04x16 - One Life to Live

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Previously on SEAL Team...

THEO: If you really want
to protect your brothers,

you can't just be their sheepdog

when you're downrange.

RAY: Op last week proved

I'm squared away outside the wire.

That's all that matters, right?

Take the sh*t, Ray!

Pull it together, man.

- Metal's down!
- CLAY: RPG tore him up.

We are under fire.
I say again, we are under fire.

Figure out who's f*ring
those missiles on the ground?

Yes. Russian contractors.

- Blow through! Blow through!
- (expl*si*n)

(expl*si*n)

Mortars are getting way too close.

- You hear me, Ray?
- (expl*si*n)

Russians are walking
those Tootsie Rolls in.

- Ray!
- They're bracketing us

while they get into position.

These guys know what they're doing.

- Matter of time before they're on us.
- (expl*si*n)

Push forward!

- Push forward!
- Push forward!

Havoc, this is Bravo . We
have incoming mortar fire.

We need air support ASAP. How copy?

DAVIS: Copy, Bravo . Stand by.

JASON: Russians are
about to drop the hammer.

- Spin up the QRF.
- Flight commander

can't send additional support

with surface-to-air
missiles in the region.

Our boys are gonna get overrun

without more boots on the ground.

JASON: Tell you what. Look,
we approach from the north,

we can avoid the SAMs, right?

WOMAN: We fly Nap of the earth,

hills should help us avoid the MANPADs.

Rest of your crew will agree?

No chance they'll leave
your boys behind.

I'll get the bird prepped.

It's gonna get messy out there.
You two know what you're asking?

Yes, sir.

Give me two minutes to kit up.

Need all the g*ns you can get.

♪ ♪

What's the plan?

Ray's in... Look, the team's in trouble.

We bust our ass to get to them.

Long as that SAM launcher's online,

doesn't matter how much
backup we give Bravo.

Best way to help is to take
out those missiles first.

Havoc, this is .

Requesting coordinates
for the enemy MANPADs.

DAVIS: Roger that, Bravo . Stand by.

Any word from the Nigerians?

Still engaging Boko.

No assets to send as reinforcements.

(SIGHS) So our cavalry's
three operators.

Yeah.

Sir, I'm requesting clearance
for air support in Nigeria.

The presence of
Russian-sponsored contractors

puts our operators at risk from
a more sophisticated enemy.

Well, you're not wrong, Lieutenant,

but there's concern it'll
look like we're sending

an American invasion force

to k*ll Russian civilians
and secure an oil pipeline.

You're worried about optics?

ERIC: I'm worried about
our men on the ground,

but the politics means
this isn't Command's call.

Got to run it up the line.

Well, if anyone can
make it happen, it's you.

Good luck.

(g*nf*re)

RAY: They're on the "X"!

Lay it down!

MAN: Going down!

Yes! Yes!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

CLAY: Secondary infil route will
run us past the SAM position.

Let's split up. I want
two on foot patrol,

third on overwatch.

- Copy.
- Negative.

I want you on my maneuver side.

- I'll set up as a base element.
- JASON: Cool.

(g*nf*re)

(GRUNTS) The hell?

I'm taking serious
accurate fire up here!

RAY: Anybody got eyes on the sn*per?

Oh!

Yeah, that's accurate.

Looks like it's from about
meters out to the east.

More than one.

TRENT: Ray, we can't stay
here much longer, man.

Bravo , push left.

Light 'em up!

- Push left! Push left!
- Moving!

JASON: Bravo actual, this
is . What's your status?

SOTO: Moving.

JASON: Don't engage until
we're on top of them, got it?

Yeah.

(SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN)

Shift left! Get left!

Moving!

(SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN)

We don't have time for this.

- Prep for frag.
- Roger that.

- Frag out?
- Frag out.

(JASON GRUNTS)

SONNY: Back, back, back, back!

, this is . sn*per team's
led us into a belt-fed ambush.

We're not gonna take 'em
without more sh**t.

