Nothing special here, these shows are a dime a dozen.
This show ended up being a lot better than I thought it would be. The military operations were pretty cool but the backstory and family drama was really cheap and boring in the first couple seasons. But it got better in the last few seasons. I skipped through a good amount of the family drama just to get to the good stuff. Each episode is basically the same type of format, some type of military operation and a bunch of filler family drama. Overall I enjoyed it. Some of the characters really grew on me. By the end of season 6 I felt kind of sad it was over.
Anyone looking for a realistic insight into the everyday life of a Seal team will be more than satisfied with this series. I haven't seen anything comparable before. The individual characters are captured very well in the family and military environment. Not only mindless banging is shown here, but the problem of the physiological clinical pictures is also dealt with. All in all, an absolute must for fans of Special Ops Military Movies
Skip the whole family mellow stuffs and go right to the badass gunfight - half of the episode only but the fun is there (and into Sonny's lines)
I really love this show!!
I used to love this show when it was an action show with a little drama but I guess the writers decided to delve deep into the individual characters' psyches and it turned into more of a drama with a spattering of action. That and the foul language throughout that suddenly appeared when it started streaming. I stopped watching it.
It's hard to get any grittier than this show and the latest season 6 is already starting out pretty good. This is the best military drama on TV in a very long time. There are parts of it that aren't perfect, but overall it's a good show with good action, decent acting and good plot lines. It's better since it moved to Paramount+ and portrays the actual solider: vulgar :).
Ok ok ok ok ok ok
I am really enjoying this show and I am about to re-watch it for a second time!
The show focuses a lot on a few of the operators, but does so in order to focus on them both down range and at home (or as they would say, inside and outside the wire).
The acting is not always the best, however, I do find that what they are doing seems quite realistic, both from op planning to tactics and the gear they are using.
Where do all the models come from in the op briefings? Do they have a dedicated team who is on hand 24/7 to create these amazingly detailed replicas of boats, aircraft, buildings and entire landscapes? What kind of pressure must that team be under to create these items from the moment they hear about the op to the time a briefing session happens. Now that sounds like a spin-off reality show, Model Makers: Critical Ops.
I will not pay to watch on paramount plus. not worth it
That really sucks that CBS wants you to get the Paramount + service just to watch Seal team.
I think this is a pretty awesome show. As an ex-military guy myself there is a lot of realistic portrayal of those in service and the vets afterwards. Jason is a bit whiney throughout the show and it's getting worse. He's more like a brooding millennial than a hardened warrior, but he still does a decent job. The rest of the cast is pretty awesome.
Personally I think it's one of the best shows on TV right now. It made me go back and watch some Bones and I realize that David Boreanaz must be kind of a jackass in real life because that personality comes through in all his characters.
I'm updating my review after getting through season 4...
Ok, so I still really like this show but it's starting to grate on my nerves a little with some of the nonsense. I'm starting to think they should re-title this as "The Flip Flop Guys".
Jason: He's on the team, he's off the team, he's on the team, he's off the team, he's on the team. I would be surprised if they let a tier 1 operator do this. They are supposed to be the best of the very best, this shows lack of commitment and indecisiveness, not what you are looking for in a tier 1 operator, but most certainly not what you want from a tier 1 team leader.
Jason Pt II: He's with Natalie, he's not, he's with Natalie, he's not, he is going to transfer with Natalie, he doesn't.
Clay: He's with Stella, he's not, he hates Stella, he loves her, he's back with her.
Sonny/Davis: They are together, they are not, they are together, they are not.
I mean, that's a lot of indecisiveness over the entire tier 1 team! Sure, some of it is nitpicking but still. I think the show forgot what made this show a hit in the first two and half seasons: watching bad-ass door-kickers beat the snot out of bad guys while in a tight-knit team of hardcore operators. Now it's a half-hearted, not-as-effective team that is dealing with one personal drama after another while the story goes in circles.
You can almost guarantee that the military isn't going to put up with this kind of nonsense from the very best in their numbers. There are lots of good warriors chomping at the bit to be a tier 1 operator, they aren't putting up with this much insubordination and this many team issues for very long.
I worry for the future of the show. It seems like they think door-kicking is repetitive and instead put us into a much less interesting repetitive personal drama story arc. It's like they have run out of material, and their viewer numbers are suffering as a result of them not thinking door kicking is what got them the audience - and now they are hoping that soap-opera military dramas get that audience back.
