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The Best Episodes of SEAL Team Season 1

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Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 21 - The Graveyard of Empires
    8.4/10(793 votes)

    S1:E21

    Following a helicopter crash, the SEAL Team must proceed with the mission as hostiles bear down on them and an injured and impaired Jason goes after their target alone.

    Director:David Boreanaz
    Writers:Ed Redlich, Spencer Hudnut

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  2. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 20 - Enemy of My Enemy
    8.3/10(779 votes)

    S1:E20

    The lives of Jason and the SEAL Team are in jeopardy when a risky mission to capture a highly valuable target may actually be a trap. Also, Clay and Davis commiserate about the frustrations of having long distance relationships, and Ray has a meeting regarding his involvement with the accidental death of the local boy that could affect his military career.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writers:John Bellicci, Corinne Marrinan

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  3. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 22 - The Cost of Doing Business
    8.3/10(758 votes)

    S1:E22

    After Jason lies about his concussion to get cleared for combat, he and the SEAL Team plan a final mission to avenge Echo Team's deaths once and for all before they return home from deployment.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writer:Benjamin Cavell

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  4. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 10 - Pattern of Life
    8.1/10(997 votes)

    S1:E10

    Tensions are high when Jason and the SEAL Team enter a Yemeni house to locate a cell phone linked to a terrorist network, and interrogate the family while the daughter lays in critical condition after being accidentally shot.

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writer:Corinne Marrinan

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  5. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 16 - Never Get Out of the Boat
    8.1/10(755 votes)

    S1:E16

    Jason leads the SEAL Team on a dangerous daytime mission where Sonny is wounded and must now rely on Clay and his brothers to save his life.

    Director:J. Michael Muro
    Writers:Spencer Hudnut, Mark Semos

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  6. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 18 - Credible Threat
    8.0/10(738 votes)

    S1:E18

    Jason and the SEAL Team are tasked with protecting a delegation of congressmen and department of defense officials who come to Jalalabad for a publicity tour even though a credible threat has been made against them.

    Director:Ruben Garcia
    Writers:Josef Sawyer, Valerie Armstrong

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  7. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 5 - Collapse
    7.9/10(1094 votes)

    S1:E5

    Jason and the SEAL Team must protect the American Embassy in South Sudan when the ambassador refuses to evacuate as the country becomes increasingly unstable. Also, Clay and Stella take their relationship to the next level.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Becky Mode

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  8. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 12 - The Upside Down
    7.9/10(854 votes)

    S1:E12

    While on a mission to retrieve a downed top-secret drone, Jason and the SEAL Team disobey orders so they can save Clay, who is trapped beneath a room full of armed terrorists. Also, Clay and Stella's relationship takes a new turn.

    Director:J. Michael Muro
    Writers:John Bellucci, Spencer Hudnut

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  9. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 17 - In Name Only
    7.9/10(749 votes)

    S1:E17

    As Jason and the SEAL Team come closer to avenging the loss of Echo Team, Mandy takes matters into her own hands after her boss won't green-light her mission to take out their biggest target. Also, Jason is unsure of where his relationship with Amy stands.

    Director:John Dahl
    Writers:Sabrina Almeida, Brian Horiuchi

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  10. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 19 - Takedown
    7.9/10(704 votes)

    S1:E19

    The SEAL Team sends Ray undercover in a busy spice market to make a high-stakes money swap, and Jason attempts to take down a terrorist known to wear a suicide belt. Also, Ray realizes the devastating consequences of his decisions.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writers:Reiss Clauson-Wolf, Julian Silver, Beth Schacter

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  11. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 9 - Rolling Dark
    7.8/10(912 votes)

    S1:E9

    Jason and the SEAL team must rescue a Russian scientist and his wife and bring them across the Afghanistan border to safety as Chinese and Russian Special Forces close in, intent on stopping them. Also, Clay endures his first day with Jason's unit.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writers:Daniele Nathanson, Brian Horiuchi

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  12. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 14 - Call Out
    7.8/10(763 votes)

    S1:E14

    Jason and the SEAL Team settle into deployment life and get closer to discovering who ambushed Echo Team after Mandy gets a lead from an unlikely source on the base.

