WhySEAL Teamisn't a mission-of-the-week drama

Jason Hayes (David Borenaz) has given his life to his Tier One Navy SEALs team — his marriage is in tatters, so is his relationship with his child — but his tough-as-nails mentality is starting to show cracks. "We wanted to explore the effect that this work has had on soldiers more than the work itself," executive producer Ed Redlich tells EW. "None of us every wanted to do a mission-of-the-week show just about catching bad guys. [Borenaz]' character has been doing this for 13 years and as we meet him, he's beginning to have a new sensitivity to the work. That's the starting point."