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The Best Episodes of SEAL Team Season 1

Every episode of SEAL Team Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of SEAL Team Season 1!

The Best Episodes of SEAL Team Season 1

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,...

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  1. 8.4/10(700 votes)

    #1 - The Graveyard of Empires

    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.

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  2. 8.3/10(687 votes)

    #2 - Enemy of My Enemy

    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.

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  3. 8.3/10(658 votes)

    #3 - The Cost of Doing Business

    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.

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  4. 8.1/10(860 votes)

    #4 - Pattern of Life

    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.

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  5. 8.1/10(660 votes)

    #5 - Never Get Out of the Boat

    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.

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  6. 8.0/10(647 votes)

    #6 - Credible Threat

    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.

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  8. 7.9/10(963 votes)

    #7 - Collapse

    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.

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    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Becky Mode
  9. 7.9/10(751 votes)

    #8 - The Upside Down

    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.

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  10. 7.9/10(655 votes)

    #9 - In Name Only

    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.

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  11. 7.9/10(615 votes)

    #10 - Takedown

    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.

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  12. 7.8/10(795 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. 7.8/10(665 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. 7.8/10(643 votes)

    #13 - No Man's Land

    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.

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  15. 7.7/10(859 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. 7.7/10(783 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. 7.7/10(731 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. 7.6/10(987 votes)

    #17 - 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

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  19. 7.6/10(730 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Andy Wolk
  20. 7.5/10(805 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. 7.4/10(860 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. 7.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #21 - 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.

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  23. 7.3/10(956 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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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 700 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".