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The Best Episodes Written By Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

Every TV Episode Written by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Ratings Summary

"Forget Safety, Be Notorious" is the best rated episode written by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. It scored 8.2/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by Ed Bianchi. It aired on 8/12/2016 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Beat Says, This Is the Way".

  • Forget Safety, Be Notorious
    8.2/104 votes

    #1 - Forget Safety, Be Notorious

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2016

    After a citywide blackout, Papa Fuerte takes a shine to mayoral candidate Ed Koch. Shao finds himself on the outs with Flash and tries to make amends.

    Director: Ed Bianchi

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • The Beat Says, This Is the Way
    8.0/101 votes

    #2 - The Beat Says, This Is the Way

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2017

    Zeke's Ivy League meeting goes off the rails. Ra-Ra has a bold proposition for Fat Annie, resulting in an explosive musical showdown at Les Inferno.

    Director: Ed Bianchi

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Seizure
    7.9/108 votes

    #3 - Seizure

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2018

    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.

    Director: Larry Teng

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Sneakerhead
    7.7/103 votes

    #4 - Sneakerhead

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2009

    The team searches for a pair of limited edition sneakers after they are stolen from a foreign ambassador.

    Director: Emilio Estevez

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • The LBC
    7.5/106 votes

    #5 - The LBC

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2019

    Street reconnects with his estranged foster brother, Nate, 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,

    Director: Lin Oeding

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Pilot
    7.2/1020 votes

    #6 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2017

    A locally born SWAT sergeant, former Marine Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, is newly tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles.

    Director: Justin Lin

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Hoax
    7.2/109 votes

    #7 - Hoax

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2018

    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. Hondo’s father, returns Daniel Harrelson, Sr. 1st.

    Director: Billy Gierhart

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Kangaroo
    7.2/106 votes

    #8 - Kangaroo

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/2019

    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.

    Director: Billy Gierhart

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • The Black Hand Man
    6.8/108 votes

    #9 - The Black Hand Man

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2020

    Hondo is conflicted when Leroy, his incarcerated childhood friend and Darryl's father, asks him to speak on his behalf at a parole hearing. Also, SWAT helps the FBI track down a mob informant on the run from the crime family he is meant to testify against, and the team dynamic becomes complicated when Street and Tan sign up for a leadership competition Chris has been training months for.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

  • Gasoline Drum
    6.6/107 votes

    #10 - Gasoline Drum

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2018

    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

  • 3 Seventeen Year Olds (1)
    5.5/1011 votes

    #11 - 3 Seventeen Year Olds (1)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2020

    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, through flashbacks to the city in 1992 following the Rodney King verdict. Also, the SWAT team pursues El Diablo’s scattered drug cartel hiding in the city and a Jihadist group detonating bombs in coordinated attacks,

    Director: Billy Gierhart

    Writer: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas