SEAL Team (season 3)

The third season of the American military drama television series SEAL Team premiered on October 2, 2019,[1] and ended on May 6, 2020. Only 20 episodes were produced due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The season is produced by CBS Television Studios.

SEAL Team
Season 3
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 2, 2019 (2019-10-02) –
May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)
Season chronology

Cast and characters
Main article: List of SEAL Team characters

Main

Recurring
  • Tyler Grey as Special Warfare Operator First Class Trent Sawyer a.k.a. Bravo 4/4B
  • Jusitin Melnick as Special Warfare Operator First Class Brock Reynolds a.k.a. Bravo 5/5B
  • Kerri Medders as Emma Hayes
  • Parisa Fakhri as Naima Perry
  • Ammon Jacob Ford as Michael "Mikey" Hayes
  • Alona Tal as Stella Baxter
  • Scott Foxx as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Scott "Full Metal" Carter a.k.a. Alpha 1/1A
  • Lucca De Oliveira as Special Warfare Operator First Class Victor "Vic" Lopez
  • Jamie McShane as Captain Grayson Lindell[2]
  • Emily Swallow as Dr. Natalie Pierce[3]
  • Adelaide Kane as Rebecca Bowen

Guest
  • Tim Chiou as Special Warfare Operator Michael "Thirty Mike" Chen a.k.a. Charlie 2/2C
Note:

[note A]Enlisted SEALs have Special Warfare Operator specific ratings. See US Navy SEAL ratings.

