The Best Episodes of The Last Ship

Chandler faces his powerful enemy in a final showdown. Kara joins someone that can help with her mission.

Director: Paul Holahan

Writer: Hiram Martinez

Chandler returns to America to find out what has really been happening.

Director: Anton Cropper

Writer: Mark Malone, Nic Van Zeebroeck

Chandler gets a lead that could help answer threatening questions. Kara does some digging in the White House.

Director: Paul Holahan

Writer: Jorge Zamacona

Chandler finds himself making a difficult decision when an order comes in from the White House.

Director: Mairzee Almas

Writer: Ira Parker

The fight for America comes to an end; Chandler faces a challenge that could change his life forever.

Director: Peter Weller

Writer: Jill Blankenship, Onalee Hunter

Nathan James finds itself trapped between the submarine and civilian blockades.

Director: Greg Beeman

Writer: Mark Malone, Nic Van Zeebroeck

Chandler confronts his enemy — and his personal demons — in a final showdown, with the fate of humanity on the line.

Director: Peter Weller

Writer: Hiram Martinez, Ira Parker

Chandler must find a way to return to his old crew and investigate a dangerous new foe.

Director: Michael Katleman

Writer: Hank Steinberg

Chandler's mission becomes complicated as his position is worsened. President Michener faces pressure from the regional leaders.

Director: Peter Weller

Writer: Mark Malone

Three years after overcoming the global famine, the United States Navy is ready to unveil its first fully functional fleet since the Red Flu pandemic, but a new type of threat may mean the next world war.

Director: Paul Holahan

Writer: Steven Kane

With nations being rapidly occupied, Chandler tries his hand at diplomacy to unite two hostile countries so they can fight a common enemy.

Director: Bill Roe

Writer: Mark Malone

With a devastating hostage situation occurring back home, Chandler must devise the perfect plan to avoid losing everything.

Director: Paul Holahan

Writer: Onalee Hunter

After the horrifying revelations and reversals of fortune in Baltimore, Chandler and his fractured team join forces with an underground resistance in an attempt to defeat Amy Granderson. With doses of the cure running low, Rachel tries to do some good for the sick while remaining a prisoner at Avocet. Meanwhile, Slattery and the crew of Nathan James are in a race against time to save an injured Dr. Tophet and regain control of their ship.

Director: Jack Bender

Writer: Hank Steinberg, Steven Kane

After a message is broadcast implicating the Navy in a devastating disaster, Chandler looks to infiltrate the network and regain the trust of the American people.

Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi

Writer: Steven Kane

With their mission now fully dedicated to spreading the cure, Nathan James puts a call out to civilians to meet at pre-selected ports across the country.

Director: Jack Bender

Writer: Anne Cofell Saunders

Chandler must confront his suspected new foe. Slattery learns more about the supposed virus mutation. Pressure mounts on President Michener as the situation worsens.

Director: Paul Holahan

Writer: Nic Van Zeebroeck

Chandler's mission comes to a head as he prepares the final part of his plan. President Michener ponders the fate of his presidency.

Director: Michael Nankin

Writer: Jill Blankenship, Onalee Hunter

While XO Slattery struggles to evade a submarine, Chandler and his team infiltrate a compound on land.

Director: Nelson McCormick

Writer: Jessica Butler, Jill Blankenship

The Nathan James must evade an overwhelming threat. A revelation in St. Louis puts President Michener in a terrible position.

Director: Steven Kane

Writer: Katie Swain

The crew of Nathan James faces a threat that will test the limits of their Naval tactics and strategies.

Director: Lukas Ettlin

Writer: Onalee Hunter

Thrust back to World War II era military technology, Nathan James must think fast to survive a fight with limited weapons capabilities.

Director: Jann Turner

Writer: Jill Blankenship

Pinned down after days of fighting, Vulture team must find their way into a secretive enemy camp.

Director: Peter Weller

Writer: Hiram Martinez

The crew of Nathan James begin preparations for what may be their most ambitious mission to date.

Director: Peter Weller

Writer: Mark Malone, Katie Swain

Rachel and Chandler ask for six volunteers to participate in human trials of her vaccine, but the tests could be a living hell as the virus and the vaccine do battle inside their bodies. Meanwhile back in the States, Chandler’s wife and father are doing everything they can to keep their family alive.

Director: Jack Bender

Writer: Onalee Hunter

Chandler and his crew finally returns home, where a former D.C. power player is fending off a dangerous warlord who threatens her hopes of restoring law and order in society. Now with a location and a means to finalize their mission, Chandler sets out to save his dying family, only to discover something absolutely terrifying about this brave new world.

Director: Brad Turner

Writer: Steven Kane