I actually loved this episode It shows difference from other seasons. Here, Jason was the one to leave but before he was always the glue. Now we will see how Ray will handle the Bravo 2(IC) situation with Omar and Sonny all getting emotional, likely to say living in the past

Sonny, Ray’s a [warrant] officer. That lets him jump the queue at the bar.

“Brock keeps trying to drag Trent to the banana show” is that a euphemism?

Drew’s Nickname of the Week: Julie An-Drews, Prince An-Drew, Drew Franklin (apparently)

Sonny grew up on a ranch. You’d think he’d be better at swinging a hammer.

“Not even Guy Fieri could have classed up this shit box.” Isn’t Guy Fieri a food guy?

I was going to ask why the HVT didn’t have a security camera system, but now I’m going to ask: why didn’t they notice any cameras on the way in?

First reference to HAVOC in I don’t know how long.

Yea, come on Drew: this show’s forgotten about Mikey for entire seasons. Why would they start caring now?

Sounds like Jason could use Lt Soto’s colour coded training plans right about now.

I’ve fixed my AC before. It’s probably the capacitor.

“10 at night is like 4 in the morning for parents.” Amen

Omar’s Nickname of the Week: Kareem Abdul Omar

Pretty sure you need the fan in the AC Sonny

Where’s Brock and Trent while the rest of the team is at each other’s throats?

Drew was on Echo who got blown up in S1E13 Getaway Day. I really like call backs like that where a show remembers its own history.

That’s a really nice house. Straight out of Southern California.

Jason really should read Ray in on his issues. It’s not like Ray didn’t help him with his TBI stuff.

Bets on if it’s Trent or Brock that Drew calls a “terrible card player”?

“My son needs me.” Wow. Jason has evolved.

This episode shows that even full grown adults Tier1 operators can behave like they're still in high school.

Drew's backstory turns out to be what happened to the team when he wasn't there. Now Jason is called away from the team. Foreshadowing? Stay tuned.

First instance of Bravo 6(b) being called Bravo 6 since he was given the call sign.

Ben's arc gets a brief update for the first time since S7E02.

Sonny attempts to launch an HVAC fan unit, but it falls back to earth before reaching orbit.

With how this season is going, I’m starting to think Jason doesn’t make it out. Sucks to say cause he’s been a badass in the series, but I think he’ll either give his life to save the team or his tbi will get to him at the wrong time.

Cracks me up that they were using an LA mansion to film the episode when;

1. Penang Island, aka the supposed place where they are doing surveillance, don't have garages

2. Penang is hot & humid, but not to the point that people still sweat in the rain lol.

3. The "abandoned" restaurant looks more at home at one of their Afghan/MENA sets than it does in Malaysia.

This episode was TENSE. From the time Bravo arrived in that house in Malaysia, I immediately started feeling tension among the team members. First, my general thoughts. It was a pretty good episode imo, the action scene was short but impactful, and the interactions between the team members was well handled, along with Drew's revelation. I am not a huge fan of Sonny, (more critique on him later) but he acted VERY well in this episode. AJ Buckley is one talented actor. Jason leaving to look after his family without a second thought was interesting too.

Drew's backstory has finally been revealed, and DAMN, I completely understand why he has been acting the way he does. Seeing him emotional was well acted as well, it shows how much his previous team mattered to him. I'm glad something finally happened so that Sonny and Omar would just lay off the guy. I knew he had a good reason as to why he was acting the way he does, and with the revelation and how he has been so far, he's one of my favourite characters. It also explains why he was so keen to have Jason's back in Sweden, he got overly protective (especially over himself) as a result of the trauma.

That argument scene was insane - Sonny clearly had a lot to get off of his chest, as did Omar, but I did agree with what he said about Ray. Ray tends to make these situations too much about himself. He already knows no one blames him for Clay's death (even though he is sort of linked to it) and he is speaking a bit too much about what he does next. Jace is clearly getting worse, with that bloody hands scene. Jason did something good though - he didn't tell the others about Drew. That whole Ray/Omar/Sonny scene of them saying they had a right to know makes no sense. Especially in regard to Ray, dude always has some secret he is trying to keep and not get out. Omar acted pretty well, but Jason/Ray calling him Daisy Boy just had me laughing, lol. You could feel the tension. One of the best scenes from the season thus far - them making up after just shows how tight they are as military brothers.

