SEAL TEAM: David Boreanaz Previews the ‘Intense’ Season 4 Opener

SEAL TEAL returns with a pulse-pounding two-hour premiere on Wednesday, December 2, as Bravo Team’s mission to take down a terrorist leader takes a turn–and Jason (David Boreanaz) and Cerberus wind up wounded and separated from the rest of the group.

For Jason, the mission hits close to his own history, as they’re trying to track down the son of a terrorist leader he helped kill early in his career.

“I think it’s a tear down, in a lot of ways, from the character’s perspective,” Boreanaz said during a panel promoting the show’s fourth season. “Seeing that he’s been in for so long and leading Bravo team…it’s a process. You’re so gung ho to join and get in and be a SEAL and be a part of that…and then, all of a sudden, you just find yourself going and grinding the mental aspect of it.”

“For this episode, you see a bit of what they were like in the past,” he continued. “We all sat and talked about it. It was a character-drive for all of the characters to tap into what they’re going through. And, obviously, for Jason Hayes being alone with the dog, he was able to kind of get these flashbacks in his head about going after that [first] guy, and some intense stuff.”

The first hour of the premiere was also produced in an unusual way, as much of it was shot in March, pre-pandemic, before the show was shut down—along with all of production—to figure out how to safely move forward in a COVID-friendly way.

“It took] about six or seven months to finish this episode,” Boreanaz, who directed the episode, noted. “And being back at work is a blessing. I know people out there are struggling. And I realize that and we’re so fortunate to be able to tell stories that have such an impact and are so poignant in today’s environment. Stories that are dealing with our military, and I am all but a piece of that wheel; I’m only as good as those people that are next to me. And it was so great to come back to work and get through these guidelines that CBS has [set] and allowed us to continue to tell these stories. We’re also very excited about this season.”

SEAL TEAM, Season Premiere, Wednesday, December 2, 9/8c, CBS

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