Repeat, we are not gonna take
'em without more sh**t.

RAY: Bravo , this is .

We're still engaged at our position.

Can't get to you.

Not sure Sonny'll be able to hold out

- till Ray can consolidate.
- Ray doesn't stand a chance.

Enemy's way ahead of his decisions.

He's gonna have to dig in.
Collect Soto, get to Sonny.

How're we gonna do that?

Havoc, this is .

We need immediate air support.

SAMs are down.

Bravo , this is .

- Heading to your pos in an enemy vehicle.
- SONNY: Roger that.

Hey!

You want to tell me
what the hell's going on?

We got multiple sn*pers
up on that ridgeline.

We're pinned down by a belt-fed.

- What's the call, Jace?
- JASON: You tell me!

You're in the fight.

Hey! Look at me. Take a breath

and make the call.

We set up a hunter-k*ller
team for that machine g*n,

and we flank out the sn*per position.

How do we split?

Have Alpha run that truck
east as a maneuver element,

and we'll set up base to fire.

Alpha , . Take the truck.

Roger that.

Alpha , Clay, Brock, light the sn*pers.

Move! Move!

Move!

Cover!

MAN: Bravo , this is
Alpha . We're set.

Copy that.

I'll take the right. You go left, Brock.

On me, ready?

Three, two, one.

Bravo , this is .

Enemy sn*pers are down.

Alpha , keep hammering.

MAN: Bravo , this is
Alpha . They're down.

Bravo , this is .

Enemy sn*pers and machine g*n
positions are down.

Tell me what you need. Over.

RAY: We need close air support ASAP.

We're gonna have to fall back soon.

Victor - ,

how far out are you?

WOMAN: Headed your way, Bravo .

We're coming in hot.

(HELICOPTER APPROACHING)

TRENT: Helo coming in!

(g*nf*re)

♪ ♪

(g*nf*re IN DISTANCE)

♪ ♪

(GRUNTS)

RAY: Good effects on target, Bravo .

Remaining forces are
bugging out and going home.

Havoc, this is . The target is secure.

Standing by for RTB.

DAVIS: Copy, . Stand
by for partner force.

♪ ♪

(PANTING)

You okay?

Took a few punches,
but I'm still standing.

All right.

Thanks for having our six.

Words I bet you never expected
to say when we first met, huh?

(GRUNTS)

Metal was stable when we left.

SONNY: All right! Who wants to
tell Metal that he missed out

on the Red Dawn reboot?

Not it!

- OTHERS: Not it!
- (SONNY LAUGHING)

(OTHERS LAUGHING)

SONNY: Yeah, buddy.

Med bay's on the - level!

Metal will smell us before he hears us.

♪ ♪

What?

His leg injury was aggravated,

and a bone shard sliced
his femoral artery.

The doctors did everything
they could, but...

Full Metal's gone.

♪ ♪

He gave his life for ours.

Shielded us from an RPG.

Took the brunt of it.

Guessing, with Alpha here,
we're gonna be relieved

from deployment early.

If Metal saves us any time
on this ship, he, uh...

really was a hero to the end.

I'm gonna go talk to Command. (GRUNTS)

Never seen him lose someone in battle.

The way he was working
on Metal in that helo...

we thought we saved him.

You know, all he's endured,

this might be the loss that
pushes him over the edge.

No. Jason's been in
longer than any of us.

He has his ways to deal with this.

SONNY: All those numbers
he won't delete from his phone.

Ignore and override?

Exactly.

Man had a chance to get out.

He knew what he was coming back to.

No part of this job he can't handle.

♪ ♪

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

♪ ♪

(GROANS SOFTLY)

♪ ♪

(JASON EXHALES)

So, uh, Metal wanted

a burial at sea.

Planning has already begun. We'll...

lay him to rest before we depart.

JASON: He, uh...

... left this letter with
his things. And, uh...

in case he got k*lled in battle, he, uh,

wanted this to be... read.

So I thought, um... (EXHALES)

"To the knuckleheads of Bravo Team.

