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Genre | Animated sitcom Post-apocalyptic |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 (2 parts) |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Running time | 25–29 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | May 12, 2023 – present |
Mulligan is an American animated apocalyptic sitcom created by Sam Means and Robert Carlock for Netflix. [1] [2] [3] It premiered on May 12, 2023. [4] Part 2 was released on May 24, 2024. [5]
After an alien attack destroys Earth, what's left of humanity has the chance to start all over again. Survivors will need to work together to avoid repeating the same mistakes. [6] [7] [8]
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 20 | 10 | May 12, 2023 | |
10 | May 24, 2024 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | ||||||
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Part 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | "The Great Mulligan" | Casey Crowe & Eddie Rosas & David C. Smith | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU01 | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Morning in America" | Eddie Rosas | Sam Means | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU02 | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Grand Old Party" | David C. Smith | Dan Rubin | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU03 | ||||||
4 | 4 | "The Stamp Act" | Casey Crowe | Andy Blitz & Maria Thayer | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU04 | ||||||
5 | 5 | "The Stench" | Eddie Rosas | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU05 | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Opening Day" | David C. Smith | Ben Dougan | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU06 | ||||||
7 | 7 | "The Egg Hunt" | Eddie Rosas | Ayo Edebiri | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU07 | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Matty’s Treasure: Book of Seeds" | Casey Crowe | Dan Rubin | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU08 | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Not My President" | David C. Smith | Sam Means | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU09 | ||||||
10 | 10 | "The Love Choice" | Casey Crowe | Ben Dougan & Taryn Englehart | May 12, 2023 | 1BBMU10 | ||||||
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11 | 11 | "A Rising Tide" | Eddie Rosas | Sam Means | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU11 | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Party Foul" | David C. Smith | Robert Carlock | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU12 | ||||||
13 | 13 | "The Great Depression" | Casey Crowe & Mike Morris | Ben Dougan | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU13 | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Sic Semper Mulligan" | Eddie Rosas | Sam Means & Sam Shanker | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU14 | ||||||
15 | 15 | "DC/AC" | David C. Smith | Dan Rubin | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU15 | ||||||
16 | 16 | "The Ballad of Sentient Meat" | Casey Crowe | Taryn Englehart & Carline Fox | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU16 | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Watergate Watergate" | Eddie Rosas | Andy Blitz & Maria Thayer | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU17 | ||||||
18 | 18 | "Dr. Johnny's Wonder Pill" | David C. Smith | Liz Rivera | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU18 | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Camp David" | Casey Crowe | John Mahone | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU19 | ||||||
20 | 20 | "A House Divided" | Eddie Rosas | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | May 24, 2024 | 1BBMU20 |
In January 2021, it was stated that the series would have 20 episodes and be released in 2021. [10] [11] [12] Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, and Sam Means would be producers, while Ayo Edebiri would be a co-producer. [13] [14] [15] [16] Dan Rubin, executive producer of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt collaborated with Fey, Carlock, and Means, on the series. [17] Eric Gurian, David Miner, Scott Greenberg, and Joel Kuwahara would also be executive producers. [18] [19]
In June 2021, Emmy Magazine described the series as likely premiering in 2022 and described it as a "novel medium" with a "far-out premise", with every episode having table reads on Zoom. [20] However, it did not premiere in 2022. In April 2023, it was announced that the series would premiere on May 12, 2023, on Netflix. [4] Part 2 premiered on May 24, 2024. [5]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 50% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10.The website's consensus reads: "Mulligan might feature an appealing spread of voice actors, but it'll need to swap out its stale sense of humor for more incisive jokes if it wants to win another term." [21] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the series a score of 48 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [22]
The series earned 2.1 million views in its first seven weeks on Netflix, and a further 700,000 views in the last six months of 2023, making it one of the year's least-watched "higher-profile" Netflix productions. [23]
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And then there's Mulligan for Netflix, likely premiering next year.