Home > Last Man Standing > Season 1 « TV Series Page Last Man Standing: Season 1 (2011 - 2012) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Last Man Standing Critics Consensus Last Man Standing is a thoroughly middling sitcom relying on jokes that feel alternately dated or hostile. 14% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 37 77% Audience Score User Ratings: 159 See score details Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? 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Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Oct 11, 2011 Manly man Mike Baxter decides to spend more time at home with his three daughters when, in the opener, his time on the road creating a catalog as marketing director for a sporting-goods store is reduced and his wife gets a promotion. More 2 Last Baby Proofing Standing Air date: Oct 11, 2011 Mike reluctantly agrees to baby proof the house at the request of the rest of his family, but then they realize they may have been overzealous with their safety precautions. Meanwhile, Mike finds Mandy a pizza-delivery job. More 3 Grandparents Day Air date: Oct 18, 2011 Mike gets Boyd expelled from day care when he insults the teacher on Grandparents Day, and now he has to look after Boyd; and Vanessa tries to look younger when a grandmother at the day care thinks they're the same age. More 4 Last Halloween Standing Air date: Oct 25, 2011 Mike sneaks Boyd out of the house on Halloween to go trick-or-treating, even though Kristin has told him she's against it. More 5 Co-Ed Softball Air date: Nov 1, 2011 Mike's softball team must decide whether to allow women to play; and Mandy fills out college applications while her parents try to persuade her about which college to choose. More 6 Good Cop, Bad Cop Air date: Nov 8, 2011 Vanessa asks Mike to be the one who says "no" to Mandy when she wants to try out for a modeling show, since he usually says "yes" to his daughters for everything. More 7 Home Security Air date: Nov 15, 2011 A neighbor's home is invaded, prompting Vanessa to organize a neighborhood watch, which bothers Mike, who thinks firearms and fists are the answer to the problem. More 8 House Rules Air date: Nov 22, 2011 Mike sets new house rules for his daughters after Kyle innocently falls asleep in Kristin's bedroom after a date. More 9 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Air date: Nov 29, 2011 Mike meets his lesbian neighbors and learns he has a lot in common with one of them; and Mandy discovers that her boyfriend lied to her, and she gets Kristin and Eve to help her make a special music video to get revenge. More 10 Last Christmas Standing Air date: Dec 6, 2011 Boyd's father, played by Nick Jonas, returns unexpectedly, which troubles Mike and Kyle; and Mandy is hired by Ed to be an elf at the shop, and she organizes the other elves to demand perks. More Show More Episodes Last Man Standing: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (29) Tv Season Info Mike Baxter (Tim Allen), a macho marketing executive at a sporting-goods store, decides to spend less time travelling for work and more time at home with his wife (Nancy Travis) and three daughters in the first series of this sitcom. He becomes more involved in his daughters' lives, and even tries to help eldest daughter, Kristin (Alexandra Krosney), with her young son, but he winds up getting the tyke kicked out of day care. Some of his other missteps include encouraging teenage Mandy (Molly Ephraim) to get a job delivering pizzas at night, which his wife worries is unsafe; and giving tomboy Eve (Kaitlyn Dever) some football advice, which leads to her injuring a boy on whom she has a crush. Genre: Comedy Network: ABC (Seasons 1-6); FOX Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2011 Creator: Jack Burditt Exec. Producers: Jack Burditt, Tim Allen, Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein, Shawn Levy, Richard Baker, Rick Messina Cast Tim Allen as Mike Baxter Nancy Travis as Vanessa Baxter Hector Elizondo as Ed Alzate Alexandra Krosney as Kristin Baxter Kaitlyn Dever as Eve Baxter Molly Ephraim as Mandy Baxter Christoph Sanders as Kyle Anderson Luke Kruntchev as Boyd Evan Kruntchev as Boyd Danielle Bisutti as Michelle Robert Forster as Bud Baxter Kenneth Choi as Dr. Wong Dennis Hadley as Jumpmaster Rick Overton as Ted Mike Rowe as Jimmy Baxter Christina Moore as April Andrea Bendewald as Charlie Cassandra Peterson as Elvira Steve Talley as Chad Bickle Shane Coffey as Terrence Audrey Wasilewski as Kim Nick Jonas as Ryan Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Gabriella Greg Pitts as Pete Jerry Minor as Mel Kim Kardashian West as Herself Tony Stewart as Himself Michael Weaver as Tom Michael Merton as Dr. Harrison Emily Rutherfurd as Rebecca Kenton Duty as Victor Khairi Ayers as Boy Ann Hu as Mrs. Wong Matt Shively as Elliot Melanie Paxson as Liz Shaun Robinson as Entertainment Reporter James Logan as Robber Uriah Shelton as Ben Milbauer Phil Abrams as Male Executive Andrew Daly as Peckman Frankie Muniz as Richard John Marshall Jones as Frank Joel David Moore as Bruce Paul F. Tompkins as Chester McAllister Bob Stephenson as Marvin Rebecca Morales as Woman Mary Margaret Lewis as Paula Natalie Distler as Debbie Don Lake as Professor Art Evans as Mort Daphne Duplaix as Misty Cavanaugh Logan Kishi as Jack Shira Scott as Salesgirl David Anthony Higgins as Bill Gregg Pitts as Pete Show More Cast News & Interviews for Last Man Standing: Season 1 2016 Emmy Winners Announced: Game of Thrones and Veep Win Top Awards 2016 Emmy Award Nominations View All Last Man Standing: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Oct 11, 2011 Manly man Mike Baxter decides to spend more time at home with his three daughters when, in the opener, his time on the road creating a catalog as marketing director for a sporting-goods store is reduced and his wife gets a promotion. More 2 Last Baby Proofing Standing Air date: Oct 11, 2011 Mike reluctantly agrees to baby proof the house at the request of the rest of his family, but then they realize they may have been overzealous with their