SAS: Who Dares Wins

[Its Just Adz]

I was surprised Amuz handed his ticket in, I though he was a possible winner.

[WilliamWoollard]

mcelliott said:

Enjoyed that Foxy just gets better and better

Edited by mcelliott on Sunday 28th January 22:08

Agreed. I think I’m starting to fancy him more than Ant.

[Halb]

It's always foxy or ant, never the other one

[Rich_W]

Its Just Adz said:

I was surprised Amuz handed his ticket in, I though he was a possible winner.

Me too. But I liked what he said about being better for having competed.

Of the other 2 in his team. The gym instructor Daryl? Turned on his "mate" didn't he!

I get they are all tired and I dunno how Id cope with 8 hours of baby crying!!!

But he broke first, blabbed first about them being military and his mate backed him with a false story about Marines. The staff saw a weakness and exploited it. With the inevitable results. Matey who went in the hole has taken it as all his fault. And it isn't that clear cut to me.

[marcosgt]

Great episode this week, I thought.

Really tough on them mentally (probably childsplay compared the real thing, of course) and it's sometimes surprising to see who cracks and who doesn't and what it is that tips them over the edge.

I wasn't really sure why Daryel switched his story - Surely, once you're in a lie, you stick with it? Still, as others have said, hours and hours of heat, noise and phyiscal stress - I'd probably say all sorts of stuff!

I came away feeling a bit mentally savaged from watching that, which makes it great TV - It's the complete opposite of the narcissistic ste that most 'reality shows' are.


Excellent viewing again.

I wonder if next week, we'll see one of the 'clever' ones get taken apart? Will be interesting.


M

Edited by marcosgt on Monday 29th January 16:36

[Rich_W]

WOW!

He did that "message from home" absolutely brilliantly!


Knew they were going to use it to get in his head!

[Muncher]

I don’t think that would necessarily be viewed favourably.

[menousername]

So in that challenge only two out of four can go through- and the guy who came second never made it through?

And the guy who came third went through in second place?

Makes sense

[mcelliott]

So pleased for Matt, god knows where that other guy came from. Overall a pretty enjoyable series.

[oilbethere]

menousername said:

So in that challenge only two out of four can go through- and the guy who came second never made it through?

And the guy who came third went through in second place?

Makes sense

They deemed the second place guy to be holding back in the earlier tests.

Number 16 is/was/will be a serial killer.

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

[WilliamWoollard]

That was a great series. Favourite part for me was the impromptu wet t-shirt competition from the DS.

[Chicken Chaser]

No 16 was odd but that may have been a play for the tests, who knows? Excellent way of dealing with emotion in his family video though. Compartmentalising.

[menousername]

oilbethere said:

They deemed the second place guy to be holding back in the earlier tests.

Number 16 is/was/will be a serial killer.

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

exactly what confused me- holding back in anticipation of a long night would be quite sensible right.... whilst still managing to beat 2 of the other guys. Probably would have won if that was him holding back

Other guy- totally agree- narcissist. Disappointed he was put through. I know its a show, but the premise is to find someone with the right characteristics. Being a bit hardened to things, I get that. Being completely cold while denying insurance cover to customers who believed they were covered to help in their darkest hours...being completely indifferent to their suffering... is that the making of a SF operator? Even the doctor’s psychological assessment concluded “would you want this guy in your team” and he won...

[V8mate]

menousername said:

exactly what confused me- holding back in anticipation of a long night would be quite sensible right.... whilst still managing to beat 2 of the other guys. Probably would have won if that was him holding back

Other guy- totally agree- narcissist. Disappointed he was put through. I know its a show, but the premise is to find someone with the right characteristics. Being a bit hardened to things, I get that. Being completely cold while denying insurance cover to customers who believed they were covered to help in their darkest hours...being completely indifferent to their suffering... is that the making of a SF operator? Even the doctor’s psychological assessment concluded “would you want this guy in your team” and he won...

The DS - during their huddle - were all agreed that they'd want him on their team in an operation, in spite, as one of them noted, that they might not get on with them on a 1-2-1/human/friendly basis. Being able to block out the traits which make humans weak is exactly the skill they seek in a colleague.

[Mr-B]

oilbethere said:

They deemed the second place guy to be holding back in the earlier tests.

Number 16 is/was/will be a serial killer.

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

Edited by oilbethere on Sunday 4th February 22:07

Exactly my thoughts! Not difficult also to imagine someone like him/his personalty completely losing it and killing everyone in his unit before turning the gun on himself. As good as he might have been I think that 1% risk in his personality would have been enough to rule him out.

[prand]

Mr-B said:

Exactly my thoughts! Not difficult also to imagine someone like him/his personalty completely losing it and killing everyone in his unit before turning the gun on himself. As good as he might have been I think that 1% risk in his personality would have been enough to rule him out.

My interpretation of the way the assessors discussed him was he would make a suitable lone agent, who would be less reliant on the rest of a team. Though it made me wonder if such roles really exist; somebody operating under deep cover, far from support, a lone assassin on a suicide mission etc.

I guess that they picked him, then possibly they do. I still thought he was a bit of a dick though, playing a game pretending to be a sociopath. But fair play to him he did well.

[briangriffin]

prand said:

My interpretation of the way the assessors discussed him was he would make a suitable lone agent, who would be less reliant on the rest of a team. Though it made me wonder if such roles really exist; somebody operating under deep cover, far from support, a lone assassin on a suicide mission etc.

I guess that they picked him, then possibly they do. I still thought he was a bit of a dick though, playing a game pretending to be a sociopath. But fair play to him he did well.

I believe the SRR (special reconasance regiment) operate more like that although I think in smaller teams not alone. I.e. sitting in a bush for days on end watching a targets movements.

[joema]

It seemed odd that he blurted out the call centre work with no prompt. Like he wanted to show that he could detach himself.
I think he was playing the game rather than being a full blown sociopath. Still odd though.

[Halb]

I think he was just a lad a bit soft in the head who likes to think he's Dexter, but the hands over the ears showed he wasn't Dexter...I think.

no. 14, did the SAS men want him to quit? After drilling it into them they shouldn't quit?

[The Selfish Gene]

Halb said:

I think he was just a lad a bit soft in the head who likes to think he's Dexter, but the hands over the ears showed he wasn't Dexter...I think.

no. 14, did the SAS men want him to quit? After drilling it into them they shouldn't quit?

I thought they were unfair on 14. Quitting was a terminal option. To force him into it - or try to. Didn't sit well with me.

Granted he could be binned for not being fast enough or whatever, but I didn't like how it happened.