The Best Episodes Written By Kent Rotherham

Every TV Episode Written by Kent Rotherham Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Thai Another Day
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Thai Another Day

    Missing info
    S6:E2

    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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  2. Background image for Jack
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Jack

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    S2:E17

    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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    Director:Larry Teng
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    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Inheritance

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    S2:E7

    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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  4. Background image for The Watergate Tape
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Watergate Tape

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    S1:E6

    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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    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Vendetta

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    S1:E20

    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)

    #6 - Knockout

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    S3:E15

    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. Background image for The Lost Generation
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #7 - The Lost Generation

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    S1:E14

    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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    Director:Craig Zisk
  8. Background image for The Salem Witch Hunt
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #8 - The Salem Witch Hunt

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    S2:E4

    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(14 votes)

    #9 - Radical

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    S1:E4

    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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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Vanished

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    S8:E1

    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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  11. Background image for Maniak
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Maniak

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    S6:E4

    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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  12. Background image for Bad Faith
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Bad Faith

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    S3:E2

    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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  13. Background image for Stakeout (2)
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Stakeout (2)

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    S4:E2

    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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    5.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - High Ground

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    S8:E13

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

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    5.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Ride or Die (1)

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    S8:E21

    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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Kent Rotherham Ratings Summary

"Thai Another Day" is the best rated episode written by Kent Rotherham. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Billy Gierhart. It aired on 10/14/2022 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Jack".