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Written by John Keegan
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Monday, 08 October 2012 07:53 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
While I appreciated that "Blue On Blue" ran with some of the hanging plot threads from "Captain", it doesn't feel like a complete episode to me. The parts seem to still be coalescing into something interesting, but it's not quite there yet. Lines are being drawn amongst the crew of the USS Colorado and the grip Captain Chaplin has on the Sainte Marina island is tenuous at best. The episode contains a lot of talk about how difficult it's going to be when brothers in arms who should be friendly are forced to shoot and kill each other, yet the show then takes an abrupt turn to another direction, and the conflict is then dropped. It's very strange.
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Written by John Keegan
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Monday, 01 October 2012 07:40 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
Throughout the opening scenes of this first episode of "Last Resort", I kept wondering why networks don't do more submarine military dramas. Enclosed spaces, lots of pressure, real potential for drama. "Captain" hums along in the first half to show regular life on board a US nuclear submarine. Then it ramps up the drama and action and complications. There is a lot stuffed into this pilot episode, and there is a lot to chew on by the end.
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