SEAL Team must utilize all the characters to properly conclude the show in a way it deserves. With so many characters, it would be a miracle if the show could pull off a final season that doesn’t feel rushed. How the show will handle tying up loose threads has not been determined, but there is a lot of ground to cover in a short time. This means that various plot points need to reach satisfying conclusions to make it worthwhile, and there are several things SEAL Team season 7 could do to effectively end the series.
7. SEAL Team Season 7 Needs To Begin With A Time Jump
SEAL Team Season 6 Has Enough Closure
The time jump could be anything from a few months to a few years, depending on what the creatives have planned for the characters. SEAL Team season 6 set up some significant changes, so there has to be a payoff to show the emotional implications of Clay’s death. A crucial plot point should be Spenser’s House, the Veteran’s Center named after Clay following his demise.
The ramifications of such a death have to be far-reaching to make the emotional beats deserved. Time jumps are an age-old plot device used to freshen up tired series, but SEAL Team needs one to give the last chapter a purpose. Proceeding with the same conflicts from season 6 could have a detrimental effect on the series’ legacy. The series is topical and covers storylines that other series avoid, so it would be wise to continue that through Jason’s arc.
6. Bravo Team Has To Be Impacted By Jason’s SEAL Team Season 6 Ending
Jason’s Decision Changes Everything
The last thing the show needs is to cheapen the SEAL Team season 6 cliffhanger by making Jason’s return unwarranted.
The impactful scene showcased the team’s bond and harkened back to the series’ overarching theme of brotherhood. It also kicked the wheels in motion to take the show in a different direction. While it’s hard to imagine Bravo Team being permanently disbanded, there must be some meaningful changes to highlight the scene’s gravity. The last thing the show needs is to cheapen the SEAL Team season 6 cliffhanger by making Jason’s return unwarranted.
A great way forward would be to have Jason work with another team entirely. That would be a simple way to usher in the new characters without them feeling shoehorned into the final chapter. It would also showcase how Bravo Team is holding up amid continued changes that rock the team dynamic. In the past, they have struggled with changes.
5. Jason & Mandy Need To Reach An Emotional Breakthrough
Jason & Mandy’s Relationship Has Been On The Rocks
While Mandy has always been around to support him, there has been underlying frustration because of Jason’s inability to deal with his past. If SEAL Team season 7 wants to succeed, it has to nurture this relationship into something more believable that will stand the test of time. It’s easy enough to do that if enough time in the final 10 episodes is devoted to delving further into what they mean to each other. This is assuming Pare is returning because she may have moved on to a new project after such a lengthy hiatus.
4. Legacy Characters Should Take Precedence Over New Additions
New Series Regulars Could Take Away Valuable Screen Time
With SEAL Team‘s endgame in sight, casting details are trickling out for the final season, including Beau Knapp playing a new series regular. The best option is to keep the focus on the characters the show has established over the last six seasons to drive the final chapter’s storylines. For example, Omar was a great addition to the SEAL Team season 6 team and has cemented himself as one of the legacy characters.
Due to this, Omar should continue to be featured in SEAL Team season 7 alongside the likes of Sonny, Davis, and Ray. That’s not to say that there can’t be new faces. The issue with new additions so late in the game is that there’s little screen time to go around, so there’s always that risk that some of the more critical characters will fall by the wayside.
Screen time issues have happened to countless shows in the past, but SEAL Team has been such a success over the years because every character is so important to the show due to the strong writing. Thankfully, there are still plenty of directions to take with the returning characters, but it will all come down to how well the new arcs land.
3. SEAL Team Season 7 Needs An Update On Stella & Brian
SEAL Team Season 6 Shouldn’t Be The End Of Brian & Stella
There was a meaning behind Clay’s SEAL Team death, but it didn’t land as well as the creatives expected.
SEAL Team season 6 did the unthinkable by killing off Clay Spenser. The series should have allowed the character to leave town with Stella because it was obvious that SEAL Team rushed his exit due to Thieriot’s commitment to Fire Country. There was a meaning behind Clay’s SEAL Team death, but it didn’t land as well as the creatives expected. Instead of feeling earned, Clay’s exit felt like it was used for shock value to bring the other characters together.
The series shouldn’t forget about Stella and Brian with Clay no longer alive because they’re a link to one of the key elements now missing from the show. Stella was understandably questioning her next moves at the end of SEAL Team season 7, so charting what comes next would be a satisfying next step. The families of fallen Bravo Team members have remained immersed in the show’s narrative in the past, so it would be strange to stray from that now.
