[5] Contemporary reviews from The Canberra Times in 1988 include David Vine's: "acclaimed almost universally as a disaster of epic proportions"[6] and Jeannie Zakharov's: "the national broadcaster did not have much luck with bomb's like ... the aptly named The Last Resort, which finally ground to a halt last week.
"[8] Also in 2004 Susan Lever of National Centre for Australian Studies, "thought [it was] fascinating and found its very mix of styles led to almost obligatory viewing during its run" and that, "Critical damnation, final though it seems, really is as transient as television broadcasting itself.
[8] It was produced by Jan Chapman and Wayne Barry with Bert Deling, Tim Gooding, Gabrielle Lord and Johanna Pigott as scriptwriters; it was directed by Geoffrey Nottage, Ron Elliott, Denny Lawrence, Colin Englert and Kate Woods.
"[6] Nowra's memoir, Shooting the Moon (2004), was reviewed by Brenda Niall of The Age, and she describes how, "His work on The Last Resort with ABC producer Jan Chapman and writer Tim Gooding ended badly.
"[8] The Canberra Times' Jeannie Zakharov reviewed ABC's shows for 1988 and concluded, "...the national broadcaster did not have much luck with bombs like the shortlived Gerry Connelly Show... and the aptly named The Last Resort, which finally ground to a halt last week..."[7] Susan Lever of National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University discussed the works of Nowra and addressed the criticism of The Last Resort, "I was one of the viewers who thought [it was] fascinating and found its very mix of styles led to almost obligatory viewing during its run.