Even though Jason is an elite, tough as nails Spec Ops soldier, who has saved the day over and over again, the episode reminded us that at the end of a day, he's still a human and that the weight of loss can overwhelm anyone. In those times, sometimes the bravest thing one can do is ask for help. Beautiful episode.
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Loved it.
adamjdavis-9195028 November 2019
More of the same drama
danny-dubs5 January 2023
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The storylines in this show have become very very repetitive and the writers really commit to hitting viewers over the head with the narratives: Jason is strong but needs help, Sonny craves affection but has to be a tough guy, Clay is never satisfied with anything in his life. OK, we get it. What's become exhausting with SEAL Team after 2+ seasons is the unbelievable amount of constant drama these characters are in - they're all enormous drama queens, all the time, every episode - but, oh, the phone is buzzing, time to go fight.
It's all led to most of these characters becoming increasingly unlikable now midway through season 3. Jason is a mess and the show depicts him as having literally no life or extended family or friends or hobbies or interests outside of that one bar in town, and shooting people. To the extent he has nobody to call, no one to talk to about his hip surgery in 308 except this conveniently-placed attractive woman he's suddenly, begrudgingly paired with at the office. I thought the daughter nagging him for some paperwork was barely plausible considering he's typically never home. And the writers have told us Jason is trying to be a better father, but here he won't even tell his kids he's getting surgery? He's such a miserable, stubborn, unpleasant guy most of the time now, I think in contrast to season 1.
In Iran, the Navy's hands are tied when it comes to engaging Iran but also, they have a team on the ground in Iran shooting at Iranian helicopters? And Sonny is surrounded by dozens of uniformed soldiers crouched next to a rock but never gets hit. We don't even see how the team exfils, they're just suddenly back home cooking up fresh relationship drama.
Clay gets picked up by some beautiful woman at a damn funeral and now he's at dinner, whining to her about a medal and reminiscing about the personality of an ambassador he never actually knew. Ray means well but he's a chronic liar and doesn't seem to have any real feelings or connection with his wife and kid - in season 2 he's effectively dating some other woman in the Guam storyline and now suddenly he's home and dedicated to financially supporting his family.
Wouldn't a U. S. fighter jet getting shot down by Iran, plus a missing pilot, be a gigantic national / global headline?
This is also another typical episode in which the "other" members of Bravo team are neglected and have no lines or scenes or roles beyond just being extras in camo. Can you even name the other Seals in this show? Guy with the dog... guy with sunglasses... new guy? At least one of them got some screen time in the previous Paris sniping plot but they are consistently ignored. They're part of this team, and the team means everything in the world to Jason and Clay and Sonny, but also nobody talks or drinks or fights or laughs with half the team members. Minimizing them is intentional, but why? We're 3 seasons in, can we get an episode about them?
Is it the only bar in Virginia Beach? Every character just drives over there in their free time every day and runs into each other?
It's all led to most of these characters becoming increasingly unlikable now midway through season 3. Jason is a mess and the show depicts him as having literally no life or extended family or friends or hobbies or interests outside of that one bar in town, and shooting people. To the extent he has nobody to call, no one to talk to about his hip surgery in 308 except this conveniently-placed attractive woman he's suddenly, begrudgingly paired with at the office. I thought the daughter nagging him for some paperwork was barely plausible considering he's typically never home. And the writers have told us Jason is trying to be a better father, but here he won't even tell his kids he's getting surgery? He's such a miserable, stubborn, unpleasant guy most of the time now, I think in contrast to season 1.
In Iran, the Navy's hands are tied when it comes to engaging Iran but also, they have a team on the ground in Iran shooting at Iranian helicopters? And Sonny is surrounded by dozens of uniformed soldiers crouched next to a rock but never gets hit. We don't even see how the team exfils, they're just suddenly back home cooking up fresh relationship drama.
Clay gets picked up by some beautiful woman at a damn funeral and now he's at dinner, whining to her about a medal and reminiscing about the personality of an ambassador he never actually knew. Ray means well but he's a chronic liar and doesn't seem to have any real feelings or connection with his wife and kid - in season 2 he's effectively dating some other woman in the Guam storyline and now suddenly he's home and dedicated to financially supporting his family.
Wouldn't a U. S. fighter jet getting shot down by Iran, plus a missing pilot, be a gigantic national / global headline?
This is also another typical episode in which the "other" members of Bravo team are neglected and have no lines or scenes or roles beyond just being extras in camo. Can you even name the other Seals in this show? Guy with the dog... guy with sunglasses... new guy? At least one of them got some screen time in the previous Paris sniping plot but they are consistently ignored. They're part of this team, and the team means everything in the world to Jason and Clay and Sonny, but also nobody talks or drinks or fights or laughs with half the team members. Minimizing them is intentional, but why? We're 3 seasons in, can we get an episode about them?
Is it the only bar in Virginia Beach? Every character just drives over there in their free time every day and runs into each other?
Unreal
roycasswell27 February 2020
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Normally I wouldn't write a review for this series because I enjoy it. This episode was unbelievable. When does Iran have Blackhawk helicopters . Then the Iranian army looked just like USA marines. I could be wrong but I don't think so.
You sure these guys are Seals?
Bowler30030 December 2019
I agree with most
moov_e_c_er20 December 2021
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The daughter is absolutely one dimensional, annoying and selfish: she's more like a 5 year old not the college age she is supposed to be (yes it would be frustrating to need papers but she knows damned well Jason is off fighting war or should know he is hurt and not that mobile). There is no way in hell seals couldn't hit the bad guys with multiple targets, each side shooting and ducking for cover - I could hit at least 3 of the bad guys. And the bad guys stand up - hello? Can't you see and shoot them? The pilot was best character, kicking butt and taking names. Jason is getting very boring with his whining but at least now physically hurt breaking down makes more sense.
Interesting Episode...The daughter is annoying
gbarrett-3994116 November 2021
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I liked the action, even though it was easy to mistake the Iranian soldiers for Camp Pendleton Marines. The storyline with the daughter is getting unbearable. They have written her in a way that makes me think her dad has a regular day job. How would she have gotten the records she needed if he was away on a mission. It doesn't add up. Otherwise it was decent episode.
Great cases, but...
maifeibu2 January 2021
The series itself is a good series with plenty to "talk" about, for there is no lack of military events that are script-worthy. For the most part, everyone does their job as they should, not only as the character in the series, but as the actor who is not really a SEAL.Even if I think that someone needs to knock Jason off his high horse and that Mandy should have been played by a stronger actor, what really gets me is the sappiness that has been growing, especially between Ray and Naima, with all this "It's my fault", "No, it's mine", "No, I didn't..." or "I should have..."; I'm expecting them to soon start the "I love you", "I love you more", "No, I love you more", and so on... this is about half an inch away from becoming a normal weepy, sniffy soap opera. I can understand people having problems of all sorts, but they are just becoming too goody two shoes, and way too much time is being spent on that.
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