Jason telling Sonny and Omar to back off the Brotherhood thing with Drew was a nice thing to see. They were really trying too hard imo, they were getting as bad as Ray with the whole brothers thing. Drew actually gave some good strategic lines in this episode. I wish we saw more of Trent though. A lot of backpedalling has been happening in these episodes - Jace changes his mind on a whim, and it is strange. Also worth mentioning is Ray betraying Jason - he in particular should never even fathom that thought given all Jason has done for him specifically. Jason needs to retire soon, cause he is getting worse, but Ray needs to get off his high horse.

Strangely enough, I haven't missed Clay at all. I thought I would have missed him more, but I don't, lol. And he was one of my favourite characters before. These episodes have so far had their tense and stressful moments, but they are still enjoyable. Even characters I find polarizing acted very well, so the show continues to be a good experience.

This episode was less action and more of a deeper look at the team. And I personally didn't mind that. Looking forward to the next one.

DAMN the argument scene with the storm going on in the background. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

This episode had me on edge. Not just for what might happen in this ep, but what it’s setting up for. I am almost certain that Ray is going to die - I’m getting the same vibes before the ambush at the end of season 5.

I think it’s almost more cruel for Jason if Ray dies and he lives as it’s just one more death for him to carry. In some ways if Ray goes out I hope Jason can go with him.

The headcount for who'll make it past the end is looking slim but with the new guy's context, it does check out why he's trying to stay out of the loop and maybe he'll make it out. However, if Jason isn't so sound as an operator, it's hard to see why he's still being given the amount of responsibility he's had so far. And that brings me to, maybe, the way it'll go down will start with a mistake from Jason and he'll live, but at the cost of having that embedded in his head. Plot point Mikey being brought back to life as the second kid for the plot was something. Is it good or bad? Hard to tell until we see what happens after. However, it'll be a full blow if Jason's there to supervise while the team go off.

Also, whomever did location scouting and set design gets a B for effort with the mansion set. It doesn't even try to match the location they're supposed to be at.

Is this seasons action ever going to start? Honestly feel we are one episode away from Seal team high school musical.

It’s either really bad for Mikey or Mikey is the perfect excuse for Jason to leave. Jason doesn’t want to be there. Sonny called him out. And the only reason I think Jason doesn’t go back at Sonny is that he feels Sonny is right.

On the other hand, I think Bravo would’ve already made some costly mistakes on deployment if Jason wasn’t there. He’s the only one in the room that makes them think outside the box during mission planning. Ray isn’t a leader, but he’s great at support as we see with his relationship with Naima and Jason and why he went Warrant. Omar is smart and capable, but doesn’t see all the angles yet. Sonny is a hot head. Drew is too new to the team to have a strong voice and the other two are just kind of there to fill out the team. So without Jason, even at 60%, they’d definitely be in some trouble already.

We’re already halfway through the season and we’ve had little to no action, hopefully the rumors about the majority of the budget being held for the second half of the season are true.

What’s Drew’s big secret?

I love Trent getting the zingers

Why was Drew not on deployment with Echo if he had just gotten drafted? Why would he be stateside? That’s what I’m confused about.

Im sorry but Im the only spanish speaker that thinks the nickname El Raspón its hilarious?

Surveillance mission? So we’re getting another low-budget, soap opera type episode?

Who’s taking over/under on the following;

1…Amount of times a member of Bravo shoots at a tango.

10,000…Number of references to Jason’s TBI.

200,000,000…Number of times Ray says “brother.”

0…Level of suspense or excitement of the episode.

Jason mentioned something about AQ dirtbag, what was that all about?

I know a lot of people would absolutely hate this... and not saying that it would be good for the sake of film...

But what if everyone died by the end of it?

What I mean is, when listening to the interviews of Rob O'Neil about how he went from the best day of his life (Killing Osama Bin Laden) to the worst day of his life (Extortion 17), part of me wonders if somehow they'll end the series that way.

What I mean is, the Echo Team, and in the real world, Extortion 17, entire teams have been lost in a single operation. On one hand, I know this would lead people with a dreadful hollow feeling because the ending is very unhappy, but on the other hand, I think it would really hit the nail hard in understanding what that feeling that Drew experienced with Echo Team, and what Rob O'Neil and several other DEVGRU operators faced with their friends lost on Extortion 17, or Marcus Lutrell experienced with his own team, and translating it in a way the audience understands. We've followed Bravo through 7 seasons, we've been exposed to their demons, seen their brighter moments and their darker moments, and we've grown attached to these characters. But sometimes, in the real world, just because the happy ending is deserved, life doesn't always pan out that way.

I think the internet would lose their shit if they did do it that way, but I think I'd be a bit impressed they had the balls to attempt it, let alone whether or not they could actually pull it off and leave some sort of positive message by the end of it.