It's slightly surreal to watch a show about a global catastrophe during, well, a global catastrophe.
But Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 1 begins with such promise that it's impossible not to be hooked.
It's the show you didn't know you needed - a post-apocalyptic drama populated almost exclusively with strong, competent, complex women.
Y: The Last Man is based on a series of comic books by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Sixty issues were published, concluding in 2008.
(Full disclosure -- I have not read the comics. I am unspoiled and intend to judge the show based on its merits, not how true it stays to the source material).
Development on the television series began in 2015, and it finally began filming in late 2020. It seems prescient that it was filmed during the pandemic, for this is truly a show of its time.
Notably, each episode of Y: The Last Man...
But Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 1 begins with such promise that it's impossible not to be hooked.
It's the show you didn't know you needed - a post-apocalyptic drama populated almost exclusively with strong, competent, complex women.
Y: The Last Man is based on a series of comic books by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Sixty issues were published, concluding in 2008.
(Full disclosure -- I have not read the comics. I am unspoiled and intend to judge the show based on its merits, not how true it stays to the source material).
Development on the television series began in 2015, and it finally began filming in late 2020. It seems prescient that it was filmed during the pandemic, for this is truly a show of its time.
Notably, each episode of Y: The Last Man...
- 9/13/2021
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
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