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The Best Episodes of The Last Ship Season 2

Every episode of The Last Ship Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Last Ship Season 2!

Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population,...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TNT

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Unreal City" is the best rated episode of "The Last Ship" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 1277 votes. Directed by Jack Bender and written by Hank Steinberg, Steven Kane, it aired on 6/21/2015. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Fight the Ship".

  • Unreal City
    8.2/101,277 votes

    #1 - Unreal City

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/21/2015

    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

  • Fight the Ship
    8.6/101,296 votes

    #2 - Fight the Ship

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2015

    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

  • It's Not a Rumor
    7.8/101,065 votes

    #3 - It's Not a Rumor

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2015

    Nathan James returns home to Norfolk on a mission. With his family now safely aboard the James, Chandler sends his crew in search of their friends and loved ones.

    Director: Tim Matheson

    Writer: Hank Steinberg

  • Solace
    8.3/101,077 votes

    #4 - Solace

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/5/2015

    The crew of Nathan James discovers that hospital ship USNS Solace was sent to sea to wait for Dr. Scott's cure. Captain Chandler sees an opportunity to add another ship to their fleet while Rachel is eager to find a lab better equipped to replicate the vaccine. When Solace fails to respond to radio communications, Chandler and his team board the ship...and come face-to-face with an unexpected enemy.

    Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

    Writer: Steven Kane

  • Achilles
    8.2/101,028 votes

    #5 - Achilles

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/12/2015

    With a small group of survivors from Solace in tow, Chandler and his crew square off against an enemy of the most dangerous kind - a nuclear-powered submarine led by rogue British naval officers, Sean and Ned Ramsey. XO Slattery interrogates a captured mercenary from the hospital ship in an effort to extract information on the sub and its mission. As Nathan James engages in a perilous game of cat-and- mouse, the truth about the mercenary sub unfolds.

    Director: Jack Bender

    Writer: Mark Malone

  • Long Day's Journey
    7.8/10945 votes

    #6 - Long Day's Journey

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2015

    Chandler tracks a new threat to Northern Florida. Meanwhile, Rachel comes across a secret formula that her mentor, Dr. Hunter, had been perfecting.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: Steven Kane

  • Alone and Unafraid
    8.3/10993 votes

    #7 - Alone and Unafraid

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2015

    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

  • Safe Zone
    8.1/10985 votes

    #8 - Safe Zone

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/2/2015

    Still trying to piece together Dr. Hunter's lost formula, Rachel grapples with her sworn enemy's presence on board the Nathan James.

    Director: Hank Steinberg

    Writer: Hank Steinberg

  • Uneasy Lies the Head
    8.2/10959 votes

    #9 - Uneasy Lies the Head

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/2015

    With Dr. Scott on the verge of a breakthrough, Chandler and his team set out to land in search of much needed supplies and materials for her lab.

    Director: Peter Weller

    Writer: Nic Van Zeebroeck

  • Friendly Fire
    7.8/101,027 votes

    #10 - Friendly Fire

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/16/2015

    Rachel is hard at work on a new, more efficient version of the cure while Alisha decodes a message found on a recovered cell phone.

    Director: Mario Van Peebles

    Writer: Onalee Hunter

  • Valkyrie
    8.7/101,159 votes

    #11 - Valkyrie

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/2015

    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

  • Cry Havoc
    9.1/101,375 votes

    #12 - Cry Havoc

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 8/30/2015

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

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: Mark Malone, Nic Van Zeebroeck

  • A More Perfect Union
    8.5/101,114 votes

    #13 - A More Perfect Union

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/6/2015

    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