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The Best Episodes of S.W.A.T. Season 2

Every episode of S.W.A.T. Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of S.W.A.T. Season 2!

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A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant 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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 1 - Shaky Town
    7.5/10(609 votes)

    #1 - Shaky Town

    S2:E1

    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. 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.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writer:Michael Jones-Morales

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  2. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 2 - Gasoline Drum
    7.5/10(587 votes)

    #2 - Gasoline Drum

    S2:E2

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

    Director:John F. Showalter
    Writer:Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

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  3. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 3 - Fire and Smoke
    7.5/10(552 votes)

    #3 - Fire and Smoke

    S2:E3

    The SWAT team is enlisted by Hondo’s new romantic interest 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.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writer:Alison Cross

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  4. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 4 - Saving Face
    7.5/10(551 votes)

    #4 - Saving Face

    S2:E4

    Hondo suspects an ulterior motive when Nina's estranged husband, US Marshal Eric Wells, requests the S.W.A.T. team’s help with apprehending a fugitive who is robbing drug cargo shipments. Jessica is forced to implement departmental budget cuts. Street makes a heartbreaking discovery about his mother.

    Director:Bill Roe
    Writer:A.C. Allen

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  5. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 5 - S.O.S.
    8.0/10(625 votes)

    #5 - S.O.S.

    S2:E5

    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. Street enters the SWAT Training Academy and finds the competition fiercer than he expected.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writer:Andrew Dettmann

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  6. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 6 - Never Again
    7.3/10(602 votes)

    #6 - Never Again

    S2:E6

    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. Street worries that his SWAT training academy instructor has a personal vendetta against him. Chris contemplates an unorthodox relationship offer from the new woman she’s dating.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Craig Gore

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  7. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 7 - Inheritance
    7.8/10(574 votes)

    #7 - Inheritance

    S2:E7

    The SWAT team hunts for a band of criminals re-enacting the crimes of the infamous Symbionese Liberation Army. Seeking expertise on the original crime spree in the 1970s, Luca and his father review the files of Luca’s late grandfather who worked for SWAT during the era of the original crimes. Hondo experiences discrimination from a fellow officer during a SWAT training seminar for local law enforcement in Arizona.

    Director:Romeo Tirone
    Writer:Kent Rotherham

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  8. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 8 - The Tiffany Experience
    7.3/10(577 votes)

    #8 - The Tiffany Experience

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:VJ Boyd

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  9. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 9 - Day Off
    7.7/10(542 votes)

    #9 - Day Off

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Lexi Alexander
    Writer:Sarah Alderson

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  10. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 10 - 1000 Joules
    8.0/10(551 votes)

    #10 - 1000 Joules

    S2:E10

    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 Hicks is harmed during the theft. 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.

    Director:David Rodriguez
    Writer:Craig Gore

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  11. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 11 - School
    8.9/10(1050 votes)

    #11 - School

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writer:Robert Wittstadt

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  12. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 12 - Los Huesos
    7.5/10(597 votes)

    #12 - Los Huesos

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Alex Kalymnios
    Writer:Michael Jones-Morales

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  13. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 13 - Encore
    7.6/10(515 votes)

    #13 - Encore

    S2:E13

    The SWAT 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.

    Director:Rob J. Greenlea
    Writer:Munis Rashid

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  14. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 14 - The B-Team
    7.7/10(530 votes)

    #14 - The B-Team

    S2:E14

    Hondo reunites with an old flame, FBI Special Agent Elle Trask, when the SWAT team works with the FBI to bring in a separatist group with weapons-grade plutonium. Also, the SWAT team worries they will lose an annual law enforcement charity competition to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writer:VJ Boyd

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  15. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 15 - Fallen
    7.8/10(519 votes)

    #15 - Fallen

    S2:E15

    The SWAT team pursues a group of unknown assailants responsible for a patrol officer’s death before tension in the city between the police and the community explodes. Also, as Chris reels from the revelation that she knew the patrol officer who was killed, Deacon and his wife, Annie, prepare to welcome their newest child.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:Michael Gemballa

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  16. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 16 - Pride
    6.8/10(669 votes)

    #16 - Pride

    S2:E16

    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. Also, Street worries his mother will be sent back to prison after she fails to check in with her probation officer, and Deacon gets unexpected medical news regarding his newborn daughter.

    Director:Nina Lopez-Corrado
    Writer:Matthew Thomas Brown

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  17. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 17 - Jack
    7.7/10(512 votes)

    #17 - Jack

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writer:Kent Rotherham

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  18. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 18 - Cash Flow
    7.7/10(519 votes)

    #18 - Cash Flow

    S2:E18

    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 stolen military weapons; Chris prepares for a difficult goodbye when her former K-9 partner becomes ill.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writers:Andrew Dettmann, Amelia Sims

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  19. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 19 - Invisible
    8.1/10(519 votes)

    #19 - Invisible

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:John Terlesky
    Writer:A.C. Allen

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  20. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 20 - Rocket Fuel
    7.6/10(493 votes)

    #20 - Rocket Fuel

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Laura Belsey
    Writers:Craig Gore, Ryan Keleher

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  21. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 21 - Day of Dread
    8.1/10(536 votes)

    #21 - Day of Dread

    S2:E21

    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.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Alison Cross

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  22. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 22 - Trigger Creep
    7.7/10(469 votes)

    #22 - Trigger Creep

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writers:Sarah Alderson, Munis Rashid

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  23. S.W.A.T. Season 2 Episode 23 - Kangaroo
    7.9/10(521 votes)

    #23 - Kangaroo

    S2:E23

    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.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writers:Michael Gemballa, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Shaky Town" is the best rated episode of "S.W.A.T." season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 609 votes. Directed by Billy Gierhart and written by Michael Jones-Morales, it aired on 9/27/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Gasoline Drum".