Michael Bay's 'The Last Ship' quietly surges on Netflix

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2026 has been a huge year for Michael Bay fans, but not because he’s had any new release. One of the most underrated shows of Bay’s career is The Last Ship , starring the late Eric Dane , who tragically passed away earlier this year after a battle with ALS. The Last Ship is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that Bay produced following a Navy battleship as it travels around the world searching for a cure to a deadly virus and later, a means to spread the cure once found. While Bay didn’t direct any episodes of The Last Ship , his creative insight as a producer is all over the many action scenes in the show. All episodes of The Last Ship were added to Netflix back in June, and it's quietly had a resurgence as one of the biggest shows of the year .