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...this would be it.I'm not a stickler for depicting *every* scene with 100% military accuracy, but....-Squad leader knowingly letting the copilot fly the helo while high on painkillers the day after almost crashing into the forest
-Secretly shutting off both engines during training, just to see if she could auto-rotate without crashing
-CIA operation lead making sexually suggestive, disrespectful remarks to a male solder in front of a group of others, several high ranking.
-A politician, and mother of the lead intelligence officer, referring to him in a formal briefing as "my son."
-covering each other's multitude of lies and breaches of regulations.
-75% emotional drama during missions (90% the rest of the time) rather than at least *trying* to act like an actual military operation.
-A woman sprinting 2 miles then immediately doing 100 push-ups, and pops up smiling, like if she just bent over to pick up a $100 bill.
-Pilots having a tense, emotional discussion while in the cockpit prepping for take-off, flipping switches and starting engines, without ONE WORD of pre-flight checks, then continuing said discussion during the flight, again, without uttering a single technical/aviation term the whole flight. NOT ONE. (Oh, she did say "tail rotor" once.)
-Unrealistic portrayal of the ethnic make-up of characters: A dozen+ minorities in lead/primary roles, 2 white people with more of a side-story and a smattering of other Caucasians who are either an arrogant jerk, a sexual predator, a stereotypical nerdy white person, corrupt/bad guy or token scene-filler who doesn't speak. (I like to see inclusion of *all ethnicities and genders,* but why would you intentionally alienate a potentially large number of viewers by pushing down that group or casting them in a negative light?)But, if you are ok with a brain-dead, sexually charged drama that happens to be in a military/warfighter backdrop, this show is for you!
briannafaicco
Enjoyable show, may not be completely realistic but it is entertaining, which is what television is all about. Can't wait for season 2.