You, Me and the Apocalypse – Smart and Funny
©2016 Kari Carlisle
You, Me and the Apocalypse premiered on NBC with little fanfare (i.e. we weren’t inundated with commercial after commercial to the point that you feel like you’ve already seen it). I had seen some promotion on the Internet, and, well, with Rob Lowe in it, I just couldn’t pass it up.
From the first minute I was hooked. Yes, I am a fan of apocalyptic stories, which is why I have had so much fun editing C. Henry Marten’s Monster of the Apocalypse Saga , and You, Me and the Apocalypse did not disappoint. A meteor is hurtling toward earth and is deemed to be an “E.L.E.” – an Extinction Level Event. Humanity braces itself for THE END.
The remainder of episode one flashes back to the lives of several people just weeks before the meteor will strike. You, Me and the Apocalypse displays exactly the kind of thing I love – intelligent writing and acting that bring characters to life and intertwines them in such a way as to gently, intricately unfold a larger story.
I immediately fell in love with each one of them... The young man who lost his wife and makes an internet video every day to reach out to her. The mother who, covering for the crime of her 14-year-old son, faces rival gangs on her first day in jail. The nun whose first day away from the convent since childhood is spent with a swearing, cigarette-smoking priest (Rob Lowe, of course) whose job it is to disqualify potential candidates for canonization.
By episode’s end, it’s the world’s end. People all over the globe watch in horror as newscasters inform them of the terrible news. The reactions are all over the map, from fear and let’s get drunk to rioting and joy (believe it or not).
And did I mention funny? I guess I would call this a dark comedy. The humor is the kind that fits neatly in the human experience. A prime example is Megan Mullally's dry wit as a sympathetic white supremacist. No punchlines here. And you really do need a sense of humor when facing certain death, don’t you?
I watched the snippets of scenes from next week’s episode with glee, wondering how these lives will continue to meld in what promises to be a great conspiracy story (love those too!). My only fear is that it airs in the same time slot as Fox’s Big Bang Theory. That is a problem. I don't have Hopper. Hmm, maybe it's time to upgrade...
Watch Episode One Here
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You, Me and the Apocalypse premiered on NBC with little fanfare (i.e. we weren’t inundated with commercial after commercial to the point that you feel like you’ve already seen it). I had seen some promotion on the Internet, and, well, with Rob Lowe in it, I just couldn’t pass it up.
From the first minute I was hooked. Yes, I am a fan of apocalyptic stories, which is why I have had so much fun editing C. Henry Marten’s Monster of the Apocalypse Saga , and You, Me and the Apocalypse did not disappoint. A meteor is hurtling toward earth and is deemed to be an “E.L.E.” – an Extinction Level Event. Humanity braces itself for THE END.
The remainder of episode one flashes back to the lives of several people just weeks before the meteor will strike. You, Me and the Apocalypse displays exactly the kind of thing I love – intelligent writing and acting that bring characters to life and intertwines them in such a way as to gently, intricately unfold a larger story.
I immediately fell in love with each one of them... The young man who lost his wife and makes an internet video every day to reach out to her. The mother who, covering for the crime of her 14-year-old son, faces rival gangs on her first day in jail. The nun whose first day away from the convent since childhood is spent with a swearing, cigarette-smoking priest (Rob Lowe, of course) whose job it is to disqualify potential candidates for canonization.
By episode’s end, it’s the world’s end. People all over the globe watch in horror as newscasters inform them of the terrible news. The reactions are all over the map, from fear and let’s get drunk to rioting and joy (believe it or not).
And did I mention funny? I guess I would call this a dark comedy. The humor is the kind that fits neatly in the human experience. A prime example is Megan Mullally's dry wit as a sympathetic white supremacist. No punchlines here. And you really do need a sense of humor when facing certain death, don’t you?
I watched the snippets of scenes from next week’s episode with glee, wondering how these lives will continue to meld in what promises to be a great conspiracy story (love those too!). My only fear is that it airs in the same time slot as Fox’s Big Bang Theory. That is a problem. I don't have Hopper. Hmm, maybe it's time to upgrade...
Watch Episode One Here
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