Daniel `Hondo' Harrelson, a Los Angeles SWAT lieutenant, is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds. Hondo encourages his team to rely on communication and respect over force and aggression, but when a crisis erupts, these unflinching men and women are prepared to put their tactical training to the test.
Season three begins with a bang as SWAT is tasked with stopping a serial bomber using drones to deliver his deadly cargo. (S3, ep 1)
A departmental review sidetracks the squad right as they pursue the dangerous leader of an infamous doomsday cult. (S3, ep 2)
The team bumps heads with Lt Lynch when she signs them up for an off-book undercover operation. Plus, tensions rise at home for Hondo. (S3, ep 3)
When the team targets a drug cartel, Deacon's family gets caught in the crosshairs. Elsewhere, Hondo receives worrying news. (S3, ep 4) Also in UHD.
Street reconnects with his estranged foster brother Nate to help a joint investigation. Plus, Hondo finds himself at odds with his father. (S3, ep 5) Also in UHD.
The Harrelsons engage in a tense family reunion. Plus, the SWAT team searches for an abducted Middle Eastern human rights activist. (S3, ep 6) Also in UHD.
The team search for thieves on the run with a high-tech thermal lance. Plus, Chris confronts an imbalance in her relationship with Kira and Ty. (S3, ep 7) Also in UHD.
A family takes a local officer hostage when they are evicted from their home. Hondo reflects on his life as he helps his father in a crisis. (S3, ep 8) Also in UHD.
The team looks for an officer who was abducted during a failed operation. Bereft of information, Chris struggles to comfort the officer's parents. (S3, ep 9) Also in UHD.
The team are put in charge of protecting a warlord ahead of his extradition - but there is a team of assassins determined to take him out for good. (S3, ep 10)
Street's foster brother Nate is caught in a criminal enterprise that could ruin them both. A crew uses deadly force when stealing from casinos. (S3, ep 11) Also in UHD.
The team rallies to support Street when he puts his life on the line to help his foster brother break away from a drug ring. (S3, ep 12)
Ekital Rashku: Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks engage in a manhunt across Tokyo after an extradited fugitive escapes local custody. (S3, ep 13)
The team searches for a link between the apparently unconnected victims of a lone gunman targeting women. Luca assists with a homicide investigation. (S3, ep 14) Also in UHD.
Deacon's security job places the SWAT team in the middle of a kidnapping case after a prizefighter's wife is abducted. (S3, ep 15)
A search for an abducted teenager leads the team to a member of the Witness Protection Program, and a decades-old political extremist group. (S3, ep 16) Also in UHD.
Hotel LA: The SWAT team must protect a hotel full of civilians when a joint task force mission with the LAPD Gang Division goes badly wrong. (S3, ep 17) Also in UHD.
When their former unit leader Buck goes off the grid, Hondo and the team confront their emotional difficulties as they race to save him. (S3, ep 18)
The team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan - and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in the cell. (S3, ep 19) Also in UHD.
The SWAT team pursues a couple reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, as the duo hunt for a set of rare chest pieces worth millions. (S3, ep 20) Also in UHD.
In the season three finale, the team searches for a group of drug smugglers who crash a plane in a Los Angeles suburb and flee. (S3, ep 21) Also in UHD.