NFT: The Last Ship (possible spoilers)

I thought the Russian commander was a very good adversary and was sorry to see him go.....It seems like there will be more in-land incursions next season.

The cast was very effective and I hope for more success next season.

It will be a long wait.

The "fuel" for the power plant was a stupid idea to just make them seem more evil.

My guess is that they will re-take the ship in the first couple of episodes next season and then go back out to sea to look for another location to replicate the virus. I'm not sure the will be able to keep them on dry land for an entire season. Unless they ally themselves with the man in black and "re-take" baltimore.

I agree. I think we will see a story arc for a few episodes where they ally with the "warlord". It is also painfully obvious that Tex will not just disappear and will very likely be the catalyst to rescuing the doctor. i hope they don't martyr him by having him give his life to save her.

One, as you mentioned, was the burning bodies for power. I agree with you that it was a ridiculous and over the top idea to make it painfully obvious how evil Garfield and her people are. It wasn't necessary.

Two, was how pristine their building and vehicles looked. I don't care what kind of stronghold they seemed to make of it. It was the only structure in the entire city that was spotlessly clean, as were their SUVs. They both just looked ludicrous, in my opinion.

if they find a cure how will it be dispensed? Think of the power they now have. They can reshape the entire world based on who they determine it best suited to receive it.

Granderson? Not Garfield?

Good show all around just Sucks waiting a year

Yes. I thought Garfield didn't sound right, but was blocking on the character's name and was not inclined to look it up. It was Granderson.

When you are a yankees fan you remember the name granderson

I'm a Yankees fan and it didn't register. Maybe I wanted to forget about the Granderson era.

I think the last episode was good. I was thinking how it would be bad for the show if they landed and everything is great, so I love the plot twist. Yeah, like most shows, it's a bit over the top sometimes, but it's a show. I loved the prior episode, when they were testing the vaccine. I was in tears for the last half of that episode. I love that the show has the ship as the good guys and the characters are very good. You knew the wife was going to die, so now the captain and the doctor are going to get together. Unless Tex gets her first!

I agree 100% that there is no show if they come ashore and everything is great. I just think the twists were very predictable.

I had mixed feelings about episode 9. On one hand, I thought it was very touching. On the other, I thought it was a bit ridiculous that after a couple of days, they are claiming to have a vaccine and cure. I realize it is not real and I also realize that there are extreme circumstances. It just seemed a little too condensed or "neat" to simply run one trial with 6 people for a couple of days and say you're done and ready to mass produce. I am willing to suspend the reality on this one though.

I hadn't thought of the wife's death as an opportunity for Chandler and the doctor. That actually may open up an interesting story line with Tex. I am 100% convinced Tex is going to rescue the doc. After that, a relationship between the doctor and Chandler could create a really bad rivalry, causing Tex to possibly go rogue.

Back to Tex rescuing the doctor. I think his leaving may have been a calculated ruse on his part. For one, he wanted to force some emotion out of her. for another, given the way they cut to him briefly at the end, I think he may have been suspicious and may have said he was leaving to intentionally separate himself from the crew, but to observe the activity from a distance.

Nice bit of misdirection with Alfre Woodard, Tex going the Lone Wolf route (for now), and bad guys taking over the ship...reminded me of the season two finale of Star Trek: Voyager (the last really good season of that show). It does suck, though, that we have to wait a whole year for the next season. Oh well.

As for the doctor, the captain, and Tex...if Star Trek taught us anything, it's that ship's captains and long-term relationships don't mix. I don't see a love triangle happening.

Who said anything about a long term relationship? That would be a short lived triangle, but would probably send Tex off the deep end, I'm guessing.

As for Woodard, my complaint was that they made it too obvious and brought it to the surface too soon.

Sorry, but I don't see anything happening between the doctor and the captain, long-term, short-term, any-term.

As for Mrs. Granderson, they had to make her the heavy by the end of this episode to lock in the cliffhanger. I didn't have a problem with that.

that long hug at the end of the next to last episode. And the Captain is way hotter than Tex.

I thought good girls always went after bad boys, lol.

Seriously, though, I don't want the captain to get mixed up in any romances. He's got bigger fish to fry.

on a ship who hasn't gotten any in a long time.....

I don't mind if he gets his ashes hauled every once in a while, but I don't want him wrapped up in any romantic entanglements (that's what the junior officers and other personnel are for). He's got a world to save.

I don't envision it as a romantic entanglement. I can see a moment develop, which could be enough to set Tex off.

That's not the kind of sub-plot I'd like to see on the show, but maybe that's just me.

I don't disagree. But, I think they've subtly hinted at something between the Captain and the Doctor from the start.

Forgive another Star Trek analogy, but TNG hinted at something between Capt. Picard and Dr. Crusher, too...for a long time...but nothing ever really happened with them (unless one or both was under alien control, lol). I hope Capt. Chandler is a lot more like Picard and a lot less like Capt. Kirk (who would've already nailed Dr. Scott, let's face it).

I think the significance of anything between Chandler and Scott would not be a romantic connection or even the physical act. Hell, there wouldn't even have to really be a full blown physical act. I think there are two residual effects. One, is how Tex perceives things and reacts. Two, is does even a near kiss affect the way Chandler and Scott work together and trust each other and themselves. So, even the hint of things can have a profound impact on the story.