# SEAL Team season 5

The fifth season of the American military drama television series SEAL Team premiered on October 10, 2021, on CBS, for the 2021–22 television season for four episodes. Afterwards, the rest of the season moved to Paramount+. The season concluded on January 23, 2022.
SEAL Team follows an elite unit of United States Navy SEALs portrayed by David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., A. J. Buckley, and Toni Trucks.
Despite airing only the first four episodes on CBS, the fifth season of SEAL Team ranked #42 with a total of 5.83 million viewers. The season was also the most-watched on Paramount+.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* David Boreanaz as Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Jason Hayes a.k.a. Bravo 1/1B
* Max Thieriot as Special Warfare Operator Second Class Clay Spenser a.k.a. Bravo 6/6B
* Neil Brown Jr. as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Raymond "Ray" Perry a.k.a. Bravo 2/2B
* A. J. Buckley as Special Warfare Operator First Class Sonny Quinn a.k.a. Bravo 3/3B
* Toni Trucks as Lieutenant (junior grade) Lisa Davis

### Recurring

* Tyler Grey as Special Warfare Operator First Class Trent Sawyer a.k.a. Bravo 4/4B
* Justin Melnick as Special Warfare Operator First Class Brock Reynolds a.k.a. Bravo 5/5B
* Alona Tal as Stella Baxter
* Kerri Medders as Emma Hayes
* Parisa Fakhri as Naima Perry
* C. Thomas Howell as Ash Spenser
* Maximiliano Hernández as Carl Dryden
* Mike Wade as Wes Soto
* Rachel Boston as Hannah Oliver

### Guest

* Judd Lormand as Commander Eric Blackburn
* Shawn Hatosy as Marc Lee

#### Note

$^{[noteA]}$Enlisted SEALs have Special Warfare Operator specific ratings. See US Navy SEAL ratings.

## Episodes

The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "Production code" refers to the order in which the episodes were produced while "U.S. viewers (millions)" refers to the number of viewers in the U.S. in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air/release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| CBS ||||||||
| 81 | 1 | "Trust, But Verify: Part 1" | Christopher Chulack | Spencer Hudnut | October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) | ST501 | 3.73 |
| 82 | 2 | "Trust, But Verify: Part 2" | Christopher Chulack | Tom Mularz & Mark H. Semos | October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17) | ST502 | 3.37 |
| 83 | 3 | "Nine Ten" | Jessica Paré | Dana Greenblatt | October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24) | ST503 | 3.58 |
| 84 | 4 | "Need To Know" | Tyler Grey | Tom Mularz & Mark H. Semos | October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31) | ST504 | 3.19 |
| Paramount+ ||||||||
| 85 | 5 | "Frog on the Tracks" | J. Michael Muro | Spencer Hudnut & Kenny Sheard | November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01) | ST505 | N/A |
| 86 | 6 | "Man on Fire" | J. Michael Muro | Kinan Copen | November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07) | ST506 | N/A |
| 87 | 7 | "What's Past Is Prologue" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Dana Greenblatt & Rashaan Dozier-Escalante | November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14) | ST507 | N/A |
| 88 | 8 | "Conspicuous Gallantry" | David Boreanaz | Teresa Huang & Stephen Gasper | November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21) | ST508 | N/A |
| 89 | 9 | "Close to Home" | Gonzalo Amat | Tom Mularz & Ariel Endacott | November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28) | ST509 | N/A |
| 90 | 10 | "Head On" | Ruben Garcia | Kinan Copen & Rashaan Dozier-Escalante | December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05) | ST510 | N/A |
| 91 | 11 | "Violence of Action" | Ruben Garcia | Tom Mularz & Teresa Huang | January 2, 2022 (2022-01-02) | ST511 | N/A |
| 92 | 12 | "Keys to Heaven" | Loren Yaconelli | Dana Greenblatt & Kenny Sheard | January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09) | ST512 | N/A |
| 93 | 13 | "Pillar of Strength" | David Boreanaz | Mark H. Semos & Stephen Gasper | January 16, 2022 (2022-01-16) | ST513 | N/A |
| 94 | 14 | "All Bravo Stations" | Christopher Chulack | Spencer Hudnut | January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23) | ST514 | N/A |

## Production

On May 14, 2021, it was reported the series was undergoing talks to move to the streaming service Paramount+ if renewed for a fifth season; if a deal were reached, the series would air some of its fifth season episodes on CBS before moving to Paramount+. Four days later, the deal was finalized.

## Release

On May 19, 2021, it was announced that the series would air the first four episodes on Sundays at 10:00 PM ET timeslot after NCIS: Los Angeles. On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that the season would premiere on October 10, 2021. Afterwards, the later ten episodes would stream on Paramount+.
On November 1, following its fourth and final CBS episode, the series made its debut on Paramount+, releasing its fifth episode.

## Reception
### CBS ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of SEAL Team season 5 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Trust, But Verify: Part 1" | October 10, 2021 | 0.4 | 3.73 | 0.3 | 1.84 | 0.7 | 5.57 |
| 2 | "Trust, But Verify: Part 2" | October 17, 2021 | 0.4 | 3.37 | 0.3 | 1.84 | 0.7 | 5.21 |
| 3 | "Nine Ten" | October 24, 2021 | 0.4 | 3.58 | 0.3 | 2.30 | 0.7 | 5.89 |
| 4 | "Need to Know" | October 31, 2021 | 0.3 | 3.19 | 0.3 | 1.79 | 0.6 | 4.99 |