America’s latest TV fixation: Nuclear war in Pakistan

[Don Jaguar]

any links for episode 4?

It is not broadcasted yet.

 

[KRAIT]

I don't say all american TV chanels show reality.

But see the shockingly similarity between this TV show and reality.

What you are seeing and finding the connections happens all the time, especially if you connect the dots according to your frame of reference. Once you see one pattern, you will see it everywhere.

Lets say you think 7 is a magical number. So whenever you walk, you most possibly see connection of 7 from your source to destination point. You will see it in money you have in bank account, stairs and so on and so forth.

Same happens with spirals. Look at your fingerprints, sunflower, galaxies etc. You will start seeing it in everywhere, even in your coffee.

Watch movie Pi, based on same thing, about patterns, must for mathematicians (number theory) and those who love pattern.

Once you get fixated to one pattern of deducing from events, you will start seeing it everywhere.

 

[joekrish]

Americans sure do know how to say a story.

 

[Don Jaguar]

What you are seeing and finding the connections happens all the time, especially if you connect the dots according to your frame of reference. Once you see one pattern, you will see it everywhere.

Lets say you think 7 is a magical number. So whenever you walk, you most possibly see connection of 7 from your source to destination point. You will see it in money you have in bank account, stairs and so on and so forth.

Same happens with spirals. Look at your fingerprints, sunflower, galaxies etc. You will start seeing it in everywhere, even in your coffee.

Watch movie Pi, based on same thing, about patterns, must for mathematicians (number theory) and those who love pattern.

Once you get fixated to one pattern of deducing from events, you will start seeing it everywhere.

What you are talking about is true i don't deny that.

But i haven't seen such amazing similarity in tv show and reality before.

 

[Farooq]

This show is like an Indian's wet dream.


Make sure to wipe yourselves off when your done bhartis.


Btw, this one Indian is saying there is anti Pakistani sentiment in US.

I just moved to Texas. Probably the most hardcore part of the US, and so far everyone has been very friendly and always asking me about Pakistani culture ect. Telling me they love the people and food.

So it it is indeed funny to hear that an Indian living in India is telling us how the Americans feel about Pakistan.

Go figure.

Oh Really? Where in Texas bro ? I will be attending University of Houston next year most likely

 

[Farooq]

We don't go blowing up Buddha statues or killing young girls who are pro-education. Or in the eyes of Taliban pro-West.

let me refresh your memory sir before you blabber away:

Japanese officials angry after 2 U.S. sailors arrested in Okinawa rape case - CNN.com

 

[Safriz]

Anybody could find link for the 4th episode?
I cant find any

 

[Pak47]

Anybody could find link for the 4th episode?
I cant find any

It airs tonight on abc.. At 9 p.m. Eastern time zone..

 

[Safriz]

It airs tonight on abc.. At 9 p.m. Eastern time zone..

Record it for us earthlings

 

[Pak47]

Record it for us earthlings

Or.. You could just wait a day.. And then find it easily via the Internet on abc's website, or abc app.

 

[Safriz]

Or.. You could just wait a day.. And then find it easily via the Internet on abc's website, or abc app.

its available only in USA.
People outside USA cant watch anything on abc website

 

[valkyr_96]

What you are seeing and finding the connections happens all the time, especially if you connect the dots according to your frame of reference. Once you see one pattern, you will see it everywhere.

Lets say you think 7 is a magical number. So whenever you walk, you most possibly see connection of 7 from your source to destination point. You will see it in money you have in bank account, stairs and so on and so forth.

Same happens with spirals. Look at your fingerprints, sunflower, galaxies etc. You will start seeing it in everywhere, even in your coffee.

Watch movie Pi, based on same thing, about patterns, must for mathematicians (number theory) and those who love pattern.

Once you get fixated to one pattern of deducing from events, you will start seeing it everywhere.

you sir have a Beautiful Mind!

 

[KRAIT]

you sir have a Beautiful Mind!

Seems like sarcasm.

 

[Pak47]

its available only in USA.
People outside USA cant watch anything on abc website

Not even on the app? Oh.. Well in that case some good websites were listed above try those

 

[Pakistanisage]

Imagination in overdrive ?

I have intentionally put this in the World affairs section.


America

Autumn has arrived here in Washington. The air has grown crisp, and the leaves are starting to change color. The city is abuzz about the sudden success of the local baseball team, the latest machinations on Capitol Hill, and the fast-approaching presidential election.

Also causing much excitement is the arrival of the season’s new crop of television shows — and especially a political thriller called “Last Resort.” A key plotline of this series, which debuted last month, revolves around an American nuclear strike … on Pakistan.

