What I’m Watching: The Last Ship

The Last Ship: Season 1, Episode 6 “Lockdown” (C+)

My opinion of this show is quickly dwindling, and that’s mainly because it’s become immensely predictable in a very disappointing way. I’m not sure exactly where I thought it might go, but it would have been preferable to give the men and women aboard the ship the opportunity to interact with those in the outside world, or at least for us viewers to be able to see them. The ship instead turns into an isolating place, and there isn’t the chance for a new world society or government structure (or lack thereof to be seen). Instead, we get infighting and paranoia among the group about their fears and suspicions related to the outbreak for the disease and its contagiousness. Rachel’s frustration with the panic that started as soon as everyone thought that Danny was a carrier and they were all of a sudden exposed was sensible and very true to life, particularly her explanation of the fact that the discovery of his infection would mean that everyone had already been exposed. Every time anyone talks about monkeys, I find it just a bit harder to take this seriously. Additionally, I’m not too pleased with the show’s use of John Pyper-Ferguson, since Tex is mostly just immature and contradicts the mood of the rest of the show. Quincy did his best to get Bacon to become paranoid, but his scare tactics worked too well, and now he can’t even play chess or socialize, let alone get back in the lab to help save the day.