SHOOTER SERIES EPISODE 3 REVIEW AND QUESTIONS?!!

What an explosive episode!

Yes, that pun was shamelessly intended. Judge me. I don't care. I'm too stoked about all the progress made in Shooter Season 1 Episode 3!

I was hesitant about how the series would play out, especially after Shooter Season 1 Episode 1, but I'm so glad that my reservations about it have all but dissipated. The series is every bit the fun, suspense, and action that I thought it would be!

Now that we're three episodes in, a flow has developed and all the characters are finding their bearings with their select roles.

Bob Lee is the beasty badass on a mission; an unstoppable force that will give everyone and everything a real hard time. He's a little OTT at times, but after a bit of a wobbly start, Ryan Phillipe is starting to don his role. And I'm loving it!!

Julie is the strong support system, holding her own, smart, savvy, and not one to be underestimated. I really respect that,  I'm invested in the Swagger family, for Julie, and little Mary too. 

It's the antagonists that are screwing with me.

To be fair, Isaac Johnson isn't the main issue. Although, I'm dying to find out what exactly his motive is for setting Bob Lee up as I bet they have changed it up from the film as we have already seen them do. Anyway I digress.. What happened between the two of them to make, what I'm presuming is a cordial enough relationship, become something like this? 

Bob Lee always thought you were a coward. I think he was being kind.

Julie

He seems too smart to be involved with what's going on. He also seemed too smart to use Bob Lee as his fall guy, when he's the one running down all the reasons why Bob Lee is not someone to go up against. And how the hell did he recognize he was probably walking into a trap but then still fall for it? 

Isaac confounds me, but Payne is just too much. Payne is the stereotypical "psychopathic" villain. In fact, it's to the point of being cartoonish. 

R.I.P. Kyle, you bloody moron! 

I'm actually surprised he lasted as long as he did. How could he not think that the plan was to have him killed anyway because that's the only thing that made sense, Whether he said anything to Nadine (or anyone else) or not, he was still a loose end that knew too much and needed to be dealt with. His days were numbered. 

I loved that scene with him and Nadine at the bar. The poor moron spent all that time bragging about how great of a cop he was, how amazingly perceptive and intuitive he was, and he didn't even realize Nadine was F.B.I. and interrogating him.

I really like Nadine. She's one of my favorite characters played bye Cynthia Addai Robinson who I love from some of her previous work in Arrow and Spartacus. I wish she would keep things close to the vest and trust herself!

Julie already picked up that Nadine is good, and she had to convince Bob Lee that Nadine could be on his side, but Nadine needs to be confident in herself.

She also should stop sharing every single little detail with her boss. Because I'm not sure if he's on the up and up either, I don't trust him. The only characters I trust  completely are the Swaggers and Nadine. 

I do not hide the fact that Im a bit disturbed about the bedtime stories Bob Lee told his 7-year-old, were about missions where he killed people. But I couldn't stop grinning when Mary reassured her mom. 

Bob Lee was adamant about Julie reminding Mary of that particular story, when he met up with her in the ladies room. Finding out the significance of it after Bob Lee was presumed dead was pretty kick-ass. Even if Mary did do that creepy whisper thing like the kid from Sixth Sense. 

It's such a common go-to, but damn I love it when a character fakes his/her own death or they're known as a ghost! It's still ridiculous that mostly everyone, especially Isaac, bought into it because this is the Bob Lee Swagger...but I don't care. I loved it. 

Let the fun begin! 

I still have more than a few questions though, like why on earth did the Russians use the Americans to kill the Ukrainian president? What does Isaac have to do with any of this? What is with this entire conspiracy? When does the ghost sniper that Bob Lee has been trying to track down for eons come back into the picture?

What did you guys think of the episode? Were you surprised that Isaac thought he killed Bob Lee? What was with Payne at that church? Are you excited about Nadine and Bob Lee working together? #CAF #MsaNewsandViews