My Review of Boots: "Bullseye"

 

Written by Megan Ferrell Burke

Directed by Silas Howard

Ochoa (to Sergeant Howitt): "The rifleman is my best friend."

Oh God, what an episode. Easily the best and the saddest one of the bunch so far. This show really had the shit hit the fan in this one. 

It was Qual Day for the recruits and they finally going to get to use their rifles. The sharpest shooter would get the chance to make a phone call to their loved one. Everyone wanted to win but Ochoa wanted it just that bit more. 

I have to give full credit to Johnathan Nieves because his performance throughout this episode was absolutely heartbreaking from start to finish. Ochoa really wasn't cut out for the Marines, he just wanted to go back to his wife, Gloria and the phonecall should've made everything better.

Instead, it made everything worse when Ochoa realised that Gloria was stepping out on him. Howitt also picked the wrong time to provoke Ochoa and the latter's meltdown, which led to his death made for a devastating last few minutes. I knew we were going to get a death and it hit pretty hard as well as well. Kudos all round.

As for the rest of the episode, we got confirmation that Sergeant Sullivan was gay, in spite of his denial. Specifically he was quizzed about NCIS agent Blodgett about his relationship with Major Aaron Wilkinson (Sachin Bhatt). Sullivan denied but both Blodgett and Fajardo seemed to be unconvinced by his denial. 

Then there was Cameron and Ray. Their friendship got obliterated because Hicks for no reason decided to tell Ray what Cameron did. I don't think either Cameron or Ray came across particularly well but at the same time, both of them needed to get their issues out of the way. 

- McKinnon made Nash responsible for Slovacek while also treating the recruits to Ghostbusters II. McKinnon's wife also went into labour.

- The introduction of Ray's mother, Ji-Yeong/June (Joy Osmanski) exposed Barbara's lie about Cameron being dead to the Marine mother group.

- Standout music: Depeche Mode's Waiting For The Night.

- Chronology: Not long from where the previous episode left off.

Bullseye certainly hit it's target. A brilliant performance from Johnathan Nieves really made this episode. Those last few minutes were heartbreaking to watch. By far, the best and saddest episode yet.

Rating: 9 out of 10