The Last Kids On Earth: Season 1 & 2 Netflix Review
Based on an ongoing series of books by Max Brallier, The Last Kids On Earth is an animated show
about four teenagers living in a post-apocalyptic version of our current world. Currently the show
has two seasons with the second season just released at the time I'm writing this review. The
first season of the show is a bit weird because it just consists of one episode that is 67 minutes long.
The episode follows Jack one of the main protagonist of the series who finds himself abandoned by
his family as portals from the sky unleash hordes of monsters and a zombie plague. This episode
shows Jack's life before the apocalypse and the sudden zombie outbreak that soon follows which is a
blessing in disguise for Jack who never felt like he fit in with normal society. The zombies are only
the initial problem as Jack encounters creatures that are far more threatening than slow-moving
undead. The most deadly creature being Blarg who is a fast and deadly monster that is the size of a
tank, who serves as the main antagonist of this first episode/season. This episode is a great
introductory to the main characters of this series and the overall setting that it takes place in. The
other main characters of this series consist of a genius inventor named Quint who is also Jack's best
friend, a tomboy journalist named June who is Jack's love interest, Dirk the misunderstood bully and
Rover who is a fierce creature that ultimately is just a giant size dog.
Ultimately this episode shows how they all come together to become a ragtag group that overcomes
zombies, monsters, and Blarg. As you would expect from a Netflix funded animated show, the
animation is pretty good and with the source material coming from an established book series, the
writing is fairly good also in terms of characters and dialogue. The narrative of the show is nothing
special but the world and creatures really make up for it. In terms of enjoyment for this first
episode/season I would rate it 7 out of 10. The second season is more standard in the sense that it
consists of ten 20 minute long episodes. This season seeks to build upon the world established in the
first season, giving some backstory about what caused the portals in the sky and set up a more
complex narrative for the overall series. With ten episodes instead of one, character development and
the overall complexity of the story saw a huge improvement in the second season. We got a lot of
great moments with the characters, who although are survivors in the apocalypse were in the end still
teenagers that are going through a lot of struggles including missing their parents and insecurities on
top of fighting monsters. We are also introduced to monsters that can talk, the concept of dimensions
and an overarching villain for the series. The first season saw our main characters becoming a ragtag
group of individuals while this season saw that group become more of a family and tackle more
mature themes such as survivors guilt and grief. Despite the heavy subjects, the show was able to
maintain a good balance of comedy and seriousness. Overall I thought this second season was better
than the first because of the change in format from movie size episode to shorter episodes with more
episodic storylines and an overarching season plot. The second season was able to showcase a
variety of monsters which I thought played to the strength of the show and the quality of animation
was still pretty good. I give the second season 8 out of 10 in terms of enjoyment and my overall
rating for the show a 7.5 out of 10. I'm looking forward to seeing new monsters and development
of the main characters in this show's third season whenever that comes out. If you are into coming
of age stories or just animated shows in general than I would recommend you check this series out.
The Last Kids On Earth is another fine addition to Netflix's animated catalog.
about four teenagers living in a post-apocalyptic version of our current world. Currently the show
has two seasons with the second season just released at the time I'm writing this review. The
first season of the show is a bit weird because it just consists of one episode that is 67 minutes long.
The episode follows Jack one of the main protagonist of the series who finds himself abandoned by
his family as portals from the sky unleash hordes of monsters and a zombie plague. This episode
shows Jack's life before the apocalypse and the sudden zombie outbreak that soon follows which is a
blessing in disguise for Jack who never felt like he fit in with normal society. The zombies are only
the initial problem as Jack encounters creatures that are far more threatening than slow-moving
undead. The most deadly creature being Blarg who is a fast and deadly monster that is the size of a
tank, who serves as the main antagonist of this first episode/season. This episode is a great
introductory to the main characters of this series and the overall setting that it takes place in. The
other main characters of this series consist of a genius inventor named Quint who is also Jack's best
friend, a tomboy journalist named June who is Jack's love interest, Dirk the misunderstood bully and
Rover who is a fierce creature that ultimately is just a giant size dog.
Ultimately this episode shows how they all come together to become a ragtag group that overcomes
zombies, monsters, and Blarg. As you would expect from a Netflix funded animated show, the
animation is pretty good and with the source material coming from an established book series, the
writing is fairly good also in terms of characters and dialogue. The narrative of the show is nothing
special but the world and creatures really make up for it. In terms of enjoyment for this first
episode/season I would rate it 7 out of 10. The second season is more standard in the sense that it
consists of ten 20 minute long episodes. This season seeks to build upon the world established in the
first season, giving some backstory about what caused the portals in the sky and set up a more
complex narrative for the overall series. With ten episodes instead of one, character development and
the overall complexity of the story saw a huge improvement in the second season. We got a lot of
great moments with the characters, who although are survivors in the apocalypse were in the end still
teenagers that are going through a lot of struggles including missing their parents and insecurities on
top of fighting monsters. We are also introduced to monsters that can talk, the concept of dimensions
and an overarching villain for the series. The first season saw our main characters becoming a ragtag
group of individuals while this season saw that group become more of a family and tackle more
mature themes such as survivors guilt and grief. Despite the heavy subjects, the show was able to
maintain a good balance of comedy and seriousness. Overall I thought this second season was better
than the first because of the change in format from movie size episode to shorter episodes with more
episodic storylines and an overarching season plot. The second season was able to showcase a
variety of monsters which I thought played to the strength of the show and the quality of animation
was still pretty good. I give the second season 8 out of 10 in terms of enjoyment and my overall
rating for the show a 7.5 out of 10. I'm looking forward to seeing new monsters and development
of the main characters in this show's third season whenever that comes out. If you are into coming
of age stories or just animated shows in general than I would recommend you check this series out.
The Last Kids On Earth is another fine addition to Netflix's animated catalog.
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