History YMMV / TheLastKingdom

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Æthelwold's speech:

'''Æthelwold:''' A... A titless angel to guide me! No more servant girls in my bedchamber, Lord! Please, I beg you! (''flops down on the ground, to cheers and applause'')

-->'''Æthelwold:''' Oh, Lord, I am a sinner! I am a sinner, Lord, as big a sinner as you will ever see! I have known women, Lord, lots and lots of women! Women of all sizes. The big tits, the small tits. I have squeezed and kissed them all. I have rested my head on the bosoms of beautiful, but bad, bad women, Lord. Forgive me! I have lost count of the number of women I have had, but I know it is exactly half the number of tits I have caressed. Oh, God, I love tits! Send me an angel, Lord!\\

** Poor, poor Thyra. For a [[NiceGirl kindhearted]] [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] with very little screen time, her story is sure heartbreaking and full of NightmareFuel. As a child, she has her shirt torn off by Sven, a perverted StalkerWithACrush who believes he is [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitled To Have Her]], and is only saved from further assault by Uhtred. When she grows up, she's happily engaged to be married, but her family is massacred in front of her by Sven and his father. She has a brief HopeSpot when she sees Uhtred sneak onto the property, but, unfortunately, he doesn't see her. The last we see of her is when Sven vows that she will endure endless sexual torture before dragging her away. Years later, Uhtred learns that she's still alive and being held prisoner, though Skorpa's blunt and vulgar remark about her is one of the most disturbing moments in the series. By the end of the first season, she is still Sven's sex slave, and he is, at present, a massive KarmaHoudini.

* TheWoobie: Mildrith.

* {{Squick}}: Uhtred defeats [[spoiler: Ubba]] by cutting both his Achilles' tendons.

** Many set piece battles in the series are also scaled down to open field battles, as opposed to the sieges and fleet battles presented in the first two books.

-->'''Æthelwold:''' Oh, Lord, I am a sinner! I am a sinner, Lord, as big a sinner as you will ever see! I have known women, Lord, lots and lots of women! Women of all sizes. The big tits, and the small tits. I have squeezed and kissed them all. I have rested my head on the bosoms of beautiful, but bad, bad women, Lord. Forgive me! I have lost count of the number of women I have had, but I know it is exactly half the number of tits I have caressed. Oh, God, I love tits! Send me an angel, Lord!\\

-->'''Æthelwold:''' Oh, Lord, I am a sinner! I am a sinner, Lord, as big a sinner as you will ever see! I have known women, Lord, lots and lots of women! Women of all sizes. The big tits, small tits. I have squeezed and kissed them all. I have rested my head on the bosoms of beautiful, but bad, bad women, Lord. Forgive me! I have lost count of the number of women I have had, but I know it is exactly half the number of tits I have caressed. Oh, God, I love tits! Send me an angel, Lord!\\

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories Saxon Stories]]'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'' who is often mentioned in the books through Ubba's {{patronymic}}, but the show only uses it once. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet "Boneless" but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories Saxon Stories]]'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'' who is mentioned in the books but only once here, through Ubba's {{patronymic}}. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet "Boneless" but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories Saxon Stories]]'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'' who is mentioned in the books but only once here, through Ubba's {{patronymic}}. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories Saxon Stories]]'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'' who is mentioned in the books but not here. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories Saxon Stories]]'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'', mentioned in the books but not here. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' which takes place a generation before this show, though it is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays direct links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'', mentioned in the books but not here. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that show is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ragnar Lothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'', mentioned in the books but not here. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that show is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''The Last Kingdom'' also downplays links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons RagnarLothbrok]], the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings'', mentioned in the ''Saxon'' books but not here. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]], who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that show is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''Last Kingdom'' also downplays links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of Ragnar Lothbrok, the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings''. It's left to FridgeBrilliance on the audience's part - like a few mentions of Ubba's brother Ivar, meant to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless Ivar the Boneless]] who has appeared on ''Vikings''. The books mention his epithet but the show doesn't.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that show is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''Last Kingdom'' also downplays links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of Ragnar Lothbrok, the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings''.

* {{Narm}}: Cornwell's earthy style, carried over into the show, results in lines like, "We should hump tonight," and badass warriors calling their mortal enemies "turds."

* {{Squick}}: Uhtred defeats [[spoiler: Ubba]] by cutting his Achilles' tendons.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that show is still ongoing and the ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' predate it by almost a decade. ''Last Kingdom'' also downplays links between the shows like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba Ubba]] being a son of Ragnar Lothbrok, the semi-historical protagonist of ''Vikings''.

* {{Narm}}: Cornwell's earthy style, carried over into the show, results in lines like, "We should hump tonight" and badass warriors calling their mortal enemies "turds."

* {{Narm}}: [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerization]] results in lines like, "We should hump tonight," and badass warriors calling their mortal enemies "turds."

* BrokenBase: Inevitably, opinions were divided when the first shots of Uhtred from the TV series were released. Some think that Dreymon looks good as Uhtred during his younger days, while others think that he doesn't look tough enough. Also, some complain about him having black rather than blond hair ([[HilariousInHindsight the opposite]] of what happened to Series/{{Sharpe}}) while others don't mind.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', though that is still ongoing. The show downplays its links to it from the source material, but Ubba is supposed to be a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who is the lead of the other show.

* BrokenBase: Inevitably, opinions were divided when the first shots of Uhtred from the TV series were released. Some think that Dreymon looks good as Uhtred during his younger days, while others think that he doesn't look tough enough. Also, some complain about him having black rather than blond hair ([[HilariousInHindsight the opposite]] of what happened to Series/{{Sharpe}}) while others don't mind.