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I hate what the writers made her out to be. I'd probably be more accepting of her character had they actually made a plausible backstory for why she's suddenly an expert in everything. She's a diplomat, polyglot, super soldier, electronics experts, EOD specialist, expert diver, war tactician, print and runway model with no hair out of place and face full of makeup even after an amphibious landing.

Tex! Even as a ghost, he's still the best part of the show. Nice to see Frankie and Cruz and Mason and Garnett and Doc. And Danny's dog. Goodbye Tavo. From a Disneyworld janitor to a failed dictator. The cards never told him that Chandler wasn't going to show up. Wolfman must be the prototype for a super-soldier. Chandler went down with the ship but not really. Oh well. Miller lost his legs but somehow he still ended up as a ghost. I will miss the Nathan James most of all. That was such a ride even with all the stupidity sometimes.

How long has it been until the summer that they finally got the Michener operational? Miller was so in the zone while working out next to a window that he never noticed the Nathan James was gone. How far was the patrol from the shoreline that Azima saw Burk die in Danny's arms? In other news, she finally had more than two lines in a whole episode. Danny lost another friend. You got to feel for the guy at this point. If he and Kara both survive next episode, and I sincerely hope at they do, he hopefully gets another chance with her and Frankie. The guy deserves his happy ending. I don't know but I found it funny that Sasha's questioning the sonar guy if heard it right. Because Sasha is an expert in everything right now. But damn if her hair didn't look good. Even on the eve of D-Day, her hair is so Hollywood. The two deaths were pretty tough. I had my money on Hector being the one to kill Tavo and on Burk being one of the few who would survive until the end. Burk's actually one of my favorite characters after Danny Green so that was rough for me. At this rate, they would probably be killing of everyone by the end of the finale.

That was some stupid security protocol at the command center. Like Granderson-level stupid. You’re whole top level command is inside and you take her inside and indulge her. The one time Slattery decides to play good cop, it ends up in an armed take over. Only Sasha can come out of the rubble of a bombed out house looking like she just walked out of the hair and makeup trailer on set. Danny Green not only got himself some grenades, he also got himself a tank. I didn’t think he’d know how to operate a tank but everyone seems to be an expert at everything in this show. I kind of have a soft spot for Danny. I’ve always felt bad that he’d been relegated from tactical team leader to just one of Sasha’s team members so it was nice to watch Chandler listen to him for a change. Nathan James might run out of missiles by the time they catch up to that battleship if they keep firing everytime Chandler ‘hears’ its presence. Did Tavo meet those guys while he was working at Disney World?

So now I'm thinking that Tavo probably is the father of Kelsie's daughter/niece and they probably met at Disney World. It's something right out of a soap opera but I wouldn't put it past the show's writers at this point.

This show gets stranger every season and with every episode. Kelsie got hit head-on by a car, she gets away with a cut on her hand. For a double-agent, was she never warned by her Colombian contacts who were supposed to be tech savvy enough to initiate a cyber war that cellphones can be tracked? A weapons cache lands in the middle of an apartment courtyard in dead of night, no one heard a thing. That shipment was half the size of that courtyard. Did no one hear Danny Green counting out loud when they were cutting down the straps? Half of that shipment probably contained Sasha’s make up supplies. I’m curious too as to how many lines of dialogue Azima gets every episode. Wolf is a superhuman of few words. Seems like his love interest is a superhuman of ever fewer words. Chandler gets stabbed by a piece of metal from a burning airplane, he can stand and walk as if nothing happened. At least they put enough soot on his face to make him look as if he was trapped in a burning airplain for a few minutes and spent the night next to a bonfire. But he gets a big kiss at the end. I forgot about whatever happened on the ship except that if you knew that that was the only way out of the harbor, why would you go that way too? Martinez is gonna kill Tavo with that dagger. It would be a shame if someone else kills him first.

