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Episode 1 - Pilot

A S.W.A.T. leader is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he is tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Series premiere.

Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Episode 2 - Cuchillo

Hondo and the SWAT team spread out across Los Angeles to capture four escaped convicts, including a violent criminal Jessica helped bring to justice. Meanwhile, Hondo's role as team leader is questioned when Street displays a flagrant disregard for SWAT protocol.

Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2: Cuchillo

Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3: Pamilya

Newcomer Jim Street jeopardizes his spot on Hondo's team when he agrees to do a favor for his incarcerated mother that endangers his SWAT career. Also, the SWAT team searches for the ruthless mastermind behind a drug trafficking ring that forces immigrants to be mules.

Episode 3 - Pamilya

Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4: Radical

After a domestic bomber dies in a Highland Park explosion, the SWAT team races to find the man's partner before more devices detonate. Also, Hondo reaches out to Buck, his former team leader, when he worries he is isolating himself after his recent firing.

Episode 4 - Radical

Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5: Imposters

When a series of home invasions are committed by SWAT imposters in an upscale neighborhood, Hondo and the team suspect the burglarized families are all hiding something. Also, when Deacon and Luca are assigned to protect a visiting professional hockey player who is receiving death threats, his penchant for trouble becomes a complication.

Episode 5 - Imposters

Episode 6 - Octane

Hondo puts aside his misgivings about Jim Street's recklessness and allows the newbie to go undercover as a broker in a luxury car theft ring to bust a ruthless trafficker. Also, Hondo visits Raymont Harris, the teenager recently shot by a former member of the SWAT team, who is dealing with PTSD.

Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6: Octane

Episode 7 - Homecoming

When Hondo's imprisoned childhood friend asks him to protect his son from gang violence, the favor brings SWAT into contact with a new local crime outfit. Also, when Luca's grandfather, a SWAT legend, passes away, he struggles with his grief and a painful family secret.

Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7: Homecoming

Episode 8 - Miracle

Hondo and the SWAT team are forced to work over their Christmas vacation when a drug cartel is out for blood after their cache of gold bars is stolen. Also, Jessica draws the attention of Michael Plank, president of the Police Commission, when she approaches him with her ideas on how to improve the SWAT division.

Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8: Miracle

Episode 9 - Blindspots

When a misconduct complaint filed against Hondo gets him taken off active duty, Deacon steps up to lead the team in finding a robbery crew that is hitting marijuana dispensaries. Also, when Tan notices a similarity between the current robberies and a case from his time with Hollywood LAPD, he asks for help from an informant with whom he has a complicated history.

Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9: Blindspots

Episode 10 - Seizure

As the SWAT team goes inside a prison riot to rescue civilian hostages, Hondo suspects the inmates have an ulterior motive behind the uprising. Also, when Deacon's wife, Annie, stops by headquarters to celebrate Deacon's 10th anniversary with the SWAT division, her visit takes an unexpected turn.

Episode 10 - Season 1, Episode 10: Seizure

Episode 11 - Season 1, Episode 11: K-Town

Hondo teams up with an old DEA friend, Special Agent Katrina "K.C." Walsh, on a task force aimed at unmasking the secret leader of a fentanyl drug-smuggling ring. Also, Jessica and Michael Plank, president of the Police Commission, begin implementing her new law enforcement community initiatives.

Episode 11 - K-Town

Episode 12 - Contamination

Hondo and the SWAT team join forces with the FBI on a manhunt to find members of a militia group planning a domestic terror attack by weaponizing cyanide. Also, as Jessica's new police initiatives with Michael Plank, president of the police commission, move forward, she braces herself for the negative impact the plans could have on her relationships within the department.

Episode 12 - Season 1, Episode 12: Contamination

Episode 13 - Fences

Hondo and Jessica's secret relationship comes to a crossroads when Michael Plank, the president of the police commission, discovers their affair. Also, when Hondo and the team assist with the federal investigation to bring in an undocumented fugitive, they find themselves at the center of a citywide immigration debate.

Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13: Fences

Episode 14 - Ghosts

Hondo and the team go on the hunt for a serial killer who escaped justice two years prior by faking his death. Also, Hondo worries that Buck Spivey, the team's former leader, is spiraling into depression in the aftermath of being fired from the department.

Episode 14 - Season 1, Episode 14: Ghosts

Episode 15 - Season 1, Episode 15: Crews

The job becomes personal for Hondo when his criminal informant friend is killed while seeking information about a robbery crew that a joint SWAT and FBI task force is trying to capture. Also, when the FBI task force leader acts erratically, Jessica worries the woman's behavior will endanger the team in the field.

Episode 15 - Crews

Episode 16 - Payback

When a young heiress is kidnapped for ransom, Hondo and the SWAT team go on a citywide search to bring her home before she is harmed. Also, the team worries that Mumford is moving too fast when he announces he's getting married for the fourth time.

Episode 16 - Season 1, Episode 16: Payback

Episode 17 - Season 1, Episode 17: Armory

As Hondo and SWAT work to de-escalate a hostage situation in which an ex-convict is holding a local family captive, the mission takes a dangerous turn that impacts the team. Also, when Street tires of his complicated romantic entanglements, he agrees to let Chris make over his online dating profile.

Episode 17 - Armory

As the team works to de-escalate a hostage situation, the mission takes a dangerous turn, which impacts the team; Street tires of his complicated romantic entanglements and agrees to let Chris make over his online dating profile.

Episode 18 - Season 1, Episode 18: Patrol

Hondo confronts his long-held resentment towards his ailing father, Daniel Harrelson Sr., when he and his sister, Briana, try to convince their dad he's no longer well enough to live alone. Also, when the SWAT team works as patrol officers for a day, Chris is partnered with Mumford, who intends to make her a surprising offer.

