Tonight on CBS their new military drama Seal Team airs with an all-new Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 episode and we have your Seal Team recap below. On tonight’s Seal Team season 1 episode 4,“Ghosts of Christmas Future,” as per the CBS synopsis, “Jason and the SEAL Team refuse to abort a mission to capture a dangerous war criminal after it goes sideways. Meanwhile, Clay’s controversial father, Ash Spenser, comes to town on his book tour and it’s a chilly reunion.”
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A group of civilians are standing, shivering in the pouring rain, men, women, and children. A man calls out the order and soldiers begin shooting all the people, hundreds of shell casings hit the ground.
Mr. Oliver Carter is called in at the CIA headquarters while Mandy Ellis (Jessica Pare) comes into her office talking on the phone about protecting someone who is an asset, she says she will talk to Doug later. Mandy tells Oliver she is late for dinner, but he informs her the Director just gave the green light to get the “Butcher” and he wants her to “quarterback” it. She tells him she is honored.
Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and Alana Hayes (Michaela McManus) come to meet their son, Mike’s teacher and guidance counselor; they are told since Michael is showing abnormal behavior they want to explore if there are any changes in his home life. Jason reveals they are separated, Alana says Mike is taking it in stride, like any 11-year-old. Alana denies she is dating anyone but when Jason is asked, he doesn’t say anything.
The next thing that happens is Alana and Jason having sex in his hotel room, she wonders if Mike knows they are “fooling around”, he doesn’t care if Mike knows but she asks what has changed, they look the same as when they were 15 but the problem is Jason has changed. He guesses they are not 15 anymore, and he has “stopped coming back” after so many tours.
Oliver meets with the SEAL team, who are confident in their analysis and their expertise comes in snatching the butcher that does as little as possible with their diplomatic relations. When Jason asks why they don’t get the local authorities to pick him up since Estonia is part of the EU, Carter shares they are in delicate situation diplomatically as some still view him as a hero.
The Butcher is responsible for killing over 1000 Bosnia Muslims and since he has killed dozens of American servicemen they now consider him an imminent threat. Carter shows them photos of the massacres and Jason talks to the team about when and where they can nab him. They have a shipment coming in within the next 72 hours as they are told to avoid places like the hotel he is staying at.
Jason asks Mandy what the deal is with Oliver, suggesting he is a bit “Senior” for deploying. Mandy says he spent 4 years chasing Oliver in the 90s and feels this one is the one that got away; Jason says he trusts Mandy and walks away.
Stella (Alona Tal) is in bed with Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot), talking about his father being a legend from SEAL Team Six. Clay says his selection in training is not something he should be talking about; she asks if he is a ghost. She suggests they go together so she can meet his father on his book tour; Clay hesitates, saying they should probably know each other a bit better before that happens. She suggests they should maybe know each other better before they sleep together again, and leaves.
The SEAL team does a run through of their assignment, and how they are going to nab the war criminal and can do it in under 44 seconds.
Ray (Neil Brown Jr.) realizes Jason went to see the woman Nate (Daniel Gillies) was talking to. Ray wonders if he is mad that Nate wasn’t the perfect person he thought he was but Jason says it’s Alana who keeps pressing him for information. Ray says lying isn’t necessarily deceit especially when its protecting a good man’s memory; Jason agrees.
The team has their eyes on their target, Jason follows him telling Sonny (A.J. Buckley) he is about 30 seconds out. Ray walks towards the vehicle and places a tracker on it and hops into a vehicle as Jason continues to follow him through the market. Sonny takes over following him, but when two women ask him a question he loses visual. Jason begins to look for him, he spots him in a café but aborts mission as one of the guards knows Jason.
The SEAL team is gathered as Jason informs them that the guard Jakub Kowal (Gil Darnell) is someone he operated within Afghanistan for 13 years. He says the guy is the real deal, others ask how this will affect the mission and Lt. Commander Eric Blackburn (Judd Lormand) asks if they don’t see any way to abort.
Carter says take the 3 he knows off the snatch team but Jason says there is no way he will do the meet now. Carter suggests they watch the hotel until he leaves but when they protest he says they need to go into the hotel. Mandy says that was an assassination and it took months to plan. Mandy speaks to Carter privately saying this mission is their lives and only their career, he says it was only the adrenaline speaking. He says they need to trust Jason’s plan to work before the “Butcher” gets off again.
Clay brings Stella to his father, Ash Spenser’s (C. Thomas Howell) book reading. He sits back as he watches his father closely.
Jason goes to meet with Kowal, questioning why he shifted from hunting the guys to working for them. He suggests Kowal walking away from him and earning a little bounty money. When Jason says he can’t stop the SEAL team from grabbing him but Kowal disagrees. Kowal tells him to say hi to Nate and thanks him for the drink before he leaves. Jason notifies Davis (Toni Trucks) to book the guys back on a commercial flight as there has been a change of plans.
Ash is done signing his books when he meets Stella, apologizing in advance for any offense he might cause. Clay stands quietly until his father says Clay was raised better than that but Clay forces him to defend himself in front of her. He says he loves Stella, asking where she has been his whole life. Clay asks if they are finished and Ash walks away.
Jason and Ray board a commercial flight as Kowal watches them until the plane takes off. He makes a call, saying they are gone but they are actually in the luggage carts. Carter says the good news is Kowal bought their airport scheme but the bad news is the buyer changed the location in a place packed full of people; Jason says they just need to incept them before they get to the square, using vehicle to vehicle, just like they planned.
The team drives in with dump trucks and industrial vans as Kowal and his crew drives in with their target. The dump truck stops them from driving as Sonny drives up with the team in the back, he rams the SUV and the team begins shooting. Jason opens the vehicle and the target is gone; Sonny says they are in the alley and Jason gives chase.
Jason, Ray and Sonny enter the building Kowal and the target entered, going separate ways. Ray finds them as Kowal has a gun pointed at him; Jason and Sonny come from behind telling him he doesn’t want to do this for him. Kowal lowers his gun, and elbows him in the face as Ray handcuffs him; Jason watches as Kowal leaves.
Back on the plane, Mandy confronts Carter about making up details so the Director could green light this mission. Carter justifies it saying the world is safer than it was yesterday because of this. Mandy says he falsified documents and Intel, saying these weapons were never headed to the Taliban. Carter defends his actions as Mandy is furious he used her. As she walks away, Jason asks if everything is okay and she says yes.
Ray asks Jason what he is going to do with Nate’s mystery woman and he says it’s best they smash his phone and put it to rest, destroying all his secrets with it. Jason admits Ray was right about lying not necessarily being deceit.
Clay meets with Ash as he is leaving, he says Stella is fine and was pleased to meet him. Ash says he had nothing to worry about as everyone likes him. Ash admits he is surprised and lucky the seal team still allows Clay to see him. Ash reveals Adam (Michael Irby) told him Clay was in the bottom 5 and he apologizes for his bookmaking him a target but Clay says it had nothing to do with him, he was just not performing.
Clay asks him to stop the tour and reading until after selections or he gets dropped. But he would never do that because that would be selfless. Ash mentions Clay’s mother, he walks away telling him not to talk about his mother. Clay says he is not walking in his footsteps, he is doing it to erase his. Clay tells his dad to look in the mirror and ask if that is the man his son really wants to be. Clay gets into his car and leaves.
Jason opens the lockbox and places the phone inside. He calls Alana, saying he plans to come by this weekend to spend some time with Michael and tells her there is no good way to find the location history, so it is a dead end. He then sits in his truck and goes through a box of photos, he comes upon a photo of the team in Afghanistan and the woman is standing with them.
THE END