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
451"Welcome to the Refuge"Christopher ChulackJohn Glenn & Spencer HudnutOctober 2, 2019 (2019-10-02)ST3015.25[4]
Jason and his team are in Serbia attempting to track down an organization linked to the bombing of multiple American military outposts. Meanwhile, Clay returns following his injuries and Jason struggles with PTSD.
462"Ignore and Override"Christopher ChulackJohn Glenn & Spencer HudnutOctober 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)ST3024.77[5]
Following the bombing in Belgrade, Jason continues to struggle with PTSD. Bravo continues their mission to apprehend the bomber. Meanwhile, Ray confronts Sonny about his relationship with Lisa.
473"Theory and Methodology"Ruben GarciaHolly HaroldOctober 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)ST3034.47[6]
Bravo Team is sent to Azerbaijan to help an American soldier retake a power plant in order to avoid political instability in the area. The team welcomes a new commanding officer, who forces Clay to stop his attempts to raise awareness of traumatic brain injuries following Swanny's suicide. Meanwhile, Jason is still reeling from the aftermath of his mission in Serbia and Ray decides to become a Warrant Officer to support his family. Sonny and Lisa struggle to make time for their relationship.
484"The Strength of the Wolf"Allison Liddi-BrownJohn Glenn & Kenny Ryan & Jacob RomanOctober 23, 2019 (2019-10-23)ST3054.49[7]
The team interviews SEAL candidates for a spot to join them. Bravo must execute a difficult rescue mission at sea to free several American hostages being held on a ship sailing close to Chinese territorial waters.
495"All Along the Watchtower: Part 1"Alexis OstranderTom MularzOctober 30, 2019 (2019-10-30)ST3064.40[8]
Bravo Team is tasked to be the security detail for a U.S. Ambassador who is travelling to North Yemen. Ambassador Marsden is on a mission to broker a peace deal between two warring tribes. Jason suggests that Ray and Sonny depart early to act as bodyguards for Ambassador Mardsen, but Ray requests Clay instead.
506"All Along the Watchtower: Part 2"Ruben GarciaDana GreenblattNovember 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)ST3074.52[9]
With their compound in North Yemen under heavy fire, Bravo must fight their way out, but Ambassador Marsden wants one last chance for a truce between the rival tribes.
517"The Ones You Can't See"Ruben GarciaDana GreenblattNovember 20, 2019 (2019-11-20)ST3044.69[10]
Bravo Team is deployed to Paris, at the behest of the Secret Service, to provide extra security at an important summit. Jason stays behind due to his hip injury. After a panic attack, Jason sees a psychiatrist.
528"Danger Crossing"Michael WatkinsHolly HaroldNovember 27, 2019 (2019-11-27)ST3085.77[11]
With Jason recovering from his hip surgery, Ray is again Bravo's Team Leader on a highly classified rescue mission to bring back a Marine Corps pilot shot down over Iran. Clay will be awarded a Bronze Star with "V" device for his combat actions in North Yemen. Jason goes to the psychiatrist to help him with his PTSD.
539"Kill or Cure"Gonzalo AmatTom MularzDecember 4, 2019 (2019-12-04)ST3095.44[12]
Bravo Team is sent to Liberia to protect medical aid workers and recover stolen batches of Ebola virus that could be weaponized by the local militia. Jason's relationship with Dr. Natalie Pierce grows closer. Ensign Davis visits her sister and gets into an altercation at a bar afterwards.
5410"Unbecoming an Officer"Tyler GreyDana GreenblattDecember 11, 2019 (2019-12-11)ST3105.85[13]
Clay introduces his girlfriend, Rebecca, to the team. Sonny decides to use the new guy as a wing-man, hurting Clay's feelings. Ensign Davis' conduct is called into question after the bar altercation. Clay tells Sonny he figured out his "girl" was Davis. A fully healed Jason and Bravo Team deploy to Bangladesh to capture Russian warlord Yevgenny Kostarov. An explosion kills Kostarov and destroys the staircases, making escape, as well as getting needed information, difficult. The team races home from their deployment to help Ensign Davis. Ray is advised not to give support in order to make sure his career is on track. Clay attends an event with Rebecca and admits to having thought of his career on a bigger stage.
5511"Siege Protocol: Part 1"Gonzalo AmatMatt BosackFebruary 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)ST3114.33[14]
Emma surprises Jason at home with Natalie. Clay is working Washington with his girlfriend, earning them the label of "power couple." Stella suddenly reappears in his life. Ray appears before the review board for his Warrant Officer status. Bravo Team is deployed to Caracas in order to extract three American hostages from captivity by Hezbollah operatives. Mandy has a CIA asset inside to whom she's promised safety, but complications arise when the local secret police force lays siege to their designated safe house.
5612"Siege Protocol: Part 2"Gonzalo AmatKenny SheardFebruary 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)ST3133.97[14]
Davis, Blackburn, Ellis, and Warrant Officer Mack barricade themselves in the safehouse in order to protect sensitive data from falling into enemy hands until Bravo's arrival. Ellis deduces that her CIA asset, a British doctor, has been captured by local police and convinces Bravo Team to conduct a rescue operation to save the doctor. With the help of the third hostage, who was revealed to be an undercover CIA agent, Bravo Team interrogates a local officer and learns the location of the safehouse where the doctor is being held captive, but an explosion destroys the building during the raid.
5713"Fog of War"Christopher ChulackSpencer Hudnut & Mark H. SemosMarch 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)ST3124.59[15]
Bravo Team's attempt to rescue Ellis' asset results in a mission failure, with the doctor being killed in the explosion. While on a return flight to Virginia Beach, Bravo Team, Ellis, and Davis recount the details of the raid in order to find out the cause of the explosion. Ellis and Davis learn that a reconnaissance drone was flying over Bravo Team's target building and that their newest recruit, Special Warfare operator Victor Lopez, was responsible for throwing a high-explosive grenade into the room, unaware that the machine-gunner he was attempting to kill was in the same room as the hostage. Feeling betrayed that Lopez was willing to let Ray blame himself for throwing the grenade, Jason kicks him out of the room so that Bravo Team can discuss what should they do about him. After being called back to the room, Lopez explains that he panicked and asks for Ray's forgiveness. Ray forgives him, but still doesn't trust him. He removes Lopez's SEAL Trident patch and Jason kicks him off the team.
5814"Objects in Mirror"David CookTom MularzMarch 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)ST3144.91[16]
Bravo Team is deployed into Turkmenistan to rescue a Pakistani scientist from the country's intelligence agency, using a foreign defense training program as their cover story for the operation.
5915"Rules of Engagement"J. Michael MuroHolly Harold & Kenny Ryan & Jacob RomanMarch 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)ST3154.92[17]
Bravo Team is deployed to Niger to protect an American-built dam from destruction by Boko Haram fighters in the region.
6016"Last Known Location"Larry TengStephen Gasper & Dana GreenblattMarch 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)ST3165.10[18]
After a successful mission in Indonesia, Bravo team returns home to find tensions running high on the home front. Captain Lindell informs Sonny that he has to attend six weeks of advanced armory school, punishment for his recent bar altercation, and will not deploy with Bravo to Afghanistan. Things get out of hand at Sonny's pre-deployment barbeque.
6117"Drawdown"Max ThieriotMatt Bosack & Mark H. SemosApril 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)ST3174.89[19]
As Bravo Team begins their deployment in Afghanistan during peace negotiations, Sonny reports to an Air Force base in Texas to serve his disciplinary training action, where he gets reacquainted with Hannah, a childhood friend. Jason is angry when he finds out that Clay has accepted a position in the STA-21 sailor-to-commissioned officer program. Still reeling from Clay's news, Jason decides to send him to another base, where he feels Clay's presence will be less of a distraction to Bravo Team.
6218"Edge of Nowhere"Christine MooreRashaan Dozier-Escalante & Tom MularzApril 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)ST3185.82[20]
Bravo Team engages in a firefight when they apprehend an Afghan high value target. Meanwhile, at Combat Outpost Redding, Clay eliminates a Taliban mortar team that has been targeting the base. With relations improving with his father, Sonny considers staying in Texas permanently.
6319"In The Blind"Allison Liddi-BrownCorinne Marrinan & Kenny Ryan & Jacob RomanApril 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)ST3195.75[21]
Ray gets some spiritual advice from the Chaplain. Bravo Team gets ambushed by enemy forces during a mission to extract a Taliban high value target from an Afghan police station. Mandy is devastated when she learns of the murder of her confidential informant, Samim.
6420"No Choice in Duty"Ruben GarciaHolly Harold & Brian BenekerMay 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)ST3204.54[22]
Sonny rejoins the rest of Bravo in Afghanistan. Jason escorts Mandy on a condolence visit to the family of Samim. Meanwhile, Ray leads Bravo Team on an urgent mission to capture a courier who could lead them to terrorist leader Azfaar Al-Hazred. There is much reflection after the mission from the team.