Episode 18 - Patrol

Episode 19 - Source

Jim Street debates whether or not his mother, Karen, should live with him upon her prison release after Hondo and Chris warn him against it. Also, Hondo and the team are assigned to protect Irina Zemanova, a high-profile Russian journalist visiting Los Angeles, from being assassinated.

Episode 19 - Season 1, Episode 19: Source

Episode 20 - Vendetta

Hondo's life and career are endangered when his bosses and his godson's kidnapper, Jae Kim, discover he's been secretly surveilling Kim with the help of retired DEA agent Katrina Walsh. Also, Street and his newly paroled mother, Karen, both have trouble acclimating to her prison release.

Episode 20 - Season 1, Episode 20: Vendetta

Episode 21 - Season 1, Episode 21: Hunted

Hondo and Deacon must apply all their SWAT training and skills to evade a gang of armed mercenaries hunting them in the Angeles Mountains following an ambush. Also, Chris oversteps in an attempt to help a female SWAT trainee she suspects isn't being evaluated fairly.

Episode 21 - Hunted

Episode 22 - Season 1, Episode 22: Hoax

In the Season 1 finale, a fake 911 call puts Hondo and the SWAT team on the hunt to stop a terrorist group from executing bombing attacks on local communities. Also, Street's relationship with his recently paroled mother jeopardizes his career, and Jessica is thrown a curveball by the president of the police commission.

Episode 22 - Hoax

Episode 23 - Season 2, Episode 1: Shaky Town

The Season 2 premiere: The SWAT team engages in a standoff with human traffickers holding child hostages when a major earthquake hits Los Angeles during their operation and compromises the takedown. Also, while Hondo forms an unexpected personal connection with Deputy District Attorney Nia Wells, Jim Street has trouble adjusting to his new life as a patrol officer

Episode 24 - Season 2, Episode 2: Gasoline Drum

The SWAT team works together with their former member Jim Street to find a woman and her son who are running from an international drug cartel. Also, Hondo makes a distressing discovery about his incarcerated friend's teen son, and Luca mulls over a government program that allows officers to buy homes in the at-risk neighborhoods they police.

Episode 25 - Season 2, Episode 3: Fire and Smoke

The team protects the jurors of a high-profile bribery trial after some of them are targeted by organized crime in a series of fire-bombings.

Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 4: Saving Face

A U.S. marshal who's the estranged husband of Nia Wells requests the S.W.A.T. team's help with apprehending a fugitive who is robbing drug cargo shipments. Also, Jessica is forced to implement departmental budget cuts.

Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 5: S.O.S.

Hondo and Lina go undercover to infiltrate and take back a cruise ship that's under siege by drug smugglers who will execute passengers if they detect police on board. Also, Street enters the SWAT Training Academy and finds the competition fiercer than he expected, with the applicants all vying for the one SWAT position available for the year.

Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 6: Never Again

The SWAT team tries to determine the next diamond dealer to be robbed by a group of highly organized thieves executing heists across downtown Los Angeles. When Hondo is emotionally affected by a suspect's death during the case, he seeks comfort from his mother. Also, while Street worries that Luca, his SWAT training academy instructor, has a personal vendetta against him, Chris contemplates an unorthodox relationship offer from the new woman she's dating.

Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 7: Inheritance

The team hunt for a band of criminals reenacting the crimes of the infamous Symbionese Liberation Army, leading Luca to review the files of his late grandfather. Also, Hondo experiences discrimination from a fellow officer during a training seminar.

Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 8: The Tiffany Experience

The SWAT team races to find a stalker pursuing a social media star after the online celebrity’s dangerous admirer turns a fan event into a shootout that endangers Jessica.

Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 9: Day Off

The SWAT team is called in to work on their day off to end a hostage situation, and they discover one of the captives is a wanted felon. Also, Hondo saves his sister, Brianna, after she's been roofied at a nightclub, and uses his day off to hunt a serial rapist.

Episode 32 - Season 2, Episode 10: 1000 Joules

The SWAT team sets out to recover dozens of DNA evidence kits stolen from an LAPD crime lab and bring in the crew responsible, after a close friend of Captain Hicks is harmed during the theft. Also, financial strain at home makes it difficult for Deacon to focus on his role as leader of the SWAT division's annual holiday toy drive.

Episode 33 - Season 2, Episode 11: School

The SWAT team faces difficult reminders of a past school shooting when they receive a warning that a copycat plans to re-enact the crime. As the team races to stop the new threat, they flashback to the day of the tense first mission, on S.W.A.T.

Episode 34 - Season 2, Episode 12: Los Huesos

Jessica and Chris go undercover in Mexico, alone and without back-up, to save a Mexican federal agent kidnapped by a drug-dealing gang that Jessica helped bring to justice years before. Also, Hondo's mother, Charice, worries he's under emotional strain when he engages in a series of small home renovation projects in her home.

Episode 35 - Season 2, Episode 13: Encore

The team races to find a militant group that escaped their capture months earlier, when the criminals take hostages in exchange for a $500 million ransom from five corporations they deem corrupt. Also, Hondo's emotional turmoil begins to affect his team leadership.

Episode 36 - Season 2, Episode 14: The B-Team

Hondo and an old flame join forces to stop an Okinawan terrorist from making a nuclear bomb. Some unexpected competition in a charity fundraiser casts doubt on Luca’s chances to win.

Episode 37 - Season 2, Episode 15: Fallen

The shooting of a cop who worked with Chris raises questions about their old anti-gang unit.

Episode 38 - Season 2, Episode 16: Pride

The SWAT team struggles to maintain peace on the eve of a Los Angeles LGBTQ pride festival after a hate crime sparks citywide anger that ignites further violence.

