The Last Ship (TV series) 

The Last Ship is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series, based on a novel of the same name by William Brinkley. In May 2013, the cable network TNT placed a 10-episode order for the series.

The series premiered on June 22, 2014, at 9:00 p.m. EDT.

On July 18, 2014, The Last Ship was renewed for a 13-episode second season.

After a global viral pandemic "wipes out" over 80% of the world\'s population, the crew (consisting of 217 men and women) of a lone unaffected U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-151), must try to find a cure, to stop the virus and save humanity.

Eric Dane as CDR Tom Chandler, commanding officer of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151)

Adam Baldwin as CDR Mike Slattery, executive officer of the Nathan James

Charles Parnell as CMC Hugh Jeter, the ship\'s senior enlisted sailor.

Travis Van Winkle as LT Danny Green, leader of a Naval Mountain Warfare Unit aboard the Nathan James

Marissa Neitling, as LT Kara Foster, an officer working in the Combat Information Center (C.I.C.).

Christina Elmore as LTJG Alisha Granderson, Communications Officer

John Pyper-Ferguson as Tex, a private security contractor who joins the crew at Guantanamo Bay

Jocko Sims as LT Carlton Burk, head of the Nathan James boarding parties and tactical teams

Andy T. Tran as LTJG Andy Chung, naval engineer

Fay Masterson as LCDR Andrea Garnett, Chief Engineer of the Nathan James

Michael Curran-Dorsano as LT John "Gator" Mejia, Navigator of the Nathan James

Chris Sheffield as ENS Will Mason, a Comms Officer for the Nathan James

Jamison Haase as LCDR Barker, a TAO for the Nathan James.

Felisha Cooper as PO3 Maya Gibson, she is the only person killed during the voluntary human trials. CDR Chandler nominates her for the Navy Cross.

Maximiliano Hernández as HMC Doc Rios, the onboard doctor for the Nathan James.

Alice Coulthard as Kelly Tophet, Quincy\'s wife who is living in captivity on the Russian vessel. She is later rescued by the Nathan James.

Jade Pettyjohn as Ava Tophet, Quincy and Kelly\'s daughter who is living in captivity on the Russian vessel. She is later rescued by the Nathan James.

Chris Marrs as Lynn, an Engineer on Nathan James

Ravil Isyanov as Admiral Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Ruskov, the Captain of the Russian vessel that is attempting to obtain Dr. Scott and the vaccine from the Nathan James

Hope Olaide Wilson as Bertrise, a young Jamaican woman rescued by the Nathan James who has a genetic immunity to the virus.

Grace Kaufman as Ashley Chandler, Tom\'s daughter who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. She and the family are holed up in the family cabin and infected with the virus. She is later injected with the vaccine by her father.

Aidan Sussman as Sam Chandler, Tom\'s son who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. He and the family are holed up in the family cabin and infected with the virus. He is later injected with the vaccine by his father.

Tracy Middendorf as Darien Chandler, Tom\'s wife who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. She and the family are holed up in the family cabin and infected with the virus. She dies from the virus before Chandler can save her.

Bill Smitrovich as Jed Chandler, Tom Chandler\'s father who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. He and the family are holed up in the family cabin and infected with the virus. He is later injected with the vaccine by his son.

Titus Welliver as Thorwald, a mysterious local warlord fighting underground. He is revealed to be fighting against the rogue government led by Amy Granderson, who is vaccinating select people and killing everyone else with a toxic dose which they claim is the vaccine, and be burnt to power up the city of Baltimore, Maryland.

Alfre Woodard as Amy Granderson, the vice-chair of the US President\'s Defense Policy Board. She is the highest-ranking member of the White House known to be alive, and LTJG Alisha Granderson\'s mother. She is revealed to be killing the people infected with the virus and burning their bodies to power up the city of Baltimore, intent that only the "proper" people survive to aid humanity. She and her rogue Maryland State Police bodyguards, as well as her council are vaccinated before that knowledge is known to the Nathan James crew. Maryland State Troopers capture the Nathan James and hold Slattery and the crew hostage, killing a couple crew and leaving Quincy with a life-threatening injury.

In July 2012, TNT ordered a pilot episode for a potential series based on the novel The Last Ship by William Brinkley.

Hank Steinberg and Steve Kane wrote the pilot script, and Jonathan Mostow directed the pilot.

It was filmed at a number of locations across San Diego including aboard the USS Halsey (DDG-97) and the USS Dewey (DDG-105), which stands in for the show\'s fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-151), and the USS Iowa museum ship.

The series is produced by Platinum Dunes, with Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Steinberg, and Kane serving as executive producers. Steinberg also serves as the day-to-day showrunner.

The Last Ship has received mostly favorable reception from television critics, and currently has a Metacritic score of 61 out of 100 based on 22 "generally favorable" reviews.

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes currently reports a 64% "fresh" critics rating with an average rating of 6/10 based on 28 reviews. The website consensus reads: "Movie-sized action sequences and a pretty cast provide smooth sailing for The Last Ship, though it\'s not anything that hasn\'t been seen before."

On July 2014, TNT announced that they would renew the series for a second season.

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