SEAL Team (2017–…): Season 6, Episode 3 - Growing Pains - full transcript
BRAVO finds unlikely allies as they are deployed to Northern Syria to track down those responsible for the attack on the U.S.S. Crampton.
Previously onSEAL Team...
[all shouting]
[rapid gunfire]
JASON: Infection was
spreading, so the doctors did
what was necessary in
order to save his life.
The Navy destroyer USS Crampton
was hit yesterday with three
Russian Kornet rockets.
20 American sailors were
killed in the attack.
The other warrants
heard a buzz that
Command's under
pressure to restructure.
Meaning at least one team is
going to get decommissioned.
Our first op without Clay
could be our last op.
♪
- How long have you been...?
- A minute 57.
58... 59...
[chuckling]: My
God, two minutes.
DAVIS: The payment
for the rockets
is anonymous, but we traced
it to Northern Syria.
It's the Wild West
of extremist groups.
How's everything going
with your noggin?
Seems like this new stem cell
infusion thing seems to be, uh,
getting me the best
results so far. [chuckles]
This decommissioning
is more than a rumor.
Anything on Bravo?
They're part of
the conversation.
Yeah, that was slow, huh?
Whole session fucking sucked!
Slow clearing doors,
sloppy clearing rooms.
Come on, guys, we're
talking about basic shit.
It's hard to get up for
sim rounds and rentemies
when Bravo might
have run its last op.
Excuses are like
assholes, okay, Sonny?
How the hell we supposed
to stay front-sight focused
when Command has kept
us in limbo, okay?
For the past two weeks
over this decommissioning.
RAY: Last I heard,
it's between us and Foxtrot
who gets broken down for parts.
SONNY: See? Look.
Right there.
Command is treating us like a
damn finale of a reality show.
Just shitcan us or
get off the pot.
Should just do this
Thunderdomestyle.
Two teams enter,
one team leaves.
JASON: Yeah. Years of
dining out on our wins
and this is how they repay us.
You really think
Bravo's at risk, Jace?
- Just 'cause we're down a man?
- Think about it, Brock.
Doesn't look good when
they cycle over our OIC
to Echo Team, does it?
[scoffs] Soto's time
was up anyway, Jace.
Jesus Christ.
All right, so that
doesn't mean anything.
And rumor has it Foxtrot's
got drama between
its senior guys.
- That's a mark against them.
- [Sonny laughs]
Yeah, okay, it's not like
Bravo has been drama-free.
Man... [scoffs]
Any word from Mandy?
I heard from her
five days ago, Ray.
You know how it is,
remote location,
hard to get a signal.
JASON: Saw some news
about what's going
on in Afghanistan.
Violent as ever, Ray.
RAY: How many times
you tell your kids
not to pay attention
to the news...
- [groans]
- while you're deployed?
[stammers] When
was the last time
I listened to my own
advice, Ray, hmm?
Look, brother, you've
been holding it down.
[scoffs]
RAY: All right?
You've been taking
this whole team roulette
thing in stride,
keeping up with your treatments,
checking in on Clay.
Control what you can control.
♪
[Stella babbles playfully]
Do you have the bottles?
Yeah, I'm just packing them up.
You're gonna go in here.
Got him in his car seat?
He's gonna be.
Here we go, here
we go, here we go.
[baby talk]: He's gonna be
all wubbied and blankied
in just a second.
Lean back, honey.
- [crying]
- I know.
See, it's words like that
that make it so damn refreshing
to say words like
diachronic narratology.
I'm just glad that you're back
at a place where people
pay you to say that.
Minimally, but yes.
Brian is gonna be so
psyched when he learns
that his parents chose
such underpaid professions.
We're teaching him
how much you make
is not as important
as loving what you do.
Sorry, I didn't mean to...
No, stop. Seriously, babe.
Look. Everything that
you've done for me, I'm...
I'm happy that you have
something of your own again.
It hasn't been too hard for you?
With your schedule this week,
picking him up from day care,
and being with him
on your own after?
No.
Plan the dive, dive the plan.
- Right?
- [chuckles softly]
But... but Brian and
I got to go, okay?
- Yeah.
- You don't want me left-footed
driving against the clock.
No, I don't want
you doing that. No.
[keys jingling]
Hey, dude. All right. See you.
- Bye, honey.
- Bye.
SONNY: Bravo gets the axe,
and all of us are gonna get
scattered to other teams.
What does that mean for Jason?
[grunts] No clue, actually.
You know, every unit, they...
they already got really
solid team leaders.
CLAY: Yeah, well...
You imagine Jace slotting in
as someone's second-in-command?
Yeah.
I don't know what's harder
to digest, you know?
Someone giving Jason orders,
or him accepting them.
They got two quarterbacks,
and you got none.
It's likelier they force
him to an ops chief's desk.
No, you saw what happened
to him last time,
and that was his choice.
I shudder at the idea of what
it's gonna do to him this time.
He must feel like he's fighting
for his operating life, huh?
Gentlemen.
SONNY: What?
All that pencil-pushing get
your carpal tunnel fired up?
Working out the old gift
from Fallujah that
keeps on giving.
How you doing, Spenser?
Heard Quinn's been up here
bothering you every session.
Oh, shit yeah.
Can't shake him, sir.
And you must be
doing some work, too.
Your knuckles are barely
scraping the ground.
SONNY: Oh, yeah, you know,
a few more sessions and I just
might get opposable thumbs.
[Sonny grunts]
Hopefully that's before
Bravo becomes extinct.
Decommissioning has got
all of Command on edge.
Except for you, Spenser.
I heard about you putting in
to be a Green Team instructor.
Yes, sir.
You know, this job, there
aren't many sure things.
But in three months,
when that new class starts,
there's no one I'd rather
have standing before them.
Thank you, sir.
At least one of Bravo
will still have a job.
♪
- Bravo should be the team.
- Excuse me?
We are the ones who
recovered the intel
from the Cramptonbombing, okay?
Bravo should have
the target package.
- You know that.
- You know that I have no say
in what team gets
a target package.
Plus, there isn't one.
There's a Syrian IP address
that purchased the weapons
used for the attack.
You have built target packages
out of less back in the day,
and Bravo always delivered.
You want a fishing
expedition in Northern Syria?
You'd be trying to turn
a breadcrumb into a meal,
surrounded by a
dozen enemy groups.
You don't want that
kind of recklessness.
- I just told you I did.
- This is precisely
the kind of high-risk,
low-reward mission
that I'm trying
to put an end to.
Okay, so, what is it?
What's the alternative
for us? Huh? What?
I know that you think that
catching an op for Bravo
is gonna keep the team together,
- but it is out of my hands.
- Okay, I guess that
your new job means
that Bravo's problems
aren't your problems anymore.
Got it.
♪
Uh-huh.
I understand. Okay. Thank you.
RAY: Babe.
Look, I found a way to fit
another meditation space
near the client intake.
Baby.
Who was that on the phone?
The property management company.
There's a problem.
Your employer flagged the
application for review.
- Seriously?
- Yeah.
The Navy's putting
up a roadblock?
You have told me
Command gets touchy about
operators' finances.
Yeah, if they think
they're running guns
or trying to take kickbacks.
I swear there's less scrutiny
on taking lives
than saving them.
Damn.
So, what do we do?
Someone at base we can talk
with to straighten it out?
I thought all of
Command's attention
was on keeping Bravo
in purgatory. I...
I'll get into it.
Okay.
[line ringing]
[sighs]
Sir, if you have a moment?
I'd like to discuss the intel
on the USS Cramptonattack.
Something new?
Last I heard, all we had
was an anonymous Syrian IP
- that purchased the weapons.
- The workup on that IP says
it's linked to an unknown but
active network based in Syria,
which I believe is enough
to send a team to do SA work
and develop more intel.
And, uh...
would it happen to be Bravo Team
that you'd recommend deploying?
They were the team whose
SSE delivered the intel.
You know, they're not your
team anymore, Lieutenant.
You don't owe them anything.
What is owed is a response to
20 sailors' lives being taken.
And if we don't hit back,
we encourage more attacks
by other groups or nations,
without fear of
any repercussions.
Couple months ago, that
white paper you wrote
argued against the "mowing
the grass" type of quagmire
that this mission
could turn into.
I trust you wouldn't let
your loyalty to Bravo
cloud your
professional judgment.
