Spoiler alert: The next article comprises spoilers for the collection finale of SEAL Group.
With a closing episode aired Sunday, Oct. 6, the CBS Studios army drama SEAL Group has come to an in depth. Spanning seven seasons about an elite unit of U.S. Navy SEALs throughout CBS and Paramount+, it was one of many few collection to bridge the hole between networks and streamers.
After a profitable mission finish within the penultimate episode of SEAL Group Season 7, which resulted within the seize of a serious fentanyl drug dealer and elimination of a Inexperienced Beret traitor, Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and Group Bravo head house to Virginia Seashore. However the reprieve with household, as they course of the extraordinary occasions of the season, is short-lived, with the unit deployed to Afghanistan for one closing mission.
All through the tenth episode, Jason struggles to reconcile with the copious quantities of blood on his arms, making the marriage preparation for daughter Emma (Kerri Medders) triggering. After the Afghanistan supply is accomplished, Ray Perry (Neil Brown Jr.) and Sonny Quinn (AJ Buckley) accompany Hayes on a facet journey to the spouse of the primary individual he killed in an act of atonement. Quickly, nevertheless, the trio’s automobile is bombarded, as their extraction goes haywire.
When the display fades into black, a momentary fake-out appears to indicate a church gathering — presumably a funeral? Nevertheless, audiences are quickly in a position to breathe simple with the trio very a lot having survived the mission, as Jason leads his daughter down the aisle as she weds to Brad (Brandon Butler). With the festivities underway, it appears Jason has washed his arms of his previous, signaling a brand new starting.
So, the place do the principle characters find yourself? Lisa Davis (Toni Vehicles) secures her promotion after a sacrifice by Sonny, who admits to punching Decker in entrance of the investigative committee, ceding his SEAL trident. The 2 are final seen driving collectively and holding arms. In the meantime, Ray seems to be the Bravo member who takes the Head of Warfighter Well being place at DEVGRU. And whereas the episode makes it appear that Jason can also be stepping away from the battlefield, a closing scene exhibits the character again up within the chopper with the youthful contingent of the SEAL crew, his closing phrases “Simple f—ing day!” closing out the present.
“I hope the legacy is that we advised an genuine story,” showrunner Spencer Hudnut advised TVLine of SEAL Group’s finish. “It wasn’t a recruiting video, however it additionally wasn’t a politically slanted view of the army. We tried to inform the true story of our women and men in uniform, and the true which means of sacrifice.”
With nobody killed off within the finale, and an general uplifting ending that’s ripe with prospects and new beginnings, it’s potential for the procedural’s story to be revisited sooner or later. As beforehand famous, a stand-alone film was introduced in 2022, which hasn’t seen a lot headway. We hear it’s not useless, although it isn’t presently shifting alongside the method to come back to fruition.
All episodes of SEAL Group are streaming on Paramount+.
