I was disappointed with the last episode a bit. They walk into the camp and one says to the other we should help these people, because they can both see how bad it is, and they seemed to be of this opinion the whole time. Then, after a pretty girl is sent away from the camp by the evil leader to be infected and one of the girls is going to the leaders bed that night, THEN they decide to go back and help??? What did they think was going on there, anyway? Surely that kind of stuff was going on on a regular basis there.
So the thought of a pretty girl in particular motivates them, even though it may have happened before, and boys and women and men were equally at risk and may have already gone through that aren't worthy of changing their priorities?
So pretty girls motivate their compassion, but little boys, women and men don't. Hmm.
It makes them look hypocritical and wishy-washy. If you really want to stand up for people, say it from the beginning, because that's what you really believe in, but don't say they aren't the mission and then change your minds later. They are supposed to be professionals on an important mission.
Also, when the leader was asking them why they came, why say the crates were for food? That sounds stupid, looks like an obvious lie and compromises your credibility with the leader at a time when you don't have your guns any more. Dumb. What would have been the harm in saying they wanted monkeys? What would have been the harm in being completely honest from the start?
Surely the leader would have no objections to wiping out the virus. He would have his business back and the quality of his lifestyle would return. He probably had a different 13 year old girl 3 or 4 times a week, not just one to pick from. Surely that girl in the camp wasn't the first one. That and he had refrigeration, a/c,travel, lawn service ect.
I figured they would just leave the leader behind in the camp and let the people deal with them as they see fit, preferably slowly, when the leader asked to be arrested. I guess they had the guy stab him in the back just to make it quick for the story.
Frankly, I think the idea of just leaving him behind and then hearing him scream out for help when the people were coming after him when the soldiers were on their boat would have been more satisfying.
Kind of like what happened the Scar in the Lion King. "Wait, wait, you don't understand. I was doing it for your own good. I was trying to help you. Let's be reasonable! What are you doing with those knives?? Help! Help!" Everybody could take turns beating on him, they could make him THEIR slave, ect.
The imagination would have been better than the rather obvious outcome. Plus, he could even have come back for another episode if they wanted. Probably not, though.
All he got was a stab in the back.
Very disappointing.
This episode of the Last Ship kind of missed the boat I think.
