The S.W.A.T. team gets into a standoff with human traffickers holding children hostage when an earthquake hits Los Angeles and compromises the take-down.

The team works with a former member to find a woman and her son who are running from an international drug cartel.

Hondo and Chris go undercover to take back a cruise ship under siege from drug dealers. Street enters S.W.A.T. academy and finds the competition fierce for the one available slot on S.W.A.T.

A group seems to be reenacting the 1974 Patty Hearst kidnapping, with nearly identical demands of feeding the poor and corporations being better to people. Meanwhile, Hondo has been sent to Arizona to train S.W.A.T. officers and encounters a racist state trouper.

The team races to find a stalker pursuing a social media star after he turns a fan event into a shootout. Chris is undecided about her new relationship.

Hondo's sister calls him after she gets drugged in a club and Honda goes on the guy's trail while the rest of the team inadvertently lets a hostage out of their sight who turns out to be a suspect in a state-wide manhunt.

Hondo and his team are given a wide berth while attempting to retrieve stolen evidence from the police lab.

The team is forced to relive the past when they receive a manifesto planning to copycat a previous mass shooting at an area high school with a higher body count.

Jessica and Chris go undercover in Mexico to save a Mexican federal agent that's been abducted by a gang. Hondo's mother worries about him when he starts renovating her house.

The militant group that escaped capture months ago are back and abducting employees of the largest corporations in L.A. Hondo's emotional turmoil starts to affect his leadership.

Hondo is reunited with an old flame when the team works with the FBI to arrest a separatist group with weapons grade plutonium. The team competes in the annual police vs. fire department competition.

After a patrol officer's shooting, the team pursues the group of unknown assailants. Chris reels because she knows the dead officer. Deacon and his wife prepare to welcome their newest child.

The S.W.A.T. team tries to zero in on the next target of a carjacking ring that's using deadly force to boost luxury vehicles; Hondo takes a big step to help his childhood friend's incarcerated son; Mumford weighs a major decision.

The abduction of Luca and Street's neighbor sends the SWAT team in pursuit of a home invasion crew targeting domestic workers to gain entry into upscale homes; the SWAT division prepares to help Mumford mark a major career milestone.

The Emancipators hold a livestream kangaroo court to publicity execute city politicians; Hondo fights to lift Darryl's spirits; Deacon feels unworthy as he prepares to receive one of the LAPD's highest honors.