Also, I agree and disagree re: the pilots. We see the political machinations from top down through Robbins, Mondavi and Black, and we see the Military side top down through the pentagon at the cabinet table, and the pilots on boats. So for me, there is symmetry in this. Also I love stories with digressions. This…

Double yep. and yep. Although I think the storyline is helped by these two because it gives us a boots-on-the-ground view of the insanity at the top. Also, I love digression, good storytelling is full of delicious digression. Thanks Omar dude.

Yep. Yep, and Yep.
It's like MASH on steroids, with the ensemble-cast only better. And it’s real. Mash was satire about what had happened —Vietnam,
WWII. This is about my lifetime in real time. And these guys, including the men, have nailed
it. Best show ever in the history of television.