Production

On May 9, 2019, CBS renewed the series for a third season.[23]

On July 10, 2019, it was reported that Jamie McShane and Rudy Dobrev were cast in recurring roles for the third season.[2] On August 7, 2019, Emily Swallow was cast in a recurring capacity for the third season.[3]

Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of SEAL Team
No. Title Air dateRating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Welcome to the Refuge" October 2, 20190.7/35.25[4]0.73.551.48.80[24]
2 "Ignore and Override" October 9, 20190.6/34.77[5]0.63.131.27.90[25]
3 "Theory and Methodology" October 16, 20190.6/34.47[6]0.63.131.27.60[26]
4 "The Strength of the Wolf" October 23, 20190.7/34.50[7]0.53.101.27.60[27]
5 "All Along the Watchtower: Part 1" October 30, 20190.6/34.40[8]0.52.851.27.25[28]
6 "All Along the Watchtower: Part 2" November 6, 20190.6/34.52[9]0.52.941.17.47[29]
7 "The Ones You Can't See" November 20, 20190.7/34.69[10]0.63.331.38.02[30]
8 "Danger Crossing" November 27, 20190.8/45.77[11]0.63.091.48.87[31]
9 "Kill or Cure" December 4, 20190.7/45.44[12]0.63.091.38.54[32]
10 "Unbecoming an Officer" December 11, 20190.7/45.85[13]0.52.891.28.75[33]
11 "Siege Protocol: Part 1" February 26, 20200.64.33[14]0.53.121.17.45[34]
12 "Siege Protocol: Part 2" February 26, 20200.53.97[14]0.63.481.17.45[34]
13 "Fog of War" March 4, 20200.64.59[15]0.63.021.27.63[35]
14 "Objects in Mirror" March 11, 20200.74.91[16]0.42.601.17.51[36]
15 "Rules of Engagement" March 18, 20200.74.92[17]0.63.361.38.29[37]
16 "Last Known Location" March 25, 20200.75.10[18]0.53.131.28.23[38]
17 "Drawdown" April 8, 20200.64.89[19]0.63.171.28.04[39]
18 "Edge of Nowhere" April 22, 20200.75.82[20]0.52.711.28.54[40]
19 "In The Blind" April 29, 20200.85.75[21]0.52.701.38.45[41]
20 "No Choice in Duty" May 6, 20200.64.54[22]0.53.261.17.80[42]

Home media
SEAL Team: Season Three
Set details Special features
  • 5 disc
    • 20 episodes
  • NTSC, Widescreen
  • 14 hours and 18 minutes
  • Welcome to Serbia
  • Shifting Gears
  • Lights, Camera, Execute
  • Worlds Apart
DVD release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
August 25, 2020[43]

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