I'm merely advocating the
best strategic move, sir.
Let's talk.
SONNY: Jace,
getting buzzed in mean we're
getting split up or spun up?
Think they brought us
in to drop the hammer?
I got no clue.
You know? And I saw Ray
in here about an hour ago
heading to our team room
with the brass, so...
SONNY: Are they consulting
the Jason whisperer on
how to break the news
with the least amount of
damage to the furnishing?
Mm. Could just...
Could just be
briefing Ray on an op.
Exactly.
Could work out nice and clean
if they keep us together.
You know, all we
need is a Bravo 6.
Foxtrot's low man on the
pole there, he's, uh...
he's only been off
Green Team for a month.
JASON: Right, exactly.
Just point the kid in the
direction where to shoot
and he won't ask
questions, right?
We can show him how Bravo rolls.
It'd be like molding
a piece of... clay.
Can you please shut your mouth?
JASON: Okay, listen, boys.
It's all talk, right?
So let's get in
there. Here we go.
All right. Come on.
[groans] I just hope that this
isn't Bravo's death march.
[quiet chatter]
Lieutenant Davis, you
feeling homesick already
or you here to deliver
Bravo's eulogy?
My new role supports
intel for all DEVGRU.
That mean you've found
something to task Bravo with?
Bravo Team will be departing
on a long-term
special activities op,
with Warrant Officer
Perry as OIC.
[whooping]
- Okay.
- All right.
SONNY: Long-term, as in...?
Well, I knew that cheese
wasn't gonna fall
off Bravo's cracker.
ERIC: All right, settle in.
- Let's get started.
- I'm sorry, Omar?
Your team got disbanded?
Foxtrot 2 is, what,
tapping out to be
in an ops chief desk,
is that what it is?
[chuckles]: Oh, hell no.
Unicorn like me's too valuable
for Command to put
out to pasture.
ERIC: Senior Chief Hamza
will be a new,
permanent addition
to Bravo Team.
OMAR: I realize
I'm not as young
or pretty as the tadpole
you were probably expecting,
but I'm glad to
be part of Bravo.
♪
SOCOM's number one
priority is identifying
and bringing to justice
the group responsible for
- the attack on the USS Crampton.
- DAVIS: An IP address
that purchased the Russian
weapons used in the attack
is our actionable lead.
The address was here,
outside Qamishli, Syria.
The buyer's identity is unknown,
but their digital activity
suggests that they are
a part of a robust network.
Most likely ISIS, but it
could be a dozen other groups.
The region's been a hotbed
of extremist activity
throughout the Syrian civil war.
OMAR: Strange that
any of those groups
would hit a target so far away.
Someone's getting chesty.
Exactly. Suggests the group
has dangerous ambitions
beyond the Syrian border.
Talking about you
opening your damn mouth.
[laughs]: Oh, shit. Walked
right into that one.
ERIC: You'll be deploying
to the city of Kobani
with the objective
of identifying
the group responsible
for the attack
and degrading
their capabilities.
Bravo will be the only
Americans in North Syria.
You'll be operating in
a blackside capacity.
RAY: Which means no
QRF, no air support,
and no stateside
TOC during missions.
High-wire act without a net.
Well, ops desk is safer, Omar.
Wheels up in two hours.
♪
Foxtrot did a hitch in this
same spot a couple years back.
Know my way around.
It'd be a good asset to
have, right, Jace...?
Hmm.
I thought we were
getting a sled puppy,
not Foxtrot number two.
Boy, is it gonna
be like Thirty Mike
and have him think he
knows more than Bravo?
Well... [scoffs]
Omar's got a mouth,
but he's nothing like Thirty.
Right, Jace? You've
known him for years.
Hmm, never been in
the fight with him,
so I don't fucking know him.
RAY: He's a high-speed
operator, Jace.
I mean, you don't kick doors in
as long as he has
without being dialed in.
Besides, bringing him on
is a small price to pay for
keeping Bravo intact, right?
Yeah, for now.
The hell does that mean?
Omar is dialed in.
He clocks how I'm
leaning into you guys,
he's gonna uncover
my head issues.
- He's not coming for you, Jace.
- [scoffs]: Yeah.
It's not just me that
I'm worried about, Ray.
You're heading back to Raqqa
Jacques, where you almost had
your ticket punched, right?
What if your, your PTS flares up
in front of Omar? Then what?
This guy is a politician,
Ray, all right?
You said it for yourself, huh?
He had issues with Foxtrot 1.
Now I got to deal with
this new fuckstick, right?
Lead Bravo into hell
while constantly looking
over my shoulder?
No, fucking thanks.
Heard Bravo beat the reaper.
I was expecting a
few more smiles.
Well, uh, please tell me
that your leg grew back
and we get you instead
of the new guy.
Oh, no, man, I'm just
here to clear out my cage.
♪
Yeah, we're spinning
up in two hours.
Gonna be a long one.
I wasn't gonna be rolling with
you guys anyways, remember?
JASON: Mm-hmm.
I don't care where
Bravo's going.
Just stay safe, huh?
Uh-huh.
Hey, sorry about
your bad deal, Clay.
Word around Command is,
you're a hell of a gunfighter.
Took me 15 years
to earn your spot.
[chuckles softly]
Appreciate that.
But, I mean, there's no way
that you're coming in here
as Bravo 6, right,
with all that mileage.
Well, way I hear it, numbers
don't mean dick here.
It's Bravo 1 and
everybody else, right?
[chuckles softly]
♪
JASON: Security cameras
are being set up.
Sonny's sweeping the perimeter.
Agency said they
cleared the safehouse,
but after they got
us ambushed in Mali,
who believes a word out
of any Agency mouth?
Trust issues are
contagious, Ray.
- Look, brother, uh...
- What?
I understand you
got your shield up.
But I just don't want it
obscuring your view of things.
Meaning what?
Meaning I rarely seen you greet
any change with open arms.
Let's not make the man a problem
until he makes
himself one, yeah?
OMAR: Same mustache
game as my dad.
My folks actually
lived not far from here
till they, uh, fled
for the States.
Lot of hard stories...
When my assimilated
ass actually listened.
"Oh, that's fascinating, Omar.
"Thank you for sharing that
deeply personal family history.
We appreciate your attempts to
bond with your new teammates."
All right. So, look.
I see the alpha dog, the
den mother, the jokester.
But there's one other guy
that every team's got.
The lady-slayer.
Means that's one of you two.
[clicks tongue] Can't decide.
I mean, both of you have got
that silent professional
thing chicks dig...
So, which of you is it, huh?
Who's getting their
gun greased on the reg?
He collects Star Warsfigures.
He owns like six Kangol hats.
All right, so there's
two lady-slayers.
Three on my good days, if
I do say so. [chuckles]
Hey, you don't need to have
Hayes check this setup?
No, we're good.
All right.
- Hey.
- Yeah.
Gonna fortify a firing
position upstairs.
This area's not an
active war zone.
Haven't traveled outside
the wire yet. Got it?
The region is as
gnarly as advertised.
You never know what drama's
gonna show up at the door.
Speaking of staying fortified,
new guy doesn't need to know
anything about the way we work
until we want him to.
All the experience he's got.
It might not be so
easy to gaslight him.
Easy or not,
we'll find a way to
circle the wagons.
- Yeah.
- Got you, buddy.
[grunting]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
GREGORY: Spenser, hey, you heard
me. That's enough for today.
Let's lose this cane
and keep going, huh?
You need to go home,
get off your feet,
and relax, all right?
I see you walking laps in
that parking lot again,
I am kicking your ass.
Remember, what I
keep telling you is:
small goals.
I didn't make it to DEVGRU
by doing anything small.
Hey!
What brings you over here?
I'm just trying
to get some steps
without my physical
therapist, uh,
scolding me to go home
and get some rest.
- [chuckles softly]
- So it was either here
or with the Senior
Striders at the mall.
I would've gone where
there were Cinnabons.
Shouldn't you listen to
your trainer, you know?
Take it easy?
Yeah, just a couple more laps.
How's... how's the new gig been?
Hmm, the transition's
a little rocky.
I mean, it's nothing
compared to yours,
I know, but...
it's hard to grasp not being
a part of Bravo anymore.
You know, we're still a family.
You know? Doesn't change.
