In case you don't subscribe to HBOMax, you can download episodes from Amazon for a fee.
You can also buy the book on which the series is based, The Last Ship by William Brinkley, available in ebook, audio, hardcover, and paperback.
Why Watch The Last Ship?
The premise of the global pandemic is eerily prophetic. This from a series begun in 2014 and was concluded in 2018, a year before that damned CoVid virus escaped or was released in China.
The action is compelling and edge of the seat suspenseful.
The characters are appealing and admirable, and you'll cry when they eventually meet their doom. No one is safe. The ship, the Nathan James, is a character in itself. Basically, the ship and its crew are tasked with saving the world.
The ship, its dedicated crew, and the command staff represent the hope for freedom and the return of the United States to the country we've always known and loved.
The characterization of men and women who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may not only live but live in freedom rather than in tyranny is appealing on a soul-deep level.
The acting is superb. I can't praise the cast highly enough. The main "impact" actors are: Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin (I've loved him since Angel and Firefly!), Rhona Mitra, Charles Parnell, Marissa Neitling, Travis Van Winkle, Bren Foster, Jocko Sims, Kevin Michael Martin, Christina Elmore, Maximiliano Hernandez, Elisabeth Rohm, John Pyper-Ferguson, Mark Moses, Alfre Woodard, and dozens of others.
Mining Human Nature
When I watch productions like this that are based on conflict grounded in human nature, it's scary. With all that's going on in the world, it's easy to believe that the whole damned thing could fall apart in a global crisis like the one presented in The Last Ship.
Years before our own personal global pandemic of CoVid, Brinkley wrote his book. This series premiered in 2014. How prophetic it proved to be. The only difference is that more than half of the world's population did not die in the real global pandemic.
Our country didn't fall apart as depicted in the series, but it did divide our country even more than we'd already been divided. I've read it left us with 7.2 million adult men of working age who are not employed.
That huge number of men isn't included in official unemployment stats because those men aren't even looking for jobs.
Maybe we'll all come together before another global crisis hits. One can only hope and pray.
Final Thoughts
Absolutely watch The Last Ship. It's worth every thrilling moment. You might not want to start this at night because you'll binge watch until way past bedtime and be anxious to dive in the next morning.
Takeaway Truth
Many in today's world think patriotism is antagonistic. To me, it's not. Patriotism is not being blind to a country's fault but loving it anyway and honoring those who protect us and do what's right and moral no matter the odds.
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