ottoDbusdriver July 30, 2014 Share July 30, 2014 After getting a distress call near Jamaica, Chandler and a team stage a rescue attempt; Chandler and Tex are stranded at sea; Slattery and the crew search for their lost captain. SpoilerTV has a 15 second promo clip http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/the-last-ship-episode-107-sos-promo.html It looks pretty stupid -- especially the part where someone says 'It's a trap' -- who's the Admiral Ackbar on this ship ? Why would they even go on a rescue mission ? Their goal now is to develop and distribute the vaccine, not save every cat stranded in a tree along the way. And if turns out the Russians staged the distress call and they fell for it, it will look even stupider. And everyone knows that since the show has been renewed that Chandler and Tex are in no actual danger of dying. If Chandler was stranded in the ocean with a redshirt with no last name that no one has ever seen before, you would know who's going to die. Link to comment
Irishmaple July 30, 2014 Share July 30, 2014 A rescue attempt does seem to contradict everything that's happened up until now. Chandler has the crew monitoring the radio calls with no intention (or ability) of helping anyone. He took out the bad guys in Nicaragua, but left the village to fend for itself. He didn't appear to be in the rescue business. It'll be interesting if this is another ship. How can the Nathan James be The Last Ship if we now have a Russian ship and this new one in the same geographic area? I'm pleased it's been renewed. It has its issues but I've watched much worse than this. I'm sure Tex won't die either, but the actor seems busy (he turns up in a lot of my shows) so perhaps he doesn't want to be tied to the show indefinitely? It gives me some doubt, but I won't be chewing my nails over his fate on Sunday night! 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver July 30, 2014 Author Share July 30, 2014 How can the Nathan James be The Last Ship if we now have a Russian ship and this new one in the same geographic area? Yeah, 'The Last Ship' is a bad name for this show -- I'm not even convinced it's the last US Navy ship. Once the virus started to spread, all the US nuclear-powered subs already at sea would have been told to stay away from port so they didn't become infected. Since they have nuclear power plants that will last for years and can make their own fresh water, they would only have to go ashore for food and spare parts. All they would need to do is find an isolated island a la 'Last Resort' and hole up until someone finds a cure. And there are a lot of subs like that -- at least 30 active in the US Navy alone, not to mention other countries. 2 Link to comment
MDKNIGHT July 30, 2014 Share July 30, 2014 I forget. How many people are on this ship? 200 something? I agree that just logistically speaking there HAS to be other ships out there. Heck some people must have been on thier yachts or cruise ship when stuff went down. The cruise ships could theoretically have docked on a tropical island. In fact while the particular one we stopped at was not an island with game on it I once took a cruise that owned it's own island. So between the thousands and thousands of military ships even civilian ships have a shot of having survived by going somewhere remote. Fiji maybe. I had argued islands probably belong to somebody but the more I think about it the more I've changed my mind and think there are probably survivors who sailed/motored to Fiji, Paulau Paulau, Indonesia, small islands of the main islands in Hawaii. sure some of them probably brought the virus with them and died if they didn't quarantine fast enough but I actually think when the chips are down people can rise to the occasion. (I actually think if such a thing were possible, and it isn't , it wouldn't be the Zombie Apocalypse...it would be the Zombie inconvenience.) And as mentioned above there are a heck of a lot of nuclear submarines. Link to comment
ttgreif July 31, 2014 Share July 31, 2014 ..Poor astronauts docked in space stations... For them it's gonna be "The Last space-Ship" for sure... 1 Link to comment
Lonesome Rhodes July 31, 2014 Share July 31, 2014 Maybe the title is telling us that the Nathan's crack comm crew pickes up a live ABBA concert? Those Swedes, boy, they sure are a hearty breed, eh? 3 Link to comment
Rhetorica July 31, 2014 Share July 31, 2014 ..Poor astronauts docked in space stations... For them it's gonna be "The Last space-Ship" for sure... This reminded of the astronaut who was stranded on the Mir space station in space for five months after the collapse of the USSR. He was up there almost a year and everything was changed when he returned home. Sergei Krikalev. "Even his home town changed its name while he was in space-from Leningrad to St. Petersburg." http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-03-26/news/9201300570_1_russian-cosmonauts-vladimir-titov-space-station 1 Link to comment
