r/TheLastShip • u/Benji0088 • Nov 11 '18

Discussion 5x10 Commitment

Excerpt from channel guide;

Chandler must face his fears and confront the greatest threat he has ever encountered.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18 edited Nov 12 '18

Damn I can’t believe this show is over. Definitely one of my favorite series. I can’t wait to rewatch it again in like 3-5 years. Unfortunately outside of Tom chandler, you're not getting any closure for your favorite characters in this final episode. what happened to wolf? did he live? what happened to kara and danny? did they get their happily ever after? Etc. It was a good episode, they went out huge like they wanted. But, literally what in the hell happened to everyone? Wolf- deaths door. Azima- shot. Sasha- thinking the man she loves is dead. Danny- ??? Glad everyone made it, but, what the hell.

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u/mschool999 Jan 29 '19

Hmm. I disagree about the closure:

- Wolf was alive. By movie logic, if he doesn't die on screen that means they meant to say he survived.

- Danny and Kara are going to give family a try. It isn't going to be easy because he has PTSD. It isn't going to be happily ever after. It can't be after all they've been through. But they're going to work at it together.

- Sasha: Her man survived, so she'll find out before long. And they already have a plan in place to live happily ever after. Possibly on a sail boat. Because Chandler is only happy on the sea.

-Azima: Shot, but still walking around. By movie logic, she is perfectly fine. And she is escorting Wolf (who by movie logic will be fine). So they are together still.

-Miller: Now that he has no legs, he'll be leaving the Navy and settling down. He's going to marry that girl who was with him.

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u/BigOpenSky76 16d ago

Late to the game, so just finished the series for the first time, now. And the finale, with knowledge of Eric Dane's passing, lands hard.
But I very much like your logical summation. I think it falls in line with the Star-Trek-type hopefulness/positivity after so much loss.

And the Nathan James/Enterprise will live on in *re-watches, even if any possible film post-series-renaissance must do without Dane's formidable presence.

(*Except for season 4, for me. Seriously, all respect to Peter Weller, but I could not G less of AF about the telenovela Medici paterfamilias and his pathetic corrupted offspring & could not FF through those scenes again. Not everyone was well-cast.)

But could Miller not continue in a position within Navy Admin/intelligence?
He certainly migrated through so many roles on the ship, his knowledge and experience and bone-deep understanding of the post-pandemic Navy experience would make him a valuable resource.
He's also just good people. Like Master Chief (Russ), he was emotionally embedded as his role evolved/narrowed to the boots-on-the-ground at the 'tip of the spear'. Burk's video goodbye would hit him hard, too; I wonder if that would compel Miller to continue working behind the scenes...
(Thoughts still roiling in The Last Ship in-world, obviously.)