Commitment

This last season of the last ship had many stumbles, but the finale was really good. Knowing a series is ending vs being canceled off the cuff generally helps to create a good conclusion and they didn't try to keep people alive but rather let them go generally in ways that moved the story along. Not sure why another reviewer didn't like it because there was nothing specific, but I think their being willing to let the cast go, ship demise, bringing back some ghosts, and in the last few eps giving a good presentation of what war looks like. The Chandler ship sequence was total bull and solely theatrical which was a great disservice that should have been cut. Otherwise, I'm sure the timing to air on Veteran's Day was intentional and made me proud to be a Navy vet.

The Last Ship Episode 5.10 (4 out of 5 stars).

The season finale does deliver an epic battle on the beach. Chandler's team invading on the beach. Taking down Tavo's military. It was an all out exciting battle. There are some losses. Nathan James going on a battleship fight with another ship. Which has been haunting Chandler all throughout this season has finally met its end.

Overall, The Last Ship season 5 has been fair. I would rate the overall season 3 out of 5 stars. It had an uneven tone. The villain was weak. The story was forced and thin. This season stuck out compared to the previous four seasons. Feeling like it was poorly planned. The script and direction was horrible. There are a few action sequences to make it entertaining. The conclusion may not be the best. It does wrap some character arcs like Tom Chandler. And a few others.

I never heard how an Iowa-class battleship (only 4 in existence) came to be in the possession of the enemy forces. They are all museum ships-2 in the Pacific and 2 on the East Coast. Did I miss a part of the plot??

Tom Chandler, the protagonist of an amazing show, continues to amaze. Not quite the monumental ending this reviewer personally wanted but it was quite a fullling ending nonetheless. I personally wish this show would continue as it has proven for five years to be some of the best action, naval drama, and acting on TV.

The Last Ship was sailing smoothly in season 1,2 and 3 but in season 4 the things got escalated. The war for the hunt of Mexican War Lord takes and drastic turn. In the final battle once, the battleship almost destroyed the Nathen James and she was sinking, her main engines were destroyed, the navigation system went dark and her propulsion was out of order; and suddenly we saw the sinking vessel started moving at high speed and went straight in to the battleship and destroying it thereby sinking both the ships was a complete fluke. As the navigator and the engine operator both said that the ship is sinking then how come? It started moving was not understood. In a complete destruction of both ships, the captain mercilessly surfaced and was saved. It seems that the TNT was low on budget in the season finale and just hosh poshed the series in the end.