re: The Last Ship Season 2 Thread

I like the show, I've wondered how they are going to keep it fresh since it's about them being on a ship and that just seems like it would limit stories to me, but oh well.

With that said, tonight's episode annoyed me a bit. First off, I picked the heavyset guy that died on the rig out the moment I saw him. All he needed was a red shirt. I hate obviousness like that.

Hot Israeli chick is dead What kind of bullshite is this?

The location of the rig...

1. They said it was how many miles out? 125? And they took a fricking dingy? Okay, the choppah was busy and they were having to stick close to shore for fear of a sneaky sub attack while their sonar is fubar'd. I can let that go, I guess.

2. How the hell did the locals know which rig it was? There's an assload of oil rigs in the Gulf. Finding the correct one so quickly would be almost like winning the lottery, unless someone on the sub had told them the location (but nothing in the show mentions this).

3. What I can't let go is that they said the platform was far out from any landmass (and even underscored it out by showing the location on a map). Was that the fricking island from LOST that appeared in the distance in multiple scenes? It damned sure wasn't any place in Louisiana because it had mountains. Not hills, not sand bars, fricking mountains. This was just