''Six'' (stylized as ''SIX'') is an American

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television series. The series was ordered by the

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with an eight-episode initial order. The first two episodes were directed by

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. ''Six'' premiered on January 18, 2017. ''Six'' was renewed for a second season of 10 episodes and aired in 2018. In June, History announced the series' cancellation.

Premise

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.

Cast

Main

* Barry Sloane as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-8) Joe "Bear" Graves a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 1/FD1 * Kyle Schmid as Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-7) Alex Caulder a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 2/FD2 * Juan Pablo Raba as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-8) Ricky "Buddha" Ortiz a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 3/FD3 * Jaylen Moore as Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-7) Armin "Fishbait" Khan a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 5/FD5 * Edwin Hodge as Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6) Robert Chase a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 6/FD6 * Brianne Davis as Lena Graves *

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as Jackie Ortiz * Dominic Adams as Michael Nasry *

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as Former Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-8) Richard "Rip" Taggart * Eric Ladin as Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6) Trevor Wozniak a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 4/FD4 (season 2) * Nikolai Nikolaeff as Tamerlin Shishoni, a Chechen/Jihadi mastermind (season 2) *

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as Gina Cline, a high-level CIA Operations Officer (season 2)

Recurring

* Nondumiso Tembe as Na'omi Ajimuda * Lindsley Register as Dharma Caulder *Tyla Harris as Esther *Jarreth J. Merz as Emir Hatim Al-Muttaqi *Robert Crayton as Buhari Guard * Donny Boaz as Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6) Beauregard "Buck" Buckley a.k.a. Foxtrot Delta 5/FD5 (season 1) *Rus Blackwell as

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(O-5) Atkins, the former commanding officer of White Squadron. * Zeeko Zaki as Akmal Barayev (season 1) *Joshua Gage as Ricky Ortiz, Jr. *Jessica Garza as Anabel Ortiz *Britt Rentschler as Tammi Buckley *Angela Relucio as Lieutenant Junior Grade (O-2) Camille Fung *Katherine Evans as Marissa (season 2) * Erik Palladino as

Scott Hughes, the new commanding officer of White Squadron. (season 2)

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2018)

The History Channel aired an hour-long special entitled "Mission Debrief" on May 23, 2018, as a recap of season 1.

Production

Joe Manganiello was originally cast as Rip Taggart but left the series in April 2016 "due to a 'manageable' preexisting health issue". About a week after Manganiello's departure,

was cast as his replacement. All of the already done shoots with Manganiello's character, nearly two full episodes, had to be re-shot. Also

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had been cast, but left the project to be on the series '' Roadies'' before the series started shooting. Season two, which consists of 10 episodes, was produced by a new production company, Six 2 North Productions Inc. Kimberly Peirce and

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are directors, with George Perkins the executive producer. Season two began filming on July 17, 2017, in

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, around Pemberton, and throughout

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, and completed filming on November 23, 2017.

Reception

''Six'' has earned positive reviews from critics. On the

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website

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, the series has an approval rating of 62% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Six's'' well-crafted action and engaging characters are intriguing in spite of the show's trite premise and familiar narrative."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

Official Website
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