Last Resort was not one of favorite shows, but it was interesting enough to hold my attention for its 13 episodes. It had some really good moments, but at the same time it had a couple of pretty boring parts.
My biggest complaint remains the same as when I reviewed the pilot episode. Throughout the whole series, it felt like the writers tried to cram in so much into so little time. The result was a lot of exposition without feeling. In other words, I saw all the action happening, but I never really felt anything for any of the characters. Even up to the end when the captain went down with the ship ... nothing.
Yet I still always wanted to see what happened next. I'm at least glad that they tried to wrap up the show. They did what I like to call a "Pushing Daisies" conclusion. That's when you know your show is going to be cancelled and you're told that you can tweak your last episode, so you reshoot the last 5-10 minutes to quickly wrap things up. The result was very disappointing for Pushing Daisies and it was equally disappointing for Last Resort.
The first 50 minutes of the finale felt like a normal season finale. Even though the ship was run aground, there was that feeling that something would happen and they'd get that thing back into the water (like as was done in earlier episodes). Then after that last commercial break, we saw the missile blow it to smithereens. Kablaam! We saw that one chick shoot the president. We saw the XO reunited with his sweetie. So, all the major loose ends are tied up, but there are so many other questions left unresolved ... like why did the US attack Pakistan again?
Great -- now the more I think about it, the more I get confused as I look over the last couple of months trying to figure out what I just watched. Oh well. At least it was fun, and I won't miss it very much.
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