
Shows that feel likeThe Last Ship (2014–2018)
If you loved The Last Ship, the closest series we have are Falling Skies (2011), Sweet Tooth (2021) and Into the Badlands (2015). All three share The Last Ship's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Vikings: Valhalla (2022).
If The Last Ship hit the spot, these will too

Civilians-turned-soldiers waging a long campaign to take Earth back
The difference: Aliens instead of a virus, and the plotting gets repetitive

After the pandemic, the point is still finding something worth saving
The difference: Gentle and storybook-soft — no firefights, no chain of command

After the collapse, order gets rebuilt by force — and contested by it
The difference: Stylized wuxia fantasy, a long way from military realism

The dead own the map, and every supply run is a tactical problem
The difference: Personal grudges drive it, not a mission to save the world

A desperate race to stop the plague before it can finish the job
The difference: Time-loop puzzles replace hardware — cerebral, not tactical

One thread runs through both: military
The difference: Trades the ideas of The Last Ship for an angle of its own

A cross-country mission to carry humanity's one cure through the ruins
The difference: Trades military discipline for scrappy zombie-killing camp

Scattered survivors piecing together a fight against extinction
The difference: Cold and slow-moving — mood matters more than momentum

Survivors weighing who to trust once the virus has taken everything
The difference: Teen-drama scale — two siblings, not a crew with a mission

Both keep coming back to the same thing: survival
The difference: Sits closer to war & politics than The Last Ship does

A post-collapse society ruled by brutal, arbitrary systems
The difference: Ecchi anime detours undercut its end-of-the-world stakes

Common ground: life after the end
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