"[6] Reviewing for AV Club, Samantha Nelson wrote, "Last Days Of The Space Age builds slowly, weaving together so many characters and their stories that, at first, they can feel thin and disconnected.

But everyone and everything comes together in episode three for a hilariously disastrous celebration of the 150th anniversary of Perth’s founding, demonstrating the strength of a show that’s simultaneously nostalgic while also clear eyed about the inequities of the past that are still relevant today."

He provides a connective tissue to the show’s sprawling ensemble, having a fling with Eileen that’s kept secret because she fears the wrath of her fierce Aboriginal activist daughter.

"[7] Luke Buckmaster in The Guardian praised the performance of Rahda Mitchell, but criticised the structure of the series and felt it tried to include too many storylines.

He thought that it was "best viewed with a kind of soap opera mentality" with "the characters’ various narrative threads connected tonally and geographically, like the communities of Ramsay Street and Summer Bay".