How curious that this new series envisions a strike on Pakistan, when it is Iran that so dominates American public debate about nuclear matters. Iran, Americans are often told, is menacingly building nuclear weapons — and could, not far down the road, be on the receiving end of a US military assault (albeit of the non-nuclear variety).

But no, “Last Resort” is all about Pakistan. Deep beneath the ocean and off Pakistan’s coastline, Marcus Chaplin, commander of the ballistic missile submarine USS Colorado, is asked to nuke that nation. He defiantly refuses, arguing that the order was not issued through Washington’s proper chain of command. A crew on another US military submarine, furious at Chaplin’s refusal, attacks the USS Colorado. Back in America, news reports announce that Pakistan (not the turncoat sub) has assaulted Chaplin’s vessel. Soon thereafter, two nuclear missiles detonate inside Pakistan.

Even by Hollywood’s standards, this plot is preposterous. I can think of absolutely no scenario that would prompt Washington to order a nuclear attack on Pakistan. A 9/11-style assault on America, traced to Pakistani militants with clear ties to their country’s security establishment? No, the US would restrict any military response to non-nuclear punitive strikes. What if Pakistan nukes India and the US retaliates on the latter’s behalf? I can’t possibly fathom Pakistan ever taking such action against India, much less America responding with nukes. Or what if Pakistani extremists seize power in Pakistan — along with the nation’s nuclear assets — and then unleash nuclear firepower across the US east coast? Perhaps, if it retained retaliatory capacities, Washington might sadly resort to nuclear tactics — but I (unlike others in this town) can’t imagine Pakistani extremists ever nuking America.

The relationship between Pakistan and Hollywood is a fascinating one. Decades ago, when Cold War exigencies produced relatively cordial US-Pakistan ties, Hollywood engaged Pakistan effusively. As my blogger colleague Nadeem F. Paracha has illustrated with his photo histories, American film stars often visited Pakistan in the 1950s to meet dignitaries and shoot movies. In the subsequent decades, likeable Pakistani characters became entrenched in American television culture. Think of the hapless yet respected restaurant owner Babu Bhatt in “Seinfeld,” or the cheerful Pakistani exchange student Raja Musharraf, whose year at a Wisconsin high school was chronicled in the short-lived “Aliens in America” sitcom.

Only more recently, with the souring of US-Pakistan relations, has Hollywood painted Pakistan with a relentlessly hostile brush. Several years ago, a writer for a popular crime series peppered me with questions about what a hypothetical Pakistan-patented attack on America would look like. Who would be the most likely perpetrator? How would the US respond? In the end, the show featured an episode in which the LeT carries out terror attacks in America.

There’s a simple reason why American movies and television shows so often portray Pakistan negatively: Audience preferences. It’s no secret that anti-Pakistan sentiment is strong in America. Hollywood producers aim to attract and maintain audiences. By airing Pakistan-hostile content, they are providing material that will resonate with (or at least not alienate) viewers. A similar dynamic played out — and to some extent continues to play out — with the anti-Arab images that contaminated Hollywood in the 1980s and 1990s.

Back to “Last Resort,” which does contain at least one thread of reality. Chaplin, the commander who defied orders to nuke Pakistan, is a likeable character who manifests sympathy toward the Pakistani people — unlike his civilian bosses back in Washington. This juxtaposition captures the tendency of the US military to be more supportive of Pakistan — and of close ties with Pakistan — than their civilian counterparts (the US-Pakistan relationship, after all, has historically been dominated by military, not civilian, links).

Chaplin and his crew, fearing arrest or worse if they return to American shores, decide to seek refuge on a picturesque island. At that point, Pakistan is forgotten and the plot falls back on the trite themes of isolation, survival and romance.

Still, that jarring nuke-Pakistan plotline lingers. And so does the thought that Pakistan simply can’t catch a break. From the rancorous deliberations in Congress about future aid packages to sensationalist television shows, it’s often hard to find anyone saying anything nice about beleaguered Pakistan.

Those days of American film icon James Stewart hobnobbing with the Pakistani leadership in Lahore have, sadly, long since passed.

This story does not revolve around Pakistan getting nuked. The story is about Rogue politicians taking over the administration and running amok. The Pakistani ordeal was just a sideline. I watched all four episodes in one sitting.

The OP does not know what he is talking about.


BTW, you can watch all previous Episodes at the following website:


where it says Miss an Episode, click on " Watch Full Episodes " and you can see previous Episodes.


http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/last-resort