Last Resort (2012– )

A US sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another US sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.

Creators:

Karl Gajdusek, Shawn Ryan

Stars:

Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Daisy Betts

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Andre Braugher	...	Captain Marcus Chaplin (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Scott Speedman	...	XO Sam Kendal (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Daisy Betts	...	Lieutenant Grace Shepard (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Camille De Pazzis	...	Sophie Girard (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Dichen Lachman	...	Tani Tumrenjack (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Daniel Lissing	...	James King (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Sahr Ngaujah	...	Julian Serrat (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Autumn Reeser	...	Kylie Sinclair (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jessy Schram	...	Christine Kendal (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Robert Patrick	...	Master Chief Joseph Prosser (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jessica Camacho	...	Pilar Cortez (10 episodes, 2012-2013)
Michael Ng	...	Cameron Pitts (10 episodes, 2012-2013)
David Rees Snell	...	Barry Hopper (9 episodes, 2012-2013)
Daniel Bess	...	Lt. Chris Cahill (9 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jay Karnes	...	Secretary of Defense William Curry (7 episodes, 2012)
Will Rothhaar	...	Josh Brannan (7 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jay Hernandez	...	Paul Wells (7 episodes, 2012)
Darri Ingolfsson	...	Robert Mitchell (7 episodes, 2012-2013)
Bruce Davison	...	Admiral Arthur Shepard (6 episodes, 2012-2013)

Storyline

A US sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another US sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.

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Taglines:

Honor in defiance.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Last Resort - A belső ellenség

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Sun Productions, MiddKid Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the present time, 2012, there is no USS Colorado in commission with the US Navy or Coast Guard. Over the naval history of the United States, there have been three previous ships with the name USS Colorado, with a fourth presently under contract to be built and ordered, but not yet under construction or commission.

• 1) USS Colorado (built 1856), a three-masted steam screw frigate in US Navy commission from 1858-1876;
• 2) USS Colorado (ACR-7, built starting 1903, later renamed USS Pueblo [CA-7], before the launch of USS Colorado #3), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser in US Navy commission from 1905-1927;
• 3) USS Colorado (BB-45, built starting 1919), a Colorado-class battleship in US Navy commission from 1923-1947;
• 4) USS Colorado (SSN-788), a Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine under construction contract awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics, Newport News, Virginia in December 2008.

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Goofs

Characters often refer to the submarine as a ship. Submariners refer to their vessel as a boat. Ships are surface vessels.

User Reviews

Fast, pacey, gripping, formulaic yet thought provoking - episode 5 - an amazing ride, don't miss it

Its a perfect set up. Brings plausibility to events you instinctively react to as not having much of a chance to come about in the real world

• at least one hopes so - yet if the catastrophic eventualities were to

occur, what would the world look like and how'd they be handled - questions that can be explored only in a dramatization. Its pretty much the American military stud stereotype - yet its fascinating - and leaves you impatiently waiting to see where will all this go. Where's the dividing line between sworn commitment to authority and the default recoil from it when the authority is itself athwart the principles that sanctified and established it. Makes you wonder, think and leaves you thirsting to find out more.

Episode 1 was a blockbuster. Then this thing meandered. It became more lost resort than last resort. And they got it back with episode 5. You forget the directionlessness of episodes 2, 3, 4. Every theatrical punch is delivered to perfection in 5. Its a crowning moment for a story when it is predictable but you can't wait to see it happening. Impossible odds overcome. Impeccable, unbelievably crafty negotiation. Disaster averted at the very last moment. Critics turned admirers. You enjoy an overwhelming impatience for events to unfold - you know how they will - you know its too ordered, too perfect, unquestionably artificial - what the heck - you don't spend your life on a roller coaster - you get on it to savor the short adrenalin rush - and episode 5 is one amazing ride - don't miss it.