So that's it. I'm gone.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

How it happened doesn't matter,

but if the details of my demise
weren't super ninja,

please change them so
the tadpoles who come after

know Full Metal didn't ride
the crazy train... he drove it".

- (LAUGHS)
- (CHUCKLING)

"I hope I d*ed a Team
guy and not just a SEAL.

I hope I held the line like
those who came before us.

I hope I did my job.

- I know people on the outside..."
- FULL METAL: I know people on the outside

look at my life and see emptiness:

no wife,

no kids,

no pets,

no plants.

But I married the Teams for a reason.

(PLAYING "TAPS")

I loved her with all my heart.

I have no regrets.

If the purpose of life is purpose,

I found mine.

My choice was a commitment to serve.

The b*ttlefield was my home.

And if I couldn't live forever,

I'm glad I left this world

doing what I love most

with the people I love most.

I miss you guys already.

♪ ♪

Congrats on escaping sea life.

I'd feel better about leaving this ship

if I wasn't leaving you here

to put up with a predator.

Just really wish that we'd found

any other woman that he'd done this to.

And I wish you hadn't given
up a sh*t at your dream job.

Do you think that no one
else has come forward

because we're really the only two people

that have a problem with him?

Look, it's scary...

risk being labeled

a troublemaker just for
asking to do your job

without being harassed.

What?

Command Climate Specialist
Kang found me an hour ago.

And, uh, apparently, word spread

that anyone experiencing
unwelcome behavior

should speak up.

And among the complaints were

five more about Whitshaw.

Turns out the women
on this ship are brave.

Are you serious?

Mm-hmm.

So, contrary to what you think,

you're not leaving me here to
deal with a predator on my own.

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)

You know, maybe Metal
had it figured out.

The only damage he inflicted
was on the b*ttlefield.

You're whistling a different
tune there, Blondie McFerrin.

Just trying to figure out how
to protect everyone from...

this job.

RAY: You can't. (GRUNTS)

No matter how hard you try.

This job will come home
one too many times.

Bird leaves in ten.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(VELCRO RIPPING)

SOTO: Made a lot of noise

for a guy who didn't say much.

First man I lost as OIC.

Asking myself a lot of questions.

Those questions never get answered.

Got a better perspective
on mission success now.

Not a victory

unless everybody makes it home alive.

Not for you, we'd be heading
home down even more men.

Took me a minute, but I get it now.

Bravo couldn't ask for a better
sheepdog outside the wire.

(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)

Yeah.

Outside the wire.

(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(SNIFFS, GRUNTS)

(EXHALES)

- (CAN CLICKS OPEN)
- There he is.

- Cheers.
- Yeah.

Have to say, you looking to me

to make that call when the
Russians were closing in,

well, that was...

as welcome as a outhouse breeze.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

But you came through.

This time.

Got to admit, though, it did...

did feel pretty damn good, you know?

That faith that you put in me,
being more than just a sh**t.

Oh, it's not the first time the
team needed you to step up.

I know I can count on you.

And you need to know that, too.

Yeah, maybe me playing knuckle-dragger

keeps expectations low and, you know,

prevents me from disappointing people.

That include your kid?

My kid's life is gonna
be a hell of a lot cleaner

without my muddy boots
dragged all over it.

Let me tell you something.

My kids, Mikey and Emma...
they could fill a book

with all the things
that I've done wrong.

You know, at the end of the day,

they don't care that
we're flawed frogmen.

All they care about is that
we love them and protect them.

We step up, like you
did on the b*ttlefield.

- Hmm.
- Except parenting... that's a...

That's a whole lot scarier.

- Ooh.
- Mm.

Yeah. Yeah.

Hey.

Did you ever think that,
uh, when I drafted you,

- we'd run the, uh, Mogadishu Mile together?
- (CHUCKLES)

I'm just, uh...

I'm just glad that Boko
knows what Bravo can do.

Gonna be seeing a lot of us.

But my future's with Bravo,

kicking doors, all in, all the time.

All in, all the time, right.