Yeah, just...
the worry's a little
different when you go
from packing the parachutes
to pointing the spear.
You know, I...
I saw 'em yesterday
before they spun up.
Oh, yeah, they're
hoping to hit back
for the attack on the Crampton.
It's a mission worth
getting out of bed for.
You wish you were
there with them?
'Cause I kind of do.
It's hard to watch
their back from here.
No.
Being here and teaching
Green Team was my plan.
I'm following it.
Okay. Well, I should go.
I got somewhere
I'm supposed to be.
- All right.
- All right.
♪
The thread we came
here to pull on...
The IP address
linked to the group
that bought the weapons
used against the Crampton...
Has gone dark.
So our job will be installing
surveillance devices
used to track down
that IP address
and the people connected to it.
JASON: Well, the area
where the IP address popped
is just a mess of
different enemies.
Looking for a needle in a
stack of explosive needles.
And with the lack of
American presence down here,
our intel has gone stale.
So, when we roll into
some of these places
to plant our devices,
we may not know
what we're stepping into.
I know some folks
who could help.
- RAY: Mm.
- Unit of YPJ just down the road;
we worked with their
commander last time here.
They could tell us
who's who in the zoo.
You know what? We don't
need any outside help.
SONNY: YPJ?
A bunch of teenage
girl freedom fighters.
Look, I ain't never
seen a machine gun fired
- during a Taylor Swift song.
- Yeah.
Wow, your ability to be
ignorant and closed-minded
in so few words is actually
kind of impressive.
Thank you.
Look, YPJ are in the
fight here every day
against ISIS, Syrian
regime, Russians.
They're bad to the bone.
I mean, Kurdish resistance
forces have been
- strong allies in the past.
- JASON: Ray, stop.
We are here blackside.
We cannot read anyone in
- on our mission.
- OMAR: Might not have to.
Oh, yeah, what do you think?
They're just gonna offer up
their intel to us,
uh, for nothing?
Always a price.
It's worth kicking the tires.
Let's take five.
Omar, reach out to your people.
Roger that.
Hey, babe. I'm
sorry I missed you.
Just calling to see if you
got in touch with anybody
at the Navy financial office?
I'm sorry I didn't take care
of this before, I was...
Ray, you're the OIC here.
- [phone beeps]
- New guy cannot be
calling the shots, understand?
YPJ suggestion was a solid idea.
Why not accept the help?
Like I said before, this guy
is watching how we are working.
We cannot give him any inroads.
You know, Jace, if
they had asked me
who I wanted from Foxtrot,
I would've picked Omar.
Clay's not coming back,
and he carried a
lot of water for us.
And you are fooling yourself
if you think some rookie
would've made Bravo whole again.
My YPJ contact's down for
meeting us at their camp.
You guys good rolling
out there tomorrow?
Yeah, we'll make it work.
NEWSWOMAN: and the
Federal Reserve,
both of which have been
hiking interest rates
in a bid to rein in inflation.
NARRATOR: The fox gives
way to the buzzard,
who has its eye on the prey.
NARRATOR 2: You got
about a 45-minute hike
to get all your gear...
[exhales]
[TV continues indistinctly]
Hey.
Huh? What's up?
Maybe we should cut down on
Brian's hours at day care.
You know, I mean, I got,
I got time on my hands.
I could... I should
spend it with him.
That's sweet, but we...
we don't want to
disrupt his routine.
He's gonna have to spend all day
there when you're at Green Team.
We should get him used to it.
[exhales softly]
Yeah, but Green Team's
still months away.
It'll come faster
than you think.
Plus, with Sonny gone, we
don't have the extra help.
I don't want you
taking too much on.
Does it look like
I'm straining myself?
Come on, I mean...
With you at work and-and
Brian places to be, I just...
I feel like I'm not
pulling my weight.
My love, you're
focusing on yourself.
Your recovery.
That is plenty.
[line rings]
SONNY: Hi, it's Sonny.
Leave a message.
- Or don't.
- [beep]
Hey, man, it's, uh, it's me.
I know I, uh, I said I
didn't-didn't need to know
what Bravo was up to, but...
I don't know, I just figured
maybe you could bore me
with some details.
You guys, uh, you
guys seen any action?
Anyways, uh...
Look, I know you
got stuff to do.
So I'll, uh...
All right. Later.
♪
[exhales deeply]
- [gunfire]
- [shouting in Kurdish]
They look like Emma's friends.
[sighs] Show up for war,
and a Hello Kitty
convention breaks out.
[speaking Kurdish]
Commander Nouri,
this is Bravo Team.
Not the men you
were with last time?
Whole different group, ma'am.
You're American,
you're the same.
I've seen enough of
you blow through here,
acting like allies, then leaving
in the middle of the night.
You looking for the oil
fields you're here to protect?
Commander, they are Navy SEALs?
SONNY: All right,
look at that.
You know, we got a couple
fans right there, don't we?
Hey, girl.
Too young and drunk on
movies to know better.
Oh, Charlie Sheen'll
do that to you.
[chuckles]
We're looking for intel
on enemy presence.
Share what you got,
we could offer something
to help you out.
The most help we've ever
gotten from Americans was
when some were killed
by our enemies nearby.
For one day the world heard of
the Kurdish people's struggle.
YEZDA: Commander Nouri!
[man speaking
Kurdish over radio]
Yeah, told you this
was a waste of time.
She's just playing her hand.
[man on radio continues]
Okay, well, it
ain't a wasted trip
if it knocks Omar down a peg.
Right, look at him,
just groveling over
that Militia Etheridge
right there.
[speaking Kurdish]
What the hell's going on now?
Prison that the Kurdish
forces run 30 klicks from here
erupted in a riot.
ISIS inmates got loose,
got some weapons,
and they're about to break out.
YPJ are rolling to
help contain them.
We should go, too.
Yeah, well, these ISIS
prisoners didn't hit our ship.
If that prison falls,
more enemy on the loose...
That complicates our work here.
If we keep those
monsters in their cage,
we can form a new
bond with the YPJ
that might lead to some intel.
All right, the smart money says
that ISIS did attack
our ship, so..
People in that prison might
know exactly who it was.
RAY: Keep them contained...
we can tap them and the
prison staff for some chatter.
So, while we're fighting ISIS,
our partner forces here
are singing "Love Story."
Let's kit up.
Wonderful.
That's a great idea.
The hell's up with the
Taylor Swift comments, hoss?
- Excuse me?
- Are you a Swiftie?
You want a swift
kick to the face?
Oh, that sounds like a
non-denial denial to me, bro.
Your secret's safe with me.
♪
All right, some
housekeeping, boys.
On comms, I'll take
call sign Mako 1,
Omar can take mine.
You serious?
New guy's Bravo 2?
Just a call sign, Sonny.
Doesn't make him 2IC.
You rather him take Spenser's?
Ah, you know what?
I don't like it.
Too much change for the
team to be able to deliver.
RAY: Bigger hills
ahead, Jason.
Jersey number ain't
the one to die on.
[gunfire]
[speaking Kurdish]
[gunfire continues]
SONNY: What's the
sitrep on the shitstorm?
Well, the soldiers holding
the perimeter are Kurdish YPG.
They run the prison.
Five ISIS inmates overpowered
the YPG guards inside,
got into the armory where
they took AKs and grenades.
Three guards killed inside,
they got four hostages held up.
North wing, right there.
SONNY: There goes their
Get Out of Jail Free card.
That's their demand.
The release of 110
ISIS prisoners,
any of which could
be armed right now.
[speaking Kurdish]
YPG tell you they
were making a move?
What the fuck are they doing?
[gunfire]
[shouting in Kurdish]
Hostages are down to three.
JASON: No one's going through
the front door, got it?
No, the hostages are
being held in north wing.
There's a back entry
to it right here.
Fine, that's what
we're gonna do.
Go to the back entry away
from the line of sight,
away from the
hostage-takers' pos.
Cut through the basement,
then to infil right
through up here,
through the north wing, got it?
That route means
crossing through
this holding area inside.
There's dozens of
free-range inmates,
and we don't know how
many of them are armed.
I don't suppose there's
a tax fraud section
we could cut through instead?
No, it's the only play.
We'll move fast through
the holding area, got it?
Yeah, we'll have
to if we don't want
the hostage-takers
to know we're inside.
NOURI: You need more fighters.
