Alisha Granderson, The Last Ship

Alisha Granderson (Christina Elmore)

“The Last Ship” is set aboard the USS Nathan James, a naval war ship that survived a deadly virus which wiped out 80% of the globe. Alisha Granderson is the Lieutenant responsible for the navigation, and in season 3 appointed as acting XO. She is one of the few female crew members, and one of the three female officers.

Before being assigned to the Nathan James, Lt Granderson had a girlfriend, Sarah. It is unknown if her girlfriend is still alive. In the pilot, she made an off-hand comment that last time they had made port in France, she had promised her girlfriend they’d go back to see Paris together. While other characters got brief flashbacks or long speeches about their significant others, Lt Granderson got a few lines.

When Lt. Granderson reunited with her mother, the highest-ranking member of the White House to survive the immediate pandemic, she asked her to try and find Sarah, but her mother refused her request, implying that she did not fully approve of her daughter being a lesbian, or of Sarah.

Otherwise, Lt Granderson’s storylines are unrelated to her sexuality or love life.

“It’s so great that the story for me and for Alisha is not about her love life. I think it’s also refreshing that on the show, the point of the character is not her sexuality. Because with men they often get to be who they are and own who they are, own their sexuality without it having to be the main thing that they ever talk about or do, so be able to have that little tiny scene with Marissa Neitling‘s character, to talk about what’s actually happening on the ship and we’re both lieutenants who have things to do and have to figure out what’s happening to the world around us and it has very little to do with my live life.” – Christina Elmore

“The Last Ship” has been renewed for Season 4 and Season 5, each consisting of 10 episodes, for summers 2017 and 2018.

Appearances:

• 36 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Girlfriend (off-screen, unknown)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.