Apple TV's ‘The Last Frontier’ Feels Like It Landed on the Wrong Streaming Service

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Apple TV’s eight-episode action thriller The Last Frontier might be another reminder for the streamer to stay in its lane. Apple is at its best with warmhearted comedies ( Ted Lasso , Trying , Shrinking ), cerebral puzzle boxes ( Severance , Silo , the forthcoming Pluribus ), and prestige historical dramas ( For All Mankind , Pachinko , Chief of War ). Even when Apple aims to channel old-school HBO energy ( Your Friends and Neighbors , The Morning Show ), it usually works.

The Last Frontier , like Idris Elba’s Hijack , feels more like Prime Video Dad TV or basic cable fare. It’s fine , watchable but forgettable, the kind of series that wo

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