SEAL Team is finally here, and the series finale was as emotional as everyone predicted. The Paramount+ military drama, created by Benjamin Cavell, premiered in September 2017 and ran for seven seasons before concluding in October 2024. The journey was rough, but in the end, every SEAL Team character got a happy ending (and surprisingly, none died despite narrowly escaping death in Afghanistan).
Throughout the season, Jason Hayes struggled with what war had done to him. He essentially believed that he was just a killing machine for the US government, and Jason accepted that fate. He thought that war had the final say. Fortunately, Jason came to his senses by the end of the episode thanks to advice from Mandy Ellis and Ray Perry. However, while many expected Jason to die in the SEAL Team series finale or at least resign from the Navy SEALs, his mission was not over and the show ended with David Boreanaz’s character still being Bravo 1. After killing the terrorist In the two-part SEAL Team season 7 premiere, Jason became estranged from his family and friends. He was tormented by guilt for what he had done and the number of people he had killed as a Navy SEAL. Especially after his encounter with Ross Curtis and witnessing the war that turned him into a traitor, Jason resigned himself to the fact that he was like Curtis and could not be forgiven. However, after talking to Mandy and Ray in episode 10, Jason attempted to atone for his sins by visiting the wife of the first man he killed.
While in Afghanistan on a separate mission, Ray and Sonny Quinn accompanied Jason to the village where the woman lived. Unfortunately, “The Last Word” doesn’t show Jason’s entire interaction with her, but he does describe what happened to Ray and Sonny afterward. Jason tells the two men that he felt “humbled” after the conversation.
Jason continues to lead the Navy’s elite SEAL team (still including Omar Hamza and Drew Franklin) on overseas missions as the SEAL Team season 7 episode cuts to black.
The woman tells David Boreanaz’s SEAL Team character that she doesn’t blame him for what happened to her husband because, the way she sees it, if her husband killed Jason, she wouldn’t want his family to blame him for Jason’s death. His blood would be on the Taliban’s hands. So she doesn’t forgive Jason because she doesn’t hold him responsible for her husband’s death, and she believes that everyone can be reborn. Jason’s interaction with the Afghan woman seems to have changed his perspective, and he is finally able to forgive himself.
After his conversation with her, a weight is lifted off Jason’s shoulders. His mood changes dramatically when he returns to the United States because he has accepted his role as a Navy SEAL. As a result, Jason does not leave Bravo. Instead, Jason continues to lead the elite Navy SEAL team (still consisting of Omar Hamza and Drew Franklin) on overseas missions as the SEAL Team season 7 episode cuts to black.
Before Jason is punished in the series finale, the episode must continue from the end of SEAL Team season 7, episode 9. Jason and Drew are on a mission to assassinate Curtis for treason against the United States. Bravo 1 and Bravo 6 find him in a small village, but Jason is unable to pull the trigger. He puts down his gun and begins to walk away before Drew completes the mission and kills Curtis.
Jason probably didn’t pull the trigger because when he looked at Curtis, he saw his future self.
Drew did it because he wanted revenge for Curtis’ involvement in the attempt to kill his brothers and because letting him live would have ended Jason’s career. The newest member of Team Bravo in SEAL Team season 7 was finally able to do what Jason couldn’t. Jason probably didn’t pull the trigger because when he looked at Curtis, he saw his future self. However, Jason’s feelings about the war had the last word, which thankfully changed by the end of the episode.
Bravo returned from their mission in Honduras at the beginning of SEAL Team season 7, episode 10, only to be redeployed shortly afterward. Their operation involved going to Afghanistan to infiltrate a former high-ranking Taliban official, Ahmed Amir, who had been exiled for siding with the northern alliance. Bravo also gave Amir $150 million to help expand his influence. Essentially, the Navy SEALs are helping the US support regime change in order to break up the Taliban and reduce Chinese influence in Afghanistan.
