List of The Last Ship episodes

The Last Ship is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series based on a novel of the same name by William Brinkley. In May 2013, the cable network TNT placed a 10-episode order for the series. The series premiered on June 22, 2014, at 9:00 p.m. EDT.

On August 11, 2015, The Last Ship was renewed for a 13-episode third season, which was scheduled to premiere on June 12, 2016, but postponed following the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting due to the plot of the episode also containing a mass shooting in a nightclub.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)	August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)
2	13		June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21)	September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
3	13		June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Phase Six"	Jonathan Mostow	Hank Steinberg and Steven Kane	June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)	100	5.33
Two civilian virologists, Drs. Rachel Scott and Quincy Tophet, claiming to be studying birds, join Captain Tom Chandler and crew aboard the USS Nathan James on their way to the Arctic. Renegade Russian forces attack them, and Chandler learns the virologists are actually collecting samples of a deadly virus that has infected 80 percent of the human population while they have been at sea. The remaining U.S. government orders the ship home, and those aboard try desperately - many in vain - to contact their family. After a nuclear detonation, the crew boards a ship filled with dead, infected people. The safest place to develop a vaccine is on their ship in open water.
2	2	"Welcome to Gitmo"	Jack Bender	Hank Steinberg and Josh Schaer	June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)	101	4.65
Chandler and his crew head to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in hopes of collecting food, medical supplies and fuel replenishments. Three teams are dispatched to carry out these varied tasks. While there, they come under attack by escaped Al-Qaeda prisoners and enlist the help of a grizzled private contractor who's been surviving for weeks. Meanwhile back onboard, Quincy is following orders from some unknown source and tries to sabotage proceedings, delaying departure long enough for a Russian cruiser to arrive on the scene.
3	3	"Dead Reckoning"	Jack Bender	Steven Kane	July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06)	102	4.09
The Nathan James faces off against a Russian cruiser and its commander, a legendary admiral studied by Chandler. Quincy attempts to kidnap Scott, and reveals that the Russians are holding his family hostage. The Nathan James attempts to escape by stealth, and Green and Foster go on a mission to disable the Russian ship.
4	4	"We'll Get There"	Jack Bender	Quinton Peeples	July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13)	103	4.56
After leaving Gitmo, the ship and its crew are in danger when the propulsion system encounters serious mechanical problems. Scott's samples of the virus and all her research must be protected from overheating, while Chandler comes up with ideas to face the ship's low water supplies and the lack of propulsion.
5	5	"El Toro"	Paul Holahan	Hank Steinberg and Cameron Welsh	July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20)	104	4.06
Chandler leads an expedition team in the jungle to find monkey samples for Scott's experiments, trying to complete her vaccine research. The crew are held in captivity by a former drug lord who's running the uninfected village near the river and they soon find themselves in trouble trying to accomplish their mission and help the local people.
6	6	"Lockdown"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Hank Steinberg	July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)	105	4.36
While Scott is announced to be close to success with her vaccine trials, Green contracts an illness that throws the ship into panic. Chandler has to deal with the crew's losing faith in both him and the vaccine research.
7	7	"SOS"	Michael Katleman	Jessica Butler and Jill Blankenship	August 3, 2014 (2014-08-03)	106	4.15
Close to the cure, the doctor discovers that a human strand has been added to the virus, making it next to impossible to find the cure. In the comms room, a distress signal is picked up from the sole survivor of 50 people on a Jamaican fishing vessel. The crew is ambushed at the end of their mission to find the survivor and, in the ensuing gun battle, Tex and Chandler are left stranded in open water. They are both captured by the Russians.
8	8	"Two Sailors Walk Into a Bar..."	Michael Katleman	Josh Schaer and Cameron Welsh	August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10)	107	4.61
The Captain and Tex are transferred to the Russian ship. The Russians threaten to destroy the Nathan James if the crew does not turn over Dr. Scott, her research and the primordial strain of the virus. The crew is forced to come up with a way to save the captain and Tex. Despite a successful rescue of the three prisoners and two civilians being held and the apparent destruction of the Russian war ship, the episode ends with a tragedy.