ttgreif July 31, 2014 Share July 31, 2014 Maybe the title is telling us that the Nathan's crack comm crew pickes up a live ABBA concert? Those Swedes, boy, they sure are a hearty breed, eh? It's nice to see there's no episode called... "Our Last Summer".... Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver August 4, 2014 Author Share August 4, 2014 (edited) Why would a passenger on a ship be broadcasting from the bridge on a regular basis (at least 3 weeks) starting when there are still 50 or so people on board ? Was there no crewmen manning the controls ? Seems completely contrived for plot. Chandler goes to all the trouble to disable the locator beacons, but everyone on the rescue team is broadcasting via radio strong enough that the Nathan James can pick it up. That's some pretty terrible planning there. Again with the shoddy quarantine procedures -- Bertrice may be immune but she could also be a carrier (like the guy in quarantine on the Russian cruiser). The crewmen on the RIB should have kept their CBR gear on and Bertrice should not have been met by the good Doctor without at least a mask on. Idiots !! Ruskov really is a moustache-twirling OTT villain -- add banging Quinn's wife to the list of evil shit he's pulled. And add threatening to kill his senior officers once again if they fail him. Cossetti is Green's bitch for some reason -- what did Cossetti do that was so wrong in past episodes ? Green seems to have gotten over Dengue fever pretty quickly -- which is odd considering that it normally takes weeks to get over. That one lady on Naked and Afraid got it and was in the hospital for months. And the Russians find Chandler/Tex first -- I'm putting my money on the Russians leaving Tex in the water, and probably fire at him as they leave for the cruiser. How long before Tex gets back to the Nathan James and starts chasing after Bertrice ? Edited August 4, 2014 by ottoDbusdriver Link to comment
Enero August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) Been watching this show On Demand when there wasn’t anything else on and just caught up with all the episodes. It’s an adventure and entertaining which works I guess for summer viewing. Comments on tonight’s episode, I cannot believe they just welcomed the Jamaican girl on the ship without putting her in quarantine. She just left a boat of dead infected and their welcoming her like a distant relative have just been found. Isn’t there a possibility that the virus doesn’t make her sick, but that she’s a carrier and can thus pass it on to others? And why would they trust their prisoner to do Russian translations for them after all he’s done to show that he can’t be trusted? Doesn’t the female doctor speak Russian? Why couldn’t she assist? I’m not a doctor but surely the doctor had to do more than simply inject the immune girl’s blood into the monkeys to create a vaccination? Once it was determined that she was immune I’d think it would take weeks of testing to create a vaccine based on the variables in the immune patient’s blood. I knew the Captain and Tex was going to get captured by the Russians. I’m guessing the woman the Russian Captain appears to be imposing himself upon will play a role in Captain Chandler and Tex getting out this mess. Edited August 4, 2014 by Enero 2 Link to comment
Frost August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) I thought the dinner with the Russian Admiral and his sexual captive was heavy handedly similar to the Nicaraguan drug lord and his fancy jungle feast with his sexual captives. I wish the show wasn't so black and white. I love the premise and acting and production are above par for this kind of popcorn fare. I think it would be a lot more intriguing and absorbing if the morality of the varying parties wasn't so clear cut. Good people can do bad things for good reasons. Bad people can do good things for the wrong reasons. And every permutation in between. Let's see more grey! I'm pretty sure the Russians didn't bother to lower the rope again. How long can Tex tread water? What did the Nathan James see in the water? I thought maybe they found the wreckage of the captain's boat but it looked vaguely human shaped. Edited August 4, 2014 by Frost Link to comment
Raja August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 I'm pretty sure the Russians didn't bother to lower the rope again. How long can Tex tread water?I guess while a private contractor Tex is not an actual Army veteran and never learned to make a field life preserver out of his clothes. Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver August 4, 2014 Author Share August 4, 2014 I guess while a private contractor Tex is not an actual Army veteran and never learned to make a field life preserver out of his clothes. They both appeared to have flotation devices -- they floated in the ocean without treading water -- so as long as it stays intact, Tex can float for days. 1 Link to comment
