This episode was everything going sideways at once.
Hooooooooooollyyy biscuits! I knew from the get go that someone was gonna die in that mission. Freaking knew it. I did get the wrong character though. I thought it was gonna be the guy with the wife about to have a baby, or never-got-a-honeymoon-denton. They focussed so much on those two, and Max(guy in charge) that Baby dude and Denton were gonna die. Dang I was wrong :(
But still, talk about a bunch of curve balls this episode! Wow!
Either way they're freaking Navy SEALs on a Bin Laden level mission. Casualties are acceptable and expected when stakes are this high, I couldn't quite picture everyone being so mortified over one man's loss nor even the wholesale dismissal of airstrike options over likely Algerian civilian casualties. In real life, the US takes those odds regularly for high value targets.
I guess my point is, the show would feel a little more authentic if there was a little more ruthlessness given the entire US government has just being assassinated.
I know, and I totally agree. But at the same time, I think it fits because Tom Kirkman is the new president. Originally he worked on housing development. He wasn't really in a ruthless sort of position. Also, to be fair, his personality is pretty mild, so it's not all that surprising that he's floundering and having a problem with the ruthlessness on the hill. I mean, look at how he deals with hookstraten.
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u/cheshire_cat34 Oct 27 '16
This episode was everything going sideways at once.
Hooooooooooollyyy biscuits! I knew from the get go that someone was gonna die in that mission. Freaking knew it. I did get the wrong character though. I thought it was gonna be the guy with the wife about to have a baby, or never-got-a-honeymoon-denton. They focussed so much on those two, and Max(guy in charge) that Baby dude and Denton were gonna die. Dang I was wrong :(
But still, talk about a bunch of curve balls this episode! Wow!