Let's face it, the military is 90% boring and 10% interesting. But there are still lots of good stories there. Personally I think that Jason quitting the team and being a SERES instructor would be an interesting storyline. His time is up, he's too old for this anyway.
Great job guys,Appreciate this.
Improved a lot during the third season, great acting all around. The series needs less jingoistic scripts but at least It’s getting darker and darker. I used to think that David Boreanaz was miscasted for the role of Jason Hayes. Boy, was I wrong. There is no doubt now that he :asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:IS:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol: Jason Hayes, totally credible. He is making us forget his previous iconic roles in Angel and Bones. Well done everybody.
Reminds me of The Unit.
Season 3 Episode 18 is airing next week due to the virus. Please update the schedule
Jason need to die and put us out of our misery having to watch him whine and act like a idiot. His character is the least entertaining part of the show.
I don't want to watch this how to I delete this from the watch list. Thank you
I enjoyed the first season in many ways and it is right on the mark with issues our veterans have been in for decades concerning matters of health and the VA. I don't mean it is a true story on the matter but it is close.
Of course the cast is just great. Good actors for the most part. I do look forward to seeing a new episode when it begins it's second season.
Stick it out until the second half of the second season.... made a man cry multiple times....
Awesome tv show and very talent actors too
Really enjoyed the first season and Dita is all kinds of awesome.
Brilliant show, does a great job of cinematically detailing what these guys go through. It's very entertaining
Shows like this are exactly why people are turning en masse to Netflix and Amazon along with other channels like SyFy etc. instead of the old duds like CBS/NBC/ABC that keep spewing crap.
Pretty happy that they picked this up for a second season, some of the episodes in the later ark of the first season have been pretty stellar.
So far nothing spectacular but I am enjoying it. Going to finish the season.
Wonder if this is the contemporary, Navy version of "The Unit." Hopefully it's as good.
Review by Kalebe AlvesBlockedParent2022-12-08T20:51:01Z
I love this show, even though I find it pretty one-sided the way they approach most subjects with some rare exceptions, but I guess the tactical, cqb, and some of the subplots are more than enough to compensate for that. I was missing some real military action ever since Strike Back ended(on season 5, those other seasons are not even worth the calories my brain spends thinking about). it's not as good as Strike back, but it serves.
but honestly, the show is kinda bad. Clichê and stereotyped as hell.
Someone should tell Clay that he should forget TBI and focus on cirrhosis. The only people I knew that drank as much as these guys drink in the show are entirely wasted drunk people at small bars and homeless people. Also, drinking while on the job... It amazes me how they say this is the best squad. If that were real life, they would most likely be discharged for operating drunk. Or not and that's the reason the US military kills so many innocent people in those "ops" as reported by many war journalists and leakers.
The show is kinda inconsistent as well. Like regarding vet health care issues. For someone that saw up close what denial and dismissiveness can do to a person in those conditions Clay quickly forgot that that is actually a thing and said or did nothing when he saw everyone acting the same way up close. The only moment where they kinda hint that he is more "aware of that" is when he saves Jason from an explosion and right after that keeps asking him for TBI symptoms, but aside from that, he basically ignores every situation where a teammate hides real and serious injuries, even the same ones related to TBI.
It's like they create the storyline, and character traits, but are pretty lazy to keep track, remember, and keep writing consistent with those traits a couple of episodes later.
Not to mention the whole plot where Jay questions his religious beliefs, and the resolution for that plot is exactly as ridiculous as the way it started. Right when I thought the show would try to go for a more interesting subplot... then boom... Right back at the status quo as if nothing had happened for practically no reason at all. That whole thing with the woman in the desert is a complete joke. It would be soo much more interesting if they had committed to the change, making him realize that he didn't need religious belief, or the be a religious person to be a better person, and a good teammate, instead of blaming his bad habits, and desire to cheat on that. Really... I almost stopped watching the show right there. That's at the same time, the best(due to its beginning) and the worst(for its resolution) subplots the show had so far.
Also, I just finished season 3 so I don't if this is kept the same way for the rest of the series, but I'm gonna go on a limb and say it anyway... for god sake, give real lines to the rest of the squadron, especially Brock. If you count the number of words Trent and Brock combined said the whole series so far, it will most likely not pass the lines for Clay on the first episode, where he is in just for a few minutes. They have 6 characters on the team but keep recycling plots between 4 of them. I guess they ran out of ideas pretty quickly. The worst part is that they joke about this in the show as if it made it better just because they are conscious of it. at least give them some personality.