Will Somebody save "The Last Man on Earth"...

   Don't get me wrong here, I know that there is a lot of underrated television out there today but man oh man!!! Last man on earth was truly something different. A story about the "supposed" last man on earth is a storyline that could go stale quicker  than a sourdough left out, yet they kept it fresh! 

Even though this show was written as a comedy with some bits of drama, actually there is quite a bit of drama in it, making it a drama-dy. It touches on aspects of the end of the world like no other show. Such topics that are brought up are what to do when gasoline goes bad or what happens to the people in space and the nuclear plants. These are topics that no other show touches. The Walking Dead has been on for YEARS but not once did they consider what to do with all the vehicles once fuel runs out or goes bad. It gave the show a very bleak and serious touch when dropping "turds" or "oh fart" lines.

The final episode was and is probably the biggest cliff hanger ever. Even bigger than the sudden cut off seen on the Sopranos. I mean, here we have a group of virus survivors that have been trudging along and finally they find a place that has a sustainable food source, shelter and goats, can't forget the goats especially since they forgot the damn cow. All this to be tied in with the arrival of an underground, probably mole people, survivor society that emerges and surrounds the plantation. Now we have a whole new world of possibilities. 

Are they hostile? Are they friendly? Are they Mexican? This may be due to them being in Mexico or are they a contingency plan to repopulate the planet. A secret seed bank if you will. These possibilities are all washed away with the ending of the episode and of course, Fox cancels it. Along with many other shows but those shows were saved and Last Man was not for whatever reason. 

If you had yet to sit down and take a look at this show, now is the time. I recently saw via Twitter that the show is indeed finished and will not be saved by another network or streaming service so unless there is a TV god out there, we will never see the conclusion to the arrival of the bunker people and what dangers or hopes they bring to Tandy and his band of virus survivors. 

Ya friggin turds...

As I am about to submit this post I am learning that Fox has cancelled yet another show, goodbye Ghosted. Now again we will never see the main story even developed into... well, ANYTHING.