Jordan27 August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 ..Poor astronauts docked in space stations... For them it's gonna be "The Last space-Ship" for sure... Unfortunately, we have already have that. The 100. It and Under The Dome vie for the worst written shows on TV. Link to comment
thuganomics85 August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 Seriously, it really bugged me that they didn't put Beatrice in quarantine, and everyone was just hanging around her without any suits on, once the got on the ship. Even if she was immune for now, wouldn't it be possible that the disease could somehow mutate, and still infect them. I will admit I know next to nothing about that stuff, but I would think that could be a possibility. Better to be safe, then sorry, right? Then again, we are talking about the same show where the Captain of the ship is going out on missions himself, and we saw what happen tonight. So, yeah, Chandler has now been captured (I wonder if they'll even bother getting Tex; of course, knowing Tex, he'd get himself thrown off the helicopter after ten seconds), and I guess we'll get a bunch of Chandler being locked up, while the Russian Captain continues his Bond villain schick. We'll see where this goes, but I'm going to find it hard to believe if the crew risk Scott and the cure, to get him back. Chandler himself would probably agree that he wouldn't be worth that. At least they are keeping continuity, and having some fall-out over the mutiny last week, with everyone hating Crosseti. And Green getting punished, but Chandler wouldn't even do it himself, and just dumped it on Slattery. No complaints; anytime Adam Baldwin can snark on someone, I'm good with it. Are they really down to only two monkeys, already? Even if the girl is immune, I would think Scott will need more samples. But, I guess that is a wait and see, until they deal with this clusterfuck. 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver August 4, 2014 Author Share August 4, 2014 (edited) I completely forgot that Ruskov's scientist/virus carrier infected himself with the virus, thus creating the supervirus and passed it on to his girlfriend, who probably spread it as she traveled through Oslo, London, Frankfurt and Rome (don't think those homeopathic remedies saved her) a la '12 Monkeys' or 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'. The 'scientist experiments on himself' trope fully implemented -- how stupid can some people be when playing with deadly viruses (but then again recent news items about CDC personnel doing inept things over the last couple of decades does not inspire a lot of confidence) ? Plus, how could he not determine that he was the equivalent of typhoid Mary ? Did he not test himself ? Edited August 4, 2014 by ottoDbusdriver 1 Link to comment
Lonesome Rhodes August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 Second verse, worse than the first. I did enjoy the background scene with the then-student and his professor. Of course, there had to be one hand-meet-palm moment in it: Those two understood the contagion that was coming, yet there was little urgency in the professor. This does, however, hit a little too close to home. Do you trust the government (regardless the party in charge) to ever actually level with us if something like this became reality? It is not helping my peace any that we have a genuine ebola crisis brewing. Where is the proper line to be drawn? Is it better not to know if there aren't any treatments/vaccines? Out of all the stupidity, the one that bugs me the most is idiot XO once again makes it about one person, and not his staggeringly crucial mission - despite a direct order to the contrary. Ruskov was dead right - he now has a huge advantage he dared not imagine. Me? The instant Ruskov declared his position in his notification that he had the captain (as shown in the preview), I would launch a death blow and wipe out the Russkes once and for all. 1 Link to comment
Jordan27 August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) Wow, is this show running out of good writing material..... The life of one person being worth more than the mission. The Captain going on another mission. Really?!??! The helicopter not being ready to take off at a moments notice. And why wasn't there another helicopter ready where the other ran out of gas? The soldier upset about tripping. No idea what that was about. The show didn't move one step further and just repeated the island storyline. I don't think the title, The Last Ship refers to it being the last ship on the water. I think it refers to it being the last ship that can save mankind. Edited August 4, 2014 by Jordan27 Link to comment
