How realistic was this week’s episode?

“Kill” originally aired October 18, 2015

Mixed: The way they were shooting the course was accurate. It was the new FBIHQC. One shoots 5 rounds, 3 rounds standing, 2 rounds kneeling in 15 seconds.  It is done 2 times from the 25 yard line. They would however be allowed to shoot from behind barricades.  They also shot it way too fact, 5 rounds in 3 seconds. They would not have had any accuracy shooting that rapidly.

Miss: That did not resemble Hogan’s Alley at all.

Miss: The tactics that they were shown using to enter the buildings were incredibly unsafe. They didn’t show them receiving any training prior to the exercise.  Analysts would never direct the activities of FBI agents and especially not during a SWAT operation. An analyst job is to deal with information.

Miss: The paintballs they were shown using don’t have that much accuracy. They’re only accurate to about 25 feet.

Miss: Shelby and Caleb on the shooting range would not be allowed. Trainees aren’t allowed on the range in their spare time unsupervised.

A few side notes…

It wasn’t clear if Shelby was still an agent or not. If she was she wouldn’t be allowed any outside employment.

There is no deviation from the rules regarding the use of force. There is not a shoot to kill order. Somebody tried this at Ruby Ridge and it didn’t turn out very well.

Shelby and Alex while playing the truth and lies game mention voting for Obama or not.  From purely observational evidence, most agents are fairly conservative and usually vote Republican.

Ryan was told that he only thought he was there because he was undercover. He was really on probation and there for retraining. Quantico is not Faber College (from Animal House) There is no “super-secret probation”!