And it still wasn't from Vulture Team. When the argument/firefight montage with the heavy metal background came on, I thought my music app accidentally opened. It was jarring but it was also so different from what the show has done before. Nice twist to what was otherwise just another generic Vulture Team shoot-em-up fight sequence. I loved the conversation Burk had with the older vets. It was quiet and introspective moment with different people who have gone through pretty much the same hell that a lot of those who haven't would never understand. Same goes with Miller's conversation with the lady because we never saw what was going on land while the virus was spreading. We saw the aftermath with the anarchy and chaos but not as it was happening. I also liked the last scene with Chandler and his boys talking and drinking cherry cola though I thought the song went on for too long. I don't know, it just felt like they had 3 minutes left but had no idea how to end it so they just played a song while the camera goes through each of the guys. But it also seemed like that was calm before the storm moment for them and that all hell is gonna break loose next episode. I want a spin-off with Miller and Rhubarb and his southern belle. Or maybe with Chandler's kids babysitting for Danny Green's son. Kara was so upset that a traitor had babysat her son. Maybe one where Sasha has to deal with Ashley's teenage tantrums. Sasha looked like she would rather be fighting rebels in the jungle again than be in the middle of a Chandler family showdown.

Wolf got shot in the leg (or was he hit by shrapnel?) and was apparently losing blood but they managed to keep him out of sight of Tavo's men without trace of blood in the hospital's floor and bed. What the heck are Vulture Team carrying in their backpacks that they can't fit a couple of grenades in them? Someone finally stood up to Chandler and refused to follow his commands. It only took them 5 seasons. Was Granderson's death was supposed to be emotional because what she did was so foolish that it just lost whatever emotional impact the writers were going for. So she suspects her girlfriend has something to do with the virus that wiped out their systems and enabled the enemy to kill a number of people and she just barges in there without backup at all.

If Danny and his wife get back together and have another son, his name would probably be Pablo. Something is seriously wrong with Danny though. The promo for next week has him fighting with Wolf. Yup, it does seem like there must be something going on with Tavo's wife and his right-hand man. Too many shared looks to not be suspicious. Same goes with Granderson's girlfriend. It's understandable to be concerned about a loved one in times of crisis but her behavior was too much of a red flag. Quality duct tape must be scarce in the South American jungle because the colonel got off the tape binding his wrists with just one bite. This episode made me laugh more than I expected though and not just for the usual unintentionally funny scenes. Chandler and Slattery meeting Miller carrying Chandler's cardboard cut-out in the p-way was funny. So was Chandler's face during and immediately after the helo ride.

I'd really hate to be Danny Green's friend. I'd also hate to be Danny Green. He's lost a lot of friends since season 1 and he's also watched a few of them die in front of him. He's also lost basically lost command of his team to Sasha. His wife also seems to not care about him anymore. There has got to be something more to the scenes with Granderson and her girlfriend. Otherwise, they really are pointless. Kandie is great when she fights and shoots. Then she speaks and it's bad acting all over again. I'm convinced that Sasha travels with a makeup kit. No one lasts that long in the South American jungle and not have a speck of dirt, dust, grime, and sweat. At least now she doesn't look like she's walking down the runway at fashion week with her hair flying all over her face.

Based on the promo for the next episode, it sure will and that's most likely how Chandler will get back on the Nathan James.

Has Sasha's team ever been on a successful mission? Seems like everytime they go on a mission they end up botching it. It's the first time in long time that Sasha's hair didn't bother me. And yes, she so was posing in that picture.

Oops, I meant Carlton Burk. I bet Chandler will be back in command of the Nathan James by episode 2, maybe episode 3 at the latest. Can’t keep the savior of the world away from his ship for too long.

This. The preview showed 3 ships with Kara Green on the Nathan James, Garnett on another, and a male voice answering for the other. There’s a close up shot of Adam Baldwin in the preview where it looks like Slattery is now an Admiral. Also, the actor playing Burk posted a picture on his instagram where it looks like he’s XO and Kara is CO (both of them O-5). Someone higher up must really like Kara Green. She just keeps getting promoted. Danny just gets the funny beard.