Frost August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) I completely forgot that Ruskov's scientist/virus carrier infected himself with the virus, thus creating the supervirus and passed it on to his girlfriend, who probably spread it as she traveled through Oslo, London, Frankfurt and Rome When she kissed him I figured, "yup now she's infected!" but I've got to admit, I completely missed the significance of the girlfriend rattling off all the places she was about to travel to. I also didn't catch that by infecting himself, the arrogant Swedish scientist was the one to add the human DNA to the mix. I am enjoying the show but it is jammed full of tropes, isn't it? The scientist who can't believe others can't see how brilliant his is, lets loose a plague upon mankind. The evil Russian naval officer. The megalomanic South American drug lord. The square jawed All American naval captain. What's next on the horizon? The plucky orphan kid, wise beyond his or her years? Oh, that could be Bertrice, couldn't it? How old is she? Edited August 4, 2014 by Frost 3 Link to comment
TigerLynx August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 These people are to stupid to live. You can't fix stupid, and in a situation like this, you can't afford stupid. 1 Link to comment
90PercentGravity August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 Not putting Bertrice in quarantine was absolutely unforgivable. It's a very basic thing that the writers/directors/producers should have thought of. It's not like it would have blow the budget to show her in a suit and then have her in a quarantined area. I assume Tex will be left behind. Is this a mini series? I don't see how they can stretch it out to multiple seasons. Link to comment
Shermie August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 This show is just a cartoon - the characters are silly stereotypes, the ridiculous weekly battles, the evil Russian enemy, the wholesome good American leader, and the conundrum of the week. It's fine as brainless entertainment, but yeah. It's a cartoon. Link to comment
NosajTrah August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) Are you seriously telling me that rope harness that the Russians lowered down to the CO looks exactly like the U.S. version? Once he saw that harness he should have known immediately it wasn't one of theres. Edited August 4, 2014 by NosajTrah 2 Link to comment
DrLar August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 I must have hearing problems but it was Patrice, not Bertrice... ehem anyway I expected them to at least suit up Patrice, after the doctor confirmed she wasn't carrying the virus then she could roam suit and mask free on the ship. I don't think you could fit 2 choppers on that destroyer, can you? I'm also wondering about how much jet fuel they can carry to resupply the chopper. So they can detect an UAV flying and even hit it on the spot with a missile, but a Russian chopper is out there and they cannot detect it? same goes viceversa, the Russians couldn't see the American chopper on radar or anything. I'm assuming that the American Chopper was just spotting the debris from the RIB or maybe the Russians that they killed earlier.. Link to comment
90PercentGravity August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 I must have hearing problems but it was Patrice, not Bertrice... Closed caption said Bertrice. Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver August 4, 2014 Author Share August 4, 2014 I must have hearing problems but it was Patrice, not Bertrice... ehem anyway I expected them to at least suit up Patrice, after the doctor confirmed she wasn't carrying the virus then she could roam suit and mask free on the ship. IMDB has her listed as 'Bertrise'. And she's going to be around for at least 2 more episodes http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2590648 I don't think you could fit 2 choppers on that destroyer, can you? I'm also wondering about how much jet fuel they can carry to resupply the chopper. Most recent versions of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (which the Nathan James is based on) can carry up to two helos. They can be broken down and can be stored in the hangar (that's why you don't always see the helicopter on the landing pad). But with the medical lab occupying one of the hangars, that makes me think that they only have one. Link to comment
Collinwood August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 Sooo, the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. If this show possessed any honesty the next episode would be entitled The Search for Chandler. I'm trying to enjoy The Last Ship, I really am, but I'm struggling because of the total lack of nuance and the flag-waving "America, Fuck Ya" melodramatics. Link to comment
ramble August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 I've found I enjoy this show much more while playing a game on my phone. The partial attention makes the crazy stupid fade a little & I look up when I know I may see pretty. The plot also seems more plausible when I'm worrying about collecting fruit or crushing blocks. If I'm making a difference one hand of solitaire at a time then saving a single man even if it risks losing the hope for humanity sounds not entirely unreasonable. Go get the Captain y'all & I'm going be to move this queen onto a king. 1 Link to comment