You're gonna be six
men going against
dozens of ISIS in
that holding area.
We can go in with you,
a ring of protection.
JASON: Too many people, uh-uh,
it's just gonna slow us down.
SONNY: Yeah, I
hate to get blood
on any of your
girls' merit badges.
My soldiers may not have your
training, but they are feared.
Feared?
By who? [chuckles] Katy Perry?
Oh, 'cause Tay-Tay and
KP hate each other.
[whistles] Hey.
Now you're just fucking with me.
NOURI: ISIS believes
that being killed
by a woman means
eternal damnation.
They will think twice
about provoking our fire,
lest we condemn them to hell.
RAY: Think we can
work with that?
We don't waste a second, we
do not take a shot, got it?
Hostage-takers hear us
coming, those guards are dead.
- Understood?
- Send it.
[shouting in distance]
[shouting continues]
[overlapping shouting in Arabic]
It's barricaded from the inside.
Right, set the charge.
Too much of a blast,
the mob will be picking
us from their teeth.
Fucking move. Make
sure it's enough.
Not gonna get a
second chance at this.
Damned if I do,
pulverized if I don't.
[shouting continues]
Move, move, move.
[overlapping shouting]
Hey! On my signal,
we're gonna push 'em
back together. Tell them.
On you. [shouts in Kurdish]
Three, two, push!
[groans]
- Jace!
- [women shouting in Kurdish]
- You all right?
- Move!
Move.
[women shouting in Kurdish]
[whistles quietly]
[shouting in Arabic]
JASON [over comms]:
Bravo 2, this is 1.
Need everyone at my pos. Now.
Copy, 1. Moving.
MAN: Allahu Akbar.
Allahu Akbar.
[speaking Arabic]
♪
- [speaking Arabic]
- Stairs to the roof,
could give us a shot
through the window.
Go.
[inmate speaking Arabic]
He's feeling the
walls closing in.
Clock's ticking, Jace.
[speaking Arabic]
Stay back.
♪
Got Tango down hard.
[over comms]: Good job, boys.
SONNY: Who the
hell took the shot?
You got to be kidding me.
Thought I could help.
I know this place.
Easy shot.
Shake it off, bro. Shake it off.
[Omar laughing]
♪
DAVIS: There are some missions
that can't be executed
by anyone else.
But the War on Terror made clear
that we need to be judicious
when selecting those operations.
As I've demonstrated, by
prioritizing operator safety,
the DoD can optimize
the Special Operations
Forces' ability
to conduct missions
while supporting the
integrated deterrence strategy.
Well done, Lieutenant Davis.
Ma'am.
Who has questions?
I do, ma'am.
Uh, you recommend prioritizing
the safety of special operators
by adjusting
deployment criteria.
Correct.
How will doing so impact
our partner forces
in the integrated
deterrence model?
How would they feel about
American operator safety
being prioritized
over joint objectives?
That is beyond the scope
of my presentation.
Your argument's validity hinges
on the answer to that question.
I'm not here to justify
myself to you, Major.
All the well-meaning rhetoric
in the world doesn't matter
if you can't follow through
on your own line of thought.
STEVENS: Let's move
on to our next topic.
Omar and I asked the
YPG that run the prison
if there was any inmate chatter
about the Cramptonbombing.
- Mm-hmm.
- They hadn't heard anything,
but they'll keep their ears open
after we saved
their asses today.
It's an intel win
chalked up to Omar's call
to connect us with the YPJ.
Yeah, we'll see
what comes of it.
[speaking Kurdish]
Brought the hero
back to earth, huh?
Hero?
Yezda is a lucky fool.
Thinks she's bulletproof and
the world is her playground.
I had one like that.
Pulled the same move
on his first op.
Problem child.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Child.
Definitely was at
first, but, uh...
he became one of my best.
[man speaking Arabic over radio]
[laughter]
She doesn't understand.
The number is the first thing
in my mind when I wake up.
How many I've lost since
I became a commander.
67 of them in four years.
I'm sure that's
taken a toll on you.
No, we don't have the machinery
of a nation behind us.
We're fighting for the
Kurdish people's survival.
But we are not the
ones who will survive.
I try to give them as
many days as possible.
Each morning I wake
up, I feel lucky
and like a criminal.
Like you're getting
away with something.
- [giggling]
- [man speaking Arabic]
[woman yelling in Arabic]
Are y'all, uh, swapping
sweet good nights
with the fellas
from the boys' camp?
It's an ISIS pig.
They taunt us on the radio.
Sometimes they
even know our names
and say they are coming for us.
Oh.
Well, do these, uh,
these pigs ever follow
up on their squeals?
Death is better than what
they will try to do to us.
Torture.
Rape.
Beheading.
That is why we never
take this jewelry off.
We will take fate
into our own hands
before falling into theirs.
Well, that's pretty cool, man.
Is there a little
bedazzling to it?
Look, uh...
I'm just saying, if, uh...
if you want to strike fear
into these dirtbags...
I can coach you up.
[laughter]
Do you have ideas of what
we should say to them?
Let me use this milk crate.
Okay, ma'am, I got 14 different
names for a dog's dick.
- [laughing]
- Okay?
And it's gonna sound
a hell of a lot worse
in Arabic, okay?
Now, the best thing a
shit-talker has going for them
is the goods to back it up.
And you got the goods.
The goods?
Yeah, the way you put
that guy down today,
ISIS is gonna pray that
they never cross your path.
Now, you want to, uh...
you want to insult
their manhood.
So ask him, uh, say, uh,
"I don't see any
cold water around.
What's with all the shrinkage?"
[all laughing]
[knocks on door]
What's up, Spenser?
Uh, sir, if I could
have a minute.
CLAY: I don't want to teach
Green Team in three months.
I want to do it now.
The new instructors typically
start with the new class.
Well, I guess I'm asking
to be an exception, sir.
Is there a reason you're
so eager to get into it?
Well, I'd like to
be of use, sir.
Why not take this time for
yourself, keep healing?
New class will start
sooner than you think.
[sighs] My leg is healed.
Okay? You can ask my
physical therapist.
It's not just your leg
that needs time to heal.
You got to make
time for yourself.
[scoffs]
My purpose isn't myself.
It's the trident.
That, that's what's
gonna help me right now.
That-That's what I need.
I swear to you that I'm ready.
How's Monday sound?
♪
Oh.
Realize tea... [chuckles]
is not as good as a cold one
- after an op.
- [chuckles]
Well, I'm not really a
drinker, anyway. Thank you.
Right. What, are
you, you practicing?
Oh, I practiced way too
much whiskey for a while.
[both laugh]
Is Hayes always this sociable?
You know, man, old dog,
new guy who really
isn't a new guy.
He'll warm up to you.
[groans]
Him and Sonny have
been mad-dogging me
harder than airport security.
[chuckles]
Look, uh...
losing Spenser really
hit us all hard,
especially Jason.
But, uh, I'll keep
working on him.
You're a peacemaker.
Wasn't always.
Yeah.
Foxtrot could've
used one of those.
You know, every team,
every operator
has their baggage.
You don't have to
carry it with you.
[exhales]: Yeah. Be nice
if it were that easy.
Team's different than
I thought it'd be.
Is that your assessment
30 hours in, huh?
Oh, no, I just mean, uh,
seeing how everybody steps up,
you know, splits the work.
Gives their input.
That's what they get paid for.
Yeah.
But I'd always heard Bravo was
the domain of one man only.
The legendary Jason Hayes.
And?
Surprised to see
that Captain America
leans on the rest
of the Avengers.
Hmm. Yeah, well,
trust me.
They know whose
team it is, right?
Thanks. We're, uh, we're RTB.
How far a trip is it?
Sorry.
Welcome you into our home,
can't even know where yours is.
Are all American
streets one-way?
Uh, well,
we were kind of hoping we
could pave a two-way deal.
I mean, you've got
information about this region
that could really shine
a bright light for us.
Yeah, you help us, we help you.
I suppose that could work.
JASON: Mm-hmm.
I'll offer this to start.
Those enemy we locked up today
were a drop in the ocean.
There's plenty of ISIS around.
Along with regime forces,
Turkish FSA, Chechens,
al-Sham Brigade.
Could be from any of those
neighbors I just mentioned.
They all taking shots at you?
Now, it seems, they
also take shots at you.
