‘The Walking Dead’ Meets ‘Jack Ryan’ in Netflix’s 5-Part Apocalypse Series
Collider highlights The Last Ship, a five-season action drama now available on Netflix, as a blend of post-apocalyptic survival and military-thriller storytelling. The series follows a US Navy destroyer crew attempting to find a cure after a global virus devastates civilisation, giving it a premise comparable to The Walking Dead and Jack Ryan.
Loosely adapted from William Brinkley’s 1988 novel, the show premiered on TNT in 2014 and centres on the USS Nathan James, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. In its present-day setting, the pandemic kills more than 80% of the world’s population, leaving Commander Tom Chandler and his crew to protect survivors and pursue a cure.
- The Last Ship is a five-season pandemic-era military thriller on Netflix.
- A Navy crew searches for a cure after global societal collapse.
- The virus is said to kill over 80% of humanity.
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The Last Ship is a US television drama set after a deadly virus has spread around the world. It follows the crew of the USS Nathan James, a US Navy destroyer that is at sea when the outbreak begins.
Commander Tom Chandler leads the ship’s sailors as they try to understand what has happened, protect people who have survived and help find a treatment. The show combines scenes of military operations with a story about life after the collapse of governments and basic services.
It was first shown on the US channel TNT in 2014 and ran for five series. The programme is loosely based on a 1988 novel by William Brinkley, although it moves the story into a modern setting.