ABC's the Last Resort: Really brings the crazy

codefool · 09-18-12, 10:11 AM

I had a completely different reaction. The key thing here is that the entire situation - the launch orders, the captain being relieved, etc. - is the result of a conspiracy that will be revealed "in the mysterious future." Since the POTUS is clearly OTL, and there is something going on here outside the DOD, then the captain took the only course of action - to go some place defensible by a nuclear sub, demonstrate will to use specific force, and issue a statement (to prove he is "crazy" - a tie-in to the Reagan reference earlier) about what will happen if he's attacked. Clearly, the Story Arc is for the sub to sit pat, and wait for the world to once again become sane (whatever that is...) In the meantime, you have elements of a confused crew who are torn between the "legal" orders of their captain, and what they perceive is "legal" orders from the CIC. Oh, and then there's the seals and whatever mess they started ("We killed the wrong peeeeople...")

The writing is fast and clipped, and is for the mainstream audience. It seems there's more than a few steps missing from their nuclear launch protocol, but - as the OP remarked - only 44 minutes to get the sub where it needs to be by the end of the show. The acting is good, however, so maybe once they get their "sea legs" this will pick up a bit. I'll give it a couple of more episodes. But, as someone above remarked, if time travel or eternity water or their ilk comes about, all bets are off.

09-18-12, 10:11 AM	#13
codefool Nub Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 3 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	*Not that* bad...** I had a completely different reaction. The key thing here is that the entire situation - the launch orders, the captain being relieved, etc. - is the result of a conspiracy that will be revealed "in the mysterious future." Since the POTUS is clearly OTL, and there is something going on here outside the DOD, then the captain took the only course of action - to go some place defensible by a nuclear sub, demonstrate will to use specific force, and issue a statement (to prove he is "crazy" - a tie-in to the Reagan reference earlier) about what will happen if he's attacked. Clearly, the Story Arc is for the sub to sit pat, and wait for the world to once again become sane (whatever that is...) In the meantime, you have elements of a confused crew who are torn between the "legal" orders of their captain, and what they perceive is "legal" orders from the CIC. Oh, and then there's the seals and whatever mess they started ("We killed the wrong peeeeople...") The writing is fast and clipped, and is for the mainstream audience. It seems there's more than a few steps missing from their nuclear launch protocol, but - as the OP remarked - only 44 minutes to get the sub where it needs to be by the end of the show. The acting is good, however, so maybe once they get their "sea legs" this will pick up a bit. I'll give it a couple of more episodes. But, as someone above remarked, if time travel or eternity water or their ilk comes about, all bets are off.