The Best Episodes Written By Kent Rotherham
Every TV Episode Written by Kent Rotherham Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Kent Rotherham Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Kent Rotherham is "Jack", rated 7.8/10 from 5 user votes. It was "directed by Larry Teng". "Jack" aired on 3/7/2019 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Inheritance".
7.8/10 5 votes#1 - Jack
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2019
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.
Director: Larry Teng
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.6/10 8 votes#2 - Inheritance
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2018
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.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.4/10 16 votes#3 - The Watergate Tape
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2016
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.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.2/10 6 votes#4 - Knockout
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/2020
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.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.2/10 11 votes#5 - The Lost Generation
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2017
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.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.2/10 11 votes#6 - The Salem Witch Hunt
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2018
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.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.1/10 8 votes#7 - Vendetta
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2018
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.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - Thai Another Day
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2022
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.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Kent Rotherham
7.0/10 2 votes#9 - Maniak
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2022
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.
Director: Cherie Gierhart
Writer: Kent Rotherham
6.9/10 12 votes#10 - Radical
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/2017
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.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Kent Rotherham
6.9/10 7 votes#11 - Bad Faith
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2019
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.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Kent Rotherham
6.8/10 8 votes#12 - Stakeout (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2020
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.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Kent Rotherham