1Pilot
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant, Hondo, who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles. |
2Cuchillo
The team must find four escaped convicts before a rival team finds them; Hondo's leadership is called into question when Street flagrantly disregards protocol. |
3Pamilya
Newcomer Jim Street jeopardizes his spot on Hondo's team; the team searches for a ruthless drug trafficker who is using immigrants as couriers.
4Radical
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.
5Imposters
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.
6Octane
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.
7Homecoming
Hondo's imprisoned childhood friend asks him to protect his son from gang violence; the team encounters a local crime outfit; Luca's grandfather, a S.W.A.T. legend, passes away, and Luca's struggles with his grief and a painful family secret.
8Miracle
The team must work during Christmas vacation when a drug cartel's cache of gold bars is stolen; Jessica approaches the president of the police commission with her ideas on how to improve the S.W.A.T. Division.
9Blindspots
A misconduct complaint filed against Hondo gets him taken off active duty, so Deacon steps in to lead the team in finding a robbery crew.
10Seizure
Hondo suspects there's an ulterior motive when civilians are taken hostage in a prison riot.
11K-Town
Hondo teams up with an old friend in the DEA on a task force to bring down a drug smuggling ring and to unmask the leader.
12Contamination
Typical left wing Hollywood propaganda about right wing extremist groups threatening acts of domestic terrorism. The writers completely misinterpret the term "domestic terrorism" to further a political agenda. The story starts with a raid on a ship transporting cyanide which is to be used by the extremists in an attack. SWAT learns that three other shipments have already been delivered. The plot follows the investigation as SWAT tracks down the cyanide shipments. There are plenty of ridiculous stereotypes of so called right wing extremist groups along the way.
13Fences
The President of the Police Commission discovers Hondo and Jessica's affair.
14Ghosts
Hondo's team must track down a serial killer who escaped justice by faking his own death. Hondo worries about Buck's mental health as he deals with depression in the aftermath of his firing.
15Crews
The job becomes personal for Hondo when a friend is killed during a joint FBI/S.W.A.T. mission to stop a robbery crew. Jessica worries the erratic behavior of the FBI task force leader will endanger the team in the field.
16Payback
Hondo and team go on a citywide search for a kidnapped heiress. Mumford announces he's get married for the fourth time setting off alarm bells within the team.
17Armory
As the team works to de-escalate a hostage situation, the mission takes a dangerous turn, which impacts the team; Jim tires of his romantic entanglements and agrees to let Chris makeover his online dating profile.
18Patrol
The S.W.A.T teams are on patrol - minus Hondo who is away trying to solve family problems. Mumford and Chris try to find a shooter planning to get revenge for his past but Chris suffers a setback causing Mumford to judge her. Street and Tan struggle with finding Tan's 'lost' radio while Deacon and Luca are faced with helping a group of kids that are having trouble at school.
19Source
Jim Street debates whether or not his mother should live with him upon her release from prison; "Hondo" and the team are assigned to protect a high-profile Russian journalist who is visiting Los Angeles, California U.S.A.
20Vendetta
This is a follow up of the episode called "K-Town." Hondo continues his investigation trying to nail Kim for his money laundering, murder, etc. and finds himself a target by Kim's men. Retired DEA Agent KC Walsh is also back and finds herself in a bad situation by the hands of Kim yet again. Streets' mother is now out in parole living with her son and they both are struggling to adjust to the new change. Hondo starts to wonder who's side Commissioner is really on, Kim or S.W.A.T.?
21Hunted
Hondo and Deacon must apply all their SWAT training and skills to evade a gang of armed mercenaries hunting them in the Angeles Mountain following an ambush.
22Hoax
A fake 911 call puts "Hondo" and the team on the hunt to stop bombing attacks; Jim's relationship with his mother jeopardizes his career; Jessica is thrown a curve ball by the president of the police commission.
1Shaky Town
The S.W.A.T. team gets into a standoff with human traffickers holding children hostage when an earthquake hits Los Angeles and compromises the take-down.
2Gasoline Drum
The team works with a former member to find a woman and her son who are running from an international drug cartel.
3Fire and Smoke
The SWAT team is enlisted by Hondo's new romantic interest, Deputy District Attorney Nia Wells (Nikiva Dionne), to protect the jurors of a high-profile bribery trial, after some of them are targeted by organized crime in a series of fire-bombings.
4Saving Face
Hondo suspects an ulterior motive when Eric Wells (Michael Trucco), a U.S. marshal who is the estranged husband of his romantic interest, Deputy District Attorney Nia Wells (Nikiva Dionne), 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, and Street makes a heartbreaking discovery about his mother, Karen (Sherilyn Fenn).
5S.O.S.
Hondo and Chris go undercover to take back a cruise ship under siege from drug dealers. Street enters S.W.A.T. academy and finds the competition fierce for the one available slot on S.W.A.T.
6Never Again
The S.W.A.T. 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, Charice. 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.
7Inheritance
A group seems to be reenacting the 1974 Patty Hearst kidnapping, with nearly identical demands of feeding the poor and corporations being better to people. Meanwhile, Hondo has been sent to Arizona to train S.W.A.T. officers and encounters a racist state trouper.
