User Reviews

It's heavy handed, it's not subtle, but still people miss the message the writers try to bring across.

The message is a stark indictment against fake news.

It's in the title.

It's said by the people in the team.

It's even said by the talk show host while he's trying to quit, and is confirmed by the real bad guy in this episode; the network manager.

And it's the downfall of Sanchez; taking credit for something he didn't do, and on which his career is built. With that taken away, he knows he can't play out his plans to get Hondo out and so he takes the money and runs.

But it's very telling that some people see it as "they want to take away our toys!!!"

So all along Hicks could have done something to get Hondo back but instead we had to endure several episodes of the insufferable Sanchez? Was this arc created to make viewers to miss and love Hondo more? Probably not, because Hondo is a great character, but it did make me miss him as 20-David.

I really love this episodes.... I was so great to see the character who played zoom in the flash was in swat and Hondo back in charge was also great. Me personally I think this is the best episode of this season.

Interesting case that could have used more in depth exploration, but overshadowed by the heavy-handed, bumbling, and transparent attempts by Deacon and Luca to convince Sanchez to leave. I was waiting for Hondo to perform some undeniably heroic act on live tv to regain his former position. No, HIcks just gives it to him. Hondo´s regaining leadership was inevitable, but nothing that led to his demotion has been resolved. This whole storyarc had no purpose.

The case combines two powder keg issues--fake news as the primary case and then gun control as secondary. Both of those could be stand alone episodes.

This episode was incredibly boring and wasted so much potential.

There are two main things in the episode.

One is the heavy message of guess what, being guns are bad. Pro guns are bad, the second amendment is bad. And of course the one character who speaks positively of guns gets shot.

Second is Sanchez still trying to get Hondo to quit. Except after all the build up Sanchez has gotten to be a major antagonist to Hondo he suddenly packs it in at the end of the episode when Deacon and Luca threaten to expose a lie he told. That's it, he's gone just like that. Talk about a wasted character. Thought he'd stick around for the entire season but guess the writers didn't know what else to do with him.

Oh and guess I should mention this episode yet again couldn't help but bring up how Hondo did the right thing and what's happening to him now is unfair. It's getting really annoying getting hit over the head with "Hondo did the right thing" ever single episode.

Could they be any more in our face? This episode is VERY on the nose about two things:

• Fake news, and
• (you guessed it:) gun control

What we don't need is the communist state of California attempting to tell the rest of the country how it should feel about guns. Your state has failed. Stop it-you're humiliating yourselves.

Two outright lies from this episode:

1, a "good guy with a gun" is a nuisance and likely to get his damn fool head blown off.

The FBI stats for 2021 (the year in which this episode aired) show that only 4.4% of active shootings were stopped by an armed citizen. However, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center, that number in reality is 34.4%.

2, Law enforcement believes in the second amendment, but they also believe in sensible gun control laws.

Only 7% of law enforcement believes that.

In a poll of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, 86% of law enforcement officials want nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry licensees, while 76% think armed citizen can help cops reduce violent crime, and a further 88% believe any vetted (non-criminal) citizen should be able to buy a gun.

In another poll of some 15,000 law enforcement officials, 96% opposed limiting magazine capacity. 91% think banning so-called "assault weapons" (a made-up term designed to scare people, and a category that does not exist) would have no effect or a negative effect. Furthermore, 62% said they would not enforce new gun control laws.

Laws only affect law-abiding citizens. Criminals are in fact criminals because they do not obey the law.

Hollywood needs to stop trying to shame its audience into going along with the progressive left's social agenda. It's embarrassing how blatantly obvious it has become. They used to be more subtle than this. Now, is like they aren't even trying to hide it anymore. Worst episode I've ever seen of this show. Honestly, find something else to watch, because it's not worth subjecting yourself to...THAT.

Episode rating: HOT GARBAGE.