Episode 39 - Season 2, Episode 17: Jack

The SWAT team tries to zero in on the next target of a carjacking ring that's using deadly force to boost luxury vehicles all over Los Angeles. Also, Hondo takes a big step to help his childhood friend's incarcerated son, Darryl, and SWAT team leader Mumford weighs a major decision.

Episode 40 - Season 2, Episode 18: Cash Flow

Hondo has a tense reunion with a fellow Marine, Ruiz, when the SWAT team hunts an escaped convict who was broken out of prison by criminals using stolen military weapons. Also, Chris prepares for a difficult goodbye when her former K-9 partner becomes ill.

Episode 41 - Season 2, Episode 19: Invisible

The abduction of Luca and Street's neighbor sends the SWAT team in pursuit of a home-invasion crew targeting domestic workers to gain entry into upscale homes. Also, the SWAT division prepares to help Mumford mark a major career milestone.

Episode 42 - Season 2, Episode 20: Rocket Fuel

Hondo discovers that a powerful drug that hasn’t been seen on the street in twenty years is back. Chris considers changing her living situation, while Street worries that his mom is committing credit card fraud.

Episode 43 - Season 2, Episode 21: Day of Dread

The SWAT team finds itself under internal investigation after a civilian is killed as they attempted to bring in the city's most wanted criminal. As the mission details are revealed, the force's internal affairs team calls Hondo's leadership into question.

Episode 44 - Season 2, Episode 22: Trigger Creep

The SWAT team races to locate the next place a lone gunman will strike while he is at large in L.A. Also, Hondo takes some time away from the team to pursue an investigation that hits close to home, and Jessica is presented with an unexpected opportunity.

Episode 45 - Season 2, Episode 23: Kangaroo

In the Sesaon 2 finale, the SWAT team goes in pursuit again of the militant group The Emancipators when the criminals hold a live stream kangaroo court to publicly execute city politicians. Also, Hondo fights to lift Darryl's spirits; Deacon feels unworthy as he prepares to receive one of the LAPD's highest honors; and Street catches a break in the search for his missing parolee mother, Karen Street.

Episode 46 - Season 3, Episode 1: Fire in the Sky

The SWAT team works with Lt. Piper Lynch to hunt down a serial bomber who is using drones as bombs. Meanwhile, Hondo's first day as a legal guardian to Darryl becomes complicated when his father unexpectedly moves in.

Episode 47 - Season 3, Episode 2: Bad Faith

The mayor ask Lt. Lynch to enact a department review of the SWAT team while hunting down a fugitive leader of an infamous doomsday cult. Also, Luca ask the team to invest in his new passion project: a Guatemalan food truck.

Episode 48 - Season 3, Episode 3: Funny Money

The team bumps heads with Lt. Lynch when she signs them up for an off-book undercover operation to take down a local gang printing counterfeit money without giving them enough time to prepare for the mission. Also, tensions rise at home for Hondo as his parents' strained relationship becomes worse.

Episode 49 - Season 3, Episode 4: Immunity

Deacon's family gets caught in the crosshairs of a drug cartel when he and the SWAT team aim to bring down its leader, a former foreign rebel force leader running drugs in plain sight via a local flower market. Also, Hondo receives troubling news regarding his father, and Tan is forced to go before an internal review board due to his girlfriend's indiscretion.

Episode 50 - Season 3, Episode 5: The Lbc

Street reconnects with his estranged foster brother, Naterdict, to help a joint investigation between SWAT and the Long Beach Police Department when criminals steal a mass arsenal of LAPD assault rifles. Also, Hondo finds himself at odds with his father over the elder man's declining health, and Luca is overwhelmed when the entire team reconsiders becoming investors in his food truck.

Episode 51 - Season 3, Episode 6: Kingdom

The Harrelsons engage in a tense family reunion when Hondo's older sister, Winnie (April Parker Jones), begrudgingly arrives in Los Angeles to see their sick father for the first time in decades. Also, the SWAT team searches for an abducted Middle Eastern human rights activist; Luca's food truck business hits a snag; and Street worries that dating Captain Hick's daughter, Molly (Laura James) , will negatively impact his career.

Episode 52 - Season 3, Episode 7: Track

The SWAT team searches for thieves who are on the run with a high-tech thermal lance that can cut through almost anything. To find the thieves, SWAT works to identify their target. Also, Chris confronts an imbalance in her relationship with Kira and Ty.

Episode 53 - Season 3, Episode 8: Lion's Den

The SWAT team engages in tense negotiations with a family that takes a local officer hostage when they're evicted from their home due to eminent domain. Also, Hondo reflects on his personal life choices as he helps his father through a medical crisis and Chris' relationship with Kira and Ty reaches a critical juncture.

Episode 54 - Season 3, Episode 9: Sea Legs

The SWAT team joins forces with the Los Angeles Organized Crime division to recover an officer abducted during a failed undercover operation. Also, Chris struggles with how to comfort the kidnapped officer's parents when she is restricted from giving them certain details of the investigation.

Episode 55 - Season 3, Episode 10: Monster

The SWAT team's task to provide security for a warlord is threatened by assassins determined to take him out before he's extradited by the International Criminal Court. Also, Hondo's father, Daniel Sr. tries to make amends to his mother, Charice, Street's foster brother, Nate, asks for his help with a corrupt boss and Deacon reluctantly explores therapy for his daughter, Lila

Episode 56 - Season 3, Episode 11: Bad Cop

Street is caught between his duty to SWAT and his commitment to his foster brother, Nate, when Nate is ensnared in a criminal enterprise that could ruin them both. Also, the SWAT team goes after a ruthless crew that uses deadly force while stealing from card casinos, and Buck approaches Deacon to partner on a private security opportunity.

