Six (stylized as SIX) is an American military drama television series. The series was ordered by the History channel with an eight-episode initial order. The first two episodes were directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. Six premiered on January 18, 2017.
Six was renewed for a second season of 10 episodes and aired in 2018. On June 29, History announced they had cancelled the series after two seasons. The series chronicles the operations and daily lives of operators who are part of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), more commonly known as SEAL Team Six, which is one of the U.S. Armed Forces’ primary counter-terrorism units.
Season 1 (2017)
While on a mission in Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Navy SEAL troop leader Rip Taggart makes a questionable decision when he takes out a possible threat, working for the terrorist Muttaqi, who claims he’s American. Two years later, Rip is disbanded from his team and is working as a private security contractor in Nigeria helping to protect an all girls school. While on assignment, Rip is captured by terrorist organization Boko Haram, prompting Rip’s former squadmates within SEAL Team Six, including one new member, to locate and rescue him. It is revealed that the brother of the boy Rip killed is alive and active. While Rip sits in captivity resigned to his death at the hands of his captors, the rest of his old team engages a terrorist cell on a boat who has knowledge of his whereabouts. Bear and his wife visit a fertility clinic despite his reservations about the cost. Buddha is having troubles with his family.
The reasons behind Rip’s departure from SEAL Team Six are revealed. In conjunction with executing the prisoner in Afghanistan, he was also known to be an alcoholic, straining his relationship with his then-wife. While his whereabouts were known to his old teammates through a videoclip that the Boko Haram have transmitted, Rip unsuccessfully tries to escape. Michael, the brother of the American killed by Rip who now works for Muttaqi, plots revenge against him by planning to pay the ransom that Boko Haram put on Rip’s head and keeping him after.
SEAL Team Six attempt to rescue Rip, as well as the kidnapped school girls and their teacher from the Boko Haram. However upon arrival in the camp, they discover the hostages gone, and the Boko Haram captors dead. They get themselves into a firefight with a group of soldiers left behind by Michael, who wounded SEAL operative Buckley.
SEAL Team Six deal with the loss of their teammate Buckley, who had died from his wounds at the Boko Haram compound. Meanwhile, Michael relocates the prisoners to Chad, where Muttaqi has a recruitment center for anyone who wants to enlist in his terrorist organization. Rip is forced to admit his “war crimes” on live television, particularly the time when he killed Michael’s brother.
SEAL Team Six deal with the fallout over Rip’s confession video. They infiltrate the home of the sister of Michael’s colleague, Akmal, who owns the jihad training center in Chad. Caulder’s adultery is revealed while Bear’s frustrations with his previous mission strains his marriage to Lena. Meanwhile, Michael’s decision to capture Rip and kill his captors in the process comes to the attention of Muttaqi, who punishes him by honoring Rip’s offer
of exchanging him and the school girls for 20 of his imprisoned colleagues and giving Michael to Boko Haram to execute him.
During the assault on the training facility, Rip kills Muttaqi before attempting an escape with the hostages. Michael assumes leadership of the group and attempts to recapture the prisoners. SEAL Team Six intervenes and successfully rescues the hostages while Michael recaptures Rip. A team composed of Caulder, Chase, and Ortiz corners Michael and Rip, taking Michael into custody. During the aftermath of the rescue, a withdrawn Rip attempts to disappear, only to be mortally wounded by Marisa, one of Michael’s recent recruits.
Season 2 (2018)
During the aftermath of Rip’s shooting, Rip succumbs to his gunshot wounds, deeply affecting Graves, Ortiz, and Caulder. While tracing the person responsible for ordering Rip’s shooting, CIA Operations officer Gina Cline coerces intelligence from the girlfriend of Bosnian ringleader Dragan. The team’s pursuit of Dragan fails when the latter detonates his suicide vest in order to prevent capture, but instead recover Dragan’s codebook. Analysis by the CIA leads Cline to believe that an unknown jihadi leader code-named “The Prince”, gave the order, and that Michael Nasry had business connections with him. To follow up on this intelligence, Cline visits Nasry at a CIA blacksite. While interrogating Nasry to turn on The Prince, Gina reveals her story of a double-cross created by former CIA asset Tamerlin Shishoni during an operation in Bosnia in 2004, contextualizing Ortiz’s animosity with her.
Meanwhile, Caulder narrowly avoids death after overdosing on Oxycodone to deal with his injuries from Dragan’s explosion. Graves has hallucinations that involve having conversations with Rip.
Intelligence given by Nasry deploys the SEAL team to a surveillance and kill/capture mission in Bosnia. During the operation, the SEALs tail Shishoni’s convoy to a mixed-martial arts gym and attempt to apprehend him, but instead kill a body double, capture a henchman, with Caulder being wounded in the process. Back in Virginia, Marissa kills her motel neighbor in order to cover up her assignment; and Jackie purchases a gun for self-defense.
Cline resumes her interrogation with Nasry in order to properly vet his reliability as a source of information, and learns of his group’s potential ties with Russia. Back in Virginia, Marissa resumes her surveillance activities on the Ortiz family; Graves attempts to reconcile with Lena; Caulder struggles with his medical recovery;
and Khan struggles with keeping his cousin’s family together. The Prince then kidnaps Andrew Hall, an American businessman who is a friend of the U.S. President and has ties to the American oil industry. THE SEALs and Cline take shelter in the village of Khishnet to perform the prisoner exchange. However, the Prince has instead sent a platoon of fighters to kill Nasry and the SEALs and capture Cline alive. The ambush is repelled by the SEALs with the aid of the villagers, and Nasry is released from captivity in an attempt to help undermine the Prince’s leadership. Back in Virginia, Caulder faints and learns that his next brain injury could be fatal; Marisa befriends Anabel and Jackie.
While Bear, Wozniak, and Caulder give Khan medical attention, Cline is forced to make the call between assassinating the Prince and preserving Nasry’s life. After being convinced by Ortiz that Nasry is a traitor, Cline orders a drone strike on Nasry’s last position.
Meanwhile, Nasry separates himself from the Prince after the latter suspected him of working with the C.I.A., avoiding the drone strike in the process. During the aftermath of the drone strike, Cline has one final conversation with the Prince before being killed by his suicide grenade. Back in Virginia, Caulder writhes in agony and presumably dies after having suffered a concussion from his last deployment; Marissa attempts to kill the Ortiz family, but only successfully kills Lena before being killed by Jackie.
Episodes
Originally aired
Season 1
Episodes 8
First aired January 18, 2017
Last aired March 8, 2017
Season 2
Episodes 10
First aired May 28, 2018
Last aired August 1, 2018.
Cast:
Barry Sloane as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator.
Kyle Schmid as Chief Special Warfare Operator
- Juan Pablo Raba as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator
- Jaylen Moore as Chief Special Warfare Operator
- Edwin Hodge as Special Warfare Operator First Class
- Brianne Davis as Lena Graves
- Nadine Velazquez as Jackie Ortiz
- Dominic Adams as Michael Nasry
- Walton Goggins as Former Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator
- Eric Ladin as Special Warfare Operator First Class
- Nikolai Nikolaeff as Tamerlin Shishoni
- Olivia Munn as Gina Cline,