That doesn't leave you much room

for yourself outside of Bravo.

Sacrifices have to be made.

Metal knew that.

Did what he had to do.

Metal did what was best for Metal.

That doesn't mean it's best for you.

You know, I thought
I could have it all...

be you on the b*ttlefield
and Ray at home.

This deployment opened my
eyes to how arrogant that is.

I drafted you because of that arrogance.

Yeah.

If I want to fill your shoes,

it doesn't seem fair to
bring Stella down that path.

You know, maybe one day,
you'll wear that Bravo patch.

And if you do, I'll be the first
one in line to buy you a drink.

But if the price of that means

you're gonna end up, uh,

in a small little room above a garage,

flicking on a microwave

to distract you from all your regrets,

that's not something I want to drink to.

You saying you regret being Bravo ?

I'm saying we have to fight
just as hard inside the wire

as we do outside the wire.

(GARBLED RADIO TRANSMISSION)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- _

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Mmm. Mmm.

Oh, my God, I missed you.

(LAUGHS) Come on. Come on.

(SIGHS)

You know what, babe? I just realized

maybe joy is inappropriate
after losing Metal.

I'm sorry.

Naima didn't come to meet Ray?

You know what? You must be exhausted.

Let-let... let's just get
you home, okay, baby?

(ENGINE STARTS)

- (TURNS OFF ENGINE)
- What?

You said it yourself.

If Ray and Naima can't
make it work, then who can?

What happens between them
has no bearing on us.

(SIGHS)

Not just Ray and Naima.

% of Team relationships.

Jason and Alana,

my parents.

What's the definition of insanity?

Having this conversation
in a car in an airport.

Believe me.

Let's just get you home, baby.

I thought that I could handle
what the % couldn't.

But even as Bravo , I failed
to make us a priority.

This job demands so much...

damages so many.

There's no finish line for this w*r.

You know, I spent the whole
plane flight home questioning

if it was... if it was fair
to put us through all that.

(SNIFFLES)

And did you come up with an answer?

All the collateral damage
comes with the job...

... the biggest tragedy
would be using it

as an excuse to not fight
for a future with you.

We should get married.

Are you hopped up on painkillers

like your last proposal?

Never been clearer about
anything in my life.

Will you marry me?

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

(QUIETLY): Yes.

- Yes?
- Yeah.

(BEEP, DOOR OPENS)

(SIGHS)

Shouldn't you be at your taco spot

performing your homecoming ritual? Hmm.

Burritos are on hold until
the mission is accomplished.

Thought we decided you being everyone's

personal savior wasn't a good look.

Yeah, well, someone's
got to do something

when you're sleeping here
in the cages instead of home.

I'm sorry I'm not fixing
my marriage problem

on your schedule.

I'm the last person who's gonna
give you marriage advice,

but you didn't freeze
up on the b*ttlefield

thinking about Naima.

You're outside your lane, brother.

No, I'm not. I'm exactly
where I need to be, Ray.

Come on. The problem started
when you got grabbed in Tunisia.

- Raqqa Jacques...
- No.

Said yourself, our training
combats all that.

Yeah, I did say that,
and, uh, you know what?

I wanted to believe that. I really did,

but we both know that's a load of crap.

After all we've been through, you think

a drill through my leg
is gonna break me?

Yeah. That and everything else
that you've been through.

It all adds up.

You can only ignore
and override so much.

Says the guy who probably buried Metal

for good in that file on your phone.

I made it home, Jace.

You did your job.

This is the job.

I'm here to help you.

I'm here to get you back.

You're my brother.

You know what, maybe you're right.

But I want you to tell me something.

How you gonna... how you gonna help me

when you can't even help yourself?

(SIGHS) I buried another
teammate the other day.

That'd be my forty-first lost brother.

dead brothers

that I carry on my phone.

(SCOFFS)

, uh, painful memories.

(SNIFFLES)

I just don't...

I don't want to remember how they d*ed.

I want to remember how they lived.

I loved every single one of 'em.