Episode 57 - Season 3, Episode 12: Good Cop

Hondo and the SWAT team rally to support Street when he puts his life on the line to help his foster brother Nate break away from a drug ring.

Episode 58 - Season 3, Episode 13: Ekitai Rashku

Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks engage in a manhunt across Tokyo when they escort an extradited fugitive to Japan, where he escapes local custody. Back in Los Angeles, the rest of SWAT search for any contacts the criminal cultivated while hiding out in Los Angeles, and Street isolates himself from the team as he deals with family issues.

Episode 59 - Season 3, Episode 14: Animus

The SWAT team searches for a link between the seemingly unconnected victims of a lone gunman targeting women. Also, Luca assists with a homicide investigation in his neighborhood; Lieutenant Lynch pushes Chris to do a news interview; and Hondo reaches a juncture in his relationship with Nichelle.

Episode 60 - Season 3, Episode 15: Knockout

Deacon's second job places the SWAT team in the middle of a kidnapping case when a prize fighter's wife is abducted. Also, Hondo's young charge, Darryl, becomes frustrated with his lack of paternal rights regarding his infant son, and Tan prepares to introduce his critical mother to his girlfriend, Bonnie.

Episode 61 - Season 3, Episode 16: Gunpowder Treason

The SWAT team's search for an abducted teen leads them to a member of the Witness Protection Program and a decades-old political extremist group. Also, Hondo and his girlfriend disagree over a guest speaker at her community center; Luca worries he's not physically ready to return to the field; and Commander Hicks reconnects with his estranged son.

Episode 62 - Season 3, Episode 17: Hotel L.A.

The SWAT team must protect a hotel full of civilians after a joint task force mission with the LAPD Gang Division goes wrong, and the city's most dangerous gang leaders scatter across the building to find an escape. Also, Luca's efforts to coordinate the team's mission are complicated when his brother, Terry, a freelance stringer reporter, crosses police lines to shoot footage.

Episode 63 - Season 3, Episode 18: Stigma

Hondo and the SWAT team race to save Buck, their former unit leader, when he goes off grid and they fear he plans to harm himself. Flashbacks reveal the search for Buck, which coincides with one of the team's most brutal missions, as each team member receives counseling and discusses the untold mental and emotional difficulties inherent to working in SWAT.

Episode 64 - Season 3, Episode 19: Vice

The SWAT team looks for an escaped convict who is planning to kill Tan and the law enforcement team who helped put him in prison several years ago. Then, Chris arrests a young man who is given a free pass.

Episode 65 - Season 3, Episode 20: Wild Ones

The SWAT team pursues a couple reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, when the duo goes on the run and on the hunt for a set of rare chest pieces worth millions. Also, Hondo and Darryl are surprised when Darryl's ex-girlfriend visits with his young son, and Luca confronts his fear of failing his requalification to return to the field as he helps Kelly, his mentee.

Episode 66 - Season 3, Episode 21: Diablo

The SWAT team searches for a group of drug smugglers who crash a plane in a Los Angeles suburb and scatter, after a joint mission with the DEA to stop the shipment goes awry. Also, Hondo tries to make amends with Nichelle, Luca experiences anxiety about his return to the field, and Deacon hesitates when asked to speak to a group of recruits about mental health.

Episode 67 - Season 4, Episode 1: 3 Seventeen Year Olds

Hondo, his father Daniel Sr. and his teen charge Darryl confront the history of racial tension in Los Angeles between law enforcement and the Black community.

Episode 68 - Season 4, Episode 2: Stakeout

The team goes on a mission to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced.

Episode 69 - Season 4, Episode 3: The Black Hand Man

Hondo is conflicted when Leroy, his incarcerated childhood friend and Darryl's father, asks him to speak on his behalf at a parole hearing; the team helps track down a mob informant on the run from the crime family he is meant to testify against.

Episode 70 - Season 4, Episode 4: Memento Mori

The team searches for a rogue member of an extremist group planning to attack the memorial service of a famous musician who was outspoken about police brutality; tension mounts when Leroy is released from prison early.

Episode 71 - Season 4, Episode 5: Fracture

Hondo is conflicted when asked to be the public face of a new outreach campaign meant to improve the LAPD's stature within the Black community; the team's search for a lone bomber reminds Tan of a difficult chapter in his childhood.

Episode 72 - Season 4, Episode 6: Hopeless Sinners

Chris brings the team into her personal mission to save a teenage girl from a predatory religious leader; Hondo receives troubling news about Darryl; Tan's wedding planning hits a snag.

Episode 73 - Season 4, Episode 7: Under Fire

A sniper targets the Los Angeles Fire Department; the rivalry between Chris, Street and Tan ratchets up; Street and Molly's relationship is strained by his complicated history with his imprisoned mother.

Episode 74 - Season 4, Episode 8: Crusade

SWAT searches for a group of extremists carrying out coordinated attacks against local businesses. Also, Deacon and his wife, Annie, find themselves at odds when Annie wants to enroll their daughter, Lila, in private school.

Episode 75 - Season 4, Episode 9: Next of Kin

A tragic mission leads each member of the SWAT team to contend with their emotional distress in varied ways

Episode 76 - Season 4, Episode 10: Buried

As the SWAT team helps the LAPD search for the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance, they're joined in the field by a new team member, tactical medic Nora Fowler (Norma Kuhling).

Episode 77 - Season 4, Episode 11: Positive Thinking

Mumford returns to work a 15-year-old cold case that holds a personal connection and leads to the discovery of a dangerous drug ring. Also, Hondo is leery of Leroy's motives when he discovers the recent parolee is seeking funding for a new business venture with his son.

