Why optimistic? Some here have been waiting for the show to turn soapy almost since it premiered. We're two seasons in now and nary a touch of suds.
So....you do not remember the suds in the beginning of season one?
Why optimistic? Some here have been waiting for the show to turn soapy almost since it premiered. We're two seasons in now and nary a touch of suds.
Why optimistic? Some here have been waiting for the show to turn soapy almost since it premiered. We're two seasons in now and nary a touch of suds.
So....you do not remember the suds in the beginning of season one?
As to this season, they did better than I expected. The immune "master race" storyline was solid enough to provide a framework for what has been a nice season overall if also a very action-ey one. With that said, I hope the next season closes it out as the exact problem we discussed way upthread (what to do once the cure is found and is in distribution) will rear its head after either next week or the premiere of Season Three.
They could always ignore the fact that a cure has been found the same way that TWD ignores basic laws of biology (i.e. necrotic human flesh that magically doesn't rot away, especially after two years in the Georgia sun).
What? Two scenes whose total time might have been 5-6 minutes? Out of two seasons? And a single "ship" which not only was ended but resulted in disciplinary action.
I do think that our bad experiences with NuBSG and SGU may make us oversensitive in this area. A soapy show is one where the relationships drive the show. The Last Ship is basically an action show with the pandemic wracked world as the setting.
Actually the whole romance occurred before they knew there was a pandemic. So the context is one where it could easily happen - and when it did and it came to light disciplinary action was carried out.
That was my point...such a thing could not "easily happen" on a that class of a ship. Maybe an aircraft carrier, but not that particular type of ship and not with that Commanding Officer. It was ridiculous from my point of view. These things do not happen, even today with no pandemic or war going on. It does not even happen on Coast Guard ships. The punishments are too severe to risk.
bolded and purpled= remember this guy?
freakin' sailors --insert smiley here since the emoticons still aren't working--
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/eric-massas-navy-files/37309/
Everybody knows about that stuff which was ALWAYS going on in the Navy. Closed environment, no women. That was when he was in.
Season finale has been aired. And for 59 minutes it was really good.
The last immune leader was caught, the contagious cure has started to be spread and order is starting to be restored in some areas. St. Louis is the provisional new capital and Chandler was promoted to Admiral and made Chief of Naval Operations. Scott was pardoned by the new President (like I suggested upthread). They even noted a general plan for next season which will be dealing with unrest, rising warlordism, getting the cure out even more and getting it spread overseas. It even had the crew singing some sea chanties (always good).
Then....a lone immune dissident shot Doctor Scott. That was why I said 59 minutes of goodness. To me this was a "shock event" and utterly unneeded. End it on the high note. Plus, everyone knows it was renewed and that Rhona Mitra is still on the cast, so its not like she will die.
As to the ship, it ended the season about to move into drydock as they got beat up pretty good in the fight last episode with the sub. And they did mention the effort to locate sufficient trained personnel to perform the repair/refit.
Overall this was a solid season. I just wish they could have resisted the temptation to do that last scene for shock value.
Good questions. But right just now they need to repair this ship as they are at St. Louis, and they did mention the need to find the needed skilled workers and such. Plus in a one hour episode they can't really get into the whole state of the US fleet, or how to set up some type of working economy again.
If the plan is to get more ships up and running then they need to concentrate on getting to San Diego and Oahu and determining if any Atlantic fleet units are usable (as they discovered that Norfolk was not operational earlier in the season). Obviously with a pandemic with such high contagion and such there won't be enough personnel to get a lot of stuff running but do they need a lot?
The very nature of the show demands that they return to the high seas.