The Last Ship quotes

And let me tell you something else... we are more than just survivors! We are more than our grief, we are more than our loss, and we are more than our pain! Yeah. We were spared for a reason. We were spared because we were put on this earth to do something more! We were spared because we're special... because we are the rightful inheritors of the earth. This is our destiny... because we are the chosen! We are the chosen!

Gonna be puttering around all day?

Just getting the place in order.

[sighs] Well, I thought you might just be procrastinating... 'cause you don't know how to go back to the ship and tell that crew of yours that you're quitting. Do you not realize that they... that they can't do it without you? What kind of message are you gonna send to them, that you're, uh, George Washington and you've come back to work on your farm? You think because you got a... a lab in Baltimore and six planes with the cure that everything's in hand? The world is in chaos. There's a lot more to do.

Tom

And that crew is trained to do it, with or without me.

They need you.

Tom

And they don't? [referring to Ashley and Sam] And what if I don't come back? I'm gonna make my kids orphans?

You think you're the first soldier that had trouble leaving their family behind? Huh? During World War II, English naval captains put their wives and children in bunkers in London and went back out to sea... to fight the Nazis for years.

Tom

Wives and children, Dad. The wives were there.

[remembers what happened to Darien] I know you, and I know you're beating yourself up, but if you're looking for someone to blame, blame me. I should have never let her go to that town. So cut the shit and quit laying this guilt trip on yourself. There's no time for it. Whether you like it or not, you're Noah and that ship is your Ark.

Dr Rachel Scott

Hope. Such a rarified concept these days. High in demand... [sighs] And short in supply. I'm enjoying recording these logs again. Until recently, I had given up on them. With no connection to the outside world, they were serving as little more than just a diary. But now with the satellite network up and running, they have become my trusty carrier pigeons. I am happy to report that the cure has landed safely in labs across the country and in Europe, and I am on my way to you, Dr. Hunter, my friend, my mentor. We'll be stopping first in Savannah to set up a lab there, before heading down to you in Florida with the cure. As promised, I am uploading my data to the secured satellite, and I would love for you to take a look at the work we've done, and get your thoughts on faster methods for replication. Because time, as you well know, is of the essence, and millions still continue to live at risk. So take of yourself, old friend, and I'll be seeing you shortly.

Lieutenant Burk, Carlton.

Yeah, sounds great.

You know, when I was deployed in the Gulf, I spent some time outside Tel Aviv, a town called Gi-Va-Tayim.

[Israeli accent] Givatayim.

Right.

Dr Rachel Scott

I just tested Juan Carlos's blood. It turns out that he's naturally immune.

None of the mercs on Solace were CBR. Is it possible they're all immune? Everyone's like him?

Scott

I cross-referenced his blood against Bertrise's. Natural immunity, as it turns out, is a tad more common than I initially thought. Anywhere between 1% and 5% of the global population. That's how they took Europe.

Now their mission is to destroy the cure wherever it exists, on a nuclear-powered sub that never runs out of fuel.

Scott

Yes, but we had the flash drive. How the hell did they know where those labs were?

It must have transmitted to the satellite right before the attack.

Dr Rachel Scott

Have you watched it?

Granderson

Only long enough to know that it was for you, ma'am. But even from what I saw... It wasn't easy to watch. [opens video]

Rachel, oh, God, I pray this gets to you. Listen, we're... 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 found a way to help. Using what I learned about the measles project... Now, I know you think that's crazy, but it works. I'm sending you the data now. It's here. Look, I don't... Oh, God. Listen, Rachel. It's all worked out. All you have to do is... I just somehow pray that this file gets to you, that you get it off the server, Rachel. [gets interrupted]

Okay.

Got to know that... Rachel.

Come on, now. Take it all. We need to find that server. Okay, doc. No. Stand up.

Please. Please. [killed by gunshot]

Well, that's how they were able to get the locations of all the labs. Stole them from Dr. Hunter.

Scott

He was working on an experiment to turn my liquid injectable version of the cure into a powder so it could be released over populated areas via helicopters, planes, drones, even. I could manufacture a highly concentrated powder right here on the ship. We wouldn't even need labs anymore. So people could breathe in the cure. It would be very much like crop-dusting. Mass inoculations without glassware, needles, all the infrastructure that we no longer have.

Do you think Hunter was actually able to do it?

Scott

I know that he had some good results aerosolizing the measles vaccine, but I won't know until we get down to his lab in Florida.

What's that?

Dr Rachel Scott

[Blows] Cornstarch from the chief's mess. It turns out the secret ingredient that I've been looking for was being used to make pancakes.

So you found it?

Scott

Well, I have the recipe, and now all I need is to build a machine to manufacture the micro powder, so I was hoping that you might be able to lend me one or two of your capable machinists?

I think that can be arranged.

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...

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

Jeffrey Michener

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. [plays video file of President Geller]

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. 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. [plays clip of SECNAV Ray Mabus]

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. [replays Dr Hunter's entire desperate message to Rachel] 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. [leaves]

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 stationed in the West Bank for three years, another two in Gaza. Thought I'd seen everything. Then this pandemic broke out. And I thought, you know, maybe now we have this common enemy. We even have this cure that we want to give to people. Maybe, just maybe, we'll stop killing each other. But nothing's changed. It's all the same.

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.

People of the surrounding area, my name is Sean Ramsey. I'm a lieutenant commander in the British Royal Navy. I came here as an ally of your United States Navy, but that was before I learned the truth. About the secret lab experiments, the release of the deadly virus by your military, and the subsequent government cover-up. By now, many of you will have seen the horrible video captured by witnesses on the scene. The US Navy ship that attacked New Orleans harbor was flying the American flag, but it doesn't represent you good people. That ship is a key part of a larger conspiracy to take over this country, and it won't be stopped until you are dead and a new world order is established. I know it's heartbreaking and Difficult to believe. But soon, you will have more evidence of the US Navy's role in creating the deadly virus. That is why we have created this mobile network to get out the truth... I am here to tell you that you are not alone. We Brits have not forgotten our special relationship with America... And to the captain of the USS Nathan James, who has kidnapped the American president and wreaked havoc on this great nation, hear this. We are coming for you. You cannot hide from justice. No matter where you go, there will be no safe harbor.