TheCougarHunter said:

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Ok nothing has really bothered me about this show until the national guard shows up and starts setting off HE on private land, within a few days more or less.

Any military exercise especially a live fire one takes months of planning and even longer to certify a live fire range.

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On top of that, not bothering to close off and constantly monitor all roads into that area so no errant oil trucks or whatever happen to go down that road during the exercises.

Things like this always piss me off because it would be so easy to write a more believable scenario that achieves the same thing.

Like have the cartel trucks go out there for the deal and the army sees them going into their range so they go confront them and get into a firefight and kill the cartel guys.

Texaggie7nine said:

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TheCougarHunter said:

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Ok nothing has really bothered me about this show until the national guard shows up and starts setting off HE on private land, within a few days more or less.

Any military exercise especially a live fire one takes months of planning and even longer to certify a live fire range.

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On top of that, not bothering to close off and constantly monitor all roads into that area so no errant oil trucks or whatever happen to go down that road during the exercises.

Things like this always piss me off because it would be so easy to write a more believable scenario that achieves the same thing.

Like have the cartel trucks go out there for the deal and the army sees them going into their range so they go confront them and get into a firefight and kill the cartel guys.

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Also, having a cartel vehicle blown up by the national guard feels more like a season 3 kind of thing, even on one of Sheridan's shows.

Did you miss the first 10 mins of episode one.

Ogre09 said:

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The most unrealistic part to me still is the neighbor girl saying to the daughter, "your dad is one of those oil guys."

Everyone's dad is "one of those oil guys" in Midland.

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The most unrealistic event to me is the magnitude of the blowout on a well with a pumping unit.

GreasenUSA said:

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Hearing Grandma Saracen say the words "But I would like to have a dick in my face one last time"

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Finally watched this episode and I can't see that actress as anyone other than Matt's grandma. No wonder he was always outside throwing a football.

Demi actually spoke in the last episode????? Can't believe it. Now fast forwarding through the Ali Larter parts. Good to look at but annoying along with her over sexualized daughter

IIIHorn said:

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Ogre09 said:

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The most unrealistic part to me still is the neighbor girl saying to the daughter, "your dad is one of those oil guys."

Everyone's dad is "one of those oil guys" in Midland.

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The most unrealistic event to me is the magnitude of the blowout on a well with a pumping unit.

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Complete O&G novice here…can you explain simply why that would be out of the realm of possibility? I believe you just curious

Because this is a well that was drilled a long time ago and a pump/jack is required to get the oil/gas to the surface. There's not reservoir pressure naturally pushing it to the surface such as a brand new well being drilled that does have it.

Magneto said:

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Demi actually spoke in the last episode????? Can't believe it. Now fast forwarding through the Ali Larter parts. Good to look at but annoying along with her over sexualized daughter

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Not sure where Taylor is going with the ex wife. Every evening is a pointless stupid fight with Norris saying this is my life, it ain't changing.