actually, it's not the director but the producer of the Shield, which is even worse as it has little to no effect on the quality of the show ... yet people constantly mention it as if it has any bearing on whether last resort would be as good as the shield.
don't get me wrong - I think last resort is a good show but for ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC standards. Still, I honestly can't see how it could even be compared to what one would fined these days on HBO/SHOW/AMC/FX ... it's a totally different standard, imo. This being said, I have seen both episodes and plan to continue watching it.
As for jericho, I think Melo mentioned it as an example of a show that started out great but bottomed out pretty quickly ... not because it was thematically similar to last resort.