Episode 78 - Season 4, Episode 12: U-Turn

A high-stakes domestic disturbance involving a father and his two young daughters leads the team to race against the clock to save a group of international activists. Also, when Daniel Sr. skips out on several family commitments, Hondo becomes concerned his father is planning to repeat history, leading to a surprising admission.

Episode 79 - Season 4, Episode 13: Sins of the Fathers

The team works together to hunt down a deadly band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to leave the country before he's arrested for running a massive Ponzi scheme.

Episode 80 - Season 4, Episode 14: Reckoning

As the team works to stop a violent attack on the city, it is forced to confront the group responsible for the death of a team member; Hondo and Leroy disagree on how to handle a challenge to Darryl's fledgling business.

Episode 81 - Season 4, Episode 15: Local Heroes

The team tries to track down a media-savvy crew of bank robbers who consider themselves a band of modern-day Robin Hoods, funneling stolen cash back into their struggling neighborhood, before the mission turns deadly. Also, Hondo and Deacon clash over how to deal with a group of cops' racist views.

Episode 82 - Season 4, Episode 16: Lockdown

When four escaped prisoners take control of a courthouse with Hondo and Deacon inside but unarmed, the two race to save the lives of innocent civilians while trying to avoid detection themselves. Also, Street visits his mother, Karen, in the hospital and faces a pivotal decision.

Episode 83 - Season 4, Episode 17: Whistleblower

The team races to rescue victims of a sex trafficking ring that is preying on disenfranchised women; Hondo finds himself at odds with Leroy and Darryl over the future of their business; Street confronts Chris about meeting with his hospitalized mom.t confronts Chris about meeting with his hospitalized mom.

Episode 84 - Season 4, Episode 18: Veritas Vincit

The bombing of a police station puts Los Angeles on edge, leading the team to a final showdown with the Imperial Dukes; Hondo faces the fallout from a bold decision that threatens his future; Tan takes a big step in his personal life.

Episode 85 - Season 5, Episode 1: Vagabundo

In the aftermath of his decision to speak out in the press, Hondo retreats to a quiet town in Mexico to reassess his life and professional future, only to find himself reluctantly drawn into one local family's fight for justice.

Episode 86 - Season 5, Episode 2: Madrugada

In Mexico, Hondo teams up with a local cop for a dangerous rescue mission, only to find himself with a target on his back; in Los Angeles, Hicks considers disbanding the team for good.

Episode 87 - Season 5, Episode 3: 27 David

When a robbery crew holds up the iconic downtown Los Angeles library, the team discovers that stolen architectural drawings could lead to a major threat against the city. Also, the squad is surprised by the arrival of a new leader.

Episode 88 - Season 5, Episode 4: Sentinel

As the team races to stop a violent band of armed robbers, the search is complicated by civilians using a public safety app that encourages vigilantism; Street receives difficult news that alters his future.

Episode 89 - Season 5, Episode 5: West Coast Offense

When the team responds to a home invasion call, they uncover a murderous plot against a famous pro football quarterback; Hicks gets a long-awaited lead on a Jane Doe case he worked 20 years ago.

Episode 90 - Season 5, Episode 6: Crisis Actor

When armed gunmen storm the set of a controversial cable news show that promotes conspiracy theories, the team races to prevent a hostage situation from escalating on live TV; Chris supports Street as he prepares for his mother's funeral.

Episode 91 - Season 5, Episode 7: Keep the Faith

When Hondo returns as leader, the team is soon pulled into a dangerous case involving a large stockpile of cash and the Russian mob. Also, Daniel Sr. opens up to Hondo about a painful time in his past.

Episode 92 - Season 5, Episode 8: Safe House

When an undocumented woman is violently abducted, the team forms an unlikely alliance to try and bring her home alive.

Episode 93 - Season 5, Episode 9: Survive

When Deacon enlists Chris' help on an off-duty private security detail, they struggle to survive when they're attacked by a drug cartel looking to kidnap their wealthy VIP client.

Episode 94 - Season 5, Episode 10: Three Guns

The SWAT team partners with the DEA to locate stolen rocket launchers smuggled into Los Angeles, high-power weapons with new technology capable of cutting through armored tanks.

Episode 95 - Season 5, Episode 11: Old School Cool

Hondo and the team race to locate the hacker responsible for accessing LAPD's computers and revealing the identities of undercover officers before the leaked intelligence has fatal consequences. Also, Street is forced to reckon with past misdeeds.

Episode 96 - Season 5, Episode 12: Provenance

After an armed robbery crew invades a downtown auction house, the case quickly turns personal for Hondo when his sister, Winnie, is taken as one of the hostages.

Episode 97 - Season 5, Episode 13: Short Fuse

A terminally ill inmate escapes from a hospital determined to settle old scores before he dies; Nichelle faces a life-changing event that affects her relationship with Hondo.

Episode 98 - Season 5, Episode 14: Albatross

When the team busts a group of dangerous robbery suspects; Tan is confronted with a pivotal figure from his past; Luca is tapped to temporarily step in for Hicks.

Episode 99 - Season 5, Episode 15: Donor

When hospital employees are targeted by a gunman, the SWAT team races to find a grieving father whose son was denied a kidney transplant; Hondo searches for evidence behind an alarming rise in Los Angeles stash houses.

Episode 100 - Season 5, Episode 16: The Fugitive

When bodycam footage left at a local news station seems to show Hondo shooting two police officers, he is forced to go on the run while the team works to clear his name.

Episode 101 - Season 5, Episode 17: Cry Foul

When a series of deadly explosions hits oil derricks across Los Angeles, the team must hunt down an activist-turned-terrorist; Deacon and his wife work to free a reformed drug dealer who they believe was sent away for a murder he didn't commit.

