In a race against time to stop Teddy's plan, motives are revealed and convictions are tested as Morgan and his allies infiltrate and make their way through the beached submarine that holds the tools for Teddy's destruction. Without spoiling the penultimate episode, I'll say that its different than what we have seen before and it serves as a build up for the season finale, which I have high expectations for. For this episode though, it's nice to see the gang back together or at least most of them. Colman Domingo finally getting some much needed screen time again and he shines the most, I'm so happy that the writers can finally write for Victor Strand after not knowing how to in S4 and 5. Lennie James, Austin Amelio, Christine Evangelista, Jenna Elfman, Keith Carradine and Karen David. Their performances are all great and seeing them together, their characters, is a blessing now days.
Heather Cappiello directed "USS Pennsylvania" and I have nothing other than praise to give her, her direction and vision is great. There's also some nice camera work and incredible cinematography. The episode feels claustrophobic for one reason, it's filmed in close quarters inside a submarine or that's what my guess is. The sets seem real and the atmosphere in that location is insane. The 40 minutes went by fairly quickly, because of the suspension and action. Perfect and fitting music which kept the suspension going, the editing and pacing is a big factor for that too.
The penultimate episode isn't the best episode of the season but the character interactions between Morgan and Strand is one of the highlights. When we first learned about the submarine and the keys, and later Teddy's plan... I expected something entirely different in their confrontation but I was left both satisfied and dissatisfied, I liked the episode though, mostly of how unpredictable it was. Alicia Clark is only referenced in this episode and I felt that they robbed some character development there as it could have given her 5 minutes of screen time to show her state of mind before the season finale which could have developed the character immensely if done right. Episode 6.15 was great.