xaxat August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 I learned the phrase "competence porn" from io9's review of this episode and realized that is easily the best part of the show for me. I liked the scene when they navigated our of Gitmo. I liked the scene when the intercepted the UAV. Unfortunately the rest of the show is just "meh". If only the rest of the writing was as good as those scenes. I'll overlook a lot when I am being entertained, but this show. . . Sooo, the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. If this show possessed any honesty the next episode would be entitled The Search for Chandler. I'm trying to enjoy The Last Ship, I really am, but I'm struggling because of the total lack of nuance and the flag-waving "America, Fuck Ya" melodramatics. Michael Bay. 1 Link to comment
Irishmaple August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 (edited) I'll give the writers full marks for making the rescue attempt plausible. A single survivor from a group of 56 was worth checking out. I can see why Rachel would be intrigued. It was a possible step on the search for a vaccine, and also a nice moment for the crew members tasked with listening to people trying to survive and sometimes failing. It was self-interested altruism, which is my favourite kind from a storytelling point of view. It tends to make things a bit interesting. I also liked that Bertise hid herself, apparently having second thoughts about being rescued. She was smart enough not to take things at face value, and her story of execution squads targeting sick people was darkly imaginable. After that though, it was annoyingly predictable. Of course Chandler would take part in a search-and-rescue, a mission that could have been handled by low-level crew members. If it's a trap, no-one of value is lost and if it's genuine, they can get a girl into a boat as well as any officer of rank. I realize he's the star of the show, but Eric Dane needs to sit his ass on the boat and captain like he's supposed to. I found it more plausible that Tex volunteered for the mission in order to impress Rachel, a character who caused her own moment of eye-rolling this episode. She's assuming Bertise is immune but without any evidence of that at all goes out to greet the young woman without so much as a mask on. Rachel, who understands the virus, and is careful and justifiably paranoid about it? I did not buy that moment at all. It was completely ridiculous. The Rachel I've come to know would not have taken off her hazmat suit until the blood test results were in. The Russians need more nuance. I thought they handled this pretty well in their first appearance. Ruskoff was clearly in charge but a couple of his crew members seemed to have doubts about him, after he executed one of their number. There was no sign of that here. It would be nice if one of the Russian officers was smart enough to figure out that if they have a scientist (admittedly a dodgy one) and the Nathan James has a scientist, maybe science would move more effectively if they worked together. Ruskoff obviously has to go and I'd rather that came from internal issues than be imposed on the crew by the Americans. I'm kind of hoping Green and Foster aren't over. Their relationship added emotional depth to their characters, and few of the characters have much of that. I do appreciate that Chandler continues to talk about his wife and kids, and I enjoyed the moment where Slattery and the traitor found common ground over their mutual hatred of Ruskoff. Edited August 4, 2014 by Irishmaple Link to comment
Jordan27 August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 This is so disappointing. They have a good premise and they are blowing it with tropes, cliches, recycled plots and stupid characters. Rectify, Banshee, and Orphan Black are examples of incredible writing. The writers of Last Ship need to watch cable to save their show, forget about the world. 3 Link to comment
HotPhoenix August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 And these writers have this unending need to focus everything on the Captain. In reality, no Captain leaves his ship to go off and do whatever. He must always remain in command, and he sends others off to do what needs to be done. Maybe these writers have watched too much Star Trek where Kirk went off and did everything despite having lots of capable crew members to do what needed to be done. My cousin is in the Navy, stationed on the USS Monterey, now in Norfolk, and he told me that no way would a Captain behave like the Last Ship captain. He said his shipmates get a lot of laughs from this show. Link to comment