Our enemies have
become your enemies.
New guy got us into this, right?
Omar just put a big
fucking target on Bravo.
[all shouting]
[rapid gunfire]
JASON: Infection was
spreading, so the doctors did
what was necessary in
order to save his life.
The Navy destroyer USS Crampton
was hit yesterday with three
Russian Kornet rockets.
20 American sailors were
killed in the attack.
The other warrants
heard a buzz that
Command's under
pressure to restructure.
Meaning at least one team is
going to get decommissioned.
Our first op without Clay
could be our last op.
♪
- How long have you been...?
- A minute 57.
58... 59...
[chuckling]: My
God, two minutes.
DAVIS: The payment
for the rockets
is anonymous, but we traced
it to Northern Syria.
It's the Wild West
of extremist groups.
How's everything going
with your noggin?
Seems like this new stem cell
infusion thing seems to be, uh,
getting me the best
results so far. [chuckles]
This decommissioning
is more than a rumor.
Anything on Bravo?
They're part of
the conversation.
Yeah, that was slow, huh?
Whole session fucking sucked!
Slow clearing doors,
sloppy clearing rooms.
Come on, guys, we're
talking about basic shit.
It's hard to get up for
sim rounds and rentemies
when Bravo might
have run its last op.
Excuses are like
assholes, okay, Sonny?
How the hell we supposed
to stay front-sight focused
when Command has kept
us in limbo, okay?
For the past two weeks
over this decommissioning.
RAY: Last I heard,
it's between us and Foxtrot
who gets broken down for parts.
SONNY: See? Look.
Right there.
Command is treating us like a
damn finale of a reality show.
Just shitcan us or
get off the pot.
Should just do this
Thunderdomestyle.
Two teams enter,
one team leaves.
JASON: Yeah. Years of
dining out on our wins
and this is how they repay us.
You really think
Bravo's at risk, Jace?
- Just 'cause we're down a man?
- Think about it, Brock.
Doesn't look good when
they cycle over our OIC
to Echo Team, does it?
[scoffs] Soto's time
was up anyway, Jace.
Jesus Christ.
All right, so that
doesn't mean anything.
And rumor has it Foxtrot's
got drama between
its senior guys.
- That's a mark against them.
- [Sonny laughs]
Yeah, okay, it's not like
Bravo has been drama-free.
Man... [scoffs]
Any word from Mandy?
I heard from her
five days ago, Ray.
You know how it is,
remote location,
hard to get a signal.
JASON: Saw some news
about what's going
on in Afghanistan.
Violent as ever, Ray.
RAY: How many times
you tell your kids
not to pay attention
to the news...
- [groans]
- while you're deployed?
[stammers] When
was the last time
I listened to my own
advice, Ray, hmm?
Look, brother, you've
been holding it down.
[scoffs]
RAY: All right?
You've been taking
this whole team roulette
thing in stride,
keeping up with your treatments,
checking in on Clay.
Control what you can control.
♪
[Stella babbles playfully]
Do you have the bottles?
Yeah, I'm just packing them up.
You're gonna go in here.
Got him in his car seat?
He's gonna be.
Here we go, here
we go, here we go.
[baby talk]: He's gonna be
all wubbied and blankied
in just a second.
Lean back, honey.
- [crying]
- I know.
See, it's words like that
that make it so damn refreshing
to say words like
diachronic narratology.
I'm just glad that you're back
at a place where people
pay you to say that.
Minimally, but yes.
Brian is gonna be so
psyched when he learns
that his parents chose
such underpaid professions.
We're teaching him
how much you make
is not as important
as loving what you do.
Sorry, I didn't mean to...
No, stop. Seriously, babe.
Look. Everything that
you've done for me, I'm...
I'm happy that you have
something of your own again.
It hasn't been too hard for you?
With your schedule this week,
picking him up from day care,
and being with him
on your own after?
No.
Plan the dive, dive the plan.
- Right?
- [chuckles softly]
But... but Brian and
I got to go, okay?
- Yeah.
- You don't want me left-footed
driving against the clock.
No, I don't want
you doing that. No.
[keys jingling]
Hey, dude. All right. See you.
- Bye, honey.
- Bye.
SONNY: Bravo gets the axe,
and all of us are gonna get
scattered to other teams.
What does that mean for Jason?
[grunts] No clue, actually.
You know, every unit, they...
they already got really
solid team leaders.
CLAY: Yeah, well...
You imagine Jace slotting in
as someone's second-in-command?
Yeah.
I don't know what's harder
to digest, you know?
Someone giving Jason orders,
or him accepting them.
They got two quarterbacks,
and you got none.
It's likelier they force
him to an ops chief's desk.
No, you saw what happened
to him last time,
and that was his choice.
I shudder at the idea of what
it's gonna do to him this time.
He must feel like he's fighting
for his operating life, huh?
Gentlemen.
SONNY: What?
All that pencil-pushing get
your carpal tunnel fired up?
Working out the old gift
from Fallujah that
keeps on giving.
How you doing, Spenser?
Heard Quinn's been up here
bothering you every session.
Oh, shit yeah.
Can't shake him, sir.
And you must be
doing some work, too.
Your knuckles are barely
scraping the ground.
SONNY: Oh, yeah, you know,
a few more sessions and I just
might get opposable thumbs.
[Sonny grunts]
Hopefully that's before
Bravo becomes extinct.
Decommissioning has got
all of Command on edge.
Except for you, Spenser.
I heard about you putting in
to be a Green Team instructor.
Yes, sir.
You know, this job, there
aren't many sure things.
But in three months,
when that new class starts,
there's no one I'd rather
have standing before them.
Thank you, sir.
At least one of Bravo
will still have a job.
♪
- Bravo should be the team.
- Excuse me?
We are the ones who
recovered the intel
from the Cramptonbombing, okay?
Bravo should have
the target package.
- You know that.
- You know that I have no say
in what team gets
a target package.
Plus, there isn't one.
There's a Syrian IP address
that purchased the weapons
used for the attack.
You have built target packages
out of less back in the day,
and Bravo always delivered.
You want a fishing
expedition in Northern Syria?
You'd be trying to turn
a breadcrumb into a meal,
surrounded by a
dozen enemy groups.
You don't want that
kind of recklessness.
- I just told you I did.
- This is precisely
the kind of high-risk,
low-reward mission
that I'm trying
to put an end to.
Okay, so, what is it?
What's the alternative
for us? Huh? What?
I know that you think that
catching an op for Bravo
is gonna keep the team together,
- but it is out of my hands.
- Okay, I guess that
your new job means
that Bravo's problems
aren't your problems anymore.
Got it.
♪
Uh-huh.
I understand. Okay. Thank you.
RAY: Babe.
Look, I found a way to fit
another meditation space
near the client intake.
Baby.
Who was that on the phone?
The property management company.
There's a problem.
Your employer flagged the
application for review.
- Seriously?
- Yeah.
The Navy's putting
up a roadblock?
You have told me
Command gets touchy about
operators' finances.
Yeah, if they think
they're running guns
or trying to take kickbacks.
I swear there's less scrutiny
on taking lives
than saving them.
Damn.
So, what do we do?
Someone at base we can talk
with to straighten it out?
I thought all of
Command's attention
was on keeping Bravo
in purgatory. I...
I'll get into it.
Okay.
[line ringing]
[sighs]
Sir, if you have a moment?
I'd like to discuss the intel
on the USS Cramptonattack.
Something new?
Last I heard, all we had
was an anonymous Syrian IP
- that purchased the weapons.
- The workup on that IP says
it's linked to an unknown but
active network based in Syria,
which I believe is enough
to send a team to do SA work
and develop more intel.
And, uh...
would it happen to be Bravo Team
that you'd recommend deploying?
They were the team whose
SSE delivered the intel.
You know, they're not your
team anymore, Lieutenant.
You don't owe them anything.
What is owed is a response to
20 sailors' lives being taken.
And if we don't hit back,
we encourage more attacks
by other groups or nations,
without fear of
any repercussions.
Couple months ago, that
white paper you wrote
argued against the "mowing
the grass" type of quagmire
that this mission
could turn into.
I trust you wouldn't let
your loyalty to Bravo
cloud your
professional judgment.
I'm merely advocating the
best strategic move, sir.
Let's talk.
