“Closing the Journey: Bravo Team and the Emotional Ending of SEAL Team”

This post contains spoilers from Sunday’s SEAL Team series finale.

Bravo Team’s days of dangerous, remote missions are over.

Following the penultimate episode, in which Ray (Neil Brown Jr.), Omar (Raffi Barsoumian), Sonny (A.J. Buckley), Brock (Justin Melnick), and Trent (Tyler Gray) captured Ramon Nazario (Gabriel Rodriguez), Jason (David Boreanaz) and Drew (Beau Knapp) set out to find and kill Ross Curtis (Mac Brandt), a Green Beret and traitor.

When Jason and Drew find Ross, they point their guns at him, but Jason reconsiders and decides not to kill him, muttering, “You’re not worth killing.” But as Jason walks away, Drew shoots Ross in the head, explaining to Jason, “That son of a bitch traitor tried to kill my teammate. Besides, letting him go would be the end of your career.”

Bravo Team is on the plane later when Jason explains why he didn’t shoot Ross. “It felt wrong to kill a man who was as affected by this war as I was,” he says.

Jason returns home to find Emma (Kerri Medders) trying on wedding dresses with Mandy (Jessica Paré); Emma, ​​it turns out, has decided to move her wedding to Brad (Brandon Butler). Meanwhile, Ray expresses regret to Naima (Parisa Fakhri) about Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot), who was shot and killed in season 6. “The Spenser house has been tarnished for me,” Ray says earnestly.

Sonny spends his time cleaning Clay’s gravestone chatting with Stella (Alona Tal), who accidentally reveals that Davis (Toni Trucks) has accepted a new role that requires moving to Washington, D.C. — a decision that prompts Sonny to do some self-reflection.

In Jason’s garage, he and Mandy have a tense discussion, in which Mandy says he needs to forgive himself for the people he killed—”The people who need to forgive me are dead,” he replies—before Jason receives a call from his commander. Bravo is assigned to another mission to Afghanistan, where they will find a former high-ranking Taliban official who was exiled for siding with the Northern Alliance. Before Bravo’s team departs, Jason talks to Ray and wonders if Curtis can “atone” for his actions. Jason is actually wondering if he can atone for the people he killed in the past. However, Ray suggests that atonement can help Jason find peace by paying a resident cash to show them where the family of someone Jason once killed now lives. The wife eventually forgives Jason for his actions. As the three drive away, they come under enemy fire and find themselves struggling to survive, as the episode then cuts to Emma’s wedding, where Jason walks her down the aisle. During the reception, he dances with Mandy, while Sonny and Davis discuss her new job.

Meanwhile, Naima tells Ray that he should celebrate the success of Bravo Team’s latest mission. She also explains that running Spenser House and helping veterans has given her a purpose “greater than anything I’ve ever done.” She adds, “All I want is for you to find that feeling, wherever you find it.”

Also at the reception, Sonny reveals to Stella that he has appointed Clay as co-inventor of the new medical kit Sonny developed so that half of the profits will go to Clay’s family — a move that brings Stella to tears.

“The purpose of the med kit is to help my brothers and sisters in the military,” Sonny adds, before the two hug.

In one scene, Davis gets her orders for her new role, and Ray visits Spenser House and convinces Ben (Joey Pollari) to stay. As Jason grills by the water and plays with his dog, Mandy approaches with beers in hand.

Jason says in voiceover, then adds, “We have to rekindle the desire to live well, never lose hope, find meaning at home, and prove once and for all that war is not the last word.” In the next scene, the Bravo team is at a bar, drinking beers and joking as Jason toasts his teammates. “We may not be teammates anymore, but we will always be brothers,” he says before they clink glasses. Sonny then tells Davis that he is ready to leave Bravo to support her in pursuing her dreams. takes on a new role in the Army’s warrior health office. The scene ends with one last epic shot of Bravo Team, embarking on a mission as a helicopter takes off behind them, catching up on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.