8.2/101,280 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
8.6/101,299 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
7.8/101,067 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
8.3/101,079 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
8.2/101,030 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
7.8/10947 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
8.3/10995 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
8.1/10987 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
8.2/10961 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
7.8/101,030 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
8.7/101,163 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
9.1/101,378 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
8.5/101,119 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
The Best Episodes of The Last Ship Season 2
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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 1280 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".