NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 recap: Hell Weak- SEALs, steroids, and the truth behind Pete Levinson's death

NCIS: Sydney Season 2 dropped on February 7, 2025. A spin-off of NCIS, this police procedural show follows the Australian Federal team and NCIS as they unravel dangerous and complex cases. As the ongoing season was well received by the audience, the show was renewed for a third season in February 2025.

The latest episode of NCIS Season 2 Episode 6 'Hell Weak' dropped on March 14, 2025, on CBS. The synopsis of the episode reads,

"The suspected suicide of a former U.S Navy SEAL leads the team to a wellness retreat to investigate a group of his former SEAL buddies."

Thus, the episode deals with the investigation into the suspicious death of a retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant, Pete Levinson. What looked like a tragic suicide turned out to be a case of complex murder that included drug rings, betrayals, and secrets within the SEAL community.

Here's a recap of what happened in NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6

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The Mysterious Death of a Navy SEAL: NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 recap

In this episode, the team investigated the suspected suicide of a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, Pete Levinson, in the Brute Force wellness retreat in Australia. What was supposed to be a reunion of former SEAL friends turned out to be a nightmare.

While the initial evidence pointed towards a suicide by hanging, the team uncovered further evidence, such as strangulation marks on his neck that indicated it was a murder. The wellness resort was owned by Chief Finn McKay, who had known U.S. Navy SEAL officer Pete Levinson since their SEAL training days. Chief Finn McKay quit his training after a trainee called Victor Austin died during an exercise routine in Hell Week. However, Pete did not quit; he went ahead with his training to finally become a lieutenant.

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The Secret Steroid Ring and Betrayal among SEAL Comrades: NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 recap

Upon further investigation, the team found a bunch of steroids from Pete's fridge which looked like he was operating an illegal drug ring. The team wanted to talk to his fellow SEAL comrades but they did not seem to cooperate initially except Finn. However, soon the team uncovered that Pete was not just an innocent victim but also a whistleblower who was trying to expose the illegal steroid ring that his friends ran.

It was Austin's family that asked Pete to expose the illegal drug ring that his friends were running that took Austin's life years back. Pete knew that Austin's medical reports were tampered with. He swapped his blood with that of Austin so that steroid-induced death looked like a natural death on the autopsy reports. Thus, Austin took steroids to be stronger and perform better during training, however, it backfired and he was killed due to the illegal toxic substances that Pete's friends sold. Pete was young and naive, and he did all this to protect his friends. But, now he was determined to gather evidence against his friends who supplied steroids to Austin.

During the wellness retreat, Pete was on a mission; he secretly recorded his friend's conversation via a wire. However, his friends found the wire and strangled him to death before he was hanged by them. There were about four people in the group among whom two were drug dealers and another was Finn, who had no clue about the secret dealings.

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Finn's wife served as a witness in solving the murder: NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 recap

When Pete's friends were strangling him with a wire, Finn's pregnant wife witnessed the entire murder sequence. She overheard the arguments among them and even though Finn was not there, she did not want him to fall in trouble.

Finn and Pete's criminal friends took Evie Cooper and NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson hostage but Finn cleverly convinced them to let go of the NCIS agents leave. Finn was unaware of the entire incident and hardly knew about what happened to Austin. Finally, Finn and Evie managed to get hold of the two culprits in a deadly fight. The episode ended with Finn expressing his guilt over not uncovering the truth before and Evie joking with an injured DeShawn so that he feels better.

Catch the upcoming NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 7 on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 8 pm ET on CBS.

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