SEAL Team Summary: Does the testimony help or hurt Jason’s case? Also, how does Mandy like civilian life?

This week with SEAL Team, we learned why NCIS pulled Jason out of Bulkhead in handcuffs. Did the testimony of those around him help his case? And what advice did Mandy Ellis give?

In an episode directed by Mandy herself aka former cast member Jessica Paré, Jason quickly learns that he is being unfairly accused of killing an unarmed citizen in his most recent operation. team, in Jordan. His failure to ensure that the target was armed before using deadly force placed him in violation of Article 119 UCMJ, charging him with manslaughter.

Speculating that he was merely a “pound of flesh” in exchange for friendly US operations in Jordan, Jason was preparing to mount a voracious defense, but his JAG, Lt. Commander Williams (played by recent Mother guest star Natasha Hall), advises him to stay calm and just listen at the preliminary hearing where the US government makes their case. Alas, said heard video evidence, recorded on a cell phone the team later seized, of Jason gunning down an unarmed man.
Because you might be curious, like me, here’s a close-up POV screenshot of Jason’s floor during his problematic filming, from the previous episode.
Immediately after Jason was first brought in, the Bravo Team, before taking their personal statements, were given a “no contact” order not to discuss the activity/incident with Jason or each other. Clay admitted to oversharing a bit with Stella, the World’s Best Girlfriend – specifically Raqqa Jacques, the man who tortured Ray, had been their target – something Ray later criticized him for ta. Ray himself registered as a lawyer before giving his testimony as Chief Warrant Officer, a move that jeopardized Jason’s JAG. If Ray can throw Jason under the bus, should Jason return the favor to share the blame and hope for a lighter sentence? Or should Jason go ahead and take a plea bargain (under Article 114/Reckless Endangerment, resulting in a “less than honorable discharge”)?
Prodded by Lindell to reach out to people outside his Bravo circle, Jason meets Mandy at Bulkhead, who is late for, no joke, a paragliding lesson (“Now I have a life ”) and soon boarded a plane to… somewhere. Mandy of course sympathizes with her former colleague’s situation and regrets that she is no longer qualified to “trade state secrets to rescue her friend”. Jason wonders if he should have followed her out of that taco stand months ago, but Mandy knows full well that he’ll soon be longing for his microwave — and the brotherhood that Bravo brings again, which she says is the difference between her. his decision and “why do you have to stay and I don’t.” Seeing Jason torn between surrendering or leaving a team member as collateral damage—neither of which were the Jason Hayes Way, she noted—Mandy said that one man was brave. The feeling that led the brothers into the pits of Hell could certainly stand up and convince a jury that he did. Right. Right.