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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    SEAL Team Season 5 Episode 3 - Nine Ten
    6.3/10(796 votes)

    #1 - Nine Ten

    S5:E3

    As members of Bravo team travel to New York City, they reflect on a day that shaped each of their lives forever.

    Director:Jessica Paré
    Writer:Dana Greenblatt

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  2. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 7 - Mission Creep
    7.2/10(281 votes)

    #2 - Mission Creep

    S7:E7

    BRAVO's back together and sent on a mission to verify concerning intel that links China's drug trafficking to a potential coup in Honduras. Before leaving, Jason, Ray and Drew all struggle with something personal, resulting in a volatile dynamic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 1 - Tip of the Spear
    7.4/10(1237 votes)

    #3 - Tip of the Spear

    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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  4. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 2 - Other Lives
    7.4/10(992 votes)

    #4 - Other Lives

    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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  5. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 4 - Ghosts of Christmas Future
    7.4/10(889 votes)

    #5 - Ghosts of Christmas Future

    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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  6. SEAL Team Season 5 Episode 9 - Close to Home
    7.4/10(427 votes)

    #6 - Close to Home

    S5:E9

    Jason seeks refuge at home while Ray leads Bravo Team on an op accompanying British forces.

    Director:Gonzalo Amat
    Writers:Tom Mularz, Ariel Endacott

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  7. SEAL Team Season 5 Episode 8 - Conspicuous Gallantry
    7.5/10(471 votes)

    #7 - Conspicuous Gallantry

    S5:E8

    After an op gone sideways lands the whole team in the hospital, Bravo must create a little chaos to stay calm, while Clay tries to piece together what went wrong.

    Director:David Boreanaz
    Writers:Teresa Huang, Stephen Gasper

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  8. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 1 - Chaos in the Calm (1)
    7.5/10(391 votes)

    #8 - Chaos in the Calm (1)

    S7:E1

    After taking a stand against Command for better warfighter health, BRAVO is forced to the sidelines and eventually sent to Sweden on an underwhelming assignment. Lieutenant Davis is picked by Admiral Rivas to lead a new spec ops initiative.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 4 - Heroes and Criminals
    7.5/10(299 votes)

    #9 - Heroes and Criminals

    S7:E4

    BRAVO targets a factory in Myanmar that the DEA has tied to China and fentanyl production. Lieutenant Davis wants the team to pull intel and destroy the plant. Jason vies for a safer plan, and some on the team begin to question his decisions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 5 - A Perfect Storm
    7.5/10(294 votes)

    #10 - A Perfect Storm

    S7:E5

    Even the closest of brothers fight eventually. Tempers flare during a surveillance mission in Malaysia. As the team sets up camp in scorching hot temperatures, grievances are aired and Drew finally reveals why he's been so closed off.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 3 - Boarding Party
    7.6/10(1020 votes)

    #11 - Boarding Party

    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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  12. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 6 - The Spinning Wheel
    7.6/10(834 votes)

    #12 - The Spinning Wheel

    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:Josef Sawyer, Julian Silver, Reiss Clausen-Wolf, Beth Schacter

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  13. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 11 - Containment
    7.6/10(756 votes)

    #13 - Containment

    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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  14. SEAL Team Season 3 Episode 16 - Drawdown
    7.6/10(484 votes)

    #14 - Drawdown

    S3:E16

    As Bravo Team begins their deployment in Afghanistan during peace negotiations, Sonny reports to an Air Force base in Texas to serve his disciplinary training action, where he gets reacquainted with Hannah, a childhood friend.

    Director:Max Thieriot
    Writers:Mark Semos, Matt Bosack

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  15. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 7 - Borderlines
    7.7/10(888 votes)

    #15 - Borderlines

    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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  16. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 8 - The Exchange
    7.7/10(816 votes)

    #16 - The Exchange

    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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  17. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 13 - Getaway Day
    7.7/10(758 votes)

    #17 - Getaway Day

    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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  18. SEAL Team Season 3 Episode 17 - Edge of Nowhere
    7.7/10(488 votes)

    #18 - Edge of Nowhere

    S3:E17

    Bravo Team searches for a new terrorist group leader who is orchestrating violent resistance to peace negotiations in Afghanistan. Also, Clay learns what it means to be a leader and Sonny works to repair his relationship with his father in Texas.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writers:Tom Mularz, Rashaan Dozier-Escalante

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  19. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 3 - Ships in the Night
    7.7/10(304 votes)

    #19 - Ships in the Night

    S7:E3

    Lieutenant Davis and Captain Walsh send BRAVO to Thailand to partner with the DEA on a joint-task force focused on the fentanyl trade. The goal is to intercept a cargo ship and acquire intel that details the Chinese government's involvement. Drew is assigned to BRAVO full-time despite his objections and a journalist later questions him about his family's history. During the mission, Drew goes rogue and makes a decision that jeopardizes everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 6 - Hundred-Year Marathon
    7.7/10(285 votes)

    #20 - Hundred-Year Marathon

    S7:E6

    BRAVO's next mission is to capture Jun Yilin in Cambodia, but they'll be without their leaders. Ray is pulled into diplomatic negotiations and Jason travels home to help his son recover from surgery—a task that takes a dramatic turn for the worse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Maggie Stabile

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  21. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 9 - Rolling Dark
    7.8/10(825 votes)

    #21 - Rolling Dark

    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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  22. SEAL Team Season 1 Episode 14 - Call Out
    7.8/10(690 votes)

    #22 - Call Out

    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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  23. SEAL Team Season 2 Episode 14 - What Appears to Be
    7.8/10(580 votes)

    #23 - What Appears to Be

    S2:E14

    Bravo Team works with the Congolese Army on a covert mission to capture the head of a rebel militia group. Jason argues with Emma about college. Sonny and Davis make a big decision about their future.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Brian Beneker

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  24. SEAL Team Season 2 Episode 16 - Dirt, Dirt, Gucci
    7.8/10(547 votes)

    #24 - Dirt, Dirt, Gucci

    S2:E16

    As Bravo Team prepares for what they expect to be a “cushy” deployment with the luxury of staying in a hotel in the Philippines, Jason tries to find a way to pay for Emma’s college.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writers:John Glenn, Jon Worley

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  25. SEAL Team Season 3 Episode 3 - Theory and Methodology
    7.8/10(543 votes)

    #25 - Theory and Methodology

    S3:E3

    Bravo Team is on a mission in Azerbaijan to help retake a power plant in order to avoid political instability in the area.

    Director:Ruben Garcia
    Writer:Holly Harold

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nine Ten" is the worst rated episode of "SEAL Team". It scored 6.3/10 based on 796 votes. Directed by Jessica Paré and written by Dana Greenblatt, it aired on 10/24/2021. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mission Creep".