SEAL Team

Previously on SEAL Team...

Nate was hiding a burner phone from his wife.

The address we found in Nate's truck,

You already went, didn't you?

I mean, it's not like Nate was the first teammate we had

to get some on the side.

This only proves that he wasn't the exception.

What the hell were you doing, Nate?

I just need to worry about the mission,

guys to my left, guys to my right.

Do that, there's not a SEAL alive

who wouldn't want to roll with you.

Second stick going up.

Bandit 1, five canopies,

looking for a sixth.

Negative contact.

Jumper in distress. Falling to 3,000 feet.

Jumper appeared to impact ground at speed.

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S01E06 The Spinning Wheel

It's not often we have to have this conversation.

Thank God. Not like this, anyway.

We'll be holding a service

soon as we're done notifying Brian's next of kin.

Even though the death wasn't in combat,

we're still going in person.

Frogman to family. Only right.

That kid does two tours in Trashcanistan.

Not a damn scratch.

Then he burns in a faulty 'chute.

Them the breaks.

You see Spenser?

That doesn't make this any less of a tragedy.

Brian's loss hits our community hard.

Apparently, he was real tight with the Armstrong kid.

Part of his education.

- That's cold, brother, even for you. - No, it's not.

If this kid falls apart every time he loses a buddy,

he's in the wrong line of work.

Damn good operator.

- He'll be missed. - Tell you what.

Let's just wait till he loses a buddy in combat

and see how he handles that.

Amen.

Spenser.

Yeah.

Brian's parents live in Lamont, California.

Yeah. Yeah, he said something about outside of Bakersfield.

We're flying out.

I'm sorry, what?

You're Brian's authorized representative

to notify his next of kin.

Ah, man. Must...

Look, Brian, he-he never said anything to me about it.

Doesn't matter.

Brian specified you on his CACO form.

Why don't you pack an overnight bag? Civvies.

He specified that.

Wheels up at 0900.

All right, listen up.

Captain Garcia from JSOC's

gonna read us in on the op that he's been building. Captain.

We're looking at architectural drawings

of a residential bunker

designed by the same firm in Germany

used to build 'em for Saddam.

As you can see, the plans call

for four barracks-style guardrooms

between two sets of blast doors.

Behind the second door, there's a utility closet

and a small living area.

Now, what do you think I'd get a mortgage for

on a place like that right now?

Ballpark.

This happy fella is Faraz Jelani.

He's a Yemeni fixer.

A source tell us he's the one commissioned the plans.

Wouldn't tell the Germans where he was planning to build.

Look, a guy works as a fixer in that neighborhood,

of course he's gonna have a fortress, right?

We don't think he was building the place for himself.

And we don't believe it's in Yemen, either.

Oh.

I suppose I don't need to tell you who that is.

Hold on. You're saying you found Abu Hassan?

We recently managed to place a tracking device

on a vehicle belonging to one of Hassan's couriers.

We followed that vehicle...

to this location.

You're looking at a limestone

ridge in the Asir Mountains,

about 50 miles northeast of Abha, in Saudi Arabia.

We believe these shapes correspond

to the guard emplacements on the architectural plan.

And that would mean that this line

would be the ramp down to the exterior blast doors.

Wait a second. We're gonna make a hit inside Saudi Arabia.

Same Saudi Arabia that... I'm sorry, that supplies

more than half of the oil that we import from the Persian Gulf.

Is there any chance you're gonna tell us

that the Saudis are on-on board,

th-they're gonna help us with the snatch?

Decision's been made not to include

our Saudi allies in this operation.

Well, they're not gonna be our allies for long.

You sure they're protecting him?

Not sure, but we can't assume they aren't.

Needless to say,

the diplomatic and economic considerations are considerable.

But Hassan was Khalid Sheik Mohammed's

senior operational commander.

And he's still directing al-Qaeda operations in Yemen.

Makes him the biggest fish we've gone after since bin Laden,

and now, we believe we know where he is.

But to get DOD approval, we need to demonstrate

an assault plan that doesn't risk a geopolitical catastrophe.

I'm sorry, we're gonna "demonstrate"?

We built a full-size replica

of the bunker inside a secure hangar.

Brass are inbound, as we speak, to view our rehearsal,

soon as you all are up to speed.

This replica's already been built?

We spend the last few days developing our assault plan.

Okay, pump the brakes here.

Who the hell has been designing our assault plan?

Keith, is Senior Chief Fuller there?

Yes, sir. Standing right here.

Perfect. We're ready for him.

- I assume you all know Beau Fuller? - Gentlemen.

- Your Charlie Team leader. - Ladies.

Last week, while you were in Africa,

we got Charlie Team up and running.

Chief Fuller's gonna be running you through our operation

as soon as our guests arrive.

I'm sorry. Is that our plan or your plan?

Because if we were involved in this whole process,

first thing we would do, we'd get an intel brief,

then we would all put our heads together...

- Afraid there's no time for that. - There's no time for that.

I'm confident Chief Fuller's plan

will get us our green light.

Thank you, sir. I'd say we've got a real shot,

assuming you fellas are able to keep up.

Wow. Garcia has a comedian here, ladies and gentlemen.

Gentlemen, I'm not gonna mince words.

This has the potential to be

the defining op of our lives.

This is the one you'll tell your grandkids about.

Bottom line, I simply cannot stress enough

the importance of getting this one right.

Get your game faces on.

This is General Tinsdale from CENTCOM.

Ms. Burgess from State.

We want this op green-lit,

these are the people we need to convince.

Now, as with all multi-team operations,

cooperation and communication will be essential.

Now, as you can see, the exterior blast doors

are only approachable via the kill zone,

right between the two guard positions.

The door, 4,000 pounds of solid, reinforced steel.

Far as what we can expect to find behind that door,

I'm gonna turn it over to Ms. Ellis.

Hassan's bodyguard force consists

of a dozen or so of his most loyal fighters.

These appear to be their living quarters,

past which, we come to an interior blast door.

On the other side of that should be our target,

Abu Hassan al-Qatal.

Chief Fuller will now run us through

our current thinking for the infil. Chief.

Thank you, sir.

We're looking at a direct helo assault.

Quick and dirty land right on the "X."

25 yards from the blast door.

What we lose in surprise, we make up for

in speed and violence of action.

Look, uh, listen, seriously.

No offense, but we-we're not talking Afghanistan here,

we're talking Saudi Air Defense.

What's the alternative?

- A low vis drive in, drive out? - It'd be a lot quieter.

Yeah, more risky.

Look, we have to assume we'll be compromised