(SIGHS)

And the ones that I lost... I...

I don't want to be
haunted by 'em anymore.

No, I-I want to celebrate 'em.

And the ones that, uh...
that do make it home...

I want to make sure
that I am there for them

to help them fight the
demons that haunt us.

Because

surviving the b*ttlefield

isn't enough.

It's on me to make sure that

my men restore what w*r
has taken from them.

I have to make sure that
they never stop fighting

for what really matters.

You know, w*r has a... has
a vice grip on our souls,

and if I am going to
help my brothers...

(EXHALES) ... man, I got
to confront my pain first.

(SIGHS)

That's why I'm here.

I'm a warrior.

A husband, a father.

People rely on me to be strong, and...

and pain is weakness, and I'm not weak.

SEALs dish out trauma,
we don't suffer from it.

I just need to keep working the problem.

I'm fine. I...

I will be fine.

What good is spreading
my pain around gonna do?

How do you tell your wife
you're... you're damaged?

Your babies that you're haunted?

Your... your brothers you're...

... you're afraid?

It's just easier to be a bad
husband, father and teammate

than to...

burden them with my shame.

Ray, you can't carry this alone.

You can't carry this alone.

I am so tired.

I am so tired of feeling like this.

Of deceiving everyone.

I keep telling everybody
I'm okay, but I'm...

I keep telling myself
that I'm getting better,

but I'm not.

I'm-I'm... I'm not.

I'm just... I'm not.

I'm lying to everyone.

But most of all myself.

Because...

the truth is, um...

... I have PTS...

and I need... I need help.

Yeah.

(LOUD POP MUSIC PLAYING)

ALL: Congratulations!

This courthouse wedding was one thing,

but having our reception
at the Bulkhead...

STELLA: Don't you dare
denigrate this place.

- I met my husband here.
- (LAUGHS)

Hey.

- Hey, what's going on?
- Congratulations.

I thought you were in Texas.

Ain't no way in hell I'm gonna
miss your nuptials there,

Blondie Parton.

How's, uh... How's the little girl?

Oh, take a look right here, man.

SONNY: That is perfection personified.

I'm sorry for riding you
so hard about her, man.

Wasn't my place.

Oh, you were just looking out for me.

You, uh... you knew what
I needed before I did.

So I take my eye off you two,

and you go and get respectable on me?

Yeah, well...

I'm proud of you boys.

- To the new husband. New father.
- Mm-hmm.

- Appreciate you, man.
- Yeah.

- Congratulations.
- (LAUGHS)

Hey, what's going on?

- Oh, my God.
- I know, I know.

Lieutenant.

My friends over at SOCOM,
they were disappointed.

You pulled your application.

Uh, it was for the right reasons.

- You're still trying to leave Bravo?
- Not at the moment.

I'm gonna stick around,

bother you a little bit longer.

Glad to hear it.

- See you in a bit. Gonna say hi to everybody.
- Yeah.

I can't remember if I'm allowed to

- buy you a drink or not.
- Mm.

- I think I'm buying you one, Dad.
- Okay.

Oh, looky here. This little angel.

- Oh... (CHUCKLES)
- Mm-hmm.

Leanne Deirdre Oliver.

I did think about naming her Lisa,

but you-you know.

That's sweet, Sonny.

Yep. You know I, uh,

can't see the baby that I love because,

well, she's in Texas.

And I see the woman that
I love every single day,

and I can't be with her, either.

Even Hank Williams couldn't
make that sound pretty.

- (CHUCKLES)
- Yep.

You know, I'm thinking about

getting a billet in Texas.

That way I could be
close to my baby girl

and, well, maybe untangle the knot

that you and I are in.

So you're willing to
give up being a SEAL?

For the right reasons.

You know, you applying
to SOCOM means you're

willing to leave Vah Beach,

so...

How's your feeling about Texas?

When you said you were taking me

- somewhere special...
- Mm-hmm.

- ... I thought you meant Clay and Stella's party.
- Whoa. Hold on.

- I'm heading there later. By myself.
- Okay.

See, it's a bar.

- I'm almost .
- Don't remind me.

- Please.
- Welcome home.

There it is. Thank you.

Thank you. Ha.

Wait, this is the taco place?

Your post-deployment buffer zone
before hitting the home front?

Why are you suddenly including me

in your post-deployment routine?

Ah, you're here. I
can't... I can't enjoy

the best burrito in Vah Beach
by myself, now, can I?

You know...

you said something to me once.

You said I think my only value

is on the b*ttlefield.

You're so much more than that.

I never thought that...

Bravo and Jason Hayes
could coexist, but...

(SIGHS) ... maybe they can.

So Uncle Ray staying
with you, I'm guessing

that's part of your mission
off the b*ttlefield.

If you want to delay
our road trip, it's okay.

- We can...
- No, no, no, no, no.

We're-we're hitting the road.

Bravo is paddling in
the right direction.

We're good. We're gonna
pick up Mikey tomorrow,

and we're gonna see
where the road takes us.

All right? It's all good.

Congratulations, man.

(GROANS): Thanks.

Sorry I'm late.

Ah, just glad you made it.

Yeah.

Look, uh, Clay,

what I said about
Team guy relationships,

it was not my place.

Does it look like I listened?

- Right?
- Yeah.

I'm glad you didn't.

I've, uh, been mixed up lately.

Not myself.

Feeling better?

I'll get there.

Jason having my six helped.

We all have it. Okay?

Have you seen her
since you've been back?

Got a lot to make amends for.

I owe it to Naima to do it right.

All you been through,

you owe it to yourself to
fight for what you want.

RAY: Naima!

You look skinny.

Too skinny.

My captors...

started with the beatings right away.

Punching me, kicking.

Then the psychological stuff started.

Um...

they'd, uh, put a Kn*fe to my throat

a half dozen times a day.

You and the babies got me through that.

But, um, by the time that they moved to

putting a power drill in my leg...

... the pain of that

felt better than the pain

of thinking of the family
that I'd never see again.

I was so scared of
leaving you behind, baby.

And I've been scared ever since.

I'm just afraid, uh...

afraid to tell you that, um...

that I'm broken.

You didn't need to tell me, Ray.

You just needed to let me
help pick up the pieces.

Do... do-do you, uh,

do you still want that?

Come home, Ray.

(SOBBING): We're family.

(SOBBING)

♪ You can stand me up
at the gates of hell... ♪

Hey. Marriage looks good on you.

Still wrapping my head around that.

Yeah, well, you get used to the ring

around the fifth anniversary.

Yeah, well, you know, I, uh...

I might not be wearing
it if it weren't for you.

I'm thinking you probably
would have figured it out.

♪ And I won't back down ♪

Yeah, I just, uh...

I wish all of Bravo
was here to celebrate.

I keep wondering what I
could have done different.

Yeah, well, you know what,
let's not remember Metal

for how he d*ed, but for how he...

Oh...

You all right?

Um...

(SCOFFS)

Just a headache. Probably from the RPG.

I'm good. I'm good.

Enjoy the party.

You know, it is customary
for the groom to smile

during his reception.

I just realized that
Jason's th anniversary

of fighting this w*r is coming up.

Lot of miles on him.

Well, he looks like
he's in a good place.

CLAY: Yeah, he does.

Certainly earned it.

SOTO: All right, now, I know tonight's

a celebration of Clay and Stella,

but we'd be remiss not to
raise a glass to Full Metal.

Master Chief,

- do the honors?
- Of course.

To Scotty Carter.

The best of us don't come home.

- Hey!
- Scotty!

JASON: I would say the fun meter
is definitely high on this one.

You know?

Did I ever tell you how this guy here

got his name, Full Metal?

(LAUGHTER)

♪ There ain't no easy way out ♪

♪ I won't back down ♪

♪ Hey, I ♪

♪ Will stand my ground ♪

- ♪ I won't back down ♪
- ♪ And I won't back down. ♪