'SEAL Team' Season 3 Episode 19 Review: Jason's truth will haunt you for days, but is it right to blame him?
Spoilers for 'SEAL Team' Season 3 Episode 19 'In The Blind'
With a set of tense and emotional moments, ‘SEAL Team’ packs a punch on this week's episode. Titled ‘In The Blind’, it begins on a suspenseful note as a teenage boy sleeps in the comfort of his home. Gunshots ring in his ear and a sudden jolt wakes him up.
Led by Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz), Bravo Team lost one of the main terrorists in the last episode and they are distraught. Trying to put the missing pieces back in order, Mandy Ellis (Jessica Paré) finds a potential lead. "Siddiqui could be the key that unlocks the Tahara network," she tells the team. Involved in a bomb-making camp, he had been picked up by the Afghani forces but she wanted the Bravo Team to catch him in broad daylight.
It was a major risk. A threat to all of their lives. But for what? Would they even be able to pull out any information from the man? Moreover, with Sonny Quinn (AJ Buckley) gone and Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot) busy with STA-21, the Bravo Team is broken. As the action moves ahead, the team gets ambushed by enemy forces during the mission.
A convoy and a sniper
During the mission, Lisa Davis (Toni Trucks) tells them: "Bravo Team, there are vehicles approaching your location." A four-vehicle convoy comes towards them and they flee the location. Just as they escape and try to get into the car, there is a huge bomb blast and heavy gunfire. With no comms and no contact with the intelligence unit, they have no way out.
At that crucial moment, they had two options. Either to wait for the next drone to be launched or make their move. Going with option number two, they change positions but it only exposes them to more danger. As Jason and Ray Perry (Neil Brown Jr) go into hiding to fire bullets on their enemies, they are attacked by gunfire from all sides. Not just that, the entire team splits into groups and are unable to contact each other.
One of the most terrifying scenes in the episode is when Ray is unable to locate the sniper. Clay suggests making use of his thermal cameras and his plan works. Finally, Ray spots two snipers hiding in the mountains and they fight back.
Sonny's reacquaintance with his past
Sonny meets his childhood friend Hannah (Rachel Boston) in the bar and expresses how he feels after getting back to town. He starts to have adjusted to the place. "Maybe sometimes you need to leave a place to fully appreciate it," he says. "Guess I'm where I'm supposed to be."
Towards the latter half of the episode, as he helps his father, Emmet Quinn (John Savage) at his ranch, he starts to feel happier than he was. But in the end, his father makes him realize the importance of his team. "Those brothers deserve you more than me. They made you the man you are now."
A deep connection to terrorism
As the episode comes to a close, the Bravo Team sticks together. After attacking all the insurgents, they bring Siddiqui back to base and hand him over to Mandy. When the final names come to the team, no one speaks a word about it.
While Mandy goes into her room and bursts into tears, Jason stares blankly into the vast sky. It's a young boy they're looking for. The same boy who was shown at the beginning of the episode. The Bravo Team had killed a terrorist named Al-Hazred in the past and Jason had found his son, hiding in a corner. Jason tried to distract him and hoped he wouldn't turn out to be in the same clan. Alas, their hopes are shattered when they learn about the connection from the past.
But the question remains: After Jason's terrifying truth, is it right to blame Bravo Team for terrorism? On that sombre note, 'SEAL Team' ends and leaves with a jarring question: will terrorism ever stop? As the next episode airs on CBS Wednesday, 9 pm ET, it may tell us where the Bravo Team is headed and what lies for them in the future.