safety precautions. Meanwhile, Mike finds Mandy a pizza-delivery job. More 3 Grandparents Day Air date: Oct 18, 2011 Mike gets Boyd expelled from day care when he insults the teacher on Grandparents Day, and now he has to look after Boyd; and Vanessa tries to look younger when a grandmother at the day care thinks they're the same age. More 4 Last Halloween Standing Air date: Oct 25, 2011 Mike sneaks Boyd out of the house on Halloween to go trick-or-treating, even though Kristin has told him she's against it. More 5 Co-Ed Softball Air date: Nov 1, 2011 Mike's softball team must decide whether to allow women to play; and Mandy fills out college applications while her parents try to persuade her about which college to choose. More 6 Good Cop, Bad Cop Air date: Nov 8, 2011 Vanessa asks Mike to be the one who says "no" to Mandy when she wants to try out for a modeling show, since he usually says "yes" to his daughters for everything. More 7 Home Security Air date: Nov 15, 2011 A neighbor's home is invaded, prompting Vanessa to organize a neighborhood watch, which bothers Mike, who thinks firearms and fists are the answer to the problem. More 8 House Rules Air date: Nov 22, 2011 Mike sets new house rules for his daughters after Kyle innocently falls asleep in Kristin's bedroom after a date. More 9 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Air date: Nov 29, 2011 Mike meets his lesbian neighbors and learns he has a lot in common with one of them; and Mandy discovers that her boyfriend lied to her, and she gets Kristin and Eve to help her make a special music video to get revenge. More 10 Last Christmas Standing Air date: Dec 6, 2011 Boyd's father, played by Nick Jonas, returns unexpectedly, which troubles Mike and Kyle; and Mandy is hired by Ed to be an elf at the shop, and she organizes the other elves to demand perks. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Last Man Standing Season 1 All Critics (37) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (32) Sometime it weakly titters while other times approaching a collective guffaw. Oct 11, 2011 | Rating: C- | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic Dreadful. Or to use a more manly phrase, aaarrgggh, awful. Oct 11, 2011 | Rating: D+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic The running gag of Last Man Standing has Allen playing the rooster in a henhouse, asserting male supremacy at every turn. Oct 11, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic There's reliable humor in the formula but it's all too tedious. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic As borderline odious and stale as some of the jokes are in the pilot, Last Man Standing could be a fixer-upper. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Sarah Rodman Boston Globe Top Critic Very probably the worst sitcom on network television. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Troy Patterson Slate Top Critic A throwback comedy that should have been thrown back. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Mark Dawidziak Cleveland Plain Dealer Last Man Standing is never going to be as courageous as it thinks it is. Sep 28, 2018 | Full Review… Emily VanDerWerff Vox If Allen was a bumbling father to three sons before, he is even more incompetent with three daughters, and it's not funny. It's child abuse-and viewer abuse. May 11, 2018 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review… Lily Moayeri Under the Radar Last Man Standing's boneheaded sense of gender politics would be less annoying if the jokes were funnier. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Josh Bell About.com While there are a couple jokes that made us laugh, they were overshadowed by the unnecessary laugh track and the very evident been-there-done-that premise of the show. Oct 11, 2011 | Full Review… Tierney Bricker E! Online It's a harmless, run-of-the-mill family sitcom, but they've made sitcoms in the past that I've laughed at. If you aren't going to have funny jokes, then stop filling in the empty space with huge character inconsistencies and logical flaws. Mar 3, 2019 | Full Review… Luke Gelineau TV Equals View All Critic Reviews (37) Audience Reviews for Last Man Standing: Season 1 Dec 19, 2019 After re-watching the 1st season I am not sure what series these Liberal critics watched. Great show and some great political punches being thrown. Nick W Oct 11, 2019 Refreshing type of humor. Benjamin J Oct 06, 2019 Release this down under - they don't show it on TV, and every single person of all ages, of the 30+ folks I've watched it with just love it! Eric S Jan 03, 2019 The difference between the audience score and the tomatometer is evidence that the critics on the tomatometer do not form a representative set of viewers. Michael A Dec 08, 2018 What a surprise, leftist hollywood "critics" hate this show. Which naturally means this is a great show as audience score shows. Seriously, "It's child abuse-and viewer abuse"-Lily Moayeri,Under the Radar??? SJWs are delusional. "unecessary laugh track"... a sitcom filmed with live audience?? stacy s Oct 17, 2018 A fantastic family driven show that albeit may sway towards Conservative values, it nonetheless bridges any gaps with other belief platforms (and accomplishes this in a funny, witty and intelligent way!).... Its cancellation came as a shock to many including myself, however it is little surprise that its revival came out swinging with the same magic that made it popular with many of us to begin with! Excellent work from the cast and crew!!! Phil C Sep 28, 2018 Dont like the new Mandy Too tall n the blonde is not right. Please change her Sep 28, 2018 new season show sucks, way to much fake laughter, gonna give it another show but it aint looking good May 16, 2018 The reason people don't like it is because it points out all the flaws of modern america and where it's trying to go. This show is amazing. Step out of the way people. Brooksey B May 10, 2018 Really funny with great cast. Gene T See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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