8The Tiffany Experience
The team races to find a stalker pursuing a social media star after he turns a fan event into a shootout. Chris is undecided about her new relationship.
9Day Off
Hondo's sister calls him after she gets drugged in a club and Honda goes on the guy's trail while the rest of the team inadvertently lets a hostage out of their sight who turns out to be a suspect in a state-wide manhunt.
101000 Joules
Hondo and his team are given a wide berth while attempting to retrieve stolen evidence from the police lab.
11School
The team is forced to relive the past when they receive a manifesto planning to copycat a previous mass shooting at an area high school with a higher body count.
12Los Huesos
Jessica and Chris go undercover in Mexico to save a Mexican federal agent that's been abducted by a gang. Hondo's mother worries about him when he starts renovating her house.
13Encore
The militant group that escaped capture months ago are back and abducting employees of the largest corporations in L.A. Hondo's emotional turmoil starts to affect his leadership.
14The B-Team
Hondo is reunited with an old flame when the team works with the FBI to arrest a separatist group with weapons grade plutonium. The team competes in the annual police vs. fire department competition.
15Fallen
After a patrol officer's shooting, the team pursues the group of unknown assailants. Chris reels because she knows the dead officer. Deacon and his wife prepare to welcome their newest child.
16Pride
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. As Chris grows anxious for her fellow LGBTQ community members calling for retribution, the festival reunites Commander Hicks with JP, his estranged gay son.
17Jack
The S.W.A.T. team tries to zero in on the next target of a carjacking ring that's using deadly force to boost luxury vehicles; Hondo takes a big step to help his childhood friend's incarcerated son; Mumford weighs a major decision.
18Cash Flow
Hondo has a tense reunion with a fellow Marine Ruiz, when the team hunts an escaped convict who was broken out of prison by criminals using military weapons. Chris prepares for a difficult goodbye when her former K-9 partner Champ becomes ill.
19Invisible
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; the SWAT division prepares to help Mumford mark a major career milestone.
20Rocket Fuel
The SWAT team discovers a new version of PCP with ties to an escaped drug dealer who created a version that ravaged the city decades earlier. Tan's personal ties to the case emerge when he brings in his mentor, Ben Mosley (Dominic Hoffman), the former lead detective on the original drug case, to help. Also, Chris weighs a major decision regarding her romantic relationship with Kira and Ty, and Hondo's patience is tested by his new familial responsibilities.
21Day 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.
22Trigger 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.
23Kangaroo
The Emancipators hold a livestream kangaroo court to publicity execute city politicians; Hondo fights to lift Darryl's spirits; Deacon feels unworthy as he prepares to receive one of the LAPD's highest honors.
1Fire 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.
2Bad Faith
The mayor asks Lt. Lynch to enact a department review of the SWAT team while hunting down a fugitive leader of an infamous doomsday cult. Also, Luca asks the team to invest in his new passion project: a Guatemalan food truck.
3Funny Money
The latest addition to the team is already treading on thin ice with the commander when she circumvents the chain of command in an effort to take down a counterfeit ring.
4Immunity
Deacon's family is squarely in the crosshairs of a drug cartel operating in LA when SWAT targets their leader who has CIA immunity.
5The LBC
A Jamaican gang highjacks a truck full of assault weapons destined for destruction, intending on selling them to multiple gangs in Long Beach; Luca's Guatemalan food truck plan starts to gain momentum; Hondo's Dad gets a diagnosis
6Kingdom
The Harrelsons have a tense family reunion when Hondo's older sister begrudgingly arrives to see their sick father for the first time in decades.The team searches for an abducted human rights activist;Luca's food truck business hits a bump in the road.
7Track
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.
8Lion's Den
Commander Hicks agrees to replace a seriously wounded sheriff's deputy in a hostage crisis when a family resisted eviction after having lived four generations on the property.
9Sea 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.
10Monster
The members of the SWAT team are tasked with securing a former Somali warlord wanted for war crimes; Streets' foster brother asks for help with his corrupt boss; Hondo's Dad attempts to make amends with his Mom.
11Bad Cop
Street is caught between his duty to S.W.A.T. and his foster brother. Also, S.W.A.T. goes after a ruthless gang that employees deadly force against casinos.
12Good Cop
Hondo and the rest of the team rally behind Street when he puts his life in jeopardy trying to help his foster brother Nate breakaway from a drug ring
13Ekitai Rashku
Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks chase an extradited fugitive across Tokyo when he escapes custody. The rest of SWAT search for any contacts the fugitive cultivated while in LA;Street isolated himself
14Animus
The S.W.A.T. searches for a link to a misogynistic gunman. Luca works on a homicide in his neighborhood. Lt. Lynch wants a day-in-the-life interview with a female S.W.A.T. member.
15Knockout
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.
16Gunpowder 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.
17Hotel L.A.
The team has to protect a hotel full of civilians after a gang bust goes awry. Luca's brother, a freelance journalist, crosses police lines to shoot footage.
18Stigma
Hondo and the team race to locate their former leader, Buck Spivey when they fear he's trying to harm himself.
