothing strange about them walking to the farm. Heck it's probably their farm.


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