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The second episode of season four of "The Last Ship", "The Pillars of Hercules" can be divided into two blocks: Nathan James' adventures in the Mediterranean sea and Chandler's search for a purpose in life. The first one, even if silly, delivers. The second, sadly, no.

The Nathan James is on a cruise when it encounters some problems. Cue the crew trying to survive a dangerous threat. It is all very silly, with a couple of head-scratching plot developments, but the action is good enough, and it is engaging and fun. You will be able to forgive its problems.

Chandler losing his shirt... Well, not so much. Chandler, for unknown reasons, decides to join the bad guy and his mafia and go around punching people in silly punch fights. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and, on top of that, the bad guys are the kind that kill their own people just because. You will expect a cat to make an appearance at any moment. Of course, we know it is all an excuse so Chandler can get back to his ship, but it stretches reality to its breaking point.

It all ends up being entertaining enough (never actually 'good'), but close to jumping the shark.

When Sasha was reloading on the cliff edge towards the end of the battle.... she can be seen to reload the magazine backwards. However, she is not seen to hold up the weapon again to check on the result.

Wow, I've never seen a show go so bad so fast. Seasons 1-3 were really terrific. What happened? Biggest disappointment of my TV watching career (well, since LOST, The Sopranos, etc.). Who in the world did they turn this over to? Really sad. No wonder the young people have stopped watching TV.

Previous seasons did a good job of re-inventing themselves, adding GOOD new characters, plot twists, etc. This year, NADA.

There's no emotion, no plot, nothing interesting at all, just a lot of wandering around and shooting. You guys better get some writers and directors on board fast, or you're gonna be history.

I hope this same thing doesn't happen to "Designated Survivor."

Read the other reviews that give this 1/10, they're pretty spot on. My partner and I aren't going to waste any time on this season. Such a shame after season 1-3 were so good. The acting is mostly fine (except Capt Chandler), but every scene is so staged, it's all so forced. Capt Chandler is terrible, but I think he's doing the best he can with an atrociously bad script and directing. This is C grade television at best.

Am only seeing trailers 😝 How can I get a Full length episode.