Written by Andrea Ciannavei
Directed by Phil Abraham
Sullivan (to Cameron): "If there are no faggots in my Marine Corps, then why are you still here?"
There's certainly a line between cruelty and compassion and in this episode, Sullivan's rapport with Cameron was oscillating between the two. Its like Sullican recognised something in Cameron that's also in him.
Yes, if I hadn't been spoiled for the episode, I definitely would've suspected that Sergeant Sullivan was gay and the way he was openly scornful towards Cameron during their scenes also got undercut by at least two moments where he showed compassion too. I'm surprised other recruits didn't pick up on it.
The titular course certainly nearly broke Cameron. Taking on new guy's Santos Santos (Rico Paris) bad shoelaces nearly screwed him over. However while he was mostly failing with the physical obstacles this, Cameron earned "brownie" points in another way. Yes, delivering a giant turd won him over with his fellow recruits this episode.
Going back to Sullivan, the episode ended with a letter from "W". The letter was short but enough to unsettle Sullivan by the end of this one. I thought Sullivan was too much of a dick before but this episode hinted at some layers with him. Not to mention, Max Parker's rather handsome to look at as well.
As for the rest of the episode, there was some nice character moments among the recruits. You can sense the tension between Cameron and Ray while the former grew closer to Nash. There was also a nice friendship between Ochoa and Mo Mason (Logan Gould) before the latter assaulted Howitt during a panic attack. I really liked their scenes this week.
As for the real world away from the Marine Corps, Barbara was sleeping with Sergeant Pitowski and attending a support group for mothers of Marines. Barbara managed to make one friend/client while also allowing the group to think that Cameron was dead. Maybe Cameron had a point in not being that close to her.
- Santos had a wife and kids and took an interest in Eduardo and Ray's heritages. Nash was inspired by Jesse Jackson, Hicks stole a snake, Cody wrote a letter to John and Slovacek talked about his criminal antics.
- McKinnon educated the recruits on a World War II soldier and had black sand from Hiroshima. He also replaced Nash with Aantos as his Squad Leader.
- Standout music: Abba's Fernando.
- Chronology: A week since the events of the first episode. Cameron was literally holding his poops in for just as long.
The Confidence Course put the recruits through their paces, including that uncomfortable scene with the tear gas. It's still a really good episode, giving more details on the recruits along with Sullivan.
Rating: 8 out of 10
No comments:
Post a Comment