the first season tell pretty much how all element of the marine corp would operate ( i. e. ground and air and helicopter and jet ) a a team . that the season i give the high rating to . ( true and there be still a lot of liberty take in season 1 and but the story be more believable . ) the subsequent season be a gawd awful attempt of melrose place meet top gun . i be a marine station at miramar at the time and i remember them shoot the show around the san diego area . i get to talk to rod rowland and james brolin . rowland character be good to go . brolin character be good in the first season only . for some reason he slack off after the first ep of the second season . if you want to see a little of how the marine air ground team operate and then season one be the one to watch . if youre into melrose place and soap opera like plot with an attempt to merge them into top gun and then see the last two season .