The Best Episodes Written By Michael Gemballa

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - 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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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #2 - The Accident

   S4:E711/7/2017

   A clinical trial of brain implants in veterans is hacked, and Patton must work alongside his ex-wife who spearheads the project.

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   7.8/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Blindspots

   S1:E91/4/2018

   When a misconduct complaint filed against Hondo gets him taken off active duty, Deacon steps up to lead the team in finding a robbery crew that is hitting marijuana dispensaries. Also, when Tan notices a similarity between the current robberies and a case from his time with Hollywood LAPD, he asks for help from an informant with whom he has a complicated history.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Immunity

   S3:E410/23/2019

   Deacon’s family gets caught in the crosshairs of a drug cartel when he and the SWAT team aim to bring down its leader, a former foreign rebel force leader running drugs in plain sight via a local flower market. Also, Hondo receives troubling news regarding his father, and Tan is forced to go before an internal review board due to his girlfriend’s indiscretion.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Next of Kin

   S4:E92/17/2021

   A tragic mission leads each member of the SWAT team to contend with their emotional distress in varied ways.

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   Writer:Michael Gemballa

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Kangaroo

   S2:E235/16/2019

   The SWAT team goes in pursuit again of the militant group The Emancipators, when the criminals hold a live stream kangaroo court to publicly execute city politicians. Also, Hondo fights to lift Darryl’s spirits; Deacon feels unworthy as he prepares to receive one of the LAPD’s highest honors; and Street catches a break in the search for his missing parolee mother.

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Vice

   S3:E194/22/2020

   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.

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   7.1/10(8 votes)

   #8 - Fallen

   S2:E152/14/2019

   The SWAT team pursues a group of unknown assailants responsible for a patrol officer’s death before tension in the city between the police and the community explodes. Also, as Chris reels from the revelation that she knew the patrol officer who was killed, Deacon and his wife, Annie, prepare to welcome their newest child.

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   7.0/10(11 votes)

   #9 - Source

   S1:E194/26/2018

   Jim Street debates whether or not his mother, Karen, should live with him upon her prison release after Hondo and Chris warn him against it. Also, Hondo and the team are assigned to protect Irina Zemanova, a high-profile Russian journalist visiting Los Angeles, from being assassinated.

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