TV series

Y: The Last Man

2021 · 1 season

A somber, sprawling what-if that lingers on grief and fragile institutions more than spectacle, asking patience as it builds a broken world.

Tagline: The future will be one of a kind.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, grief, power, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
grief
power
identity
politics
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild