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Topic: Y: The Last Man

Lee You-mi in "Squid Game" | Danielle Pinnock as Alberta in "Ghosts" | Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack in "Reservation Dogs" | Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty in "Yellowjackets" (Photo illustration by Salon/Noh Juhan/Netflix/CBS/Ryan Redcorn/FX/Colin Bentley/SHOWTIME)

10 breakout TV performances of the year

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Alison Stine, Joy Saha
Diane Lane as Jennifer Brown in "Y: The Last Man" (FX)

Y: The Last Man's patriarchal hangover

Kylie Cheung
Ben Schnetzer as Yorick Brown in "Y: The Last Man" (Rafy Winterfeld/FX)

"Y: The Last Man" is a gendered dystopia

Melanie McFarland
Art of Brian K. Vaughan

Brian K. Vaughan: Comics for tough times

Chauncey DeVega