SEAL Team

• Title: SEAL Team – Collapse
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When anti-American sentiment spikes in the South Sudan following an election the locales feel was rigged, Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and his team head out to help evacuate the American embassy. Things are complicated by the current ambassador’s (Gabriel Olds) stubborn refusal to give the evacuation order while being more concerned with his legacy than the lives of his people. Sending half of his protection to evacuate aid workers who have no intention of leaving only infuriates the SEALs more making it that much more difficult to reconnect with the rest of the team and get everyone out of the country without casualties.

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• Title: SEAL Team – Ghosts of Christmas Future
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Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and his team head to Estonia to grab a Serbian war criminal turned weapon supplier who Mandy’s (Jessica Paré) mentor (Brian Howe) has been after most of his career. The already complicated snatch-and-grab is made even harder when one of the target’s bodyguards turns out to know Jason, his team, and their methods. Things don’t get any easier for Mandy when she discovers her old friend is so invested in the operation he has played fast and loose with the facts to get her team to put themselves in a dangerous position. The CIA intrigue is a nice twist while once again the action in the field, the planning, and necessary improvisation, all play to the show’s strengths.

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• Title: SEAL Team – Other Lives
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While looking into an accident at a secret chemical weapons factory in Syria, Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and his team discover an entire hospital full of civilians exposed to the spill. With no back-up, and limited transportation, the group does what they can to make the locals comfortable while holding out long enough for the rest of their team to get the SEALs the support they will need to evacuate the locals. As we saw in the pilot episode, the overseas sequences work well (even if the last-second problem solving this week feels more like a writer’s cheat than an actual solution found in the field).

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