‘SEAL Team’: Toni Trucks Promises ‘Satisfying’ Ending, Shares Hope for More After Final Season
There’s going to be “one last ride with Bravo,” with SEAL Team Season 7, which premieres with two episodes on Sunday, August 11, on Paramount+. (We’ll have to wait to find out why Toni Trucks’ Davis said that in the trailer.) And of course the question is simple: Can it continue after these final episodes? Trucks will definitely miss the show and her character.
“I’m sorry [it’s ending],” she told TV Insider. “I feel like seven seasons have gone by in a flash, and it’s sad. There are people who say, ‘Oh, aren’t you excited to move on to the next one?’ And I’m like, ‘In a way.’ But I’ve lived with this person for so long that I’m going to miss her in a way.”
But at a time when revivals are more popular than ever—there are currently two on Paramount+, with Criminal Minds: Evolution and Frasier—could we see more SEAL Team in the future? (There was talk of a show at one point, but nothing happened, which Trucks says left her “so disappointed.”) “I’m always hopeful when I think about these characters. I like to think that they’re still out there and still having adventures. And it would be fun to come back to them, whether it’s from a different angle or after some time has passed,” Trucks says. “I can really see these stories and the audience being so attached to the world that we’ve created that it seems a little bit of a shame not to continue to explore it.” She’s all for it coming back: “If you want to whisper in someone’s ear, I’m all for it.”
But now, the show is wrapping up with a 10-episode season 7, and according to Trucks, the finale is “really satisfying.”
“I was pretty nervous when I read the finale,” she admits. “I just thought, how could they write anything that would make me feel satisfied that I could get out of this? And I did. It’s weird to say after all these years, but I cried when I read the finale. And I cried even more when I read Davis’ ending because the way they presented it, I really didn’t expect what was going to happen in the end. I think the audience will be satisfied for all parties. You’ll see where it goes. And yeah, it’s going to be powerful, but I think our audience will probably still want more but still be satisfied.”
Looking ahead, Trucks is excited about what’s next for her, though she doesn’t know what that will be yet. “I joked, maybe something other than a uniform would be fun. “I’ve done a lot of things in uniform, but the truth is I’m good at it,” she said. “So if I had the choice, doing something in the comedy world would be awesome. I’ve done comedy before. I did a Comedy Central series while I was doing SEAL Team called Corporate, which was really fun.”
She continued, “My dream would be to do something in the sci-fi world. I love sci-fi, and I think that would be a great thing to play. I’m just really open. It’s like the world is our oyster at this point, but we’re going to have a little bit of a mourning period here. I mean, gosh, we finished SEAL Team two months ago, so we’re still pivoting. And I think the industry is pivoting, too, just in terms of what’s being done and what happened while we were doing SEAL Team.” Everything feels different, but I’m excited about what’s next. I love auditioning for things. I haven’t auditioned in a while, and it’s fun to be different people.”
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