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writer:Beth Schacter

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  13. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 15 - No Man's Land
    7.8/10(737 votes)

    S1:E15

    Jason and the SEAL Team close in on avenging the deaths of Echo Team when they find the money that funded their murder on a nearby poppy farm that was previously used to make heroin. Also, Jason meets an intriguing woman on the base.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:John Bellucci, Corinne Marrinan

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  14. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 7 - Borderlines
    7.7/10(977 votes)

    S1:E7

    Jason and the SEAL Team must rescue an undercover CIA operative after she is captured by radical terrorists to be used as a bargaining chip. Also, Clay undergoes the final harrowing exercise for his candidacy into Tier One.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Corinne Marrinan

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  15. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 8 - The Exchange
    7.7/10(901 votes)

    S1:E8

    Jason and the SEAL Team have mixed feelings when they are tasked with bringing home an American soldier who was captured after deserting, in exchange for detainees in Gitmo.

    Director:John Dahl
    Writers:Sabrina Almeida, Spencer Hudnut

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  16. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 13 - Getaway Day
    7.7/10(837 votes)

    S1:E13

    Jason and the SEAL Team must leave their families immediately when their deployment date is moved up after the team they were going to relieve is ambushed. Also, Jason and Alana make a big decision about their future, and Clay and Stella feel the weight of his marriage proposal.

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writers:John Bellucci, Benjamin Cavell, Ed Redlich

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  17. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 3 - Boarding Party
    7.6/10(1128 votes)

    S1:E3

    Jason and the SEAL team must rescue a group of researchers being held hostage on a ship in the South China Sea. Also, Clay is ranked in the "bottom five" of his class, jeopardizing his future as a SEAL

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writer:Spencer Hudnut

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  18. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 6 - The Spinning Wheel
    7.6/10(930 votes)

    S1:E6

    The SEAL Team must work with Jason's longtime rival, Beau Fuller, and his team to plan and perfect a raid under the watchful eye of top military brass. Also, Clay delivers solemn news to a teammate's next of kin.

    Director:Melanie Mayron
    Writers:Reiss Clausen-Wolf, Josef Sawyer, Julian Silver, Beth Schacter

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  19. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 11 - Containment
    7.6/10(836 votes)

    S1:E11

    Jason and the SEAL team are sent to intercept the sale of nuclear weapons, but the mission goes sideways when they must make the treacherous journey back to base with nukes that have unsecured fuel rods. Also, Ray is sidelined with a shoulder injury, and Jason and Alana are shocked by their kids' reactions when the topic of their reunion is brought up.

    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:Beth Schacter

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  20. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 4 - Ghosts of Christmas Future
    7.4/10(993 votes)

    S1:E4

    Jason and the SEAL Team refuse to abort a mission to capture a dangerous war criminal after it goes sideways. Also, Clay's controversial father, Ash Spenser, comes to town on his book tour.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writers:Benjamin Cavell, Daniele Nathanson

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  21. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 1 - Tip of the Spear
    7.3/10(1428 votes)

    S1:E1

    Team Bravo, an elite Tier One Navy SEAL unit, is sent on a clandestine mission to capture a most-wanted terrorist alive. Meanwhile, team leader Jason Hayes must deal with personal issues affecting his marriage and family.

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writer:Benjamin Cavell

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  22. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 2 - Other Lives
    7.3/10(1116 votes)

    S1:E2

    While on an evidence-collecting mission in Syria, Jason and the SEAL Team find innocent civilians in desperate need of rescue just as enemy forces close in on them. Also, while on the mission, the team debates whether or not to tell Ray that his wife has gone into labor.

    Director:Christopher Chulack
    Writer:Benjamin Cavell

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Graveyard of Empires" is the best rated episode of "SEAL Team" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 793 votes. Directed by David Boreanaz and written by Ed Redlich, Spencer Hudnut, it aired on 5/9/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Enemy of My Enemy".