The BEST Episodes of S.W.A.T. (2017)
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Mar 27, 2020
Network: CBS
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. Lieutenant Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson is assigned to lead a highly-skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles these two worlds. Hondo encourages his team to rely on communication and respect over force and aggression, but when a crisis erupts, these unflinching men and women are prepared to put their tactical training to the test.
#1 - School
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Jan 3, 2019
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 flash back to the day of the tense first mission.
8.04 
#2 - Good Cop
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired Jan 22, 2020
Hondo and the SWAT team rally to support Street when he puts his life on the line to help Nate break away from a drug ring.
8.00 
#3 - Bad Cop
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired Jan 15, 2020
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. The team goes after a ruthless crew that uses deadly force while stealing from card casinos. Buck approaches Deacon to partner on a private security opportunity.
7.98 
#4 - Invisible
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired Apr 18, 2019
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.
7.94 
#5 - Kangaroo
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired May 16, 2019
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.
7.94 
#6 - Immunity
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Oct 23, 2019
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.
7.92 
#7 - The LBC
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Oct 30, 2019
Street reconnects with his estranged foster brother to help a joint investigation between SWAT and the Long Beach PD when criminals steal a mass arsenal of LAPD assault rifles. Hondo finds himself at odds with his father over the elder man’s declining health. Luca is overwhelmed when the entire team reconsiders becoming investors in his food truck.
7.89 
#8 - Day of Dread
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired May 2, 2019
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.
7.89 
#9 - Hunted
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired May 10, 2018
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.
7.87 
#10 - Funny Money
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 16, 2019
The SWAT team bumps heads with 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. Tensions rise at home for Hondo as his parents’ strained relationship becomes worse.
7.87 
#11 - Hoax
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired May 17, 2018
A fake 911 call puts Hondo and the SWAT team on the hunt to stop a white supremacy group from executing bombing attacks on local communities. Also, Street’s relationship with his recently paroled mother, Karen, jeopardizes his career, and Jessica is thrown a curveball by her colleague, Michael Plank, president of the police commission.
7.86 
#12 - Lion's Den
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 20, 2019
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. Hondo reflects on his personal life choices as he helps his father through a medical crisis. Chris’ relationship with Kira and Ty reaches a critical juncture.
7.84 
#13 - Seizure
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Jan 11, 2018
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.
7.84 
#14 - Fire in the Sky
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired Oct 2, 2019
The SWAT team works with Lieutenant Piper Lynch, a senior LAPD Hollywood Division officer, when the mayor assigns her to oversee city departments joining forces to stop a serial bomber using drones as detonation devices. Just as Hondo settles into legal guardianship of his teen charge, his home life becomes more complicated when his estranged father unexpectedly moves in.
7.84 
#15 - Sea Legs
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 27, 2019
The team joins forces with the Los Angeles Organized Crime division to recover an officer abducted during a failed undercover operation. Chris struggles with how to comfort the kidnapped officer’s parents when she is restricted from giving them certain details of the investigation.
7.83 
#16 - Bad Faith
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired Oct 9, 2019
Lynch pulls the SWAT team’s focus when the mayor tasks her with enacting a departmental review of the squad right as they pursue the unstable and dangerous fugitive leader of an infamous doomsday cult. Luca asks the team to invest in his new passion project—a Guatemalan food truck.
7.83 
#17 - Animus
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired Mar 4, 2020
The team searches for a link between the seemingly unconnected victims of a lone gunman targeting women. Luca assists with a homicide investigation in his neighborhood. Lynch pushes Chris to do a news interview. Hondo reaches a juncture in his relationship with Nichelle.
7.82 
#18 - Ekitai Rashku
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired Jan 29, 2020
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. The remaining members of the team search for any contacts the criminal cultivated while hiding out in LA. Street isolates himself from the team as he deals with family issues.
7.82 
#19 - Trigger Creep
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired May 9, 2019
The SWAT team races to locate the next place a lone gunman will strike while he is at large in Los Angeles. 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.
7.82 
#20 - Vendetta
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired May 3, 2018
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.
7.81 
#21 - Cash Flow
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired Apr 4, 2019
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.
7.80 
#22 - Kingdom
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Nov 6, 2019
The Harrelsons engage in a tense family reunion when Hondo’s older sister, Winnie, begrudgingly arrives in Los Angeles to see their sick father for the first time in decades. The SWAT team searches for an abducted Middle Eastern human rights activist. Luca’s food truck business hits a snag. Street worries that dating Captain Hick’s daughter, Molly, will negatively impact his career.
7.80 #23 - Knockout
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired Mar 11, 2020
Deacon's second job working private security at a high-profile boxing match places the SWAT team in the middle of a kidnapping case when a prize fighter's wife is abducted. Hondo's young charge, Darryl, becomes frustrated with his lack of paternal rights regarding his infant son. Tan prepares to introduce his critical mother to his girlfriend.
7.80 
#24 - Track
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired Nov 13, 2019
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.
7.79 
#25 - Rocket Fuel
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired Apr 25, 2019
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, 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.
7.79