Mr. Burke Reviews

Review #9: The Last Ship The Last Ship , which just finished its fourth season on TNT , is an action-adventure series set, mostly, aboard the USS Nathan James , which, in the first series, was the last U.S. Navy destroyer manned and ready to save the world. The series is set in a reality that has been devastated by virus that has wiped out much of humanity. However, while the worst was happening, the Nathan James was stationed in the Arctic on a scientific mission. Their isolation is their salvation, along with Dr. Rachel Scott, who knew about the virus before the pandemic, and was working on a cure for it. The crew of the James, under the command of Captain Chandler, needs to hold it together, survive out in the ocean, find a safe harbor to resupply, avoid enemies that wish to kill them as well as anyone who could contaminate the ship and everyone on board. All in a day's work. The show stars Eric Dane as Chandler. You may be familiar with him from his many episodes of Gray...

Review #8: The Defenders This review contains spoilers for both seasons of Daredevil as well as Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , and Iron Fist . The day The Defenders dropped on Netflix, some nice young women were in midtown Manhattan handing out free stickers, cookies and sunglasses. Not that this matters much, except it certainly got my attention. A few days later, I asked some friends on Twitter if I needed to see the other shows before viewing this one. The consensus was, "No, you don't, but you'll enjoy it more if you do." They were all crazy: viewing the earlier shows is mandatory. Furthermore, if you watched Jessica Jones or Luke Cage , you absolutely need to see The Defenders before you catch the next season (if any) of those shows because their story lines continue here. Unlike the other series, we only get eight episodes of The Defenders, but that's all that's necessary. The familiar faces from the four tributaries flow right into the river of t...