The BEST episodes of S.W.A.T. (2017) season 3
Every episode of S.W.A.T. (2017) season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of S.W.A.T. (2017) season 3!
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. Sergeant 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 - Good Cop
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2020
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.
#2 - Immunity
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2019
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.
#3 - Bad Cop
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2020
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.
#4 - Stigma
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/2020
Hondo and the 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.
#5 - Diablo
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/2020
The team searches for a group of drug smugglers who crash a plane and scatter after a joint mission with the DEA to stop the shipment goes awry. Hondo tries to make amends with Nichelle. Luca experiences anxiety about his return to the field.
#6 - Wild Ones
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2020
The 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. Hondo and Darryl are surprised when Darryl’s ex-girlfriend visits with his young son. Luca confronts his fear of failing his re-qualification to return to the field as he helps Kelly, his mentee.
#7 - The LBC
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2019
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.
#8 - Funny Money
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2019
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.
#9 - Vice
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2020
The team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in prison years ago. Chris comes face to face with internal corruption when she arrests a young man who is given a free pass due to his powerful father, and a surprise visit by Hondo’s sister, Winnie, puts pressure on his relationship with Nichelle.
#10 - Fire in the Sky
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2019
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.
#11 - Animus
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/2020
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.
#12 - Bad Faith
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2019
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.
#13 - Sea Legs
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2019
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.
#14 - Ekitai Rashku
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2020
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.
#15 - Lion's Den
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2019
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.
#16 - Knockout
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/2020
Deacon's second job working private security at a high-profile boxing match places the 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.
#17 - Monster
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2019
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.
#18 - Kingdom
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2019
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.
#19 - Track
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2019
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.
#20 - Hotel L.A.
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2020
The 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.
#21 - Gunpowder Treason
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/2020
The team’s search for an abducted teen leads them to a member of the Witness Protection Program and a decades-old political extremist group. 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. Commander Hicks reconnects with his estranged son.