The Last Ship

This is ridiculous.

You can't hold me on this ship!

I recognize and respect your position, sir,

but I am under orders.

This is an outrage. Where are you taking me?

Sir, please, this will be a lot easier if you don't resist.

Don't resist?

I'm the President of the United States,

and this is treason!

Did he say "President of the United States"?

Where is Niels?

Recovering in the medical bay.

He'll be in a medically induced coma

for at least 24 hours.

How did he get to America?

How did he find his way to the immunes?

Don't know yet.

That's something I'll ask the President.

Who you believe is one of them?

He seems to think so.

We're gonna try and change that.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development

is a relic from another time,

and that the State should be charged with their own infrastructure...

Footage from the White House files.

...and the Federal Government

no longer need have a role...

My apologies for interrupting you, Mr. Senator.

But since I already know what you're going to say,

let me just cut to the heart of the matter.

It is a sadly misunderstood idea

that we have somehow graduated from our obligations

of developing this country's infrastructure.

We are 27th in homelessness,

- 36th in people living below the poverty line... - He's got strength.

19th in urban technological sophistication.

Now, I, for one, am not satisfied with that.

Are you?

With Florida reporting the first cases...

How much does the crew know?

They know we've got the President.

Some of them know he didn't quite come willingly.

And that he was with the immunes?

No. We'll have to turn him quickly to avoid that question.

Yeah, well, in my mind,

if he doesn't walk out of that room

committed to our cause by sunrise tomorrow,

we'll never convince our crew he's worthy of being followed.

This is about more than just the crew.

The country needs a leader.

Yeah.

And if the first 200 people

who come in contact with him think he's tainted,

it's not gonna work.

We don't feel there's a need for panic right now.

The Last Ship - S02E08 Safe Zone

He doesn't want to eat, sir.

Well...

Wrap this up for later.

Why don't you have green relieve you? Go get yourself cleaned up.

Aye, sir.

Commander Mike Slattery. I'm the Executive Officer of this ship.

I want to speak to the Captain.

Well, he's presently indisposed...

Wanted us to get acquainted till he gets here.

You are aware that kidnapping the President of the United States

is a federal offense, punishable by death?

The Captain was under the impression he was rescuing you.

At gunpoint, against my will?

Sir, I don't think you realize

who the Ramseys are or what their goal is...

You don't need to tell me anything.

No, sir, I don't.

Unless you want to be fully informed.

I'd like to show you something, if I may.

This is from August.

She was second in succession... President then.

These were her orders to us.

Morning, Commander.

I know... the last you heard, I was speaker of the house.

The President died two months ago,

the Vice President a week later.

What's left of the Federal Government

is holed up 200 feet below the White House.

Can you get any tighter on his face?

I'll try to zoom in, sir.

Most of our population, along with our armed forces,

is dying or dead.

We have no allies, we have no enemies...

Just a world of sick, desperate people.

If Dr. Scott has the makings of a cure,

you must come home... now.

We came home.

Found things not quite as hospitable as we'd hoped.

No infrastructure...

No government, no orders.

So we went to the White House,

and we were able to get our hands

on many of the Presidential files and directives.

This is the secretary of the Navy.

I understand you... You knew him pretty well.

The U.S. Navy is currently on a mission to find the materials

for a vaccine to combat the pandemic.

If you're viewing this video,

you are part of the new network of facilities

in the United States and certain foreign countries,

which were chosen to produce and distribute the vaccine.

You'll be able to communicate with the civilian command

with each other.

Hopefully, you'll then start producing

and distributing the vaccine,

and we can get to the task of rebuilding our great nation.

Godspeed.

We have the cure, sir.

Dr. Scott was able to produce it right here on this ship.

Guess you wouldn't have any need for it yourself.

The rest of the world,

the ones who aren't lucky enough to be naturally immune...

We got to Norfolk, we found pilots,

we sent doses around the country and to Europe,

as we were ordered to do.

The project to mass-produce the cure was well under way,

and then we ran into some problems.

This is a recording made by one of our scientists.

He was trying to get a message through to Dr. Scott.

Rachel.

Oh, God, I pray this gets to you.

Listen, w-w-we're under attack, Rachel.

But it's important...

It's important that you learn this.

I've been working with the data you sent me about the cure,

and I think I've found a way to help.

I'm sending you the data now.

I didn't... oh, God.

Oh, God.

Listen, it's all worked out.

All you have to do is...

I just somehow pray that this file gets to you, Rachel...

Come on, now. Take it all!

We need to find that server.

Okay, Doc. Stand up.

No, please. Please.

You might recognize that Irish accent.

Those were Sean Ramsey's people.

They gained access to our secret network,

the location of all our labs,

and they blew them up with their long-range missiles.

Destroyed our limited infrastructure,

murdered our scientists... All because they believe

that they are the inheritors of the earth.

That's why Captain Chandler rescued you from the Ramseys.

I can only assume you knew nothing about this.

I mean, if you did...

This is a comprehensive look at Dr. Scott's protocols,

experiments, and trials.

Complete Captain's logs, combat center records,

including our attempt at a response

to the Ramseys' assault on our labs.

It's not easy to listen to,

but I think it'll be informative.

I'll let the Captain know that you've been briefed.

Leaving him without a guard?

We need to see what he does when he's alone.

- Hey. - Well done, Detective.

What's he doing?

Pacing, biting his fingernails.

He's eyeing the laptop.

Got to be curious after what I just dumped on him.

Here he goes.

What the hell is he...

What is that?

Nobody frisked him?

He was unarmed.

Can we get a better look at the monitor?

I'll change angles, sir.

Can you zoom?

It isn't a question of what we've lost,

it's a question of what we've been given...

That's Ramsey.

And that is a chance... A chance to start again.

A chance to renew the human spirit with our valiance,

a chance to reclaim the world.

This is our calling,

and if you are watching this, know that we are calling you.

And you must prepare yourself for the task ahead.

There will be doubters...

We have to figure out what else is on that drive.

We walk in there and ask him for it,

he'll know we've been surveilling him.

He'll clam up completely.

When you're trying to break an Al-Qaeda operative,

you don't let him keep messages from Bin Laden in his pocket.

We take away the computer.

We prevent him from accessing the messages.

Look at that man. He's a lost cause.

We don't know that, sir... Not yet.

Right, and while we're trying to figure that out,

we're sitting here burning fuel, hiding behind this island,

wondering what the sub is up to, what its plans are.

We have to find out how they communicate.