The WORST episodes of The Last Ship
Every episode of The Last Ship ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Last Ship!
After a pandemic kills 80% of the world's population, the crew of an unaffected Navy ship - the USS Nathan James - must try to find a cure to save humanity. Their mission is simple: Find a cure, stop the virus.
#1 - Warriors
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2018
After months of fighting, the crew of Nathan James must embark on a dangerous mission to secure important intel that could decide the fate of the war.
#2 - Allegiance
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/2017
Nathan James is diverted from their mission when they receive a suspicious distress call from a fishing trawler.
#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.
#4 - Feast
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/24/2017
The search continues with a reconnaissance mission but things turn violent when an old foe resurfaces.
#5 - Tropic of Cancer
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2018
Chandler's haunting visions become reality as Nathan James and her allies attempt to prevent the enemy moving north.
#6 - Shanzhai
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/2016
Chandler and the crew race to find answers in an Asian Dodge City; Slattery begins to unravel the truth about his predicament.
#7 - El Toro
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/20/2014
With Rachel close to a breakthrough on her vaccine, she, Chandler and XO Slattery lead a small team into the jungles of Nicaragua on a mission to find monkeys for her vaccine trials. While there, they find much more than they bargained for when they run across a former drug kingpin who will stop at nothing to maintain his stranglehold on his oppressed society. Chandler and his men find themselves in a huge moral dilemma over whether to eliminate this menace or take what they need and continue on with their mission.
#8 - Lazaretto
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/1/2017
An undercover mission in the land of the dead leads to disturbing revelations about Dr. Vellek's sinister plans.
#9 - Sea Change
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/2016
America copes with tragedy while Chandler further investigates the possible virus mutation.
#10 - Air Drop
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2018
Nathan James must get help from a prominent rebel leader to create a staging area before mounting an invasion of their own.
#11 - In Medias Res
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/20/2017
When the fourth season opens, it's sixteen months after thwarting the coup in America and the Nathan James must face yet another global disaster. The question remains, where in the world is Tom Chandler?
#12 - El Puente
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2018
With nations being rapidly occupied, Chandler tries his hand at diplomacy to unite two hostile countries so they can fight a common enemy.
#13 - Lockdown
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/27/2014
After returning from the horrors of Nicaragua, panic begins to spread throughout the ship when Lt. Danny Green comes down with a mysterious illness that could be the virus. Losing faith in Rachel and her failing vaccine trials, Chandler now has to deal with a restive crew. If he fails to keep the crew together, the whole mission is in jeopardy.
#14 - We'll Get There
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/13/2014
Days after a trying series of events at Gitmo, Chandler and his crew are put under extreme duress when the ship's propulsion system suffers a catastrophic event. With Dr. Scott in danger of losing all her research on the virus and a crew overworked, overtired and desperately low on drinking water, Chandler’s leadership and ingenuity are put to the test.
#15 - Bread and Circuses
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/27/2017
Nathan James's crew searches for a precious item leading them to a strange place of opulence and violence where they cross paths with a most unexpected ally.
#16 - The Pillars of Hercules
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/20/2017
Having lost their only lead, the crew of Nathan James continues their search for an item that could save the world. Chandler immerses himself in a mission for revenge.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Rising Sun
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/19/2016
CNO Tom Chandler must find a way to return to his old crew and to investigate a dangerous, new enemy.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Fog of War
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2018
Thrust back to World War II era military technology, Nathan James must think fast to survive a fight with limited weapons capabilities.
#21 - Casus Belli
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2018
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.
#22 - Tempest
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/2017
With an enormous storm on the horizon, Nathan James must navigate an equally terrifying threat in order to make it to safety.
#23 - SOS
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/3/2014
After picking up a distress call near Jamaica, Chandler and a small team stage a rescue attempt. But a surprise attack leave Chandler and Tex stranded at sea. Slattery and the crew search desperately to find their lost at sea Captain and his comrade, hoping to do so before their enemies beat them to it.
#24 - Devil May Care
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/3/2016
Chandler must confront his suspected new foe. Slattery learns more about the supposed virus mutation. Pressure mounts on President Michener as the situation worsens.
#25 - Detect, Deceive, Destroy
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/8/2017
The crew of Nathan James faces a threat that will test the limits of their Naval tactics and strategies.