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--> '''Alex:''' Tom, you took the country to war today because ''you'' thought it was the right decision. Causalities are inevitable.

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--> '''Alex:''' Tom, you took the country to war today because ''you'' thought it was the right decision. Causalities Casualties are inevitable.
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casualties, not “causalities”.


* HardTruthAesop: When Tom blames himself for Clarkson's death, Alex tells him that causalities are inevitable and that they will always happen, no matter what

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* HardTruthAesop: When Tom blames himself for Clarkson's death, Alex tells him that causalities casualties are inevitable and that they will always happen, no matter what
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* HardTruthAesop: When Tom blames himself for Clarkson's death, Alex tells him that causalities are inevitable and that they will always happen, no matter what
--> '''Alex:''' Tom, you took the country to war today because ''you'' thought it was the right decision. Causalities are inevitable.
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Directed by Creator/PaulAEdwards

Written by Creator/SangKuKim & Creator/MichaelRussellGunn
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* RetIrony: Averted, but it is the team's commander who ends up dying in the mission.

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* RetIrony: {{Retirony}}: Averted, but it is the team's commander who ends up dying in the mission.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's revealed that Leo might not be President Kirkman's biological son.
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** [[spoiler:Clarkson pulls one of these to save a group of children being held hostage as human shields. As a result, the mission is a success and Majid Nassar is apprehended alive.]]
* RetIrony: Averted, but [[spoiler:it is the team's commander who ends up dying in the mission]].

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** [[spoiler:Clarkson Clarkson pulls one of these to save a group of children being held hostage as human shields. As a result, the mission is a success and Majid Nassar is apprehended alive.]]
alive.
* RetIrony: Averted, but [[spoiler:it it is the team's commander who ends up dying in the mission]].mission.



* WouldHurtAChild: Majid Nassar and his associates hold a bunch of children as human shields. When they try to shoot them, [[spoiler:Commander Clarkson sacrifices his life to save the children]].

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* WouldHurtAChild: Majid Nassar and his associates hold a bunch of children as human shields. When they try to shoot them, [[spoiler:Commander Commander Clarkson sacrifices his life to save the children]].children.
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President Kirkman makes the decision to send a team of Navy [=SEALs=] on a perilous mission into Algeria to apprehend Majid Nassar. Agent Wells continues to investigate Peter [=MacLeish=]'s activities on the night of the Capitol bombing. Alex Kirkman deals with allegations that Leo Kirkman may or may not be Tom's biological son.

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!!Tropes in this episode:
* HeroicSacrifice:
** American informant Sammy Sarafian is killed early in the episode, after alerting the U.S. government to Majid Nassar's whereabouts.
** [[spoiler:Clarkson pulls one of these to save a group of children being held hostage as human shields. As a result, the mission is a success and Majid Nassar is apprehended alive.]]
* RetIrony: Averted, but [[spoiler:it is the team's commander who ends up dying in the mission]].
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The SEAL team's mission has a ''lot'' of similarities to the death of UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden.
* WouldHurtAChild: Majid Nassar and his associates hold a bunch of children as human shields. When they try to shoot them, [[spoiler:Commander Clarkson sacrifices his life to save the children]].
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