Michael Bay's The Last Ship on TNT

[rockymtnhigh]

I agree, it wasn't a bad episode, but it was predictable as you knew they were going to take it back because of the premise of the series. From the 4th episode onward, however, this show has just been rock-solid terrific...

Looking forward to it. But not bing watching. Going to stretch it out.

 

[KAB]

Not according to iTunes, it isn't. It is the second of two episodes that aired June 21, 2015. Unreal City was the season premiere, part 1, the Fight the Ship was the second episode.

I get what you are saying, episode 2, as in the second week of the season.

ITunes is rirght and wrong as, for us "as it happened" viewers are concerned. It was a two hour premier...for us, 1&2 were the same. So for you, the "iffy" episodes will be three and four.

 

[klang]

Wow, another really strong episode tonight as the season finale. The dress uniforms were maybe a little much.

The ending: NOoooooo

I'm still a little suspicious of the new president.

 

[KAB]

Well, that ending was the typical cliffhanger, which we apparently must have these days....well come to think of it, since "Who shot J.R.?" 35 years ago. Not as good as last year's, however.

 

[long_time_DNC]

It was still a good episode...would've been better if it'd been longer...some things seemed rushed (which would be the case when you only have 45 instead of 90 minutes)...so a 2-hour season finale likely would've been a better way to go...

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

If they had no shot the doctor,this would have made a great series finale.

 

[whitewolf8214]

'The Last Ship' Bosses Discuss the Finale and "Rebuilding America" in Season 3 https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/last...nale-rebuilding-america-season-020505191.html

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of The Last Ship.]The Last Ship took audiences on a wild adventure this season that included shoot-outs with rogue sects of the population immune to the Red Flu, and Crimson Tide-inspired battles with a submarine, among other things. However, the biggest twist of all came in season two's final moments as the woman leading the charge to find a cure, Dr. Scott (Rhona Mitra), was left wounded and fighting for her life in a hotel room after going down at the hands of a John Wilkes Booth wannabe.The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunners Steve Kane and Hank Steinberg about the thought process behind that scene, as well as what's to come in the show's recently ordered third season.The final scene feels like it was shot with a sense of purposeful ambiguity concerning Dr. Scott's fate. Was that intentional?

 

[Ramy]

Wow. I saw that coming after she left the Commander

 

[long_time_DNC]

Yep, saw it when she got to her door...thought, uhoh...

 

[MikeD-C05]

IS it me or does watching that episode make you feel really patriotic and make you want to join the armed services?( I'm way to old now at 53 years old ) I know it is a tv show ,but the way the captain and his crew are working to save the country and spread the cure to it's people, really made me feel kind of proud and I even started to choke up and feel tears forming when the judge swore in the President legally at the ceremony. Eric Dane who plays the captain of the Nathan James ship, really makes you believe that he is a military man and that there are still heroes in the world, even in a deadly flu sick world.

I mean this season alone, they have come up with the cure to the flu, saved the president and deprogrammed him from the Immune cult, saved him from his attempted sucide, blew up the British sub commander who was spreading the flu and misinformation to the country , not to mention they had the doctor kill off the original patient 0 who spread the flu to most of the world . His death was used to create the cure as well. Now they are in the process of re-establishing the capital in St. Louis where the city still has electricity and other badly needed infrastructure. Not bad accomplishments for season 2 of this show. You have to say they aren't dragging out the story, like some Zombie shows do.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I don't know about it making me feel extra patriotic, but I like the insight(s) it gives to the Navy (in-particular) and the military (in-general) and the types of issues they face in day-to-day work and life. I know I can't read too much into it, it's a TV show, but I like to think that many of the stories my dad has told over the years when he was in the Navy in the mid-50's are echoed at least in some small degree, in this series (he was stationed on a destroyer and had nothing good to say about the food on the ship - there definitely wasn't a top-tier chef running their mess)...

 

[MikeD-C05]

I don't know about it making me feel extra patriotic, but I like the insight(s) it gives to the Navy (in-particular) and the military (in-general) and the types of issues they face in day-to-day work and life. I know I can't read too much into it, it's a TV show, but I like to think that many of the stories my dad has told over the years when he was in the Navy in the mid-50's are echoed at least in some small degree, in this series (he was stationed on a destroyer and had nothing good to say about the food on the ship - there definitely wasn't a top-tier chef running their mess)...

Well, I guess it was just me that got that proud feeling. I guess because my grandfather was in the navy and a pow in WW2 and the other grandfather died paratrooping in WW2 and my dad was a Marine, not to mention my cousin is still in the army. I guess it brings up all that when I see it played out on the screen.

 

[long_time_DNC]

And I can see why you feel that way, with a family heritage of military service like that, I would likely feel that way too...I'd like to express my thanks to your family members for their service.

 

[MikeD-C05]

And I can see why you feel that way, with a family heritage of military service like that, I would likely feel that way too...I'd like to express my thanks to your family members for their service.

You are very welcome. I didn't serve in the military, but I did work in a para military organization TDCJ-ID for 17 and a half years as a correctional officer in the Texas state prison, till I retired last March of 2011.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I have a niece that wants to get into Criminal Justice and is taking classes in the subject in the local Community College. I worked in IT for 23 years until they burned me out. Used to administer networks and write code (lots and lots of code). Since retiring 8+ years ago, I've maybe written 30-40 lines of code for the business I co-own/operate. Funny how getting burned-out changes things...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I have a niece that wants to get into Criminal Justice and is taking classes in the subject in the local Community College. I worked in IT for 23 years until they burned me out. Used to administer networks and write code (lots and lots of code). Since retiring 8+ years ago, I've maybe written 30-40 lines of code for the business I co-own/operate. Funny how getting burned-out changes things...

Send her to us at Illinois State University. We have a pretty good Criminal Justice program, I'd say.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

So... I watched episode 3. The Norfolk episode, that you all thought was weak. I actually liked it. It made sense that they would return home, and that there would be a search for families. Yeah, the captain deciding to resign was silly, but all in all, it was kind of a feel good episode (even though for some family were dead or missing). But if that is the worst of the season, then I'm really looking forward to the rest.

And yeah, it does make you feel all patriotic and want to join the Navy, except I'd be puking my guts over the side of the ship on a regular basis.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Yeah, I hear you...I get sea-sick too...makes you feel like you have the flu...it's hideous. I too would be feeding the fish on a regular basis...

That was about the weakest episode, and it was still pretty good, so you'll really enjoy the rest of the of S2!

 

[MikeD-C05]

I have a niece that wants to get into Criminal Justice and is taking classes in the subject in the local Community College. I worked in IT for 23 years until they burned me out. Used to administer networks and write code (lots and lots of code). Since retiring 8+ years ago, I've maybe written 30-40 lines of code for the business I co-own/operate. Funny how getting burned-out changes things...

I know that my 17 year and 4 months career at TDCJ as a correctional officer burned me out. I still work in security ,but only as a security guard at a chemical plant to supplement my pension check. Make more now than I did when I worked at the state,when you combine my pay and my pension check , and I don't have to work with inmates anymore. Will do about 9 more years till I reach 62 and then I plan to supplement my wife's pension check and my pension check with money from our two Roth IRAs ,till we get full social security age 67. We should be fine with $1600.00 x 2 =$3200.00 a month from Social Security and $2665.00 a month with our state pension checks. Our insurance is paid by the state and is free for life. That is $5865.00 a month, which is about $300.00 more than what we make an average 4 week month today. I no longer care about having a "career" , just want enough to live on and have a good amount left over to save or spend as we want.

 

[teachsac]

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