So much action, not much else really. Only took them 10 episodes to explain how the red rust spread. I was expecting that if Sasha and Lucia were ever to face-off, it would be a battle royale of the perfect hairstyles. Shooting Lucia in the back was unsatisfying but I guess Sasha had to take her out because Tom's life was on the line. Danny Green finally goes on a mission where he doesn't have to be Sasha's number 2 and then he gets shot within the first 10 minutes. At least Kara Green got a bit more action this time. Best part for me was seeing guys like Gator and Nishioka getting out of the ship. I guess I'm just a little more invested in these characters than the rest of Vulture Team. I'm sure the Wolf and Kandie romance is supposed to be cute and funny but it's just cheesy especially with the flower thing. Burk and Ravit were amusing, this Wolf and Kandie not so much. I'm really hoping that next season will be an improvement over S4. Judging from the preview, the world will never run out of people with vendettas against Chandler. Hopefully S5 delivers.

They mentioned her in a previous episode as having found a plane in Tel Aviv (or was it Haifa?) will be waiting in some island to take the seeds and Sasha to Norfolk. No explanation as to why she was off the ship but the actress herself was pregnant and had given birth during filming (as did the actress playing Granderson) so her character had to written out this season. I’m just glad they didn’t kill her off.

The only thing I remember Foster doing in this episode is draw a really pretty circle on a map. The actress playing Granderson was on maternity leave through much of filming season 4 (so was the actress playing Garnett apparently) so that explains the absence. But they could have made an explanatiom as to why a prominent character suddenly disappears. If they can write a scene incorporating the actress’ real-life shoulder injury for Foster, I suppose they could have made one for Granderson.

Sasha was so pissed when Wolf and Danny improvised. I guess going off-script is only okay when it's her. Plot-wise, the only thing this episode told us was that nostos isn't only in the tea but also in the food and that the next destination is Malta. And we still don't know what is wrong with Jeter. And Fletch is dead because he trusted Giorgio. And Giorgio is desperate for daddy's love but he is not Christos and so he will never be favorite. For an episode with fire fights and fist fights, that was pretty boring. I'm so ready for this season to end because I don't know how much longer they can drag this whole red rust and nostos thing.

This reminds me of Slattery's conversation with Jeter after he was rescued. Slattery told Jeter how real his hallucinations were and how tempting it would be to drink the nostos again just to have the chance to see his family again. I never really thought much about it but looking back on Slattery's hallucinations, his visions of his family were more focused on his son who he was sure was dead rather than on his other family members whose fate are still unknown and could still be alive somewhere.

The Greens are sticking to their no fraternizing rule. Meanwhile, we have Danny and Kara 2.0 with Little Tex and Ray. Are Wolf and Kandie supposed to be Burk and Ravit? Maybe Vellek had experimented on his other son and it failed somehow? I was expecting to find some answers as to how the virus went infecting people to killing crops but nothing on that end. They did took pains to explain that the seed makes extreme pacifists out of hardened warriors but nothing on the red rust. Fletcher must have realized by now that he’s been played by Sinclair and that Vellel has no plans to hand over the seeds to anyone else any time soon. Was the person Fletcher was talking to on the phone from the Home Office or one of Sinclair’s cohorts? The raid on Giorgio’s mansion reminded me of when they infiltrated Peng’s mansion last season. Only this time they have Kandie and her bikini as diversion. Now that they know we know Vellek’s on a ship, is it too much to ask for a naval battle like we used to have with the sub?

Did they ever explain how the red flu went from infecting humans to infecting crops? What I understood from what Rios told Slattery was that the plant virus affects wheat and grains in the cellular level. Except I don't think they ever really expounded on how this certain plant virus can actually penetrate into the cellular makeup of certain crops. The seeds are supposedly the secret weapon against global famine yet they seem to not have addressed the crop shortages in the show's Mediterranean plot line. The way the food problem of the Greeks was framed, at least in the part of Greece where Chandler lived, was that there are now fewer fishes in the ocean and that spoiled warlords like Giorgio are taking cuts from their catch. Someone on social media "theorized" that Wolf and Kandie's behavior in that scene is part of an elaborate plan by Chandler. Replace the seeds in the container with fake ones, leave the container in an unsecured area to lure someone to steal it, let the thief escape the Nathan James with the fake seeds to take it to Vellek, let Vellek come to Chandler if he really wanted the seeds. Apparently, this theory also explains why security was so lax on the ship, why Chandler helped O'Connor instead of finishing off Harry, and why Sasha did not fire on Fletcher when she had the chance. Personally, I think this conflicts with Chandler's plan to meet Garnett and the plane so Sasha can fly to Norfolk with the seeds but hey, it's Chandler. He's the savior of the world. He must have some surprise up his sleeve (like sleeping with Giorgio's sister to get the key to a secret room only to have his plan bite him in the end because said sister has a Greek warship at her disposal, it's captain by the balls, and naval warfare tactics memorized).