9	9	"Trials"	Jack Bender	Onalee Hunter Hughes	August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)	108	4.12
With Dr. Scott back on board, the crew begins prepping for human testing of the vaccine. Six volunteer crew members are selected as test subjects, based on their genetics. However, the testing does not go smoothly, as the sailors suffer symptoms and side effects that are unexpected and far worse than anticipated by Scott and Quincy, who disagree on the cause and go to extreme measures to counter which all seem to fail. In the process however, Scott determines the virus causes a severe autoimmune response, turning the body into its worst enemy. The crew eventually comes up with the vaccine and the cure, but not before they lose one of their own.
10	10	"No Place Like Home"	Brad Turner	Steven Kane	August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)	109	4.38
The Nathan James returns to the U.S. after making contact with a government facility in Baltimore under the direction of Granderson, (Alisha Granderson's mother), a surviving member of the Defense Policy board, and where Dr. Scott is hoping that mass production of the vaccine can be achieved but not all is as it seems. Chandler locates his family only to realize that a terrible secret is hiding behind what seems to be the new order. Meanwhile, state troopers allied with Granderson take over the ship, killing and injuring crew members, taking control of Nathan James' lab and the vaccine.

Season 2 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Unreal City"	Jack Bender	Hank Steinberg & Steven Kane	June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21)	201	2.94
With Granderson's men in possession of the Nathan James and Dr. Scott's samples of the cure, Chandler attempts to rally the few men he has available to hit her where it hurts and comes across an unexpected ally in Thornwald.
12	2	"Fight the Ship"	Jack Bender	Hank Steinberg & Steven Kane	June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21)	213	2.94
As Chandler and Thornwald raid Granderson's headquarters, the crew of the Nathan James fights to reclaim control of their ship.
13	3	"It's Not a Rumor"	Tim Matheson	Hank Steinberg	June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)	202	3.28
The ship reaches Norfolk and makes contact with several teams of Navy pilots and SEALs and scattered remnants of other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian medical and scientific experts. It is found that several labs are up and running throughout the world, several planes are sent to deliver and spread the cure. Several crew teams are dispatched to search for their families, with some success. Chandler is torn between his family and his duty. Parallel to these events we see Niels who, after his escape from Ruskov, is now in Florida where he infects and kills a small group of people. He ends up with a group of naturally immune survivors who see themselves as the true "inheritors of the Earth".
14	4	"Solace"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Steven Kane	July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	203	2.62
The discovery of a hospital ship in the ocean brings about the Nathan James as they investigate it for supplies to bolster Dr. Scott's lab for manufacturing the cure; however, the ship has been boarded by armed mercenaries searching for the cure.
15	5	"Achilles"	Jack Bender	Mark Malone	July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	204	3.00
Following the fight on the hospital ship, the USS Nathan James plays cat and mouse with the submarine as their prisoner reveals startling information about his comrades and their goals.
16	6	"Long Day's Journey"	Paul Holahan	Steven Kane	July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)	205	3.02
With the cure labs destroyed by the immune, Chandler goes in to hunt down the submarine and its crew while Dr. Scott attempts to complete her mentor's work in creating a powdered version of the cure.
17	7	"Alone and Unafraid"	Nelson McCormick	Jill Blankenship & Jessica Butler	July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)	206	2.96
Undercover inside of the Immune commune, Chandler works out a way to get the President away from the immune as the crew also discovers that Niels is with the immune, and trying to spread the virus to isolate the immune from the rest.
18	8	"Safe Zone"	Hank Steinberg	Hank Steinberg	August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	207	2.86
Chandler tries to gain intel and reverse the brainwashing suffered by Michener. While Rachel attempts to reconstruct Dr. Hunter's lost formula while wrestling with the knowledge that her bitter enemy is now on board the Nathan James once again.
19	9	"Uneasy Lies the Head"	Peter Weller	Nic Van Zeebroeck	August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)	208	2.98
Chandler and his team set out to find supplies and materials for Dr. Scott's lab, only to tangle with bounty hunters and the Immunes. Meanwhile, Rachel's effort to find a spreadable cure depends on the scientist who nearly erased mankind.
