The Last Ship

Come in. Anyone? Anybody out there?

We're sick.

I'm broadcasting in the blind.

Mama?

- Mama? - In the blind!

- - Mama, please don't fall asleep.

Sam: Mama, we're gonna get you help.

- - Wake up, mama, please!

Jed: Anyone, please? Anyone out there?

Anyone... damn it!

Mama, please don't fall asleep! Wake up, mama!

Mama!

What's your name?

You sure you have enough for the whole crew?

And 50 or 60 more.

When we get home,

we can use this as a vaccine and a cure?

The uninfected will be immunized, and...

The sick can be cured,

providing they're not too far gone.

After all the failures and the false starts,

I just feel so...

Happy?

I can't truly remember the last time

that I felt that emotion.

Still so much to do. We have to mass produce it,

we have to distribute it.

- Thank God... - Rachel...

You did it.

Let's enjoy the moment.

I told her how I feel.

I mean...

Basically spilled my guts to her.

I mean, sure, I'm spiking a 104-degree fever,

but still.

"You make me wanna love again."

I actually said that.

And what does she give me? Zip.

What I understand about women, you fit in a shot glass.

I don't need to tell you.

Hey, how are you feeling?

I don't get seasick, so...

I've never seen morning sickness on a D.D.G. before.

Have you seen a nursery?

No.

- - Form up.

Okay, here's the deal.

We are presently attempting to make contact

with the infectious disease lab at Fort Detrick,

as it has just the facility Dr. Scott requires

for mass producing the cure.

So far we've had no joy.

I'll be honest...

Knowing how deadly this plague is and how fast it spreads,

I don't have any confidence

that there's gonna be any survivors, so...

That being said,

there's a reason they call it a fort.

And if anyone can hold their own,

it's our friends in the U.S. army.

Master Chief.

Thank you, sir.

I want to address the issue that's on all of our minds.

On our way up the coast,

our ship will be passing right by Norfolk... by home.

And our comms team tells us we could pick up

some orphan signals from random cell towers

or servers still online.

You may even get a phone call

if they've restored power on land.

It's unlikely, but I just wanna prepare you.

We don't know what to expect when we get back to the states.

The only way to help the people we love

is to deliver Dr. Scott and the cure

to a secure and workable lab.

Detrick's our best bet, so that's our mission.

All: Aye, sir.

Carry on.

Any station in this net vicinity

of Fort Detrick U.S.A.M.R.I.I.D.,

this is U.S.S. Nathan James, over.

Aye, sir.

Captain, S.S.E.S. reports that the keyhole satellite

will be flying over our whiskey in 50 seconds.

Unable to steer,

but they did manage to break the uplink/downlink encryption.

Bringing up the feed now.

- It's traveling fast. - Too fast, sir.

There's no one left at home to control it.

When it gets over the area,

we'll have less than a minute to capture the images we can.

We just need enough to chart a clear route

from the land to the lab.

We've tapped into one of the air force's spy satellites

to check the traffic to Fort Detrick.

Well, why not send your helicopter or drone?

No more fuel.

They spent it all looking for me.

Kara: Satellite passing over us.

Mason: Any station...

Come on, give us something.

There it is.

Home.

That's interstate 70.

If it's clear, it'll get us all the way to detrick.

There'll be some image blur, but I'll get you closer, sir.

That's a mass evacuation.

- Take us north a mile. - Aye, sir.

Any station this net vicinity of Fort Detrick U.S.A.M.R.I.I.D.,

this is U.S.S. Nathan James...

That red "X"... Some sort of quarantine?

More like a warning sign to stay away.

Looks like people took it seriously.

Sir, the satellite's approaching Fort Detrick.

I say again,

anyone at Fort Detrick, please respond.

The laboratory building's in the center of campus.

Roger that, ma'am. Zooming in.

Oh, my God.

It's been completely destroyed.

The lab, the containment areas, the equipment, everything.

Nothing else on the base was burned.

That lab was targeted.

Who would've done that?

Slow down! Slow down!

Stop the car.

Where you goin'?

My family's sick. They need help.

Can't go this way. Turn around.

Please. Please, we're just trying...

- Trying to get to Olympia. - Olympia can't help you.

Go back where you came from, old man.

Get down.

- -

- -

Should we go after 'em?

No. They'll be dead soon.

Sir! Sir!

Take a breath. What is it?

I caught a new broadcast. It's another loop.

But this one was updated today.

And there's something you need to hear.

Woman: Winds are coming out of the southwest,

and temperatures will reach 50 degrees in Baltimore...

How come we're just hearing this now?

Probably a weak F.M. transmitter, sir.

It must've just come into range.

There are reports of a fresh outbreak of the red flu

- in sector 9. - "Red flu."

Is that what they're calling it?

Doesn't do it justice somehow.

It's looping around. Here it comes.

U.S.S. Nathan James, we are aware of your mission

and we have secured the facility you may require.

If you are within range of this signal,

we urge you to reply over channel 1-6.

I repeat, U.S.S. Nathan James, if you are still out there,

please reply on V.H.F. channel 1-6.

- Get them on the line. - Yes, sir.

This is U.S. naval warship Nathan James

hailing you on channel 1-6. We have heard your call, over.

This is U.S. naval warship Nathan James

hailing you on channel 1-6. We have heard your call, over.

Baltimore. We should set a course in that direction.

Agreed.

- - We may still be too far out.

You let me know as soon as you find out.

Good work, son.

- - Schools have reopened in sector 3,

and some city services are set to resume.

Attention, attention,

this call goes out to the crew of the U.S.S. Nathan James.

We are aware of your mission

and we have secured the facility you may require.

If you are in range of the signal,

we urge you to reply over channel 1-6.

I repeat... U.S.S. Nathan James,

- if you are still out there... - Jed?

Did you hear that, Darien? Tom's still out there.

People are waiting for him. Don't worry, sweetheart.

You're gonna make it. You hang in there.

- Quincy: I had to do what was best... -

- Kelly: Best for whom? - Please listen to that.

Rachel: Ava?

Kelly: We have been through it.

They're at it again.

Quincy: You know that I love you.

Events... they just happen on a mind of their own...

I know that things are better now.