The Best Episodes Written By Kent Rotherham

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #1 - Jack

   S2:E173/7/2019

   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.

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   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #2 - Inheritance

   S2:E711/8/2018

   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.

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   7.4/10(10 votes)

   #3 - Vendetta

   S1:E205/3/2018

   Hondo’s life and career are endangered when his bosses and his godson’s kidnapper, Jae Kim, discover he’s been secretly surveilling Kim with the help of retired DEA agent Katrina Walsh. Also, Street and his newly paroled mother, Karen, both have trouble acclimating to her prison release.

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Knockout

   S3:E153/11/2020

   Deacon’s second job working private security at a high-profile boxing match places the SWAT team in the middle of a kidnapping case when a prize fighter’s wife is abducted. Also, Hondo’s young charge, Darryl, becomes frustrated with his lack of paternal rights regarding his infant son, and Tan prepares to introduce his critical mother to his girlfriend, Bonnie.

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   7.2/10(17 votes)

   #5 - The Watergate Tape

   S1:E611/14/2016

   The trio races to catch Flynn in 1972 before he can steal the mysterious missing minutes of the Watergate tape, but personal secrets threaten to tear the team apart.

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   7.2/10(11 votes)

   #6 - The Lost Generation

   S1:E142/6/2017

   As Lucy grapples with her newfound identity, Flynn disappears to 1927 France on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his transatlantic flight. Now, Rufus, Lucy and their new soldier scramble through the City of Lights and team with young reporter, Ernest Hemingway, to keep history intact.

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   7.2/10(12 votes)

   #7 - The Salem Witch Hunt

   S2:E44/8/2018

   While Wyatt sneaks away from the bunker to face an unbelievable truth, Lucy, Rufus and their former enemy-turned- teammate, Garcia Flynn, chase the Mothership to the Salem Witch Trials. There they must prevent the execution of a headstrong young woman who, it turns out, is mother to one of the most consequential Americans of all time – the yet to be born Benjamin Franklin. When Lucy is accused of being a witch, the team rallies together not only to save Abiah and Lucy, but all the accused women.

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   7.1/10(15 votes)

   #8 - Radical

   S1:E411/23/2017

   After a domestic bomber dies in a Highland Park explosion, the SWAT team races to find the man's partner before more devices detonate. Also, Hondo reaches out to Buck, his former team leader, when he worries he is isolating himself after his recent firing. [also shown as S1:E3]

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9. 

   6.9/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Bad Faith

   S3:E210/9/2019

   Lt. 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. Meanwhile, Luca asks the team to invest in his new passion project, a Guatemalan food truck.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Vanished

    S8:E110/18/2024

    SWAT tackles a mission with personal ties for Hondo when they race to find a group of missing students and their bus driver, Hondo's former high school football coach. Also, Hicks has reservations regarding Hondo's new 20-Squad team addition, Devin Gamble, a cop with a family background deeply entrenched in crime.

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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Thai Another Day

    S6:E210/14/2022

    Hondo, Deacon and Tan team up with Thailand’s elite S.W.A.T. team to stop a ruthless drug lord whose heroin operation has far-reaching ties to Los Angeles.

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    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Stakeout (2)

    S4:E211/11/2020

    The SWAT team acts as a domestic surveillance unit for the CIA to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced in Los Angeles after being off-grid for years. Also, Tan’s mother, Chan Fei, is a victim of racial discrimination, and Hondo encounters his ex-girlfriend Nichelle, for the first time since their breakup.

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    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Maniak

    S6:E410/28/2022

    When a convicted killer makes a prison break, the team works to protect the people on his hit list; Hondo unexpectedly crosses paths with an old flame.

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    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #14 - High Ground

    S8:E132/28/2025

    While hiking, Powell and Gamble discover an illegal marijuana farm and end up confronting a dangerous cartel.

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    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Ride or Die (1)

    S8:E215/16/2025

    When an auto carrier truck gets hijacked by a high-speed crew, Hondo encounters a ghost from his past - a violent car thief thought to be long-dead. The brutal road warriors tear across L.A. in pursuit of a mysterious $60 million car.

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