20	10	"Friendly Fire"	Mario Van Peebles	Onalee Hunter Hughes	August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	209	2.81
A suspicious death on the ship leads Chandler to launch a murder investigation, jeopardizing order and discipline on the vessel. Meanwhile, Rachel works on a more efficient cure, Alisha decodes an Immune message, and the ship heads to New Orleans.
21	11	"Valkyrie"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Steven Kane	August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)	210	2.69
Ramsey broadcasts a message implicating the Navy in a disaster, as Chandler works to regain the trust of the American people. Meanwhile, the ship locates the source of the Immunes' signal, leading to a vicious battle with Ramsey's civilian allies.
22	12	"Cry Havoc"	Greg Beeman	Mark Malone & Nic Van Zeebroeck	August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)	211	2.96
The Nathan James is trapped between a sub and the civilian blockades set up by the Immunes; Chandler sends Dr. Scott and the cure off the ship under Slattery's protection. The Nathan James engages the Immune sub, the Achilles but exhausts all of its ammunition for all but the ship's forward cannon which is a surface weapon. Recognizing this, the Nathan James lures the Achilles near shore, forcing the Achilles to the surface and rendering it vulnerable to the Nathan James cannon. The Achilles is nearly able to fire torpedoes before the Nathan James is ready, but Slattery, Tex and Green take over an Immune shore missile battery and fire upon the Achilles. Combined fire from the Nathan James and the shore battery finally sink the Achilles, but Ramsey survives trapped at the bottom of the sea. At the same time, Doctor Scott proves the effectiveness of her contagious cure.
23	13	"A More Perfect Union"	Jack Bender	Anne Cofell-Saunders	September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)	212	2.75
The Nathan James puts a call out to civilians to meet at ports along the Mississippi River, where they will receive the cure; small immune factions remain active in their quest to fight the cure. While the Immunes try to stop the distribution of the cure by pretending to be Navy personnel and exposing uninfected people to the virus, they are stopped and their leader is captured while the crew proves they're telling the truth by spreading the cure aerosolized. In St. Louis, Missouri, the ship is greeted by a massive crowd, including Jeter's estranged in-laws who make up with him. The crew spreads the contagious cure as planned and Michener is sworn in as President. He also gets the Immune leader they captured to stop the efforts against them in exchange for a pardon. The Nathan James is put into dry dock for repairs from the damage it suffered fighting the Achilles and Chandler is promoted to Chief of Naval Operations. Doctor Scott is pardoned as well, but is shot in the hallway of a hotel.

Season 3 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"The Scott Effect"	Michael Katleman	Steven Kane	June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)	301	1.79
CNO Tom Chandler is sent to Asia to investigate a possible mutation of the Red Flu. Captain Slattery and his crew deliver a cure to Southeast Asia but there may be an unexpected threat in the region.
25	2	"Rising Sun"	Michael Katleman	Hank Steinberg	June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)	302	1.78
CNO Tom Chandler must find a way to return to his old crew and to investigate a dangerous, new enemy.
26	3	"Shanzhai"	Paul Holahan	Jorge Zamacona	June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)	TBA	2.42
Chandler and the crew race to find answers in an Asian Dodge City; Slattery begins to unravel the truth about his predicament.
27	4	"Devil May Care"	Paul Holahan	Nic Van Zeebroeck	July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03)	TBA	N/A
28	5	"Minefield"	Peter Weller	Mark Malone	July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10)	TBA	N/A
29	6	"Dog Day"	Michael Nankin	Jill Blankenship & Onalee Hunter Hughes	July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)	TBA	N/A
30	7	"In the Dark"	Unknown	Unknown	July 24, 2016 (2016-07-24)	TBA	N/A
31	8	"Sea Change"	Unknown	Unknown	July 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)	TBA	N/A
32	9	"Eutopia"	Unknown	Unknown	August 14, 2016 (2016-08-14)	TBA	N/A
33	10	"Scuttle"	Unknown	Unknown	August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)	TBA	N/A
34	11	"Legacy"	Unknown	Unknown	August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28)	TBA	N/A