source: Last Resort (U.S. TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe series is about the renegade crew of a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, the fictional USS Colorado (SSBN-753), that receives an order to launch nuclear missiles at Pakistan.[N 1] When Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) asks for confirmation of the orders, as they were received through a legacy Cold War secondary system, only to be used in the event that Washington, DC is destroyed, he is relieved of command. His second in command, Lieutenant Commander Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman), is put in command in his place, but when he, too, qüstions the orders and asks for confirmation, the vessel is fired upon by the Virginia-class submarine USS Illinois (SSN-786). Two nuclear missile strikes are subseqüntly made on Pakistan by other United States forces.
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- Classification: Scripted
- Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Military/War | Thriller
- Status: New Series
- Network: ABC ( USA)
- Airs: Thursdays at 08:00 pm
- Runtime: 60 Minutes
- Premiere: September 27, 2012
- Episode Order: 13
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