Should you watch Y: The Last Man?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Y: The Last Man
Series · 2021
Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.
The sides of Y: The Last Man
- Every man dead except one and his monkey
- A new president holding the country together
- A secret agent protecting the last man
Y: The Last Man is good for you if…
- you like a world rebuilding after half of it vanished.
- you like the fight over who runs a country in chaos.
- you like people over explosions in an end of the world story.
Y: The Last Man is bad for you if…
- you can't take a story soaked in grief after millions die at once.
- you need an ending, and this one stops after one season.
About: gender · survival · power
Closest to Y: The Last Man
More like this
Battlestar Galactica 2004Good for you if you can take a story where humanity almost loses everything.
The Eternaut 2025Good for you if you like ordinary neighbours working out how to stay alive in the snow.
The Handmaid's Tale 2017Good for you if you like Elisabeth Moss saying everything with a stare into the camera.
Silo 2023Good for you if you want to know who built the silo and why.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995Good for you if you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
Snowpiercer 2013Good for you if you like a fight that moves forward one train car at a time.