SEAL Team Season 7: Showrunner Reveals Effect of [Spoiler’s] Death, Hopes for New Season

SEAL Team Season 6 has officially ended and seen Clay's unexpected death (Max Thieriot). As one of the fan-favorites and an important part of the series, how will his death affect the possible SEAL Team Season 7?

Paramount+ has yet to renew the show for a seventh season, but many expect to see SEAL Team Season 7. The showrunner, Spencer Hudnut, already has an idea in mind about how the new season will run and how Clay’s absence will affect the show.

Warning: The following content contains major SEAL Team Season 6 finale spoilers. You can read at your own risk.

The Aftermath of Clay’s Death

A lot were surprised to see Clay’s death in the sixth season's eighth episode, considering he was a favorite among audiences.

So, what would be the aftermath of his demise?

In an interview with TV Insider, Hudnut revealed that despite the difficulties, they still wanted the show to be optimistic and a symbol of hope.

"We’re so early in the process. Because of the uncertainty around Max, we started the season with Clay losing his leg,” he said.

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“Unfortunately, we killed Clay in the eighth episode. There was a dark cloud over the season in a lot of ways. Obviously, there’s always gonna be adversities, there’s always gonna be traumas,” he continued. “This is a show about war and its impact on the men and women who fight it and their families. But I think moving forward, we want to show hope.”

Hudnut then talked about the SEAL Team and how everything was so hard for the group in the past season.

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“These guys have gone through so much. We want to highlight their victories. This was a very hard season, not just from a production standpoint but on the audience,” he added. “And my hope is that maybe a Season 7 could be a little lighter, have a little more hope, and see our characters continue to work towards getting themselves into better places."

Will There be SEAL Team Season 7?

Like fans, Hudnut admitted that he’s also hopeful for SEAL Team Season 7.

“It’s all hopeful. It’s only in my head. So I hope for everyone that we’ll get good news sooner than later,” he confessed. “At the end of the day, if we get to make more SEAL Team, that’s fantastic.”

He believed they owed it to the show’s fans that they were brought to Paramount+. So, he believed they have the right to see the continuation of the characters’ journey.

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“We at the show really want to be able to deliver that to them. So yeah, this is not the intended ending of the show,” he added. “If at the end of the day, the brotherhood, the guys stepping up for Jason and showing that love and connection they share, is the last thing we do, I’ll be OK with it, but there’s a lot more story to tell and we’re hopeful that we get to do that.”

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