19Vice
An escaped narcotics convict that Tan arrested is pursuing bloody revenge on all those who busted him in a conviction that becomes increasingly questionable as the manhunt for him proceeds.
20Wild Ones
SWAT pursues a couple of murderous criminal lovers in pursuit of stolen loot, but the manhunt is complicated by bounty hunters also after them.
21Diablo
The S.W.A.T. searches for drug smugglers after their plane crashes. Hondo tries to woo back Nichelle. Luca's first day back comes with anxiety.
13 Seventeen Year Olds
Hondo & his father confront the history of racial tension in Los Angeles between Law Enforcement & the Black community.
2Stakeout
The team goes on a mission to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced.
3The 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.
4Memento Mori
The team is tasked with guarding the memorial of a celebrity. A credible threat leads them to search for a rogue member of an extremist group. Tension mounts when Leroy is released from prison early.
5Fracture
Hondo is conflicted when asked to be the face of a campaign for the LAPD to reach out to the black community. The team searches for a lone bomber which triggers childhood flashbacks for Tan.
6Hopeless Sinners
Chris brings the team to help a teenager girl from a predatory religious cult. Hondo receives bad news about Darryl. Tan's wedding plans hit a snag.
7Under 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.
8Crusade
The team searches for a group of extremists who carries out coordinated attacks against local businesses; Deacon & Annie find themselves in odds when she wants to enroll their daughter in a private school.
9Next of Kin
A tragic mission leads each member of the SWAT team to contend with their emotional distress in varied ways
10Buried
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). Also, the personal strain between Chris and Street comes to a head as both await Hick's decision on who the winner is of a prestigious leadership competition.
11Positive Thinking
Mumford returns to work a 15-year-old cold case that holds a personal connection. Hondo is leery of Leroy's motives when he discovers the recent parolee is seeking funding for a new business venture with his son, Darryl.
12U-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.
13Sins of the Fathers
The team has to work together to apprehend a band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to flee the country before being arrested for running a Ponzi scheme.
14Reckoning
As the team works to stop a violent attack on the city, they're forced to confront the group responsible for the death of team member, Erika Rogers. Luca tries to recruit new TEMS officer Nora Fowler for an annual inter-squad competition.
15Local 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.
16Lockdown
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.
17Whistleblower
The team races to rescue victims of a sex trafficking ring that is preying on disenfranchised women. Also, Hondo finds himself at odds with Leroy and Darryl over the future of their business, and Street confronts Chris about meeting with his hospitalized mom.
18Veritas Vincint
The bombing of a Los Angeles police station puts the city on edge, leading the team to a final showdown with a group of domestic extremists. Also, Hondo faces the fallout from a bold decision that threatens his future, and Tan takes a big step in his personal life.
1Vagabundo
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.
2Madrugada
Still in Mexico, Hondo teams up with a local cop for a dangerous rescue mission, only to find himself with a target on his back. Also, back in Los Angeles, Hicks considers disbanding the team for good
327 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, longtime LAPD veteran and former S.W.A.T. member Rodrigo Sanchez
4Sentinel
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. Also, Street receives difficult news that alters his future.
6Crisis 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. Also, Chris supports Street as he prepares for his mother's funeral.
7Keep the Faith
Hondo returns as S.W.A.T. leader. The team has a dangerous case involving a large stack of cash and the Russian mob. Hondo's dad opens up about a painful part of his past.
8Safe House
When an undocumented woman is violently abducted, the team forms an unlikely alliance to try and bring her home alive.
9Survive
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.
10Three 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. Also, a personal issue for Tan arises when a colleague is hurt in the field; Hondo's inquiry into the arrest of a homeless veteran for Leroy, Darryl's father, sparks an idea for a new policing initiative; and Luca suspects the mother of his mentee, Kelly Stewart, wants to date him.
11Old School Cool
Hondo and the team race to locate a hacker responsible for accessing LAPD's computers and revealing the identities of undercover officers before the leaked intelligence has fatal consequences. Street is forced to reckon with past misdeeds.
12Provenance
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.
13Short Fuse
When a terminally ill inmate escapes from a hospital determined to settle old scores before he dies, SWAT must team up with a longtime rival of Hicks to protect the fugitive's targets. Also, Nichelle faces a life-changing event that affects her relationship with Hondo.
14Albatross
When the team busts a group of dangerous robbery suspects, Tan is confronted with a pivotal figure from his past. Also, Luca is tapped to temporarily step in for Hicks.
15Donor
When hospital employees are targeted by a gunman the S.W.A.T 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.
16The 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.
18Family
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.
19Incoming
When a plane carrying Street and the dangerous prisoner he's transporting is hijacked, the SWAT team races to save the innocent passengers on-board - and one of their own. Also, Hondo take a big step in his relationship with Nichelle.
20Quandary
When SWAT discovers an illegal weapons dealer has sold stock to someone targeting a high-level politician, the team rushes to stop a deadly ambush.
21Zodiac
A home invasion turns deadly; Leroy enlists Hondo's help after an overdose hits close to home.
22Farewell
When control of a university chemistry lab is seized, the SWAT team races to thwart a devastating terror attack.
