‘The Last Kingdom’
The Last Kingdom is a show that takes the most ragged, brutal, and ruthless parts of Game of Thrones and asks, “But what if we could make this more metal?” Not for the faint of heart, this epic adventure series set during the dangerous Dark Ages follows a heroic warrior named Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon). As a child, he watches as his Saxon lord father dies in battle against Danish Vikings. Fascinated by the young boy’s bravery, he is adopted by the Danes and raised in their pagan traditions. When his adopted family is killed by rival Danes, Uhtred embarks on a wild adventure that takes him to the court of King Alfred the Great (David Dawson), into the path of a bewitching shadow queen, and through bloody battle after bloody battle. It is a wild ride of a show.