I watched part of season one when it was new, but couldn't really get into it. I got bored recently and started watching it, and I'm now in season three. The premise is great, the execution is mostly good, but the one thing that ruins it is Will Forte. He is so one note, and unable to play anything except insincere goof, that it ruins the show. It's amazing how it predicted exactly how the world would react to a deadly global pandemic. The characters are mostly well defined and complex. I just wish the lead was anyone except Will Forte.
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Funny, Will Forte was the best part of the show for me.
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NOWiEATthemMar 24, 2026
+8
And his character has such great growth. The early episodes lean heavily on the routine of Phil trying some selfish scheme and having it blow up in his face, but he matures, actually falls in love with his wife, and becomes the glue holding the whole group together while still being the same goofy idiot.
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FourEightNineOneOneMar 24, 2026
+27
That's wild that you would watch three seasons of a show in which you find the main actor so annoying that it supposedly ruins the whole show for you.
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helterskeltermelterMar 24, 2026
+5
Nah, I watched most of How I Met Your Mother despite my strong aversion to Ted Mosby. I wish he'd died at the end.
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arthurbangMar 24, 2026
+1
I watched all of New Girl and Zooey Deschanel is the worst. All the guys are great though, and CeCe.
1
davegammelgardMar 24, 2026
-5
Everything else about the show is so good.
-5
UHeardAboutPlutoMar 24, 2026
+19
Kristen Schaal is a damn national treasure.
Edit: The guy posting below me was referencing a classic (but obscure) skit with Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler. It was very experimental/alt comedy. The poster is just quoting the closing line of the bit. No need to downvote. He wasn’t saying anything mean or insulting about Kristen.
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davegammelgardMar 24, 2026
-7
Kristen Schaal is a horse.
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UHeardAboutPlutoMar 24, 2026
+2
Now that is a reference I haven‘t heard in a while. That second part of her standup show was some crazy avant garde, Kaufman level craziness.
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davegammelgardMar 24, 2026
+2
I'm glad someone got the reference. Clearly most didn't. She's a comedy legend.
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eyetwitch_24_7Mar 24, 2026
+15
Loved Will. He's supposed to be kind of horrible. That's his character.
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TroublesomeTurnipMar 24, 2026
+9
Each season got so much better. I was sad it didn't renewed but the creator came out with how things would have gone.
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jrodfantasticMar 24, 2026
+2
For sure. We as viewers sure could have used some closure.
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capnwackyMar 24, 2026
+8
It deserved a finale.
8
alpha_rat_fight_Mar 24, 2026
+7
You should watch him in “The Four Seasons” on Netflix. It’s billed as comedy but it’s definitely not laugh-out-loud. It’s dark and I would not describe him as a goof at all. There’s a second season dropping in May, I think.
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crankypatriotMar 24, 2026
+5
Loved the show and loved everyone on it!
5
BronkkoMar 24, 2026
+3
i loved it and felt robbed when they canceled it.
3
albatrossSKYMar 24, 2026
+5
I think you're kind of missing the point of his character though. Tandy is supposed to be an insufferable, desperate loser because that makes the stakes of him being "the last man" actually funny. If he was a normal, likable guy it wouldnt work nearly as well. Will Forte plays that specific brand of cringe better than anyone else. Its honestly one of the biggest bummers in tv history that it got cancelled on such a massive cliffhanger.
5
Comprehensive-Sale79Mar 24, 2026
+3
I watched most of the show but it mostly slid outta my Teflon brain. But I feel certain that I enjoyed Forte in this. I have a deep abiding love for Will Forte. I think every time I watch him in something I gush.. like : *awww this guy 😊 Dude is egregiously underrated*
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UHeardAboutPlutoMar 24, 2026
+1
Remember when he sat in gum?
Also, he crushed it in the SNL 50 year Les Mis NY skit.
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bstarr2000Mar 24, 2026
+2
I know what you mean. He can get annoying real quick, but not enough to make me stop watching the show. I enjoyed him in Summer Nights that just came out where he isn’t a goof, to use another commenter’s word. (I’ll have to check out four seasons)
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