# Y: The Last Man (2021)

> After a cataclysm wipes out nearly every male mammal, the last man alive and his pet monkey travel a shattered America where survivors try to rebuild.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/73524

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 54 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: science fiction, drama
- Created by: Eliza Clark
- Network: Hulu
- Cast: Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirlby, Marin Ireland, Amber Tamblyn, Ruth Chiang, Stephannie Hawkins
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8042500/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brooding, sincere, tense, reflective, dark wit

## What critics say

Audiences rated the single season modestly, with its post-apocalyptic premise and adaptation of the comic praised for its ambition but the show's uneven execution and cancellation leaving the story incomplete.

## Synopsis

Y: The Last Man (2021) is an American science fiction drama series created by Eliza Clark for Hulu. Adapted from the comic book series, the show follows Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), the only male mammal left alive after a cataclysm wipes out every other creature carrying a Y chromosome, along with his pet capuchin monkey. Yorick's engine is a search for his missing family and a reason to keep going, while a government agent (Ashley Romans) and a covert security operative trail him for reasons tied to his unique survival. Diane Lane plays Jennifer Brown, a figure who anchors the story's political and emotional stakes, and Olivia Thirlby appears as Hero Brown. The single ten-episode season moves between road-trip wandering and settlements where survivors try to restore what was lost and experiment with building something better. Each episode mixes sharp action beats with quieter, reflective scenes about grief, loyalty, and the strange hope of rebuilding a broken world. Tone is brooding and sincere, with flashes of dark wit. The show is an adult, TV-MA apocalyptic drama in the vein of The Last of Us and The Walking Dead, and fans of Station Eleven will find resonance in its meditation on community after collapse. Its genre-savvy, serialized storytelling makes it a compelling watch for fans of speculative survival television.

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