SEAL Crew was one of many many reveals ending or canceled in 2024, with the army drama formally saying goodbye in October after seven seasons. Regardless that a lot of Season 7 was already written earlier than it bought canceled, the present nonetheless managed to wrap up tales for Bravo and even give David Boreanaz’s Jason a much-deserved ending. Nevertheless, the actor revealed some scrapped concepts for his character’s destiny, and I’m very glad they went with the one which aired.
It is no secret that Jason Hayes went by means of rather a lot in the course of the present’s run, particularly within the remaining season. Nevertheless, after his TB was made public, his son’s accident, and his PTSD bought in the best way of how he operated, he lastly acquired a cheerful ending. He walked his daughter down the aisle, he was not fearful in regards to the blood on his palms, and his son made a restoration.
That ending nearly did not occur, although, as Boreanaz instructed TV Insider that whereas there wasn’t an ending that was severely thought of or he wished for Jason, the considered killing him off did cross his thoughts:
No, I didn’t. I imply, I clearly, at one level, had thought, properly, perhaps this man ought to die. After which we don’t need to see his dying. We’ve seen him get injured many instances. We’ve seen him get shot, which was fairly drastic to see, fairly dramatic.
Contemplating Jason’s youngsters already misplaced their mother, it might have been harsh to kill him off, particularly since his daughter was getting ready for her wedding ceremony. In fact, nobody might have predicted how his remaining mission would go. Nevertheless, since I’m nonetheless mourning the lack of Clay, killing off one other beloved essential character can be fairly diabolical for the writers. Additionally, Jason simply straight-up wanted a cheerful ending.
That’s not the one ending that was briefly thought of for Jason although. Followers will do not forget that he was contemplating leaving the sphere to be Head of Warfighter Well being at DEVGRU, which Ray wound up taking as a substitute. However there have been different choices for Jason that didn’t embrace dying, Bravo, or Warfighter Well being, because the Bones actor mentioned:
After which we performed with the concept of like, Hey, let’s deliver him out of the sphere and stick him within the space with Blackburn [Judd Lormand] and Davis [Toni Trucks] and attempt to name the performs from the sideline, and that didn’t work out. And for me, I by no means considered him as that sort of character anyway. He’s too rambunctious, curious, and a little bit of a wildfire sort of a man to sit down again and name performs. He needs to be in it. In order that didn’t work out.
As a lot as it might be fascinating to see him calling the photographs from the sidelines, that’s actually not on-brand for Jason. On the very least, he would attempt it out for a bit after which notice that his coronary heart is on the sphere. Let’s all do not forget that he hid a head harm as a result of he wished to be in Bravo. So, being away from the chaos wouldn’t work for him.
Fortunately, the collection ended with Jason nonetheless on Bravo, nonetheless main the group and together with his head in the correct place. It was maybe the most effective ending for him, and I couldn’t be extra glad that they caught with it. Followers can determine for themselves if the ending is the most effective one by streaming all seven seasons with a Paramount+ subscription.