I’ve been on a pretty decent post-apocalytpic run of late.  I’ve revisited the entire Jericho series and World War Z. I have even gone so far as to read some of those alarmist, uber right wing sponsored fiction such as One Second After.  With all of the networks revealing their slate of programming for next season, ABC piqued my interest with The Last Resort.

500 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado receive their orders. Over a radio channel, designed only to be used if their homeland has been wiped out, they’re told to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan.

Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) demands confirmation of the orders only to be unceremoniously relieved of duty by the White House. XO Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) finds himself suddenly in charge of the submarine and facing the same difficult decision. When he also refuses to fire without confirmation of the orders, the Colorado is targeted, fired upon, and hit. The submarine and its crew find themselves crippled on the ocean floor, declared rogue enemies of their own country. Now, with nowhere left to turn, Chaplin and Kendal take the sub on the run and bring the men and women of the Colorado to an exotic island. Here they will find refuge, romance and a chance at a new life, even as they try to clear their names and get home.

 

Okay ABC you had me at Andre Braugher. I love that guy, I met him on the set of Hack way back in the early aughts and found him to be a really cool guy.  Military intrigue with an end of the world scenario? I’m down.  That says a lot since I really don’t spend any of my weeknights watching hour-long dramas anymore.

Credit: [Ain't It Cool News]