That story beat was a result of the writers trying to think of the dumbest possible thing that could happen the moment after we meet Pamela at the end of season 3. Talk a little on breaking this story beat and Jack Black’s involvement. Your claim to fame at this point is killing off A-listers and bad puns. That Rear Admiral Roy Billups death is just too perfect and somehow a running joke that hasn’t overstayed its welcome yet.

We definitely wanted to have a better plan for the second half of the season before we started shooting this year. That’s not to say we mapped every little thing out-it’s always nice to have the flexibility to explore things you get excited about as the season goes on-but we did lock in more tentpole moments early in the writing process.īecause of her busy schedule, Kristen Wiig was only available for three episodes. We knew if we got her to come back this season, we wanted her to be insanely into Tandy. Is there anything from the previous year that you guys learned from and wanted to put into practice or course-correct this year around?

But you’ll be happy to know it was a raucous success with an impressive selection of chips and dips. Besides the premise of starting things on the water and running away from nuclear fallout, how much did you guys have figured out?ĮRIK DURBIN: We didn’t have anything figured out. Towards the end of the season, most of our creative energy goes into planning the wrap party. Written by John Solomon and Rich Blomquist Directed by John SolomonĭEN OF GEEK: Let’s talk the end of last season a little bit. Their course derails a bit when they realize that none of them knows how to actually navigate a yacht” “Pamela finds her place within the group as they all set sail for Mexico, avoiding the apocalyptic nuclear fallout in the United States. The Last Man on Earth Season 4 Episode 1 – “M.U.B.A.R.”

Fallout by John Solomon