Given, I am over the Mandy of it all. I didn't want to go back down that road. But I see other reviewers unhappy with the spotlight being on recent events with how we left Afghanistan and I can understand because I was done with other shows shoving Covid storylines down viewers throats.. but! I'm completely onboard with Hollywood actually paying attention to something that doesn't feel like an agenda for the left for once. Things do feel a little choppy with the storyline right now but I'm hoping that's an effect from the last of Covid tremors stalling things and this show moving from cable to streaming and it will work itself out if it hasn't course corrected already in the back half of this season. I do think they need to come up with something fresh while also getting back to their roots. I'm worried that isn't a possibility without a cast shake up though. As much as I adore David Boreanaz, the character Jason Hayes needs a revamp and feel free to drop Mandy back off in any other country. Fingers crossed her reappearance is a crucible to set up for a shift with Hayes as a character.