8.5/102 votes#1 - Survival
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/2024
Intelligence teams up with ASA Chapman to take on an abduction case involving a teenager. The case hits close to home for Voight, leading him to take a personal interest in finding justice for the victim.
Director: Victor Macias
Writer: Matthew Browne
8.0/106 votes#2 - Good Cop
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2020
Hondo and the SWAT team rally to support Street when he puts his life on the line to help his foster brother Nate break away from a drug ring.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Matthew Browne
8.0/101 votes#3 - Off Switch
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2024
Atwater struggles to find balance as he teams up with a forensic psychologist on an armed robbery case.
Director: Takashi Doscher
Writer: Matthew Browne
7.8/104 votes#4 - Deadlocked
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 3/22/2023
Voight takes the stand in a high-stakes murder trial against notorious drug kingpin Arturo Morales. When it becomes clear that Morales and his henchmen have compromised a juror, Voight and the team work furiously to ensure justice prevails.
Director: Jesse Lee Soffer
Writer: Matthew Browne
7.7/106 votes#5 - Madrugada
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2021
Still in Mexico, Hondo teams up with a local cop for a dangerous rescue mission, only to find himself with a target on his back. Also, back in Los Angeles, Hicks considers disbanding the team for good.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Matthew Browne
7.3/1010 votes#6 - Hunted
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2018
Hondo and Deacon must apply all their SWAT training and skills to evade a gang of armed mercenaries hunting them in the Angeles Mountains following an ambush. Also, Chris oversteps in an attempt to help a female SWAT trainee she suspects isn’t being evaluated fairly.
Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado
Writer: Matthew Browne
7.2/106 votes#7 - Vice
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2020
The SWAT team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in prison years ago. Also, Chris comes face to face with internal corruption when she arrests a young man who is given a free pass due to his powerful father, and a surprise visit by Hondo’s sister, Winnie, puts pressure on his relationship with Nichelle.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: Matthew Browne
7.1/107 votes#8 - Local Heroes
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/5/2021
The team tries to track down a media-savvy crew of bank robbers who consider themselves a band of modern-day Robin Hoods, funneling stolen cash back into their struggling neighborhood, before the mission turns deadly. Also, Hondo and Deacon clash over how to deal with a group of cops' racist views.
Director: Jann Turner
Writer: Matthew Browne
6.8/108 votes#9 - The Black Hand Man
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2020
Hondo is conflicted when Leroy, his incarcerated childhood friend and Darryl's father, asks him to speak on his behalf at a parole hearing. Also, SWAT helps the FBI track down a mob informant on the run from the crime family he is meant to testify against, and the team dynamic becomes complicated when Street and Tan sign up for a leadership competition Chris has been training months for.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Matthew Browne
4.6/109 votes#10 - Pride
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2019
The SWAT team struggles to maintain peace on the eve of a Los Angeles LGBTQ pride festival after a hate crime sparks citywide anger that ignites further violence. As Chris grows anxious for her fellow LGBTQ community members calling for retribution, the festival reunites Commander Hicks with JP, his estranged gay son. Also, Street worries his mother will be sent back to prison after she fails to check in with her probation officer, and Deacon gets unexpected medical news regarding his newborn daughter.
Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado
Writer: Matthew Browne
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"Survival" is the best rated episode written by Matthew Browne. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Victor Macias. It aired on 2/28/2024 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Good Cop".