The Best Episodes Written By Alison Cross
Every TV Episode Written by Alison Cross Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Alison Cross Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Alison Cross is "Fire and Smoke", rated 7.3/10 from 7 user votes. It was "directed by Billy Gierhart". "Fire and Smoke" aired on 10/11/2018 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Day of Dread".
7.3/10 7 votes#1 - Fire and Smoke
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2018
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
7.3/10 7 votes#2 - Day of Dread
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2019
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.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Alison Cross
7.3/10 6 votes#3 - Funny Money
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2019
The SWAT team bumps heads with Lt. 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. Also, tensions rise at home for Hondo as his parents’ strained relationship becomes worse.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Alison Cross
7.3/10 6 votes#4 - Hotel L.A.
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2020
The SWAT 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.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writer: Alison Cross
7.2/10 8 votes#5 - Payback
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/5/2018
When a young heiress, Juliette Carlton, is kidnapped for ransom, Hondo and the SWAT team go on a citywide search to bring her home before she is harmed. Also, the team worries that Mumford is moving too fast when he announces he’s getting married for the fourth time.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Alison Cross
6.9/10 8 votes#6 - Hopeless Sinners
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/2020
Chris brings the SWAT team into her personal mission to save a teenage girl from a charismatic, predatory religious leader using his church for illicit gain. Also, Hondo receives troubling news about Darryl related to Leroy, Darryl's father, being released from prison, and Tan's wedding planning hits a snag.
Director: Cherie Dvorak
Writer: Alison Cross
6.6/10 10 votes#7 - Homecoming
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2017
When Hondo’s imprisoned childhood friend asks him to protect his son from gang violence, the favor brings SWAT into contact with a new local crime outfit. Also, when Luca’s grandfather, a SWAT legend, passes away, he struggles with his grief and a painful family secret.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Alison Cross
6.3/10 7 votes#8 - Sins of the Fathers
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/2021
The team works together to hunt down a deadly band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to leave the country before he's arrested for running a massive Ponzi scheme; Hondo is forced to confront his changing relationship with Darryl.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Alison Cross