thewhiteowl August 4, 2014 Share August 4, 2014 This is definitely "Sea Trek" and it has a good amount of cheese but I am enjoying it. I can't put my finger on why, though. The cast is pretty and the acting is just fair to middlin' but I find myself entertained for an hour so it works for me. 7 Link to comment
izabella August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 It would be nice if one of the Russian officers was smart enough to figure out that if they have a scientist (admittedly a dodgy one) and the Nathan James has a scientist, maybe science would move more effectively if they worked together. I would really like to see them come to the realization that they are both better off if they work together. But I fear they will go the more cliched route where the Americans have to defeat the Russians in order to get together with the mad scientist. Link to comment
bmoore4026 August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 I...was actually surprised in myself in really liking this episode. I was actually invested in what would happen to Tex and The Captain and am looking forward to the next episode, where, hopefully, The Captain kicks the Russian Captain's balls so hard, they shoot out of his mouth. Link to comment
bluebonnet August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 It's strange which nonsense things I'm able to ignore or even enjoy as part of the storytelling and which nonsense things I simply can't abide. If they are going the virus apocalypse route, I need them to act like the virus is a serious threat, especially when they are in a super confined space like a boat and that confined space is allegedly the last hope for mankind. I can't get past the fact that they are so complacent with quarantine and protection. It ends up damaging all believability and makes it seem like I'm just watching a TV show about a ship sent on an extended training drill, and a sloppy one at that. The show could be amazing, but when the premise is "virus apocalypse and only one ship can save mankind", there is no way I can watch such poor discipline when dealing with exposed people and remain invested in the show. 1 Link to comment
Auntie Anxiety August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 The only saving grace in this episode is the possibility that that will be the end of Tex, although I have a sneaking suspicion they'll bring him back (the US helicopter will undoubtedly find him in the first minute of the next episode so he can brief them on Chandler and help with the exposition of the story). I had high hopes for this show because the premise is a good one, but it's ending up as Misguided Mission of the Week and become repetitive. Green is no Lee Adama, suffice it to say. Link to comment
Lonesome Rhodes August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 Oh, yes. I forgot about Tex. So, apparently, did the Russkes. As if they wouldn't have shot him. Ugh. Link to comment
Tippi Blevins August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 Someone needs to start putting knockout drops in Chandler's coffee before every away mission. That fool needs to stop. 1 Link to comment
Frost August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 It would have been one thing if Chandler had built up a rapport with Bertrice and then boarded the Octopus posing as the fisherman he claimed he was (which have been stupid in a whole different way), but they had one brief conversation and the team stormed the ship as a Naval squad in full suits anyway. Oh well, it puts the captain in peril, which I assume was the main objective of the episode. Link to comment
iMonrey August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 cannot believe they just welcomed the Jamaican girl on the ship without putting her in quarantine. She just left a boat of dead infected and their welcoming her like a distant relative have just been found. Isn’t there a possibility that the virus doesn’t make her sick, but that she’s a carrier and can thus pass it on to others? That was just head-smackingly stupid. I could fan-wank that Dr. Scott told them that if someone is immune they're not a carrier either, but last week she said Danny didn't have the virus and they didn't believe her and locked down the whole ship until they were sure. So yeah, there's no way the Navy personnel would have touched that girl with a ten foot pole without head-to-toe hazmat suits on. Utter bullshit. But the thing that really makes me cringe is Ruskov. Why do the Russians have to be the go-to villains? Is it because they figure the only other nation that would have a ship that could take on a US Navy vessel would be Russia? Or is it because if they were Chinese or Arab they'd be accused of racism? Either way, Ruskov is such a cartoon character I keep expecting him to start chasing after Moose and Squirrel. I actually thought this episode was fairly watchable, but I don't know how in the hell they expect to stretch this story out. Watching this crew sail around on a ship trying to create a vaccine while evil Russians chase them around for two years is going to get really old. 1 Link to comment
