I find it weird how defensive people are of Phil's behavior. I am still gonna watch the show and I do find it funny, but Phil's behavior is not just normal bad. That isn't necessarily something that makes the show worse - Phil being a barely repentant asshole who has lost his self-awareness and has no sense of shame…

I'm not sure Phil really falls in the middle, at least in the logic of this show. The other characters seem sane. I think Melissa is kinder to Phil than any realistic person would be. Everybody is nicer to him. I think the criticism that the other characters are relatively sane is valid, but given that Phil…

I suspect that perhaps the cow population also was killed by the virus, but that cow is a mysterious survivor, just like these guys are.

I second this reply. Part of me still wishes the show went more in the direction it looked to be headed in after the first two episodes, but these past two were pretty good and definitely worth watching. Phil wasn't just wanting to have sex with Melissa - he was dealing with feeling ostracized from and…

As someone who seldom watched the show under Jon Stewart, I definitely would have checked it out is Louis hosted the show. Very different style than Stewart, but he definitely has the intelligence and thoughtfulness to be a good host. And he isn't super political in his public persona, but does have strong opinions,…

I don't know if this post is ironic or not, but if it isn't, you should realize that Simmons is just using typical sports talk jargon. "Young/cheap/upside" is exactly how sportswriters talk about athletes and describing Trevor Noah that way is just a way of Simmons comparing Noah's prospects for hosting the Daily…

Bearmond of the House.

That's fair. You could be screwed if you crash in the middle of nowhere or the car breaks down without warning. Although you don't need to fill up if you find a town - you just need to find a new car. Practically, the choice of car was probably not ideal and bringing a bike on road trips would be smart in the…

I actually have taken a road trip through western U.S. I just assume you could fit at least a day's worth of food and water in that car and that is probably all you need, especially given how fast you could go down the abandoned highways.

I don't think they ever need exposition. I would rather that we never get an explanation of the physical, literal, scientific nature of what happened. Learning about the fall-out of what happened would be acceptable to me, but I see no reason that this show, a sitcom, needs some sci-fi babbling exposition or…

She may be annoying, but I do think she is probably the most likable and realistic character on the show. And I don't think she was annoying these past couple episodes - maybe her cluelessness was, though. Maybe it is just because I am less annoyed by her personality quirks than others, but I think the annoyingness…

I don't think that was him being real. If he was being real, he wouldn't have said he thought he was falling in love with her. And I don't think he says dumb stuff around her simply because of butterflies - I think it is mostly because he has a huge sense of entitlement, little self-awareness and is ridiculously…

Well, I imagine there is no shortage of canned food and bottled water. And anything you can find in one town, you can probably find in the next. Packing is probably unnecessary except if you stray too far into the middle of nowhere and, with no speed limits or cars on the road, you can go pretty far in one day. So…

I liked the show a lot more when it seemed like Phil was going to be a character with some complexity. The first couple episodes he seemed like a character struggling with loneliness and despair and it seemed like he was a character the audience was supposed to identify with, at least a little. He was the character…

I really liked the first three episodes and thought Forte's character was generally likable in those episodes, even with his obvious flaws. But the past three episodes, "Some Friggin' Fat Guy" in particular, were just so cringeworthy and Forte's character became such an ass. At first, Schaal's character seemed…

Yeah, I know they have worked hard to breed sheep that give birth in the pasture in the U.S. and there are enough that they would survive, just with crazy high mortality rates.

I am surprised by how negative the reception is. I think people are too impatient. Some people want it to avoid being traditional, while others want the show to explain the apocalypse and use flashbacks and become more traditional. And I think all the crowing about gender stereotypes is silly. There have only been…

I think most people would be lazy and entitled if they thought they were the last person on Earth. He has a limited number of options to not be lazy - he could start farming, but he isn't exactly in the world's greatest location for agriculture.

I'm assuming Manimal was being facetious. Uprooting their own comment probably indicates that, but I am not familiar with all AVClub customs.

Feral cattle may be a thing, but most cattle would die, I'd assume. Dairy cattle and the varieties destined for the feedlot would die pretty quickly, I'd assume. I'm sure some varieties could make it, but most cattle can't survive on their own.