I thought it was the Chinese warship that sunk the other two US ships last year. The pirate leader was already on board with the Nathan James by that time. @jwc - Rios mentioned that the virus kills wheat and grain once it reaches the cellular level. But the effect of the virus is different with this particular seed. Rather than kill it, it becomes a hallucinogen. I think what Vellek wants is to use the seeds to alter behavior hence, Nostos and its after effects. The Americans and, presumably, the Brits are clearly looking to use the seeds to re-engineer crops that are resistant to the virus. Now I don't know where Omar falls in all of this because he, too, is after the seeds but it does seem like the best option is to divvy up the seeds between them.

Sasha couldn't believe she'd been played by Fletcher for so long. She may have forgotten that she also got played not so long ago by the Chinese president with whom it was heavily implied that she also was romantically involved with. That was only 16 months ago. Chandler must be regretting his decision to sleep with Lucia right about now. Who knew that the spoiled little rich girl he only slept with to gain access to the necklace/key actually has naval warfare knowledge and can handle the weapons systems of a Greek navy warship. Kara Green must have forgotten about her seatbelt in CIC after more than 16 months of shore duty. Speaking of Kara, she's been itching to engage that Greek ship for a few episodes now. Maybe Chandler should have just authorized her to fire. But then agian, we wouldn't have gotten the dramatic bridge-to-bridge staredown between him and Lucia. At least we have news about Cmdr. Garnett. I do hope we get to see her this season. She's lost all her comrades down in Engineering now: Chung, the other engineering guy who died on the rig, and now O'Conner.

Sasha finally found something to tie her hair with. All it took was a storm. We get it, Wolf and the new girl may or may not have a thing. But do they have to flirt every time they are on screen together? Your ship is tossing about in the storm, people are being thrown around, and yet you still risk taking a man to the medical bay. When you cough up blood in the apocalypse, especially after more than half the world's population had just been wiped out, you don't seek medical assistance. You go to a briefing with other people in a small, enclosed space. Ms. Cooper is so badass but can't take the shot because it's her dear Fletch. How many potential bad guys have ran from them now because she can't take the shot or won't let her team take it? Omar, Fletcher, who's next?

Yeah, S3 came along and characters like Green and Granderson were pushed further down the line. I may be biased because I like Green and I want to see more of him. I'm still salty over the fact that the Greens weren't there to salute Chandler when he left the Nathan James at the end of S3. All the sh*t Kara went through in St. Louis was because of her loyalty to Chandler and to the Nathan James. I'd have expected them to be there than, say, Meylan. (But then they could have met afterwards when Chandler got his kids from Kara.) Danny may have been a hotheaded jerk but Chandler trusted him enough to plan missions and even defer to his tactics. This is the guy Chandler praised as a true leader even after his and Foster's indiscretion. He even admitted it to Sasha that Green was his best operator. But here we are a few seasons later and Green could be just another sailor magically turned special ops guy like Miller. He has been reduced to screaming at his comms for the helo or his wife to bail his team out. At least he had something to do last episode and showed how much he has matured since we first met him when he recognized Burk's behavior for what it is - PTSD. I'm not even sure what Granderson's role is now. Suddenly she's been relegated to Kara Green's second-in-command in the CIC? Either that or she's the comms officer now. But despite everything I'm still watching this show and I still cheered when Chandler shaved his beard, put on his uniform, and took his oath. I also have nothing more to say about Sasha other than maybe borrow some hair ties and pins from the other female sailors. Her hair last episode reminds of Medusa's from the Inhumans poster.