Our recurring series The Fourth Wall is a platform for creators, actors, and industry insiders to bring the readers behind the scenes of the production process. In our latest installment, we dive into the first three episodes from The Last Man on Earth’s fourth season.

Ever since its pilot, The Last Man on Earth has been a television show that plays by its own rules and doesn’t follow any preconceived roadmap for storytelling. The show earnestly chronicles the journey of Phil “Tandy” Miller as he attempts to survive and make contact after a life-threatening virus decimates the world’s population.

Over the course of the show’s previous three seasons, Tandy has transformed from a selfish cad into a bumbling Quixotic figure of hope. Along the way there have been cows, prank wars, detours to outer space and the middle of the ocean, see-it-to-believe-it grooming styles, and a whole lot of death and bad puns.

Last Man on Earth’s new season looks like it might be their most experimental to date, with the crew setting sail for Mexico and on the run from nuclear fallout. And that’s only the beginning of their problems. Now, with the show’s fourth season unleashing fresh chaos on everyone, we touched base with the series’ executive producers and showrunners, Erik Durbin and Tim McAuliffe. The two take us on a tour through the show’s new season as well as break down the latest post-apocalyptic dangers that threaten Tandy and company this year.