SONNY: Jace,
getting buzzed in mean we're
getting split up or spun up?
Think they brought us
in to drop the hammer?
I got no clue.
You know? And I saw Ray
in here about an hour ago
heading to our team room
with the brass, so...
SONNY: Are they consulting
the Jason whisperer on
how to break the news
with the least amount of
damage to the furnishing?
Mm. Could just...
Could just be
briefing Ray on an op.
Exactly.
Could work out nice and clean
if they keep us together.
You know, all we
need is a Bravo 6.
Foxtrot's low man on the
pole there, he's, uh...
he's only been off
Green Team for a month.
JASON: Right, exactly.
Just point the kid in the
direction where to shoot
and he won't ask
questions, right?
We can show him how Bravo rolls.
It'd be like molding
a piece of... clay.
Can you please shut your mouth?
JASON: Okay, listen, boys.
It's all talk, right?
So let's get in
there. Here we go.
All right. Come on.
[groans] I just hope that this
isn't Bravo's death march.
[quiet chatter]
Lieutenant Davis, you
feeling homesick already
or you here to deliver
Bravo's eulogy?
My new role supports
intel for all DEVGRU.
That mean you've found
something to task Bravo with?
Bravo Team will be departing
on a long-term
special activities op,
with Warrant Officer
Perry as OIC.
[whooping]
- Okay.
- All right.
SONNY: Long-term, as in...?
Well, I knew that cheese
wasn't gonna fall
off Bravo's cracker.
ERIC: All right, settle in.
- Let's get started.
- I'm sorry, Omar?
Your team got disbanded?
Foxtrot 2 is, what,
tapping out to be
in an ops chief desk,
is that what it is?
[chuckles]: Oh, hell no.
Unicorn like me's too valuable
for Command to put
out to pasture.
ERIC: Senior Chief Hamza
will be a new,
permanent addition
to Bravo Team.
OMAR: I realize
I'm not as young
or pretty as the tadpole
you were probably expecting,
but I'm glad to
be part of Bravo.
♪
SOCOM's number one
priority is identifying
and bringing to justice
the group responsible for
- the attack on the USS Crampton.
- DAVIS: An IP address
that purchased the Russian
weapons used in the attack
is our actionable lead.
The address was here,
outside Qamishli, Syria.
The buyer's identity is unknown,
but their digital activity
suggests that they are
a part of a robust network.
Most likely ISIS, but it
could be a dozen other groups.
The region's been a hotbed
of extremist activity
throughout the Syrian civil war.
OMAR: Strange that
any of those groups
would hit a target so far away.
Someone's getting chesty.
Exactly. Suggests the group
has dangerous ambitions
beyond the Syrian border.
Talking about you
opening your damn mouth.
[laughs]: Oh, shit. Walked
right into that one.
ERIC: You'll be deploying
to the city of Kobani
with the objective
of identifying
the group responsible
for the attack
and degrading
their capabilities.
Bravo will be the only
Americans in North Syria.
You'll be operating in
a blackside capacity.
RAY: Which means no
QRF, no air support,
and no stateside
TOC during missions.
High-wire act without a net.
Well, ops desk is safer, Omar.
Wheels up in two hours.
♪
Foxtrot did a hitch in this
same spot a couple years back.
Know my way around.
It'd be a good asset to
have, right, Jace...?
Hmm.
I thought we were
getting a sled puppy,
not Foxtrot number two.
Boy, is it gonna
be like Thirty Mike
and have him think he
knows more than Bravo?
Well... [scoffs]
Omar's got a mouth,
but he's nothing like Thirty.
Right, Jace? You've
known him for years.
Hmm, never been in
the fight with him,
so I don't fucking know him.
RAY: He's a high-speed
operator, Jace.
I mean, you don't kick doors in
as long as he has
without being dialed in.
Besides, bringing him on
is a small price to pay for
keeping Bravo intact, right?
Yeah, for now.
The hell does that mean?
Omar is dialed in.
He clocks how I'm
leaning into you guys,
he's gonna uncover
my head issues.
- He's not coming for you, Jace.
- [scoffs]: Yeah.
It's not just me that
I'm worried about, Ray.
You're heading back to Raqqa
Jacques, where you almost had
your ticket punched, right?
What if your, your PTS flares up
in front of Omar? Then what?
This guy is a politician,
Ray, all right?
You said it for yourself, huh?
He had issues with Foxtrot 1.
Now I got to deal with
this new fuckstick, right?
Lead Bravo into hell
while constantly looking
over my shoulder?
No, fucking thanks.
Heard Bravo beat the reaper.
I was expecting a
few more smiles.
Well, uh, please tell me
that your leg grew back
and we get you instead
of the new guy.
Oh, no, man, I'm just
here to clear out my cage.
♪
Yeah, we're spinning
up in two hours.
Gonna be a long one.
I wasn't gonna be rolling with
you guys anyways, remember?
JASON: Mm-hmm.
I don't care where
Bravo's going.
Just stay safe, huh?
Uh-huh.
Hey, sorry about
your bad deal, Clay.
Word around Command is,
you're a hell of a gunfighter.
Took me 15 years
to earn your spot.
[chuckles softly]
Appreciate that.
But, I mean, there's no way
that you're coming in here
as Bravo 6, right,
with all that mileage.
Well, way I hear it, numbers
don't mean dick here.
It's Bravo 1 and
everybody else, right?
[chuckles softly]
♪
JASON: Security cameras
are being set up.
Sonny's sweeping the perimeter.
Agency said they
cleared the safehouse,
but after they got
us ambushed in Mali,
who believes a word out
of any Agency mouth?
Trust issues are
contagious, Ray.
- Look, brother, uh...
- What?
I understand you
got your shield up.
But I just don't want it
obscuring your view of things.
Meaning what?
Meaning I rarely seen you greet
any change with open arms.
Let's not make the man a problem
until he makes
himself one, yeah?
OMAR: Same mustache
game as my dad.
My folks actually
lived not far from here
till they, uh, fled
for the States.
Lot of hard stories...
When my assimilated
ass actually listened.
"Oh, that's fascinating, Omar.
"Thank you for sharing that
deeply personal family history.
We appreciate your attempts to
bond with your new teammates."
All right. So, look.
I see the alpha dog, the
den mother, the jokester.
But there's one other guy
that every team's got.
The lady-slayer.
Means that's one of you two.
[clicks tongue] Can't decide.
I mean, both of you have got
that silent professional
thing chicks dig...
So, which of you is it, huh?
Who's getting their
gun greased on the reg?
He collects Star Warsfigures.
He owns like six Kangol hats.
All right, so there's
two lady-slayers.
Three on my good days, if
I do say so. [chuckles]
Hey, you don't need to have
Hayes check this setup?
No, we're good.
All right.
- Hey.
- Yeah.
Gonna fortify a firing
position upstairs.
This area's not an
active war zone.
Haven't traveled outside
the wire yet. Got it?
The region is as
gnarly as advertised.
You never know what drama's
gonna show up at the door.
Speaking of staying fortified,
new guy doesn't need to know
anything about the way we work
until we want him to.
All the experience he's got.
It might not be so
easy to gaslight him.
Easy or not,
we'll find a way to
circle the wagons.
- Yeah.
- Got you, buddy.
[grunting]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
GREGORY: Spenser, hey, you heard
me. That's enough for today.
Let's lose this cane
and keep going, huh?
You need to go home,
get off your feet,
and relax, all right?
I see you walking laps in
that parking lot again,
I am kicking your ass.
Remember, what I
keep telling you is:
small goals.
I didn't make it to DEVGRU
by doing anything small.
Hey!
What brings you over here?
I'm just trying
to get some steps
without my physical
therapist, uh,
scolding me to go home
and get some rest.
- [chuckles softly]
- So it was either here
or with the Senior
Striders at the mall.
I would've gone where
there were Cinnabons.
Shouldn't you listen to
your trainer, you know?
Take it easy?
Yeah, just a couple more laps.
How's... how's the new gig been?
Hmm, the transition's
a little rocky.
I mean, it's nothing
compared to yours,
I know, but...
it's hard to grasp not being
a part of Bravo anymore.
You know, we're still a family.
You know? Doesn't change.
Yeah, just...
the worry's a little
different when you go
from packing the parachutes
to pointing the spear.
You know, I...
I saw 'em yesterday
before they spun up.
