Hey Jim, is Falling Skies worth picking up? I watched Season 1 when it originally aired, but I never stuck with the series after that. So, worth getting from the Library on DVD?

Arrow has been one of my favorite shows the past two season. By all means, go check it out!!

Dead Reckoning 

Last night’s episode of The Last Ship is very much on the verge of already jumping the shark. I mean c’mon with the Russian Commander. I almost bust out laughing with “I’m going to take over the WORLD”. This is a 007 villain doggy paddling in Austin Power’s territory. I had a hard enough time swallowing the idea of the Al-Qaeda not blinking and continuing a war while most of the world is dead.

Now a Russian war ship with an equally goofy Commander, who by the way, we will see again, in some future episode. Most of the stuff in between this Russian/American conflict was OK, but I’m telling ya, these studio’s seem to be directing for the lowest common denominator. There’s a fine line between entertaining and becoming ridiculous.

We’ll Get There 

Last night’s episode didn’t have conflict, but more of a survivor slant.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaawd, I just want to strangle TNT because of their bombardment of commercials during The Last Ship. I actually screamed at the TV it bugged me soooo much. Which is kind of related to a fairly boring episode last night. The combination of non-story and the overabundance of commercials definitely tested my patience. My wife loves the show and I do find something yet hooking me, but I am definitely on the fence about staying with it. The commercial onslaught is a huge negative.

I thought the episode was good, if not great. I like that we all put great emphasis on technology for everyday things and when the basic thing of fresh water is taken away from us, we fall to pieces. It's from this depth we have to come up with creative things to replace whatever is taken away from us. It was kind of a Macgyver moment in creating the sails and drowning the 'Cure' in the ocean to keep it cold enough. Probably why I like the episode. Sure, not much else happened in the form of a story, but it did enough to keep me engage with the show. They probably wanted to get the water from the alcohol from the beer because the last thing they need are a bunch of drunken sailors getting tattoos. 

Sucks about the ads. Watching it OnDemand for this episode in particular wasn't too bad when it came to commercials.

I agree with your post Chip but I would add having to drive -sail- past the infected people on the beach really added the human element to the whole thing.

I found last nights episode "Lockdown" an improvement over the last two episodes. It was solid drama. Focusing on the "what if" an infection on a boat. It got pretty intense and subplots of various individuals was very realistic. Great speech by the captain to summarize and set things right.

Kind of a holding pattern episode once they extract the lone survivor from the boat who just happens to be immune to the virus and will become Patient X for the eventual cure. That is until she's killed or more likely traded to the Russians in exchange for the Captain. Speaking of Cappy, it was a nice twist at the end of the episode given how it was edited. Sure, we've all seen this type of bait and switch swerve before in other shows. But it still works as it sets up the next episode. Overall, this was a good episode to watch.