A funny thing happened a few months ago: Despite the dozens of other TV shows I needed to catch up on, I decided to watch all of CBS' new series SEAL Team. Okay, maybe that's not funny ha-ha, but that's the kind of funny that comes with procrastination, at least when writing about television is your profession. Before that point, I had considered watching SEAL Team just for the cast (which included The Originals' Daniel Gillies, even though the trailer made it clear that his character was killed off early in the season).

experiment). But since I'm not invested in this particular sub-genre—especially after the failed military series Brave (NBC) and Valor (The CW)—and am not eager for a dark, heavy TV show added to my queue so I don't expect to stick with the series for long.

Here's the thing: I ended up loving SEAL Team. At first, I was only really attracted to one aspect of the show: Dita the Hair Missile, who plays Bravo Team K9 Cerberus officer on the show.

After seven or eight episodes, I could finally see that this series was about something—how this heroic creation can be crushed physically, mentally, and emotionally, as well as how As useful as talking your way through problems is, it's basically the opposite of what you'd expect from the series. By the end of the season, I really cared about each Team Bravo member's problems, whether it was PTSD, their physical health, or hoping their lover didn't forget them during deployment.

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