Oh, yeah, they're
hoping to hit back
for the attack on the Crampton.
It's a mission worth
getting out of bed for.
You wish you were
there with them?
'Cause I kind of do.
It's hard to watch
their back from here.
No.
Being here and teaching
Green Team was my plan.
I'm following it.
Okay. Well, I should go.
I got somewhere
I'm supposed to be.
- All right.
- All right.
♪
The thread we came
here to pull on...
The IP address
linked to the group
that bought the weapons
used against the Crampton...
Has gone dark.
So our job will be installing
surveillance devices
used to track down
that IP address
and the people connected to it.
JASON: Well, the area
where the IP address popped
is just a mess of
different enemies.
Looking for a needle in a
stack of explosive needles.
And with the lack of
American presence down here,
our intel has gone stale.
So, when we roll into
some of these places
to plant our devices,
we may not know
what we're stepping into.
I know some folks
who could help.
- RAY: Mm.
- Unit of YPJ just down the road;
we worked with their
commander last time here.
They could tell us
who's who in the zoo.
You know what? We don't
need any outside help.
SONNY: YPJ?
A bunch of teenage
girl freedom fighters.
Look, I ain't never
seen a machine gun fired
- during a Taylor Swift song.
- Yeah.
Wow, your ability to be
ignorant and closed-minded
in so few words is actually
kind of impressive.
Thank you.
Look, YPJ are in the
fight here every day
against ISIS, Syrian
regime, Russians.
They're bad to the bone.
I mean, Kurdish resistance
forces have been
- strong allies in the past.
- JASON: Ray, stop.
We are here blackside.
We cannot read anyone in
- on our mission.
- OMAR: Might not have to.
Oh, yeah, what do you think?
They're just gonna offer up
their intel to us,
uh, for nothing?
Always a price.
It's worth kicking the tires.
Let's take five.
Omar, reach out to your people.
Roger that.
Hey, babe. I'm
sorry I missed you.
Just calling to see if you
got in touch with anybody
at the Navy financial office?
I'm sorry I didn't take care
of this before, I was...
Ray, you're the OIC here.
- [phone beeps]
- New guy cannot be
calling the shots, understand?
YPJ suggestion was a solid idea.
Why not accept the help?
Like I said before, this guy
is watching how we are working.
We cannot give him any inroads.
You know, Jace, if
they had asked me
who I wanted from Foxtrot,
I would've picked Omar.
Clay's not coming back,
and he carried a
lot of water for us.
And you are fooling yourself
if you think some rookie
would've made Bravo whole again.
My YPJ contact's down for
meeting us at their camp.
You guys good rolling
out there tomorrow?
Yeah, we'll make it work.
NEWSWOMAN: and the
Federal Reserve,
both of which have been
hiking interest rates
in a bid to rein in inflation.
NARRATOR: The fox gives
way to the buzzard,
who has its eye on the prey.
NARRATOR 2: You got
about a 45-minute hike
to get all your gear...
[exhales]
[TV continues indistinctly]
Hey.
Huh? What's up?
Maybe we should cut down on
Brian's hours at day care.
You know, I mean, I got,
I got time on my hands.
I could... I should
spend it with him.
That's sweet, but we...
we don't want to
disrupt his routine.
He's gonna have to spend all day
there when you're at Green Team.
We should get him used to it.
[exhales softly]
Yeah, but Green Team's
still months away.
It'll come faster
than you think.
Plus, with Sonny gone, we
don't have the extra help.
I don't want you
taking too much on.
Does it look like
I'm straining myself?
Come on, I mean...
With you at work and-and
Brian places to be, I just...
I feel like I'm not
pulling my weight.
My love, you're
focusing on yourself.
Your recovery.
That is plenty.
[line rings]
SONNY: Hi, it's Sonny.
Leave a message.
- Or don't.
- [beep]
Hey, man, it's, uh, it's me.
I know I, uh, I said I
didn't-didn't need to know
what Bravo was up to, but...
I don't know, I just figured
maybe you could bore me
with some details.
You guys, uh, you
guys seen any action?
Anyways, uh...
Look, I know you
got stuff to do.
So I'll, uh...
All right. Later.
♪
[exhales deeply]
- [gunfire]
- [shouting in Kurdish]
They look like Emma's friends.
[sighs] Show up for war,
and a Hello Kitty
convention breaks out.
[speaking Kurdish]
Commander Nouri,
this is Bravo Team.
Not the men you
were with last time?
Whole different group, ma'am.
You're American,
you're the same.
I've seen enough of
you blow through here,
acting like allies, then leaving
in the middle of the night.
You looking for the oil
fields you're here to protect?
Commander, they are Navy SEALs?
SONNY: All right,
look at that.
You know, we got a couple
fans right there, don't we?
Hey, girl.
Too young and drunk on
movies to know better.
Oh, Charlie Sheen'll
do that to you.
[chuckles]
We're looking for intel
on enemy presence.
Share what you got,
we could offer something
to help you out.
The most help we've ever
gotten from Americans was
when some were killed
by our enemies nearby.
For one day the world heard of
the Kurdish people's struggle.
YEZDA: Commander Nouri!
[man speaking
Kurdish over radio]
Yeah, told you this
was a waste of time.
She's just playing her hand.
[man on radio continues]
Okay, well, it
ain't a wasted trip
if it knocks Omar down a peg.
Right, look at him,
just groveling over
that Militia Etheridge
right there.
[speaking Kurdish]
What the hell's going on now?
Prison that the Kurdish
forces run 30 klicks from here
erupted in a riot.
ISIS inmates got loose,
got some weapons,
and they're about to break out.
YPJ are rolling to
help contain them.
We should go, too.
Yeah, well, these ISIS
prisoners didn't hit our ship.
If that prison falls,
more enemy on the loose...
That complicates our work here.
If we keep those
monsters in their cage,
we can form a new
bond with the YPJ
that might lead to some intel.
All right, the smart money says
that ISIS did attack
our ship, so..
People in that prison might
know exactly who it was.
RAY: Keep them contained...
we can tap them and the
prison staff for some chatter.
So, while we're fighting ISIS,
our partner forces here
are singing "Love Story."
Let's kit up.
Wonderful.
That's a great idea.
The hell's up with the
Taylor Swift comments, hoss?
- Excuse me?
- Are you a Swiftie?
You want a swift
kick to the face?
Oh, that sounds like a
non-denial denial to me, bro.
Your secret's safe with me.
♪
All right, some
housekeeping, boys.
On comms, I'll take
call sign Mako 1,
Omar can take mine.
You serious?
New guy's Bravo 2?
Just a call sign, Sonny.
Doesn't make him 2IC.
You rather him take Spenser's?
Ah, you know what?
I don't like it.
Too much change for the
team to be able to deliver.
RAY: Bigger hills
ahead, Jason.
Jersey number ain't
the one to die on.
[gunfire]
[speaking Kurdish]
[gunfire continues]
SONNY: What's the
sitrep on the shitstorm?
Well, the soldiers holding
the perimeter are Kurdish YPG.
They run the prison.
Five ISIS inmates overpowered
the YPG guards inside,
got into the armory where
they took AKs and grenades.
Three guards killed inside,
they got four hostages held up.
North wing, right there.
SONNY: There goes their
Get Out of Jail Free card.
That's their demand.
The release of 110
ISIS prisoners,
any of which could
be armed right now.
[speaking Kurdish]
YPG tell you they
were making a move?
What the fuck are they doing?
[gunfire]
[shouting in Kurdish]
Hostages are down to three.
JASON: No one's going through
the front door, got it?
No, the hostages are
being held in north wing.
There's a back entry
to it right here.
Fine, that's what
we're gonna do.
Go to the back entry away
from the line of sight,
away from the
hostage-takers' pos.
Cut through the basement,
then to infil right
through up here,
through the north wing, got it?
That route means
crossing through
this holding area inside.
There's dozens of
free-range inmates,
and we don't know how
many of them are armed.
I don't suppose there's
a tax fraud section
we could cut through instead?
No, it's the only play.
We'll move fast through
the holding area, got it?
Yeah, we'll have
to if we don't want
the hostage-takers
to know we're inside.
NOURI: You need more fighters.
You're gonna be six
men going against
dozens of ISIS in
that holding area.
We can go in with you,
a ring of protection.
