I think this is a pretty awesome show. As an ex-military guy myself there is a lot of realistic portrayal of those in service and the vets afterwards. Jason is a bit whiney throughout the show and it's getting worse. He's more like a brooding millennial than a hardened warrior, but he still does a decent job. The rest of the cast is pretty awesome.

Personally I think it's one of the best shows on TV right now. It made me go back and watch some Bones and I realize that David Boreanaz must be kind of a jackass in real life because that personality comes through in all his characters.

I'm updating my review after getting through season 4...
Ok, so I still really like this show but it's starting to grate on my nerves a little with some of the nonsense. I'm starting to think they should re-title this as "The Flip Flop Guys".

[spoiler]Jason: He's on the team, he's off the team, he's on the team, he's off the team, he's on the team. I would be surprised if they let a tier 1 operator do this. They are supposed to be the best of the very best, this shows lack of commitment and indecisiveness, not what you are looking for in a tier 1 operator, but most certainly not what you want from a tier 1 team leader.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Jason Pt II: He's with Natalie, he's not, he's with Natalie, he's not, he is going to transfer with Natalie, he doesn't.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Clay: He's with Stella, he's not, he hates Stella, he loves her, he's back with her.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Sonny/Davis: They are together, they are not, they are together, they are not.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I mean, that's a lot of indecisiveness over the entire tier 1 team! Sure, some of it is nitpicking but still. I think the show forgot what made this show a hit in the first two and half seasons: watching bad-ass door-kickers beat the snot out of bad guys while in a tight-knit team of hardcore operators. Now it's a half-hearted, not-as-effective team that is dealing with one personal drama after another while the story goes in circles.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]You can almost guarantee that the military isn't going to put up with this kind of nonsense from the very best in their numbers. There are lots of good warriors chomping at the bit to be a tier 1 operator, they aren't putting up with this much insubordination and this many team issues for very long.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I worry for the future of the show. It seems like they think door-kicking is repetitive and instead put us into a much less interesting repetitive personal drama story arc. It's like they have run out of material, and their viewer numbers are suffering as a result of them not thinking door kicking is what got them the audience - and now they are hoping that soap-opera military dramas get that audience back.[/spoiler]

Let's face it, the military is 90% boring and 10% interesting. But there are still lots of good stories there. Personally I think that Jason quitting the team and being a SERES instructor would be an interesting storyline. His time is up, he's too old for this anyway.