Tonight at 8p Last Resort debuts on ABC and I command you to watch it.
USS Colorado is a submarine that is run by Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) and they have pretty much had an easy ride. That is until they get an order to send a nuclear bomb to Pakistan from someone they don’t. Chaplin refuses and his #2 XO Lt. Commander Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) is ordered to replace his commander. Kendal does what he is told, but he sides with Chaplin and tries to get more information on why they are being asked to do what they do. When they realize that there is no merit to nuke Pakistan, he also decides not to do it. Then without warning one of their own launches an attack on them. Kendal gives control back to Chaplin and they surface at a remote island with a NATO command center. That command center has just witnessed a US attack on Pakistan, so they are weary of their visitors. As the crew tries to find out what happened, they find out they are enemy #1. So Chaplin comes up with a plan to clear his name and the crews, and now they are at war with their own country. Now they are left on their own to do whatever they can to prove their innocence and some how be allowed to return home to US. And that is a lot easier said than done.
Last Resort is the most intense and well acted new show of the season. This show grabs a hold of your attention and never let’s go. You will pretty much sit in silence as you watch everything unfold and then when the show is over you are still not up for talking. I can tell that you episode 2 is equally as powerful and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
I also have to mention that Andre Braugher is f*cking amazing on this show. It amazes me that he is playing such a strong role on this show after playing such a wimpy guy on Men of a Certain Age. If that doesn’t make a great actor, I don’t know what does. So watch him give one of his best performances tonight and every Thursday at 8p on ABC.
