There are POV camera angles, night vision, and one badass combat dog (in the second episode she gets special goggles and a tiny oxygen mask for her parachute ride - when are we getting a Rin Tin Tin remake people?!)Ĭast: Mike Vogel, Anne Heche, Demetrius Grosse, Natacha Karam, Hadi Tabbal While there are some tense moments, SEAL Team is focused more on strategizing than explosions and action. There is not an over-reliance on surveillance gadgets back in Washington (“enhance!”), but rather, the action hinges on the knowledge and expertise of this elite class of soldiers. The show is not afraid to let long stretches of time go by with minimal dialogue, as the team charges into dangerous situations. Of all of this year’s military series, SEAL Team feels the most realistic in terms of the tech, training, and execution of missions. Buckley, Toni Trucks, Jessica ParéĮpisodes Screened: 2, 1 of which features a parachuting dog

25, on NBC.Cast: David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., A. Email: Twitter: Brave: Action drama, 10 p.m. The premise of the show is that Dalton’s team will be dispatched anywhere in the world where its services are needed.ĭavid Wiegand is an assistant managing editor and the TV critic of The San Francisco Chronicle. We don’t get a lot of backstory on the characters, but we do know that Campbell lost someone very recently and is returning from bereavement leave as the pilot begins.Īlthough the pilot is set in the Middle East, this isn’t “Homeland”-lite.

Joseph “McG” McGuire (Noah Mills) and intelligence agent Amir Al-Raisani (Hadi Tabbal), a devout Muslim who had a past association with Islamic extremist groups. “Jaz” Khan (Natacha Karam), an expert sniper the aptly named CPO “Preach” Carter (Demetrius Grosse), who dispenses sermon-like wisdom to his comrades medic Sgt. Show creator Dean Georgaris, who wrote the pilot episode, fills in the blanks nicely with Sgt. Their goal is to get to her before she can be executed, but it turns out, there’s a wrinkle involving one of the most ruthless extremist leaders in Syria.Īn ensemble cast is key to any TV show about an elite team, whether it be a SWAT team or military. Kimberly Wells (Alix Wilton Regan), captured by an extremist group in Syria. Adam Dalton (Vogel) is ordered by Deputy Defense Intelligence Agency Director Patricia Campbell (Heche) to rescue an American physician, Dr.

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