The Best Episodes Written By Alison Cross

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(10 votes)

   #1 - Payback

   S1:E164/5/2018

   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.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Fire and Smoke

   S2:E310/11/2018

   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.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Day of Dread

   S2:E215/2/2019

   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.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Funny Money

   S3:E310/16/2019

   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.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Hotel L.A.

   S3:E173/25/2020

   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.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Rubie Dubidoux and the Brown Bound Express

   S1:E811/15/2005

   After she announces new direction for her administration, President Allen finds herself in need of allies within the West Wing and decides that she needs to appoint her closest adviser, Rod, to an official position.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Mom Who Came to Dinner

   S1:E911/29/2005

   Mac has more than Thanksgiving turkey on her plate. She juggles military base closures in her home town, a death penalty case the Supreme Court will not hear and a visit with Mom. Joining her team is a young and savvy media strategist/advisor.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - State of the Unions

   S1:E134/13/2006

   While Mac is busy working on her first State of the Union address, Rod becomes a tad tipsy and is found in compromising position with an intern for all the world to see. Meanwhile, Templeton sets out to find a way to sabotage Mac's Homeless Initiative Bill. Plus, Dickie and Jayne, who has gone back to being Templeton's chief-of-staff, go out on a dinner date.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Here Comes the Judge

   S1:E163/5/2002

   Kathleen's escort owner client, Tabitha Davenport, goes on trial. Teena has evidently told Terry about seeing Kathleen and Ripley kissing in the garage stairwell, so Terry asks Ripley to recuse himself from the case on the grounds of his involvement with Kathleen. Ripley denies the involvement and refuses Terry's request. Kathleen discovers that Davenport's prosecution is politically motivated after Judge Hawes confesses that he and several other highly connected politicians are Davenport's clients. Fortunately for all concerned, Davenport is acquitted. Will and Lisa get stuck in the court house elevator, and Lisa's claustrophobia begins to get the better of her. Hot, sweaty and breaking out in hives, she removes her blouse, despondent that she is putting on such a freak show for Will. In a gesture of solidarity, Will removes his shirt and pants. Unfortunately for the both of them, at that point the elevator lurches, Will falls on top of Lisa, and the doors open, giving everyone in the

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    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Homecoming

    S1:E712/14/2017

    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.

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    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Hopeless Sinners

    S4:E612/16/2020

    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.

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    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Sins of the Fathers

    S4:E134/7/2021

    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.

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