7.3/101,152 votes#1 - Tip of the Spear
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2017
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
7.3/10925 votes#2 - Other Lives
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2017
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
7.6/10960 votes#3 - Boarding Party
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2017
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
7.4/10835 votes#4 - Ghosts of Christmas Future
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2017
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
Writer: Benjamin Cavell, Daniele Nathanson
7.8/10937 votes#5 - Collapse
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2017
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
7.6/10785 votes#6 - The Spinning Wheel
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2017
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
Writer: Julian Silver, Reiss Clausen-Wolf, Beth Schacter, Josef Sawyer
7.7/10837 votes#7 - Borderlines
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2017
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 Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Corinne Marrinan
7.7/10762 votes#8 - The Exchange
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2017
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
Writer: Sabrina Almeida, Spencer Hudnut
7.8/10775 votes#9 - Rolling Dark
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2017
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
Writer: Daniele Nathanson, Brian Horiuchi
8.1/10838 votes#10 - Pattern of Life
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2018
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
7.6/10710 votes#11 - Containment
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2018
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
7.9/10732 votes#12 - The Upside Down
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2018
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
Writer: John Bellucci, Spencer Hudnut
7.7/10709 votes#13 - Getaway Day
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2018
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
Writer: John Bellucci, Benjamin Cavell, Ed Redlich
7.8/10644 votes#14 - Call Out
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/2018
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
7.8/10622 votes#15 - No Man's Land
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2018
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
Writer: John Bellucci, Corinne Marrinan
8.1/10640 votes#16 - Never Get Out of the Boat
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/21/2018
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
Writer: Spencer Hudnut, Mark Semos
7.9/10635 votes#17 - In Name Only
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/2018
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
Writer: Brian Horiuchi, Sabrina Almeida
7.9/10624 votes#18 - Credible Threat
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2018
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
Writer: Josef Sawyer, Valerie Armstrong
7.9/10592 votes#19 - Takedown
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2018
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
Writer: Reiss Clauson-Wolf, Julian Silver, Beth Schacter
8.3/10664 votes#20 - Enemy of My Enemy
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2018
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
Writer: Corinne Marinnan, John Bellicci
8.4/10676 votes#21 - The Graveyard of Empires
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/2018
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
Writer: Ed Redlich, Spencer Hudnut
8.3/10635 votes#22 - The Cost of Doing Business
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2018
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Tip of the Spear" is the best rated episode of "SEAL Team" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 1152 votes. Directed by Christopher Chulack and written by Benjamin Cavell, it aired on 9/27/2017. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Other Lives".