Episode 102 - Season 5, Episode 18: Family

When Hicks witnesses the assassination of his longtime friend, the team races to find the shooter and determine why he was targeted; Luca struggles with how to help his brother after he's arrested.

Episode 103 - Season 5, Episode 19: Incoming

When a plane carrying Street and the dangerous prisoner he's transporting is hijacked, the team races to save the innocent passengers onboard -- and one of their own; Hondo take a big step in his relationship with Nichelle.

Episode 104 - Season 5, Episode 20: Quandary

When the team discovers an illegal weapons dealer has sold stock to someone targeting a high-level politician, they rush to stop a deadly ambush.

Episode 105 - Season 5, Episode 21: Zodiac

When a home invasion turns deadly, the team embarks on a race to track down priceless antique artifacts before any more lives are lost; Leroy enlists Hondo's help after an overdose hits close to home.

Episode 106 - Season 5, Episode 22: Farewell

When control of a university chemistry lab is seized, the team races to thwart a devastating terror attack.

Episode 107 - Season 6, Episode 1: Thai Hard

During a trip to Bangkok to train alongside Thailand's premiere S.W.A.T. team, Hondo and his former military buddy stumble upon a wide-ranging heroin operation with ties to Los Angeles and find themselves on the run from a powerful drug kingpin.

Episode 108 - Season 6, Episode 2: Thai Another Day

Hondo, Deacon and Tan team up with Thailand’s elite S.W.A.T. team to stop a ruthless drug lord whose heroin operation has far-reaching ties to Los Angeles.

Episode 109 - Season 6, Episode 3: Woah Black Betty

When S.W.A.T.’s armored vehicle is stolen, the squad must team up with FBI Agent Vasquez (guest star Jessica Camacho), a former LAPD officer who was once denied a position on the S.W.A.T. team, to stop the vehicle from being used in a potential terrorist attack. Also, Hondo and Nischelle prepare for their baby’s gender reveal party.

Episode 110 - Season 6, Episode 4: Maniak

When a convicted killer makes a prison break, the team works to protect the people on his hit list; Hondo unexpectedly crosses paths with a former flame.

Episode 111 - Season 6, Episode 5: Unraveling

When the team stops a robbery of a department store, they fear the crime was designed to distract from something more sinister; Hondo enlists Street to connect with Powell after she ignores orders in the field. with Powell after she ignores orders in the field.

Episode 112 - Season 6, Episode 6: Checkmate

When a cop on the verge of shutting down a major drug operation is abducted, Hondo and the squad race to save one of their own before it's too late; Luca grows concerned about sudden changes in Hicks' behavior.

Episode 113 - Season 6, Episode 7: Sequel

en an intruder breaks into the home of a Hollywood actress, Hondo and the team are forced to partner with an old nemesis to track down a dangerous criminal; Tan struggles to find the perfect anniversary gift for his wife.

Episode 114 - Season 6, Episode 8: Guacaine

When violence erupts at a popular food truck festival, the team must contend with a deadly cartel determined to recover a lost drug shipment at any cost.

Episode 115 - Season 6, Episode 9: Pariah

When faced with a series of random shootings, one team member's family connections could be the key to stopping the next attack; Hondo prepares to meet Rochelle's parents for the first time; Tan helps Luca navigate a sensitive situation.

Episode 116 - Season 6, Episode 10: Witness

The SWAT team races to locate a young boy abducted from a homeless shelter; Street allows his personal history to cloud his judgement on the kidnapping case; Hondo and Nichelle find themselves at odds over their spiritual beliefs.

Episode 117 - Season 6, Episode 11: Atonement

The SWAT team participates in a joint task force with the FBI when a car bombing has ties to a terrorist group planning an attack in Los Angeles. Also, a tragedy from Deacon's past gives insight into the origins of his faith.

Episode 118 - Season 6, Episode 12: Addicted

The SWAT team races to stop a gunman targeting rehab centers and those he considers responsible for his brother's death. Also, Deacon is caught off guard when his wife, Annie, makes a parenting decision that has unexpected consequences for their daughter.

Episode 119 - Season 6, Episode 13: Lion's Share

The SWAT team races to stop a violent rampage with ties to a painful chapter from Hicks' past.

Episode 120 - Season 6, Episode 14: Gut Punch

SWAT teams with Major Crimes for a high-stakes mission to extract an undercover officer from a dangerous crime ring.

Episode 121 - Season 6, Episode 15: To Protect and to Serve

When Hicks insists SWAT participate in Patrol Day in an effort to engage more meaningfully with the community, Hondo and Deacon have their hands full mentoring the newest members of the team; a suspended Tan investigates a mystery close to home.

Episode 122 - Season 6, Episode 16: Blowback

When classified information falls into the wrong hands, the team races to stop a dangerous plot targeting former members of the U.S. military; Luca is faced with a challenging choice when a family member suddenly falls ill.

Episode 123 - Season 6, Episode 17: Stockholm

SWAT teams up with the FBI to hunt one of its most-wanted fugitives. Also, Hondo and Nichelle are faced with an unexpected development in her pregnancy.

Episode 124 - Season 6, Episode 18: Genesis

When an armored truck heist ends in bloodshed, the team races to track down priceless jewels before more lives are lost; Hondo's mother, Charice, visits.

Episode 125 - Season 6, Episode 19: Bunkies

The team races to uncover the identities of kidnappers holding a prison guard's family hostage; Tan is faced with a difficult personal decision.

Episode 126 - Season 6, Episode 20: All That Glitters

Following a string of violent home robberies, the team rushes to stop a crew targeting elderly victims; Hondo's longtime friend and former Marine squad leader Danny Wright turns to Hondo for help when his daughter goes missing.

