I'm writing this review in 20203 because I never heard of this show or came across it until now. The story seems OK, and quite prophetic, given that COVID-19 would rear its ugly head a year after this show ended. Are the creators of this show psychic?
The biggest problem with a military-themed show like this is that it will attract current and ex-military. I am ex-navy and was stationed on a destroyer, so even the smallest of mistakes jump out at me and keep me from focusing on the plot. Instead of commenting on each episode for a show that no longer exists, I'll just make a few comments here from what I have seen in the first few episodes. Some things may have changed since I was in the navy, but most of my comments should be accurate.
At one point, they run across a possibly deserted passenger ship. The exterior of the ship they show is so old, that it would not be in service at the time that this show was made. It looks like a ship made in the 1950's.
They also transfer fuel from this deserted ship. This passenger ship was probably diesel-powered, and definitely was not gas turbined powered like an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. A gas turbine is powered by jet engines (4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines in the case of this destroyer) and requires jet fuel.
The ship does not see the attacking helicopters until they are 25 miles away. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have the SPY-1D phased-array radar system (AEGIS) and can spot air targets hundreds of miles away.
While it was nice to see various weapons systems firing, they were not being used correctly, and were not used correctly or realistically on many occasions.
In my day, a crew at sea did not usually wear hats, for a variety of reasons. You might have had a few that wore them at sea, but this show makes it seem like it was mandatory that the crew wore them, both inside the ship and out. Maybe that's changed?
At one point, they talk about making the radio room a secure place that is off-limits to most of the crew. That's always the case.
They show the fire control radar for the wrong scenarios. In one scene, they talk about communications and show the fire control radar dish. Fire control radars are not used for communications.
Again, many of these mistakes didn't affect the story line too much, but they ruined the show for me. The makers of the show could have done a little more research and gotten it right.
The biggest problem with a military-themed show like this is that it will attract current and ex-military. I am ex-navy and was stationed on a destroyer, so even the smallest of mistakes jump out at me and keep me from focusing on the plot. Instead of commenting on each episode for a show that no longer exists, I'll just make a few comments here from what I have seen in the first few episodes. Some things may have changed since I was in the navy, but most of my comments should be accurate.
At one point, they run across a possibly deserted passenger ship. The exterior of the ship they show is so old, that it would not be in service at the time that this show was made. It looks like a ship made in the 1950's.
They also transfer fuel from this deserted ship. This passenger ship was probably diesel-powered, and definitely was not gas turbined powered like an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. A gas turbine is powered by jet engines (4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines in the case of this destroyer) and requires jet fuel.
The ship does not see the attacking helicopters until they are 25 miles away. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have the SPY-1D phased-array radar system (AEGIS) and can spot air targets hundreds of miles away.
While it was nice to see various weapons systems firing, they were not being used correctly, and were not used correctly or realistically on many occasions.
In my day, a crew at sea did not usually wear hats, for a variety of reasons. You might have had a few that wore them at sea, but this show makes it seem like it was mandatory that the crew wore them, both inside the ship and out. Maybe that's changed?
At one point, they talk about making the radio room a secure place that is off-limits to most of the crew. That's always the case.
They show the fire control radar for the wrong scenarios. In one scene, they talk about communications and show the fire control radar dish. Fire control radars are not used for communications.
Again, many of these mistakes didn't affect the story line too much, but they ruined the show for me. The makers of the show could have done a little more research and gotten it right.