Michael Bay's The Last Ship on TNT

[rockymtnhigh]

Yep, it was a very good season...I miss it still, but will get over that by November-ish. I'm guessing she'll be back in season 3 though...

While I didn't binge watch the 23 episodes of the two seasons, it was a lot of fun to watch it over a few months. Truly excellent tv.

And yeah, my gut says she will not be dead. Unless its a contract thing, or she has a better offer. and we need her alive for the love triangle between her, the captain, and Tex.

Speaking of the captain, at a minimum he should have been promoted by the president to actual captain, and by the end of the last episode, to admiral.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Yeah, my gut tells me that too...she's not dead. Though I could be wrong...

Never thought of the promotion issue, but you've got a good point there too...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Yeah, my gut tells me that too...she's not dead. Though I could be wrong...

Never thought of the promotion issue, but you've got a good point there too...

Just find it weird that the highest ranking naval officer in the USN is a Commander, army equivalent of Lt Colonel. But of course, given all the hell they were dealing with, it wasn't on the list of things to worry about. At the same time, I was certain when he offered him Chief of Naval Operations he was going to hand him new rank insignia.

Yes, I spend time thinking about strange and meaningless stuff.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I too will catch myself pondering meaningless or strange things that most people probably never think much about either... Example: why are spiders drawn to closed garage doors? Every late summer/early fall, spiders (dozens every night) make webs on my closed double-car garage doors...why? It's meaningless, perhaps a bit strange to ponder it, but there it is.

I think the lack of a promotion will be explained next season...

 

[KAB]

Speaking of the captain, at a minimum he should have been promoted by the president to actual captain, and by the end of the last episode, to admiral.

He already is Captain, it you are talking about Chandler.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I too will catch myself pondering meaningless or strange things that most people probably never think much about either... Example: why are spiders drawn to closed garage doors? Every late summer/early fall, spiders (dozens every night) make webs on my closed double-car garage doors...why? It's meaningless, perhaps a bit strange to ponder it, but there it is.

I think the lack of a promotion will be explained next season...

He already is Captain, it you are talking about Chandler.

No, he is not. He is captain of the ship, his naval rank is Commander. A silver leaf = commander or Lt Colonel in the Army/Air Force.

 

[KAB]

No, he is not. He is captain of the ship, his naval rank is Commander. A silver leaf = commander or Lt Colonel in the Army/Air Force.

Details!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Details!

Absolutely! I guess when I first started watching I noticed that the captain did not wear captain insignia. And was referred to as commander outside of the context of the ship.

 

[KAB]

Whatever, he is still CAPTAIN CHANDLER!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Whatever, he is still CAPTAIN CHANDLER!

On the ship, he is.


This is driving you crazy, isn't it?

See: look at the silver oak leaf.

Oh, and notice the 3 and not 4 stripes:

YES, I have nothing better to do tonight. LOL

 

[KAB]

Not really, you were the first to make a "issue" of it!

 

[long_time_DNC]

Too funny!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Too funny!

He did say DETAILS!

 

[long_time_DNC]

He did say DETAILS!

Well, you did a good job!

 

[MikeD-C05]

Wasn't he appointed the head of the Navy by the new President? Seems like he would be an Admiral now.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Wasn't he appointed the head of the Navy by the new President? Seems like he would be an Admiral now.

That was my point. And I was surprised when he told him he was CNO, that he didn't hand him new rank. But its just a tv show.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Or...something else happens next season that keeps him as "Captain"...or the writers just messed it up...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Or...something else happens next season that keeps him as "Captain"...or the writers just messed it up...

I'm thinking the latter.

It will be interesting to see how "The Last Ship" progresses, when it is no longer theoretically-at least - the last ship. Lots of possibilities, but really a fundamentally different show. Hoping for good writing to continue.

 

[long_time_DNC]

There are a lot of directions they could go with it, though all of them pretty much make the title of the show ("The Last Ship") pretty meaningless. The Next-to-the-Last-Ship? The-Third-to-the-Last-Ship? We have a fleet, so which is the Last Ship?

 

[rockymtnhigh]

There are a lot of directions they could go with it, though all of them pretty much make the title of the show ("The Last Ship") pretty meaningless. The Next-to-the-Last-Ship? The-Third-to-the-Last-Ship? We have a fleet, so which is the Last Ship?

Ha! I could see them simply re-titling the show, The Last Ship: With some new subtitle. But I doubt that would happen. Its intriguing, and challenging for the writers. They could make this a rebuilding America show; kind of like Jericho Season 2; or they could focus on a continued conflict with the immune from within, or abroad. But they could also kill it just because it doesn't have the same "last ship" qualities that made season 1 and 2 so good.