The Last Ship

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 22, 2014
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Sarah Rodman
    Jun 20, 2014
    70
    If this “Battleship” meets “Contagion,” tension plus ick factor, hazmat-suits-for-all! kind of tale is your bag of summer escapism, then by all means climb aboard The Last Ship. It may be all formula and archetypes, but that’s Bay’s bread and butter, and the first two hours pack enough oomph to make you want to see what happens when the Ship finally pulls into port.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    Jun 13, 2014
    67
    The result is an efficient slice of military-hardware porn. [20 Jun 2014, p.60]
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jun 20, 2014
    80
    So we’ve got our choice of apocalypses--and for fans of good, solid, action-packed summer TV escapism, that’s good.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jun 18, 2014
    67
    Passable summer thriller with some decent (for TV) action sequences. The plot? You've been there, done that.
  6. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Jun 19, 2014
    70
    The cast is solid--including Adam Baldwin as Chandler's No. 2--and if we must contemplate annihilation-by-virus, there are certainly less-pretty places to view it than from the deck of The Last Ship.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 20, 2014
    70
    It’s entirely possible The Last Ship could turn out to be a cruise to nowhere, but in its first three episodes, it’s at least a fun ride.
  8. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Jun 19, 2014
    67
    The Last Ship would be better off developing its own new society tensions, medical nightmares and primal-survival adventures than leaning on black-hat stereotypes. Maybe it will end up heading in that direction, maybe it will succumb to more common cliches and become lost at sea. It could float either way.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jun 20, 2014
    70
    While The Last Ship won't be for viewers who want a lot of complexity and good writing, its predictability--ka-boom!--is not exactly a detriment in the summer. In fact, it might be the selling point.
  10. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Jun 30, 2014
    83
    It’s been a “24”-like thrill ride so far, with baddies coming at the ship right and left to get their hands on the doc and the in-the-works cure.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Jun 19, 2014
    80
    It’s the expertly rendered combat scenes and vivid depictions of danger that provide excitement and suspense in this action-adventure tale.

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 221 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 153 out of 221
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 221
  3. Negative: 34 out of 221
  1. Wolivere
    Jun 27, 2014
    0
    Horrible. So we have a US destroyer sailing and operating in Canadian Northern Waters. Arrives in July and leaves 4 months later. The US hasHorrible. So we have a US destroyer sailing and operating in Canadian Northern Waters. Arrives in July and leaves 4 months later. The US has no Destroyer capable of operating in Artic waters even in summer ice conditions. And definitely not in Fall ice conditions. Its obvious they have no clue as to what -50 means and what it means to exposed skin. Or what it does to equipment and machinery.

    So next part we have a major air born Virus only this ship escapes due to its northern location. But every one on the planet gets sick, even those in Bio Protective stations. But they pull up next to a ship with dead sick people and are okay?

    Now back to the destroyer. So now you have 5 Russian Helicopters flying in -50 weather *cough* and they manage to get that far. *boogle*

    Now 3 of them fire 4 missiles at the destroyer. All of them unguided tube launched. But one goes after the chaff and heat launcher? Huh? They are unguided. And why did the close in defense systems not fire? And how did they let such large heavy slow hostile aircraft get that close? Inept?

    Now 3 missiles hit the Destroyer 1 in the bridge 2 in the Phased Radar. These Destroyers have Light Aluminum skins. They are not designed to take direct missile strikes, this is not an armored Battle Ship.

    We have 0 crew casualties.. and not even a scratch in the paint? Wow... that is one heck of a ship.

    Nothing from a military stand point makes any sense, none of the plot makes sense.. none of the science makes sense. Its like they took a bunch of cool ideas tossed it into a blender and poured it into a glass. They figured all the cool things would make a cool drink... its pretty darn sour.    … Full Review »
  2. nautico
    Jun 23, 2014
    7
    As a retired Navy officer I always trip over the inauthentic elements in any show that features our national canoe club, and this one's noAs a retired Navy officer I always trip over the inauthentic elements in any show that features our national canoe club, and this one's no exception. Much of the characters' behavior and dialogue is ludicrously unrepresentative of what actually goes on aboard a warship, including how officers and enlisted personnel interact. Yes, I realize that the show's premise, that of "OMG, we're the last ship!", might well result in behaviors way outside the norm, but not the kind that's been written into this script. Here are just two examples among several. The master chief asks a LTJG on the ship's bridge for "permission to salute the captain." Ridiculous. The XO salutes the captain/CO while uncovered. Would never happen. US Navy personnel never salute unless "covered" (hat on). Only exception would be if on temporary duty with a foreign military service and it might be embarrassing not to return the salute of a junior from that service who was not aware of USN custom. What always puzzles me about such gaffes is how they get past the USN technical advisor who's always part of the deal struck between the movie studio and the Navy's public affairs office when providing Navy assets for such flicks. Other than my parochial complaints. I find the show reasonably entertaining.… Full Review »
  3. ScienceAdvisor
    Jul 7, 2014
    3
    A mess that begins with little in the way of story, poor characterization (as in you do not connect with anyone), and more plot holes than JJA mess that begins with little in the way of story, poor characterization (as in you do not connect with anyone), and more plot holes than JJ Abrams trying his hand at SciFi again. There is a reason this was banished to the Summer. To all the 'reviewers' that ignored the uninfected promptly romping off to a death ship full of plague victims, so they were fully exposed, you really should pay more attention.… Full Review »
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