JASON: Too many people, uh-uh,
it's just gonna slow us down.
SONNY: Yeah, I
hate to get blood
on any of your
girls' merit badges.
My soldiers may not have your
training, but they are feared.
Feared?
By who? [chuckles] Katy Perry?
Oh, 'cause Tay-Tay and
KP hate each other.
[whistles] Hey.
Now you're just fucking with me.
NOURI: ISIS believes
that being killed
by a woman means
eternal damnation.
They will think twice
about provoking our fire,
lest we condemn them to hell.
RAY: Think we can
work with that?
We don't waste a second, we
do not take a shot, got it?
Hostage-takers hear us
coming, those guards are dead.
- Understood?
- Send it.
[shouting in distance]
[shouting continues]
[overlapping shouting in Arabic]
It's barricaded from the inside.
Right, set the charge.
Too much of a blast,
the mob will be picking
us from their teeth.
Fucking move. Make
sure it's enough.
Not gonna get a
second chance at this.
Damned if I do,
pulverized if I don't.
[shouting continues]
Move, move, move.
[overlapping shouting]
Hey! On my signal,
we're gonna push 'em
back together. Tell them.
On you. [shouts in Kurdish]
Three, two, push!
[groans]
- Jace!
- [women shouting in Kurdish]
- You all right?
- Move!
Move.
[women shouting in Kurdish]
[whistles quietly]
[shouting in Arabic]
JASON [over comms]:
Bravo 2, this is 1.
Need everyone at my pos. Now.
Copy, 1. Moving.
MAN: Allahu Akbar.
Allahu Akbar.
[speaking Arabic]
♪
- [speaking Arabic]
- Stairs to the roof,
could give us a shot
through the window.
Go.
[inmate speaking Arabic]
He's feeling the
walls closing in.
Clock's ticking, Jace.
[speaking Arabic]
Stay back.
♪
Got Tango down hard.
[over comms]: Good job, boys.
SONNY: Who the
hell took the shot?
You got to be kidding me.
Thought I could help.
I know this place.
Easy shot.
Shake it off, bro. Shake it off.
[Omar laughing]
♪
DAVIS: There are some missions
that can't be executed
by anyone else.
But the War on Terror made clear
that we need to be judicious
when selecting those operations.
As I've demonstrated, by
prioritizing operator safety,
the DoD can optimize
the Special Operations
Forces' ability
to conduct missions
while supporting the
integrated deterrence strategy.
Well done, Lieutenant Davis.
Ma'am.
Who has questions?
I do, ma'am.
Uh, you recommend prioritizing
the safety of special operators
by adjusting
deployment criteria.
Correct.
How will doing so impact
our partner forces
in the integrated
deterrence model?
How would they feel about
American operator safety
being prioritized
over joint objectives?
That is beyond the scope
of my presentation.
Your argument's validity hinges
on the answer to that question.
I'm not here to justify
myself to you, Major.
All the well-meaning rhetoric
in the world doesn't matter
if you can't follow through
on your own line of thought.
STEVENS: Let's move
on to our next topic.
Omar and I asked the
YPG that run the prison
if there was any inmate chatter
about the Cramptonbombing.
- Mm-hmm.
- They hadn't heard anything,
but they'll keep their ears open
after we saved
their asses today.
It's an intel win
chalked up to Omar's call
to connect us with the YPJ.
Yeah, we'll see
what comes of it.
[speaking Kurdish]
Brought the hero
back to earth, huh?
Hero?
Yezda is a lucky fool.
Thinks she's bulletproof and
the world is her playground.
I had one like that.
Pulled the same move
on his first op.
Problem child.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Child.
Definitely was at
first, but, uh...
he became one of my best.
[man speaking Arabic over radio]
[laughter]
She doesn't understand.
The number is the first thing
in my mind when I wake up.
How many I've lost since
I became a commander.
67 of them in four years.
I'm sure that's
taken a toll on you.
No, we don't have the machinery
of a nation behind us.
We're fighting for the
Kurdish people's survival.
But we are not the
ones who will survive.
I try to give them as
many days as possible.
Each morning I wake
up, I feel lucky
and like a criminal.
Like you're getting
away with something.
- [giggling]
- [man speaking Arabic]
[woman yelling in Arabic]
Are y'all, uh, swapping
sweet good nights
with the fellas
from the boys' camp?
It's an ISIS pig.
They taunt us on the radio.
Sometimes they
even know our names
and say they are coming for us.
Oh.
Well, do these, uh,
these pigs ever follow
up on their squeals?
Death is better than what
they will try to do to us.
Torture.
Rape.
Beheading.
That is why we never
take this jewelry off.
We will take fate
into our own hands
before falling into theirs.
Well, that's pretty cool, man.
Is there a little
bedazzling to it?
Look, uh...
I'm just saying, if, uh...
if you want to strike fear
into these dirtbags...
I can coach you up.
[laughter]
Do you have ideas of what
we should say to them?
Let me use this milk crate.
Okay, ma'am, I got 14 different
names for a dog's dick.
- [laughing]
- Okay?
And it's gonna sound
a hell of a lot worse
in Arabic, okay?
Now, the best thing a
shit-talker has going for them
is the goods to back it up.
And you got the goods.
The goods?
Yeah, the way you put
that guy down today,
ISIS is gonna pray that
they never cross your path.
Now, you want to, uh...
you want to insult
their manhood.
So ask him, uh, say, uh,
"I don't see any
cold water around.
What's with all the shrinkage?"
[all laughing]
[knocks on door]
What's up, Spenser?
Uh, sir, if I could
have a minute.
CLAY: I don't want to teach
Green Team in three months.
I want to do it now.
The new instructors typically
start with the new class.
Well, I guess I'm asking
to be an exception, sir.
Is there a reason you're
so eager to get into it?
Well, I'd like to
be of use, sir.
Why not take this time for
yourself, keep healing?
New class will start
sooner than you think.
[sighs] My leg is healed.
Okay? You can ask my
physical therapist.
It's not just your leg
that needs time to heal.
You got to make
time for yourself.
[scoffs]
My purpose isn't myself.
It's the trident.
That, that's what's
gonna help me right now.
That-That's what I need.
I swear to you that I'm ready.
How's Monday sound?
♪
Oh.
Realize tea... [chuckles]
is not as good as a cold one
- after an op.
- [chuckles]
Well, I'm not really a
drinker, anyway. Thank you.
Right. What, are
you, you practicing?
Oh, I practiced way too
much whiskey for a while.
[both laugh]
Is Hayes always this sociable?
You know, man, old dog,
new guy who really
isn't a new guy.
He'll warm up to you.
[groans]
Him and Sonny have
been mad-dogging me
harder than airport security.
[chuckles]
Look, uh...
losing Spenser really
hit us all hard,
especially Jason.
But, uh, I'll keep
working on him.
You're a peacemaker.
Wasn't always.
Yeah.
Foxtrot could've
used one of those.
You know, every team,
every operator
has their baggage.
You don't have to
carry it with you.
[exhales]: Yeah. Be nice
if it were that easy.
Team's different than
I thought it'd be.
Is that your assessment
30 hours in, huh?
Oh, no, I just mean, uh,
seeing how everybody steps up,
you know, splits the work.
Gives their input.
That's what they get paid for.
Yeah.
But I'd always heard Bravo was
the domain of one man only.
The legendary Jason Hayes.
And?
Surprised to see
that Captain America
leans on the rest
of the Avengers.
Hmm. Yeah, well,
trust me.
They know whose
team it is, right?
Thanks. We're, uh, we're RTB.
How far a trip is it?
Sorry.
Welcome you into our home,
can't even know where yours is.
Are all American
streets one-way?
Uh, well,
we were kind of hoping we
could pave a two-way deal.
I mean, you've got
information about this region
that could really shine
a bright light for us.
Yeah, you help us, we help you.
I suppose that could work.
JASON: Mm-hmm.
I'll offer this to start.
Those enemy we locked up today
were a drop in the ocean.
There's plenty of ISIS around.
Along with regime forces,
Turkish FSA, Chechens,
al-Sham Brigade.
Could be from any of those
neighbors I just mentioned.
They all taking shots at you?
Now, it seems, they
also take shots at you.
Our enemies have
become your enemies.
New guy got us into this, right?
Omar just put a big
fucking target on Bravo.