Season 8
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 2024 ⏱ 42 min Canceled ❌
A decorated S.W.A.T. sergeant returns to the South Los Angeles neighborhood where he was raised to command an elite tactical unit—only to find himself trapped between two irreconcilable worlds. The streets that forged him see police as adversaries, while his brothers in blue demand unwavering loyalty to the badge. With every operation, his authority fractures under the weight of impossible choices, forcing him to navigate a dangerous line where trust is currency and betrayal lurks on both sides. Command becomes less about stopping criminals and more about surviving the contradiction of being both cop and son of the streets.
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📊 Season Stats
22
Episodes
2024
Year
42
min / ep
15.4
Watch Hours
8/8
Season No.
⭐ 6.4
Best Episode
Ep. 1 · Vanished
Canceled ❌
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 6.4
Vanished
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 entre…
🎬 Billy Gierhart ✍️ Kent Rotherham
2
⭐ 5.0
Gang Unit
When a spree of brutal stash house robberies spills into L.A., 20-Squad must team up with the sheriff's department's gang unit to unmask a violent crew who leaves no witness alive.
🎬 Cherie Gierhart ✍️ Matthew T. Brown
3
⭐ 3.0
Life
20-Squad faces down a prison hostage situation, only to be thrown into deeper danger when a bomb explodes, freeing maximum-security prisoners from their cells, including someone with a personal grudge against Hondo.
🎬 Oz Scott ✍️ Sarah Alderson
4
⭐ 3.0
The Sepulveda Protocol
A blackout throws the city into chaos, forcing 20-Squad onto the streets for an emergency patrol day, which quickly escalates when Hondo and team uncover a terror threat.
🎬 Cherie Gierhart ✍️ Ryan Keleher
5
⭐ 2.7
Human Interest
Tan is left reeling when his girlfriend is kidnapped, and 20-Squad must race to track down a violent cartel leader who may be behind the abduction.
🎬 Ben Hernandez Bray ✍️ Amelia Sims
6
⭐ 3.0
Hot Button
When back-to-back shootings at women's clinics leave two healthcare providers dead, Hondo and the team investigate whether the shooting were politically motivated.
🎬 Guy Ferland ✍️ Daniela Labi
7
⭐ 3.0
Home
When two students are brutally attacked, 20-Squad contends with a possible honor killing. Meanwhile, Hondo and Nichelle have their first parenting dispute while searching for a suitable daycare.
🎬 Jann Turner ✍️ Tianna Majumdar-Langham
8
Left of Boom
Hondo and the S.W.A.T. team race to stop a nuclear attack on Los Angeles when radioactive material is stolen from a local lab.
🎬 Billy Gierhart ✍️ Allen L. Sowelle
9
⭐ 4.2
Open Season
When Hondo learns there’s a $1 million bounty on his head, 20-Squad must race to uncover the mysterious enemy from Hondo’s past who’s intent on revenge. Also, Deacon and Tan butt heads over Tan’s changes to S.W.A.T. academy.
🎬 Jay Harrington ✍️ Charles Haddaway
10
⭐ 3.3
The Heights
20-Squad contends with a hostage crisis. Also, Hondo receives a family visit.
🎬 Michael D. Olmos ✍️ Jamil Akim O'Quinn
11
⭐ 3.3
AMBER
The squad races to find a missing child who was abducted from her front yard; Hicks is faced with a difficult decision concerning Gamble.
🎬 Matthew McLoota ✍️ Sarah Alderson
12
⭐ 5.6
Deep Cover
While working undercover for 20-Squad, Alfaro encounters associates from a previous undercover case in Long Beach, embarking on a dangerous mission that stirs up unresolved issues from the past.
🎬 Ramaa Mosley ✍️ John Amato
13
⭐ 5.2
High Ground
While hiking, Powell and Gamble discover an illegal marijuana farm and end up confronting a dangerous cartel.
🎬 Garry A. Brown ✍️ Kent Rotherham
14
⭐ 5.2
The Santa Clara
When violent robbers loot a museum vault, Hondo and 20-Squad must chase down the thieving killers before they flee the country; Tan reckons with the fallout from a SWAT Academy accident; Gamble nervously awaits the verdict of her lA investigation.
🎬 Gonzalo Amat ✍️ Tianna Majumdar-Langham
15
⭐ 5.6
Hostages
S.W.A.T.'s anti-terror sting operation at a bus station is thrown into chaos when felons, fleeing the police, burst in and take the bus station hostage; Bennett redoubles her efforts to force Hicks out as S.W.A.T.'s commander.
🎬 Maja Vrvilo ✍️ Matthew T. Brown
16
⭐ 5.2
Hail Mary
The abduction and brutal torture of two college football stars puts S.W.A.T. on the trail of a violent drug dealer looking to extract vengeance for a drug deal gone bad, while Deacon’s heroics bring unexpected attention on S.W.A.T.
🎬 Solvan Naim ✍️ Ryan Keleher
17
⭐ 5.6
The Enemy Within
When three of L.A.'s finest are targeted and gunned down in the street, the team enlist the help of an LAPD psychologist to stop a murderous rampage, reopening old wounds tied to the department's failed response to a school shooting.
🎬 Ben Hernandez Bray ✍️ Allen L. Sowelle
18
⭐ 5.4
Exploited
When a violent shooting rocks a Los Angeles nightclub, Hondo and 20-Squad are thrust into the dark world of sex trafficking, going head-to-head with a notorious biker club as they race to find a missing girl.
🎬 Billy Gierhart ✍️ John Amato
19
⭐ 5.4
Run to Ground
After an explosive accident at a fruit-packing facility staffed by prison workers, six inmates escape and scatter across the city. Tasked with chasing down the fugitives, Hondo and 20-Squad discover that the worksite explosion was no accident, and that the escapees are working together to carry out …
🎬 Cherie Gierhart ✍️ Amelia Sims
20
⭐ 6.2
Devil Dog
When Hondo’s cousin goes AWOL from his Marine base during basic training, Hondo, Deacon and Daniel Sr. take a road trip to get the kid in line; Alfaro plots to work outside the law when he discovers that his mother’s abusive ex is back in her life.
🎬 Alex Russell ✍️ Sarah Alderson
21
⭐ 5.2
Ride or Die (1)
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.
🎬 Maja Vrvilo ✍️ Kent Rotherham
22
⭐ 5.4
Return to Base (2)
The SWAT team undertakes its final mission when a violent crew of ex-pat Russian mercenaries holds LA hostage after planting hundreds of explosives across the city.
🎬 Billy Gierhart ✍️ Matthew T. Brown