{"id":100702,"date":"2019-10-22T21:54:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T21:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/22\/seal-team-episode-3-season-3-theory-and-methodology\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:08:20","slug":"seal-team-episode-3-season-3-theory-and-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2019\/10\/22\/seal-team-episode-3-season-3-theory-and-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SEAL Team\u2019 episode 3, season 3 \u2014 \u2019Theory and Methodology\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When operators aren\u2019t operating, they\u2019re training&#8230; and that\u2019s exactly where \u201cTheory and Methodology\u201d picks up after Bravo Team\u2019s mission to hunt down bomb maker Vadim Tarasov in the previous episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After running drills under the watchful eye of Jason, the team is introduced to their new commanding officer, Grayson Lindell, who soon takes Clay aside and lets him subtly know that he needs to stand down on his personal mission of exposing the dangers of traumatic brain injuries and the Navy\u2019s quiet stance on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/2019\/10\/15\/seal-team-episode-2-season-3-ignore-and-override\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Not-A-Seal-Team-Fan-Blog1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018SEAL Team\u2019 episode 2, season 3 \u2019Ignore and Override\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Still kicking in Eastern European doors. But will Jason keep it together for full-on mission success?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lindell wants to solve the matter in a different way \u2014 by bringing in a specialist to work with the team\u2019s operators, and he feels as though Clay\u2019s efforts might get in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason spends time with his daughter shopping for things to spruce up his spartan living quarters, and he pulls out the dad questions right away. His daughter, however, isn\u2019t having any of it and she keeps bringing the conversation back to his mental health and her concern for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In true Jason form, he brushes off her concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Bravo\u2019s secret lovebirds \u2014 Sonny and Davis \u2014 attempt to go on a date far away from the prying eyes of everyone on base, only to be recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3s09AoH4m_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3s09AoH4m_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> <p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3s09AoH4m_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGotta step my game up\u201d \u2764\ufe0f #Savis #SEALTeam<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sealteamcbs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Seal Team<\/a> (@sealteamcbs) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-10-17T01:12:13+00:00\">Oct 16, 2019 at 6:12pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bravo\u2019s getting spun up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, the team\u2019s heading to Azerbaijan to \u201csupport and advise\u201d local forces on retaking a power plant supposedly captured by Armenian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interesting turn of events, Ray, anxious to remain with Bravo, finds a workaround to his earlier problem of getting promoted out of the team. While on the team\u2019s J-Alert aircraft, Ray makes known his intention to become a warrant officer to Blackburn. This would keep him with Bravo, but as his wife indicates, it would also make him senior to Jason and that could potentially change the dynamic of their friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team kits up and Bravo HALO jumps in from the aircraft, linking up with a friendly black ops team in the area. The support-and-advise mission rapidly devolves into \u201ckill everything\u201d when a firefight ensues, and the team is forced to switch to direct action mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a protracted battle, Bravo discovers that they\u2019re up against Iranian mercenaries equipped with night vision, machine guns and a decent amount of training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the team recovers and they head back stateside, Davis finds herself extremely frustrated with her inability to anticipate the Iranians popping up, though Blackburn consoles her with the fact that there was no way she could\u2019ve connected dots that nobody could see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presumably still upset and conflicted over having to send Bravo into harm\u2019s way with the intelligence she analyzes, she later brushes off a make-up date with Sonny to dive headfirst into some more intel work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clay eventually lets his father know about his earlier conversation with Lindell, and in a heartwarming moment, the two realize that the work they\u2019ve been doing together on TBI awareness has made them closer than they\u2019ve ever been before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason ends the episode alone in his apartment, resistant to the small changes his daughter made before she left to go back to school. He fishes a bar of soap out of the trash, plonks himself on a chair near the microwave oven and turns it on so that he has some noise to keep him company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christian\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a sharp departure from the first two episodes of this season (and a tactical disappointment).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Shoot house \u2014<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very cool to see the shoot house scene. It really illustrates how hard these men work to hone their craft as assaulters. Loved the role players ambushing and tackling and full contact on Sonny and Ray and Clay. Also cool camera work with the GoPro on the stock of Trent\u2019s rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3sv45wHwpw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3sv45wHwpw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; 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Drop a \ud83d\udca5 in the comments if you\u2019re watching with us!<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sealteamcbs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Seal Team<\/a> (@sealteamcbs) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-10-17T00:27:58+00:00\">Oct 16, 2019 at 5:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we literally go 14 minutes into the 41 minute show before there\u2019s any mission. I\u2019m sure Ingrid will talk about the Davis\/Sonny dumpster fire in her writeup, but dude, what\u2019s with the flirting in the cages? What if someone walked in? WTF?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The mission to Azerbaijan \u2014<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was really only one operation executed by Bravo, and it seemed so far fetched and so hurriedly planned it veered far from (seemingly) reality. We\u2019re going to send a DevGru team into Azerbaijan on a popup mission to secure a power plant? Come on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy the hell are we worried about turf wars between countries that I can\u2019t even spell?\u201d Sonny wonders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You and me both, brother. And Davis\u2019 explanation? Not believable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re literally planning the mission to secure a gigantic power plant on the plane ride over. With what six guys? I\u2019m just not seeing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And am I the only one that thought the city lights below the plane were a bit close for a jump \u2014 with oxygen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dude, how did we get a \u201cwater team?\u201d No one said anything about boats on this one. So random, not seeing the tactical advantage here at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, a big old gunfight ensues with lots of hitting on Bravo\u2019s side, and lotsa missing on the bad guys\u2019 side. And explain to me again why the f%uck these guys are even here? Then we got Iranian Revolutionary Guard mercenaries? 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An all-new #SEALTeam tomorrow! \ud83d\udca5<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sealteamcbs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Seal Team<\/a> (@sealteamcbs) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-10-15T23:55:36+00:00\">Oct 15, 2019 at 4:55pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK, enough&#8230;who wrote this episode? Can we plase have the writer for the first two back? 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