The Last Ship 

The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.

Creators:

Steven Kane, Hank Steinberg

Stars:

Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell

5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Eric Dane	...	CO CDR Tom Chandler / ... 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Adam Baldwin	...	XO Mike Slattery / ... 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Charles Parnell	...	CMC Jeter / ... 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Travis Van Winkle	...	Lt. Danny Green 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Marissa Neitling	...	Lt. Kara Foster / ... 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Jocko Sims	...	Lt. Carlton Burk / ... 56 episodes, 2014-2018
Kevin Michael Martin	...	Miller 52 episodes, 2014-2018
Christina Elmore	...	Lt. Alisha Granderson 53 episodes, 2014-2018
Michael Curran-Dorsano	...	Gator 46 episodes, 2014-2018
Ben Cho	...	Carl Nishioka / ... 42 episodes, 2014-2018
Bren Foster	...	SCPO Wolf Taylor 41 episodes, 2015-2018
Maximiliano Hernández	...	Doc Rios 36 episodes, 2014-2018
Bridget Regan	...	Sasha Cooper 33 episodes, 2016-2018
Fay Masterson	...	Andrea Garnett 31 episodes, 2014-2018
Adam Irigoyen	...	Ray 30 episodes, 2015-2018
Cameron Fuller	...	ASW Wright / ... 27 episodes, 2015-2018
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Tex / ... 26 episodes, 2014-2018
Ness Bautista	...	Cruz 24 episodes, 2014-2018
Rhona Mitra	...	Dr. Rachel Scott 23 episodes, 2014-2015
Emerson Brooks	...	Capt. Joseph Meylan / ... 23 episodes, 2016-2018
Paul James	...	O'Connor 23 episodes, 2014-2017

Storyline

Naval Destroyer Nathan James is sent on what they're told is a research mission in the Arctic. Accompanying them is scientist, Rachel Scott. After a few months in the Arctic while Scott is on the ice doing research, some men attack them. They get back to the ship and the Commander, Tom Chandler asks the doctor what's going on. She says that a deadly disease broke out a few months ago. At first, they thought it was contained but they had no cure. They felt that the cure was in the Arctic which why she's here. But she has since received word that it has now spread to most of the globe. Chandler tries to call the President but learns the President and Vice President are dead and the US government might not have long to survive. The current President tells him that the Nathan James was not in the hot zone so he and his crew are OK. But now it's up to them to safeguard Scott because she holds the key to the planet's survival. But there are those who want the cure too and they will do ...

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Plot Keywords:

navy | president | cure | vaccine | virus | 

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Taglines:

Today we grieve. Tomorrow we press on. (Season 3)

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic Greek Italian Spanish Japanese Vietnamese Korean Mandarin Tagalog Russian

Release Date:

22 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Ship

Filming Locations:

MBS Media Campus - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Channel Road Productions, Platinum Dunes, TNT Originals

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Mess Hall of the Nathan James, there is a quote by President Theodore Roosevelt "A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace."

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Goofs

There is a missing explanation on the need for the primordial strain. Like most mutations, they were random and various, resulting is possibly 1000's or even millions of different variants. By some chance (or perhaps by design) this process halted. Their only hope was to return to the original strain for a cure/vaccine and hope that it would be able to work with all of the mutations.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Veteran Guy (2018)

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Soundtracks

The Last Ship End Credits Theme
(uncredited)
Written by James S. Levine & Jim Dooley

User Reviews

80's/90's throwback

I've watched this show since the beginning, though I'm not sure why. It's mediocre at best, but I guess it's better than most other programs on TV. It reminds me alot of those old shows from the 80's and 90's like a Magnum PI or the A-team, with a little Rambo thrown in there. That can be good or bad depending upon your perspective. Episodes are shallow, stories are predictable, and the theme is always America = good guy, the rest of the world = bad guys. Latin America, Russia, China are the most prominent targets, which again is reminiscent of Rambo or Schwarzenegger 90's flicks.

I'm glad this is the final season, b/c the show has declined steadily since season 1, which was definitely the best.