CDR Thomas Chandler quotes from The Last Ship

Jeffrey Michener

"...It is our responsibility as immunes to restore this great nation. And just as God chose Noah to survive the flood of the old testament, he has chosen us to survive this plague that washed away the sins of our world."

Yes.

Do I sound convincing? Do you believe it?

Why, yes. Of course, but I don't have Sean's charisma.

I watched his videos. I've seen the translations into Spanish, Bulgarian. You don't understand the language, but you believe what he's saying.

Bulgaria?

He has followers everywhere. I used to do Meet the Press every once in a while, but getting in front of crowds like this...

You blame yourself. You think you could've done something differently. Somehow, all those people would be alive... Your wife, your daughters? What could you have done differently, Jeff?

President Jeffrey Michener

Nothing. Nothing.

We're going to New Orleans. And you're going to help us defeat whoever it is that twisted you all around, but we are never gonna get there until you face whatever it is you can't let go of.

There's nothing... Nothing to let go of!

It was your son, wasn't it?

He was in Michigan. Summer session at the university.

You had him brought down to Florida.

No.

Against CDC protocols!!

No.

There was no way to test him, but he seemed okay, and you let him in the stadium.

That's not... that's not what happened!

I have the records from the White House.

No, you're wrong!

Two days after you brought him to Florida, there was a massive outbreak in Ann Arbor.

No, please! Please! That's not what happened!

The security details... they were lax! You couldn't have known. He infected everyone in that stadium... it was hot! They were careless with their masks! Your wife, your daughters.

Please! No! No!

It was all on you.

That's not what happened! Stop it!

You were the one who was supposed to protect everybody.

Stop it.

And then you stumbled into the immunes, and they told you that it was all meant to be and that you were chosen and your children were not and that all of this was destiny. And it was easy for you to believe because you needed to believe it...

Because it was the only way to go on.

There's another way now. With us.

I killed my daughters.

I know.

No. No. You don't.

Then tell me. It's just you and me... Nobody else. Tell me.

After my son died... And my daughters started getting the symptoms... My wife... She begged me to put them out of their misery b-b-before it became... And I did it. [Voice breaking] With my own bare hands. I smothered them in their sleep. But Hollie... She woke up. A-and she struggled. And that's the last thing she ever felt was her father betraying her. [Sniffles] So... What do you say about that?

He's not ready... Not yet, at least.

CMC Russ Jeter

He's come a long way in a short time, Sir.

And I want you to get him the rest of the way there. Be his guide, his preacher, his father, his friend... Whatever he needs.

Jeter

Aye, sir.

I was hoping to get an update on your progress.

Dr Rachel Scott

Well, I have a new plan. I was able to isolate the mutation in Niels' lungs that make him so contagious. And I introduced it to my vaccine. I injected myself with it about an hour ago, and then I breathed on an infected mouse, the same way that Niels used to breath on people as a way to kill them. If this works, if the mouse survives, in effect... I'll be able to breathe the cure onto people. And so will anyone else that I give this new shit to, which means that we won't need any more labs, any more infrastructure, or planes. All our problems will be solved.

Except one. [Inhales deeply] Did you do it?

Scott

[scoffs] Oh, God. Are you really asking me this?

That's exactly what I'm asking you.

Scott

The man who killed five billion people, including your wife and most of your crew's family, is dead. And now his lungs are gonna be used to save the rest of the people on this planet...

Goddamit, Rachel!

Scott

Yes, I did it! And I'd do it again in a beat.

I saw you a half-hour before I left the ship. You told me you were on the verge of a breakthrough.

Scott

I was!

But you didn't tell me you had to kill Niels to do it.

Scott

I was hoping to avoid getting blood on your hands.

I already have blood on my hands. You put it there.

This is Captain Chandler.

Hello, Tommy. Given up on the Secret Service? Hope you enjoyed the fireworks. My boys worked hard on them.

You just sent 10,000 people to their deaths. Stop hiding behind civilians.

You want to fight?

Come out and fight. Let's go. You against me.

Oh, it won't just be me, captain. You see, the number of your enemies is about to multiply.

Mr. President, as of today, this ship has gone from being one of the safest places on earth to one of the most dangerous. You'll disembark with a team of our most experienced operators, led by the XO, along with the other assets we can't afford to lose.

US President Jeffrey Michener

I understand about the cure, about Dr. Scott, and about the children, but I'm the commander-in-chief...

Which is why you need to be protected at all costs. You saw what happened the last time we faced these guys. There's no real choice here, sir.