History WMG / TheLastManOnEarth

* Disregarded by WordOfGod since the the plan for Season 5 was actually to have the colony slowly learn to trust the main characters and eventually agree to live together before the main characters ended up infecting and killing all of the others as carriers of the virus.

Our heroes were viewed by the colony as infected due to their lack of gas masks, and were killed as a result. But when they examined them and found that they weren't infected and had actually built up an immunity, they were horrified, having missed the opportunity to make a vaccine. They then turned on and killed each other, until none were left.

[[WMG: Phil #2 will cause the remaining survivors to form a ''Franchise/MadMax'' style group]]

So there you have it. The virus is an American world domination plot, but in a WellIntentionedExtremist, UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans sort of way.

It was indeed engineered and released by the government. But it goes much deeper than that.

After his removal from office, Donald Trump had his top scientists in his company engineer a virus to unleash on the population, intending to wipe out ''almost'' everyone and retake what he believes is his "birthright".

Trump is still alive, hiding underground with his most ardent supporters and waiting for the virus' half-life to expire (yes, he made that a very specific feature, because who wants to be cooped up underground until death?) so they can claim their "birthright" and "Make Humanity Great Again".

But everyone else refuses to, stating that the memory of the other Phil must be upheld.

Pretty self-explanatory.

* Seconded. I was about to post the exact same thing. I think the writers did a very smart thing by leaving Mike almost certainly dying, yet not actually showing him die. He will be back later, having survived the virus and having found or perfected a cure. I think he will come back at a time (probably around the series' finale) when one or both of the babies (Erika's and Tandy and Carol's) have become sick with the virus, thus curing them and saving humanity.

** Arguably confirmed. Season 3 deals with some rather dark themes, and the ironically titled episode "If You're Happy and You Know it" is perhaps the darkest one yet, though it's still not without some moments of levity.

* Also, when Mike comes ashore, there is a parking lot lined up with (presumably filled) body bags. He occupies one for a short time as well.

[[WMG:The title refers to Phil being the last MALE HUMAN on earth]]

* Disproven after [[spoiler:Todd shows up, though Todd ''tries'' to set up the harem part.]]

On multiple occasions attention has been drawn to the fact that Mike was on the the space station as a researcher, not a regular pilot. So far, this detail has not been particularly relevant to the plot, other than to show his reluctance to get in the escape pod (even then his main concern was flying back without help from mission control). Thus, the writers probably wouldn't have included it if they were just planning to kill him off. This troper thinks he will disappear for awhile and be revealed as still alive at a later time.

Said organisation engineered/weaponized the Virus to wipe out the human race, not foreseeing the possibility of any survivors.