Episode 127 - Season 6, Episode 21: Forget Shorty

SWAT teams up with the DEA to conduct a massive gang sweep, only to discover that a vicious cartel is planting roots in the city and endangering numerous lives; Hicks marks an important anniversary.

Episode 128 - Season 6, Episode 22: Legacy

The team works with the DEA to stop a ruthless cartel boss waging war on the streets of Los Angeles as he exacts revenge on those who killed his son.

Episode 129 - Season 7, Episode 1: The Promise

The team heads to Mexico to escort a fugitive back to the States when things go awry and Hondo has to save an old witness tied to the case, in the season seven premiere of S.W.A.T.

Episode 130 - Season 7, Episode 2: Peace Talks

Hondo and Hicks desperately search for Powell, who's gone missing in Mexico City along with a thermobaric bomb capable of killing thousands. And while Deacon and Tan assist from L.A., Deacon's pride gets injured in a boxing match with Rocker.

Episode 131 - Season 7, Episode 3: Good for Nothing

20-Squad must leap into action when Yakuza assassins descend on L.A., targeting a number of mysterious Japanese ex-pats. Meanwhile, Nichelle finds her job on the line at the inspector general's office when a colleague accuses her of taking bribes.

Episode 132 - Season 7, Episode 4: Spare Parts

SWAT hunts down a Chilean arms dealer after he kidnaps a woman and her daughter from a party in L.A. with unexpected intentions. Crossing paths with his brother, Tan is forced to come clean to his family about his divorce from Bonnie, while Hondo discovers that Hicks has received a job offer that could lure him away from SWAT, in part one of a two-part episode of S.W.A.T.

Episode 133 - Season 7, Episode 5: End of the Road

While training with Long Beach SWAT, Street discovers a biker club has stolen a cache of armor-piercing bullets and brings 20-Squad into the hunt for the gang before they can pull off a daring and deadly heist. As Hondo struggles with changes at work, Nichelle finds herself at odds with her former colleague Bruce, in part two of a two-part episode of S.W.A.T.

Episode 134 - Season 7, Episode 6: Escape

After a prison transport van overturns, Hondo and the team hunt down three female fugitives, including a serial killer on the verge of a rampage. Also, with Annie's return to work, Deacon struggles to maintain a work life balance, and Luca does his best to teach Kelly to drive.

Episode 135 - Season 7, Episode 7: Last Call

quot;Last Callquot; - After the shocking shooting of a member of 20-Squad, Hondo and the team launch a citywide manhunt for the robbery crew responsible. Meanwhile, Deacon's plans for his future hit a snag, and Powell and Alfaro clash over a tricky issue.

Episode 136 - Season 7, Episode 8: Family Man

The SWAT team faces off with a family of doomsday preppers barricaded inside their fortress of a home, and Deacon finds himself at the center of the storm. Also, Tan clashes with a reporter covering the situation and Powell grapples with meeting the child she gave up for adoption 18 years ago.

Episode 137 - Season 7, Episode 9: Honeytrap

When a female robbery crew “honeytraps” and kills several rich VIPs, HONDO and 20-SQUAD are called in to assist FBI Agent Jackie Vasquez in capturing the dangerous fugitives before the death toll rises. Commander Hicks is shocked when his new love, Maggie, abruptly ends their relationship without rhyme or reason. With help from Deacon and Dr. Wendy, Hicks makes an important decision about his romantic future.

Episode 138 - Season 7, Episode 10: Snafu

As 20-Squad scrambles to track down a cold-blooded sniper terrorizing Los Angeles, Hondo discovers a link to his own South L.A. neighborhood that brings a personal twist to the hunt for the deadly shooter. Meanwhile, Tan finds himself questioning his leadership abilities while Powell and Alfaro compete in a classic game of SWAT tag.

Episode 139 - Season 7, Episode 11: Whispers

Tan finds himself on a one-man mission to save his new love interest and her journalist co-workers when mercenaries take over a black-tie correspondents' dinner. After the group escapes, it's up to SWAT to track down the well-trained gunmen before anyone else is killed. Meanwhile, Hondo and Nichelle return home to find their house trashed, placing them at odds when it's revealed that Nichelle has a secret. And when Hicks, Mumford and Buck take a trip down memory lane, it threatens to end their decades-long friendships.

Episode 140 - Season 7, Episode 12: Allegiance

When a crew of violent eco-terrorists abducts the teenage son of an energy company executive, SWAT must untangle the kidnappers' twisted motives before carrying out a high-stakes rescue mission. Meanwhile, Hondo's involvement in a shooting draws outrage from the very community he's dedicated his career to protecting. And, as Deacon is called on to help with the escalating crisis, he's forced to confront nagging doubts about his retirement.

Episode 141 - Season 7, Episode 13: Twenty Squad

SWAT faces their deadliest adversary yet when a violent cell of extremists looks to extract vengeance by blowing up half of Los Angeles, potentially killing thousands. Still reeling from the anger and outrage directed at him by his own community, Hondo questions if he still has what it takes to lead 20-Squad, adding to the fear that he won't be able to pull the team together in time to save the city.

Episode 142 - Season 8, Episode 1: Vanished

SWAT tackles a mission with personal ties for Hondo when they race to find a group of missing students and their bus driver, Hondo's former high school football coach. Also, Hicks has reservations regarding Hondo's new 20-Squad team addition, Devin Gamble, a cop with a family background deeply entrenched in crime.

Episode 143 - Season 8, Episode 2: Gang Unit

When a spree of brutal stash house robberies spills into L.A., 20-Squad must team up with the sheriff's department's gang unit to unmask a violent crew who leaves no witness alive.

Episode 144 - Season 8, Episode 3: Life

20-Squad faces down a prison hostage situation, only to be thrown into deeper danger when a bomb explodes, freeing maximum-security prisoners from their cells, including someone with a personal grudge against Hondo.

