Written by Nick Jones Jr
Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Sergeant Sullivan: "We all got things that we carry, Cope. You can't carry ghosts. That shit's too heavy."
Speaking of carrying ghosts, Sullivan's flashbacks to his time in Guam certainly didn't disappoint. I mean, there's an ending to a relationship that's not great but the flashbacks themselves were pretty satisfying.
It was obvious during his interview with Blodgett that Sullivan and Wilkinson were in a relationship and this episode made it clear. It was even close to getting serious, considering both men got "Semper Fi" tattoos on their chests. Sullivan even told Wilkinson that he loved him. What could possibly go wrong?
Sullivan being deeply closeted and listening to his bunk mate, Rob Maitra (Beau Mirchoff). The latter made his disgust towards Wilkinson being gay too apparent and Sullivan threw his relationship under the bus in order to get a transfer. It's certainly added a layer to both his character and rapport with Cameron. Sullivan recognises that Cameron's gay but the latter hasn't with him as of yet.
Speaking of Cameron, he wanted to give Ochoa's hat to his widow but Sullivan dissuaded him from doing so. Instead Sullivan left alcohol for the recruits to toast Ochoa's memories but before that, there was a lot of tension to be had. There was resentment towards Howitt that even McKinnon couldn't diffuse and a food fight.
The food fight was the most entertaining bit from the episode with both Santos and Slovacek nearly beating the shit out of each other while Nash was forced to play mediator. On the plus side, Hicks had fun being a chaotic menace with his theory about the food preventing erections. How does he keep getting away with it?
Keeping with the pluses of this episode, Ochoa's death did serve as a motivator for both Cameron and Ray to make amends with one another as well. I could argue that they made up too quickly but with this show only being eight episodes, it's not a bad thing. At least Ray finally opened up to Cameron about his panic attacks.
- With Ochoa gone, Cameron's new bunk mate turned out to be Joshua Jones (Jack Cameron Kay). Jones seemed to be flirting with Cameron. He also made friends with the returning John Bowman.
- McKinnon and his wife had a baby girl and Fajardo paid them a home visit. Howitt showed remorse for Ochoa's death, with an undisclosed heart condition contributing to his death.
- Standout music: There was a good use of Queen's We Are The Champions near the end of the episode. Also Underground Solution feat. Jasmine's Luv Dancin'.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
The Things We Carry wasn't as heavy as the one before it but it had enough weight to it. The Sullivan/Wilkinson flashbacks were great to watch and I liked how we saw Ochoa's death affecting everyone. Not to mention the potential with the addition of Jones.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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