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S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

★ 7.2/10•1975•TV-14•Action & Adventure•Drama
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When you're in trouble, you call the police. When the police are in trouble, they call S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. Like The Rookies, S.W.A.T. was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.

StatusCanceled
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 24, 1975

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Killing GroundE150m

The Killing Ground

Street's partner, officer Rob Duran, is killed in the premeditated police assassination by two brothers bent on revenging their father's death. That and subsequent police killings serve to shape the psychology of Lt. Dan ""Hondo"" Harrelson's newly formed Special Weapons and Tactics team, ""S.W.A.T."" The team's task is to combat high risk, contemporary, urban crime as a strike force. The team consists of James Street, David ""Deacon"" Kay, T.J.. McCabe, Dominic Luca, and Harrelson. ""S.W.A.T.""'s first assignment is an acid test of their ability to survive as individuals and as a team. Their rigorous training is literally a fight against time.

Feb 24, 1975

Episode 2 - Coven of KillersE260m

Coven of Killers

A convicted murderer's Manson-style "family" engineers his prison escape, but after executing a D.A., this maniacal leader sends a cryptic message to Hondo, naming him as his next victim, along with the jury who found him guilty.

Mar 3, 1975

Episode 3 - Death CarrierE360m

Death Carrier

In order to nab a mysterious sniper who's been murdering a series of men a young model has been dating, Street poses as the beautiful woman's latest boyfriend to lure the sniper out of hiding.

Mar 10, 1975

Episode 4 - Pressure CookerE460m

Pressure Cooker

While the S.W.A.T. unit has their hands full foiling both a heist and a kidnapping, a beautiful but nosy reporter arrives at police headquarters, spending a few days with S.W.A.T. members to write an investigative piece.

Mar 17, 1975

Episode 5 - Hit MenE560m

Hit Men

After a convicted felon agrees to expose a crime syndicate's dirty laundry before a Senate committee, he learns that a Mafia "hit" has been placed on his life, and he is wounded in an ambush en route from the penitentiary.

Mar 24, 1975

Episode 6 - Jungle WarE660m

Jungle War

When a veteran police officer who served with Hondo in Vietnam lobbies to fill in for ailing "Deacon" Kay, Hondo thinks he's the right man for the job - until urban combat dredges up jungle-warfare memories for the embattled vet, triggering a nervous breakdown that risks jeopardizing the entire team.

Mar 31, 1975

Episode 7 - Death ScoreE760m

Death Score

A fanatical terrorist group poses as a documentary crew in a scheme to hold a professional basketball team hostage during its championship game, demanding a multi-million dollar ransom for their cause.

Apr 7, 1975

Episode 8 - Time BombE848m

Time Bomb

Street and his girl friend are trapped in a deserted movie studio planted with bombs by an embittered movie stuntman.

Apr 21, 1975

Episode 9 - The Bravo EnigmaE948m

The Bravo Enigma

After an assassination attempt on a Senator's life is foiled by S.W.A.T., a criminal mastermind enlists globetrotting assassin Bravo to finish the job. Hondo's unit may have met their match hunting down this human time bomb, as the elusive hit man unwittingly spreads a deadly plague around L.A.

Apr 28, 1975

Episode 10 - The Steel Plated Security BlanketE1048m

The Steel Plated Security Blanket

As Hondo Harrelson and the S.W.A.T. team investigate the theft of an armored car, T.J. McCabe is spending his lunch hour with his fiancée, Susan, who is public relations representative for the Miss American Beauty Pageant. As Miss New Mexico tries on the crown and scepter, the armored car thieves attempt to steal the jewels, taking Susan and Miss New Mexico as hostages.

May 5, 1975

Episode 11 - Omega OneE1148m

Omega One

Zealous student activists, inspired by a non-aggression philosophy class Street attends, steal a cache of guns and take control of a chemical plant to protest bio-terrorism, threatening to blow it up unless they receive a million-dollar ransom.

May 12, 1975

Episode 12 - Blind Man's BluffE1248m

Blind Man's Bluff

While leading the team in the rescue of several women being held hostage by two known killers in a massage parlor, Hondo is grazed by a bullet across his temple. He refuses to take time off for tests until dizziness and blurred vision force him temporarily to relinquish his command to Lt. Purcell, an officer whose methods and personality have a demoralizing effect on the S.W.A.T. team.

May 19, 1975

Episode 13 - Sole SurvivorE13

Sole Survivor

A gang of ex-convicts, led by their former parole officer, utilizing his familiarity with S.W.A.T. procedures, invades a heavily guarded rare coin auction and makes off with two million dollars is gold in "Sole Survivor." After making a careful study of S.W.A.T. methods, Frank Hunter, a recently dismissed parole officer, recruits a group of ex-convicts with special skills. Then, after setting off a series of false S.W.A.T. calls throughout the city, Hunter and his well-armed specialists help themselves to a fortune in rare gold coins.

May 26, 1975

Actors

Steve Forrest

Steve Forrest

Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson

Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Officer Jim Street

Rod Perry

Rod Perry

Sgt. David "Deacon" Kay

Mark Shera

Mark Shera

Officer Dominic Luca

James Coleman

Officer T.J. McCabe

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