Curious5 August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 Everytime I see Ruskov I see Putin. Go figure. The handling of Patrice was just sooooo stupid. No way would anyne be arund her with out a hazmat suit and there is no way she'd be free on the ship. Really bad writing this episode. I don't think this series will make a second season. Link to comment
Rainbow August 5, 2014 Share August 5, 2014 Everytime I see Ruskov I see Putin. Go figure. The handling of Patrice was just sooooo stupid. No way would anyne be arund her with out a hazmat suit and there is no way she'd be free on the ship. Really bad writing this episode. I don't think this series will make a second season. It has been renewed and I am happy ! Maybe it is unbelievable at times but it is still the best new show on now and also the most captivating to watch . 1 Link to comment
Dowel Jones August 8, 2014 Share August 8, 2014 They both appeared to have flotation devices -- they floated in the ocean without treading water -- That kind of got me too, but differently. Buoyancy Control Devices, such as what they had on, are standard for SCUBA diving. We saw both of them inflating the vests with air from the bottle, via the little air tube. That's the way BCDs are designed. Problem is, they went on board the fishing boat with standard SCBA bottles and rigs. The two devices are not even close nor interchangeable. Link to comment
Bishop August 8, 2014 Share August 8, 2014 (edited) This is definitely "Sea Trek" and it has a good amount of cheese but I am enjoying it. I can't put my finger on why, though. The cast is pretty and the acting is just fair to middlin' but I find myself entertained for an hour so it works for me. Exactly. I don't think the show is suppose to be a super intelligent, realistic show. It's a summer popcorn show that I am enjoying. Yeah, if you pick it apart too much, it will collapse at the seams, but it's still entertaining. I agree with your analogy of "Sea Trek." Realistically, Captain Chandler would never go on any of the away missions, but then it would bore me if he was always on the ship. My favorite characters are Chandler, Tex, Slattery, and the Doc. I like the Chaplain too. So I can suspend disbelief as Chandler goes on more and more away missions. I'm fine with it. I do see that Doc Rachel is falling for the Captain, although he is not reciprocating. I like that too. There has to be some emotional beats in a story like this, and so I'm fine with the various interrelationships, as long as it doesn't devolve into soapyness. I've enjoyed the epsisodes thus far. It's good not to overthink them and just go for the ride. Count me in also as the girl's name being Patrice - regardless of what closed-captioned said. Her name was repeated several times, and each time, I heard "Patrice." That's a two-syllable name as compared to "Beatrice" which is three syllables. I'm not saying I'm right, but I'll stick with Patrice until the next episode and hope they clarify the name. Edited August 8, 2014 by Bishop Link to comment
crabbypants August 9, 2014 Share August 9, 2014 That kind of got me too, but differently. Buoyancy Control Devices, such as what they had on, are standard for SCUBA diving. We saw both of them inflating the vests with air from the bottle, via the little air tube. That's the way BCDs are designed. Problem is, they went on board the fishing boat with standard SCBA bottles and rigs. The two devices are not even close nor interchangeable. They looked like type V inflatable PFDs to me. The Navy and Coast Guard use them pretty frequently because they're lighter than the standard foam vest models. The buoyant part is folded when not in use, one side around a canister. Some will inflate automatically upon hitting water, some require you to pull a tab to inflate them. Link to comment
tmelange August 9, 2014 Share August 9, 2014 I think her name was Bertrise pronounced like Patrice but with a B. Not Beatrice. Link to comment
shapeshifter August 10, 2014 Share August 10, 2014 (edited) Shouldn't the captain and Tex have been able to hear that there were 2 helicopters? Twice this week while walking along Lake Michigan a helicopter went overhead and was the loudest thing for miles around, getting my attention before its occupants could have possibly seen me, if they were looking. Or at least, shouldn't the helicopters have seen each other, since they were both looking in the same place? So the mad scientist onboard the Russian boat knowingly infected his wife??? Maybe he really does eat live rats whole. ...How long before Tex gets back to the Nathan James and starts chasing after Bertrice ?Nonsense. Tex ("from Reno"??!?), being a proper southern gentleman, has already declared his intensions to the captain for the lady doctor. Edited August 10, 2014 by shapeshifter Link to comment
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