History Awesome / TheLastShip

-->'''Master Chief Jeter''': "Badass"

* [[spoiler:Dr. Scott not only finds out how to make a vaccine that will not trigger the autoimmune side effect, but also how to make a cure. A related moment of awesome is the courage and willingness of six volunteers to risk death itself to help her get to that point.]]

* Foster kills [[spoiler: Hamada with the syringe he was going to use to extract her baby]].

** Tex in particular shows magnificently during this event. First, upon being discovered by Niels, he nonchalantly counters the latter's threat of outing him to the Ramsays with one of his own[[note]]specifically revealing Niels as the originator of the Red Plague[[/note]]. Second, when the initial shots are fired, the first thing the contractor does is grab Niels and use him as a human shield while plugging immunes left and right [[spoiler:(including Ned Ramsay, though the latter survives)]]. And finally, when Niels is mortally wounded and moaning that he's dying, Tex gives the best ShutUpHannibal response in this series yet.

* Rachel [[spoiler:successfully cons Niels Sorenson into giving up how he weaponized himself. Between that and some other clues she picked up, she was able to make a cure and successfully kill him at the same time.]]

* The final showdown between the ''Nathan James'' and the ''Achilles'' is one of the high points of the season, as the two crews struggle to outgun and outmaneuver each other, with every successful hit forcing each side to adapt. [[spoiler:And then the ''Achilles'' rises out of the water... and gets ''pounded'' by the same weapon that her crew had planned to use to sink the ''Nathan James''.]]

* [[spoiler:Takehaya]] assuming temporary command of the ''Nathan James'' in order to steer it through a minefield while simultaneously evading Chinese patrols is a pretty impressive sight.

* Caught in a Chinese ambush (one that she was setup toward by [[spoiler:[[TheQuisling collaborators in the present US government]]]]), having taken a hit to the bridge (with most of the crew there wounded) and both her support ships either crippled or sinking, the ''Nathan James'' nonetheless manages to destroy both the Chinese land missile launchers (as well as every other missile launched at her) and the ''Luyang III'' destroyer carrying the anti-cure missiles in one spectacular go. If TheDeterminator ever applied to a ship and her crew...

* Takehaya [[spoiler:manages to defeat Peng and get personal revenge by slicing him with a sword stolen from the Japanese National Archives.]]
* Peng himself [[spoiler:refuses to give into the pain from the sword in him, and goes so far as to purposely hasten his death along by using the sword to slice a major blood vessel.]]

* Chandler executes a successful BatmanGambit to fool the regional leaders plus Shaw into believing they've destroyed his ship, [[spoiler:then oversees a successful takeover of the southwest territory with the arrest of Castillo, culminating in a re-establishment of Oliver as the legitimate President - at least in the California territory so far.]]

* The successful simultaneous captures [[spoiler:of Croft and Wilson, leaving only Price and Shaw to take down and clear the way for Oliver to regain the Presidency.]]

* The entire raid on the USNS Solace.

* "As a lieutenant in the United States Navy, I am qualified to accept your surrender."

* The successful simultaneous captures of Croft and Wilson, leaving only Price and Shaw to take down and clear the way for Oliver to regain the Presidency.
* Following this, Sasha, Kara and Burke alone successfully cause enough mayhem in the St. Louis White House that they manage to get into the central military command center and disable the UAV threatening the ''Nathan James''. Once successfully barriaded in, they hold off the remaining security personnel long enough for Tex and Danny to rush to the White House and render aid.

[AC:S03 E13 Don't Look Back]]

* Chandler executes a successful BatmanGambit to fool the regional leaders plus Shaw into believing they've destroyed his ship, [[spoiler:then oversees a successful takeover of the southwest territory with the arrest of Castillo, culminating in a re-establishment of Oliver as the legitimate President - at least in the California territory so far.]]

* Chandler executes a successful BatmanGambit to fool the regional leaders plus Shaw into believing they've destroyed his ship, then oversees a successful takeover of the southwest territory with the arrest of Castillo, culminating in a re-establishment of Oliver as the legitimate President.

* Peng himself [[spoiler:refuses to give into the pain from the sword in him, and goes so far as to purposely hasten his death along by using the sword to slice a major blood vessel.]]

* Takehaya [[spoiler:manages to defeat Peng and kill him by slicing him with a sword stolen from the Japanese National Archives.]]

* On the ''Nathan James'', Slattery and his crewmembers help coordinate an elaborate fistfight to secretly steal the keys for the gun locker and the room where people loyal to Chandler were confined.

* On the ''Nathan James'', Slattery and his crewmembers help coordinate an elaborate fistfight to secretly steal the keys for the gun locker and the room Chandler has been confined in.

* Caught in a Chinese ambush (one that she was setup toward by [[spoiler:[[TheQuisling collaborators in the present US government]]]]), having taken a hit to the bridge (with most of the crew there wounded) and both her support ships either crippled or sinking, the ''Nathan James'' nonetheless manages to destroy both the Chinese land missile launchers (as well as every other missile launched at her) and the ''Luyang III'' destroyer carrying the anti-cure missiles in one spectacular go. If TheDeterminator ever applied to a ship and her crew...

* Caught in a Chinese ambush (one that she was setup toward by [[TheQuisling collaborators in the present US government]]), having taken a hit to the bridge (with most of the crew there wounded) and both her support ships either crippled or sinking, the ''Nathan James'' nonetheless manages to destroy both the Chinese land missile launchers (as well as every other missile launched at her) and the ''Luyang III'' destroyer carrying the anti-cure missiles in one spectacular go. If TheDeterminator ever applied to a ship and her crew...

* [[spoiler:Takehaya]] assuming temporary command of the ''Nathan James'' in order to steer it through a minefield while simultaneously evading Chinese patrols is a pretty impressive sight.

* The final showdown between the ''Nathan James'' and the ''Achilles'' is one of the high points of the season, as the two crews struggle to outgun and outmaneuver each other, with every successful hit forcing each side to adapt. [[spoiler:And then the ''Achilles'' rises out of the water... and gets pounded by the same weapon that her crew had planned to use to sink the ''Nathan James''.]]

* The ''Nathan James'' manages to clear a minefield - and harmlessly detonate an enemy torpedo - using an ingenious combination of Jesse's copter towing a decoy as well as a RHIB towing another decoy.

* The final showdown between the ''Nathan James'' and the ''Achilles'' is one of the high points of the season, as the two crews struggle to outgun and outmaneuver each other, with every successful hit forcing each side to adapt. [[spoiler:And then the ''Achilles'' rises out of the water... and gets pounded by the same weapon that her crew had planned to use to sink the ''Nathan James''.]]

* The final showdown between the ''Nathan James'' and the Chosen is one of the high points of the season, as the two crews struggle to outgun and outmaneuver each other, with every successful hit forcing each side to adapt. [[spoiler:And then the sub rises out of the water... and gets pounded by the same weapon that the Chosen had planned to use to sink the ''Nathan James''.]]

* Michener begins to grow into his job as President, laying out an action plan for how to win hearts and minds in New Orleans.