SMSSG Mike Donley
It doesn't matter where you've been. It only matters where you go.
“The Good Soldier” · Season 7, Episode 11
In this episode: Lilly Rush (2)
It's been four years, Bobby. What took you so long to come forward?
SBSPC Bobby Kerns
Special Forces. Went from training at Fort Bragg to two tours in Afghanistan. Just got home.
A bus ticket doesn't prove he was with you.
SBSPC Bobby Kerns
Ma'am, Army thinks one of its top soldiers is a criminal. You gotta make it right. Staff Sergeant Donley changed my life; the least I can do is honor his.
[In a flashback scene told by Jerry Harkin, Kevin's father, SSG Donley arrives at Kevin's funeral to offer his condolences. Jerry follows Donley, angry and meaning to confront him, but finds Donley speaking quietly with Kevin's younger brother, Ethan.]
SMSSG Mike Donley
Ethan, right? Man, your brother talked a lot about you. I'm sure that everybody's telling you you gotta be strong for your pop, and you got big shoes to fill. But none of that answers any of your questions, right? About why all this had to happen? I wish I could tell you; I can't. No one can. But if you ever get sad about your brother, I want you to remember this.
[The flashback ends abruptly; Jerry Harkin is trying to compose himself.]
JJerry
Sorry.
Take your time.
JJerry
He, um... he told my son Ethan that... he shouldn't feel sad about never seeing Kevin again. Because, every time he saw a soldier on TV, in the news, on the street- anywhere- that... he was seeing a piece of Kevin. That Kevin was now... a part of something bigger. Now, I might not have agreed with Mike that much but... what he said stays with me today. It's how I get by.
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