Episode 145 - Season 8, Episode 4: The Sepulveda Protocol

A blackout throws the city into chaos, forcing 20-Squad onto the streets for an emergency patrol day, which quickly escalates when Hondo and team uncover a terror threat.

Episode 146 - Season 8, Episode 5: Human Interest

Tan is left reeling when his girlfriend is kidnapped, and 20-Squad must race to track down a violent cartel leader who may be behind the abduction.

Episode 147 - Season 8, Episode 6: Hot Button

When back-to-back shootings at women's clinics leave two healthcare providers dead, Hondo and the team investigate whether the shootings were politically motivated.

Episode 148 - Season 8, Episode 7: Home

When two students are brutally attacked, 20-Squad contends with a possible honor killing. Meanwhile, Hondo and Nichelle have their first parenting dispute while searching for a suitable daycare.

Episode 149 - Season 8, Episode 8: Left of Boom

Hondo and the SWAT team race to stop a nuclear attack on Los Angeles when radioactive material is stolen from a local lab. Also, Powell delves into Alfaro's past when he displays a talent for boxing as the department prepares for the annual LAFD quot;smokerquot; boxing tournament.

Episode 150 - Season 8, Episode 9: Open Season

When Hondo learns there's a $1 million bounty on his head, 20-Squad must race to uncover the mysterious enemy from Hondo's past who's intent on revenge. Also, Deacon and Tan butt heads over Tan's changes to SWAT academy.

Episode 151 - Season 8, Episode 10: The Heights

20-Squad contends with a hostage crisis. Also, Hondo receives a family visit.

Episode 152 - Season 8, Episode 11: Amber

20-Squad races to find a missing child who was abducted from her front yard. Also, Hicks is faced with a difficult decision concerning Gamble.

Episode 153 - Season 8, Episode 12: Deep Cover

While working undercover for 20-Squad, Alfaro encounters associates from a previous undercover case in Long Beach, embarking on a dangerous mission that stirs up unresolved issues from the past.

Episode 154 - Season 8, Episode 13: High Ground

During a hiking trip, Powell and Gamble stumble upon an illegal weed farm and find themselves taking on a dangerous cartel.

Episode 155 - Season 8, Episode 14: The Santa Clara

When violent robbers loot a museum vault, fleeing with almost a billion dollars in treasure recovered from a sunken ship, Hondo and 20-Squad must chase down the thieving killers before they flee the country. Meanwhile, Tan reckons with the fallout from a SWAT Academy accident, and Gamble nervously awaits the verdict of her IA investigation.

Episode 156 - Season 8, Episode 15: Hostages

SWAT's anti-terror sting operation at a bus station is thrown into chaos when volatile felons, fleeing the police, burst in and take the bus station hostage. Hondo and the team must play along, maintaining their cover as hostages while they work to ferret out the terrorist in their midst. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Bennett redoubles her efforts to force Hicks out as SWAT's commander.

Episode 157 - Season 8, Episode 16: Hail Mary

The abduction and brutal torture of two college football stars puts SWAT on the trail of a violent drug dealer looking to extract vengeance for a drug deal gone bad, while Deacon's heroics bring unexpected attention.

Episode 158 - Season 8, Episode 17: The Enemy Within

When three of L.A.'s finest are targeted and gunned down in the street, Hondo and 20-Squad enlist the help of LAPD psychologist Dr. Wendy Hughes to assist in stopping a murderous rampage, reopening old wounds tied to the department's failed response to a school shooting.

Episode 159 - Season 8, Episode 18: Exploited

When a violent shooting rocks a Los Angeles nightclub, Hondo and 20-Squad are thrust into the dark world of sex trafficking, going head-to-head with a notorious biker club as they race to find a missing girl. Meanwhile, a figure from Alfaro's past resurfaces, raising the question of whether his wounds run too deep for forgiveness, and deputy chief Bennett pushes commander Hicks to the breaking point.

Episode 160 - Season 8, Episode 19: Run to Ground

After an explosive accident at a fruit-packing facility staffed by prison workers, six inmates escape and scatter across the city. Tasked with chasing down the fugitives, Hondo and 20-Squad discover that the worksite explosion was no accident, and that the escapees are working together to carry out a high-stakes robbery. Also, Commander Hicks packs up his office, preparing to vacate the SWAT commander's post, and Gamble gets sobering news about her jailed father.

Episode 161 - Season 8, Episode 20: Devil Dog

When Hondo’s cousin Andre goes AWOL from Marine basic, Hondo, Deacon, and Daniel Sr. set out to find him—only to uncover a darker truth. Meanwhile, Alfaro considers taking the law into his own hands when his mom’s abusive ex resurfaces.

Episode 162 - Season 8, Episode 21: Ride or Die

When an auto carrier truck gets hijacked by a high-speed crew, Hondo encounters a ghost from his past - a violent car thief thought to be long-dead. As the brutal road warriors tear across L.A. in pursuit of a mysterious $60 million car, Hondo's old rivalry reignites, and he's forced to confront a long-held fear. Also, Gamble is thrust into a personal crisis when her brother, Leon, becomes tangled in the investigation, putting Gamble's SWAT future in jeopardy, in the first part of the two-hour series finale.

Episode 163 - Season 8, Episode 22: Return to Base

The SWAT team undertakes its final mission when a violent crew of ex-pat Russian mercenaries holds Los Angeles hostage after planting hundreds of hidden explosives across the city in a bid to extort the release of their brutal leader, Dmitri Rykov. When Rykov is brought to SWAT for safekeeping, SWAT HQ comes under attack, forcing Hondo and 20-Squad to fight for their very survival, in the second part of the two-hour series finale of quot;S.W.A.T.quot;

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