The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)

The story was originally a series of books by Bernard Cowell, based upon the historical writings "The Saxon Chronicles" Written by multiple eye witness Monks across Britain. I previously watched the Vikings TV show created by History Canada. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the historical content is slightly shaky due it being based on the "Viking Sagas" written by one person, so hard to determine accuracy. I see many people reviewing this show saying "They should have kept this character alive" The reason they were not kept alive, is because Utred was a…

Great, but could be better and decreases in quality in season 4. I am writing this review after having watched season 4. I have binge watched this TV show and loved it overall, but I was disappointed of how the show decreased in quality in season 4. One reason for that decline might be that the former showrunner and head writer Stephen Butchard quit as the head writer after season 3. Another one might be that a central character of the seasons 1-3 died at the end of season 3 - resulting in a major shift for all the other characters and especially for…

S1-3 tolerable, S4 bad, S5 started & ditched it I started watching this under a recommendation from the reviews of Vikings. That show takes the Vikings perspective, whereas in this show takes an English perspective. More specifically the life of the main character, Uhtred, and those who interact with him in his life. The show was somewhat tolerable for the first 3 seasons, the action and the story was decent but nothing spectacular. A fair time waster. But season 4, was a mess and i ended up playing it back at a faster rate just to get through it. Even…