

The team searches for a group of extremists carrying out coordinated attacks against local businesses Deacon and his wife find themselves at odds when she wants to enroll their daughter in private school.Ī tragic mission leads each member of the SWAT team to contend with their emotional distress in varied ways.Īs the team helps the LAPD search for the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance, they're joined in the field by a new team member the strain between Chris and Street comes to a head. Meanwhile, Chris, Street and Tan compete for the title of "Master Gunner" with fellow SWAT officers, with Street beating Chris by less than two-tenths of a second.Ĭhris brings the team into her personal mission to save a teenage girl from a predatory religious leader Hondo receives troubling news about Darryl Tan's wedding planning hits a snag.Ī sniper targets the Los Angeles Fire Department the rivalry between Chris, Street and Tan ratchets up Street and Molly's relationship is strained by his complicated history with his imprisoned mother. Hondo rejects this idea, but comes up with a new idea to create a forum for black LAPD officers to explain the difficulties of being a black police officer. Hondo is also asked by Lynch to be the face of a campaign to reach out to the black communities in an attempt for recruiting. Tan becomes visibly affected when it's shown that the bomber is suffering from schizophrenia, an illness his father went through. The team works to find a bomber who is targeting victims who have no apparent connection with each other. Meanwhile, Leroy is released from prison and Hondo struggles to keep Darryl from falling back into old habits without separating him from his father. Deacon comes to blows with Rhodium's mother after their differing views leads to her requesting his removal from this assignment. SWAT works to find the person threatening to attack the memorial of Rhodium, a singer who spoke out on police brutality. Meanwhile, the dynamic between Chris, Street and Tan gets tense when it's revealed they're all competing for a liaison position at a leadership conference, and Hondo is asked to speak at the parole hearing of Leroy, leading to Hondo having to think about the right decision for him and Darryl.

SWAT works to find an FBI informant on the run from the crime family he is testifying against. Meanwhile, Tan searches for a person responsible for a racial altercation with his mother, Chan Fei, and Hondo encounters his ex-girlfriend Nichelle for the first time since their breakup. The SWAT team acts as a domestic surveillance unit for the CIA to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced in Los Angeles after being off the grid for years. Note: this episode takes place in March 2020, right before lockdown and shelter-in-place orders were issued.

and his teen charge Darryl confront the history of racial tension in Los Angeles between law enforcement and the Black community, through flashbacks to the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King verdict.
