S.W.A.T. Season 8

Season 8

Air date: 2024-10-18

Episodes: 22

Episodes

E1: 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 entrenched in crime.

Air date: 2024-10-18 • ★ 7.1

E2: 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.

Air date: 2024-10-25 • ★ 6.3

E3: 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.

Air date: 2024-11-01 • ★ 4

E4: 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.

Air date: 2024-11-08 • ★ 4

E5: 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.

Air date: 2024-11-15 • ★ 3.5

E6: 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.

Air date: 2024-11-22 • ★ 4

E7: 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.

Air date: 2024-12-06 • ★ 4

E8: 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.

Air date: 2024-12-13 • ★ 1

E9: 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.

Air date: 2025-01-31 • ★ 5.3

E10: The Heights

20-Squad contends with a hostage crisis. Also, Hondo receives a family visit.

Air date: 2025-02-07 • ★ 4.5

E11: 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.

Air date: 2025-02-14 • ★ 4.5

E12: 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.

Air date: 2025-02-21 • ★ 6.75

E13: High Ground

While hiking, Powell and Gamble discover an illegal marijuana farm and end up confronting a dangerous cartel.

Air date: 2025-02-28 • ★ 6.25

E14: 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.

Air date: 2025-03-07 • ★ 6.25

E15: 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.

Air date: 2025-03-14 • ★ 6.75

E16: 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.

Air date: 2025-04-04 • ★ 6.25

E17: 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.

Air date: 2025-04-11 • ★ 6.75

E18: 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.

Air date: 2025-04-18 • ★ 6.5

E19: 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 a high-stakes robbery. Also, Commander Hicks packs up his office, preparing to vacate the SWAT commander's post, and Gamble gets sobering news about her jailed father.

Air date: 2025-05-02 • ★ 6.5

E20: 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.

Air date: 2025-05-09 • ★ 6.5

E21: 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.

Air date: 2025-05-16 • ★ 6.2

E22: 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.

Air date: 2025-05-16 • ★ 6.5