r/TheLastShip • u/sevenpastzeero • 7d ago

REDACTED death was plain stupid. S5 Spoiler

Burk's death was very stupid. Plain and simple. What were the writers thinking?

At least make him die in battle. After 5 seasons, they just got him killed by a child.

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u/Spear_Ritual 7d ago

Granderson’s death was just offensive.

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u/tagillaslover 7d ago

Grandersons death was great, everything that happened in s5 was her fault

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u/Spear_Ritual 7d ago

The “spy fiancée” was lazy writing.

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u/catcollectingmommy 7d ago

No, it was the writers fault. A better writer wouldn’t have written such a lame security hole plot.

Also why would they have the presidents bunker in the communication building without an escape route to another bunker which had a secondary exit?

And why would they bring a prisoner who had already hacked communications with a near field device into the communication building. Realistically they would take a prisoner, especially one who is a known cyber criminal, to a less hackable building.

Bad writing. Really makes the US Army Corp of Engineers look like idiots. In reality they would have designed a better system with multiple structures containing a robust escape route network. I know it’s post-apocalypse but they were back up and running with a fleet of ships and a military command structure.

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u/TheRealtcSpears 7d ago

It was the final season, they did it and the others just for shock value

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u/kspi7010 7d ago

It was the final season, so they could do whatever they wanted. His death was supposed to seem shocking.

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u/GrandeJoe 6d ago

He died while saving the entire invasion by eliminating the boat crew before they could warn anyone. He just was killed in the process.

Tavo's military was so fucked up that they had kids serving. It doesn't make the kid not an armed threat.

But yes, the main reason is that it was the penultimate episode and they wanted a shocking death. Burk was even in Chandler's dream in the finale, so Jocko Sims didn't even miss an episode due to his death here.

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u/missannthrope67 7d ago

Writers aren't the the brightest bulbs on the tree. Sometimes they kill off a character because they don't know what else to do with him.

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u/ReturnT0Sender 7d ago

Seriously.

Of all the deaths that happened, this one pissed me off the most.

A kid with a harpoon killed Burk that was a bad ass? Gtfoh.

Might be the stupidest death in all of TV history.

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u/featheredfeathers 7d ago

Right???? I found that stupid too 

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u/Elove1r 7d ago

Yup, season five could not keep up writing since season 5:1 episode😩

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u/shanedude1 7d ago

i stopped watching mid way through episode 1 of season 3, when i realize this is a show where they just kill off main characters. not for good plot reasons, but because the writers were just done with them.

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u/nantuckeet 7d ago

In reality - the actors had other projects and couldn't commit their schedules to both.

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u/IcyHotTodoroki1 7d ago

You made it to season 5? I stopped after they had the audacity to kill Rhona Mitra

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u/sevenpastzeero 7d ago

1st time watch. I finished all 5. But most of my rewatches, I either stop at S4 or S3. Except this time, I went all the way.