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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
Hondo and his team go after a gang of jewel thieves who make their getaways under water.
Directed by Gene LevittGuest stars Susan Dey, Christopher George, Don Stroud, Phil Silvers, Lesley Ann Warren, Ken Sansom
Episode 2
Hondo and his team close in on the gang that has been committing robberies using SCUBA gear.
Directed by Gene LevittGuest stars Susan Dey, Christopher George, Don Stroud, Phil Silvers, Lesley Ann Warren, Ken Sansom
Episode 3
Following a training exercise with S.W.A.T. officers from another division, Hondo and Street find the dead body of officer Frank Crane with the words ""Kill S.W.A.T."" pinned to his chest. The murder of Crane is the forerunner of a series of attempts to wipe out S.W.A.T. by brothers Mike and Simon Bishop and their fanatic sister-in-law, Joanna, who is convinced that the death of her husband was the result of S.W.A.T. ""brutality.""
Directed by George McCowanWritten by Robert HamnerGuest stars Joanne Dorian, Diana Hyland, David Canary, Ben Frank
Episode 4
Two officers go undercover to catch drug dealers.
Directed by George McCowanWritten by Robert HamnerGuest stars Sean McClory, John Vernon, Rex Holman, Hank Stohl
Episode 5
Mel Lang and Ralph Costa have served sentences in prison after being framed by one Carl Rigby and arrested by Hondo Harrelson. When S.W.A.T. is called upon to assist police in evicting heavily armed brothers Will and Johnny Brewer from a home taken over by Rigby, Lang and Costa plan to execute Hondo and Rigby and create evidence pointing to the Brewer Brothers.
Guest stars Aldo Ray, Paul Mantee, John Bennett Perry, Susan Sullivan, George Murdock, Scott Newman
Episode 6
Runaway teenager Kathy Benson, seeking shelter in the warehouse, calls police when several men break in. Before fleeing the scene, Kathy gets a clear look at the leader, Gregg Colby, a prominent citizen and former U.S. Senator, attempting to solve his money problems by stealing from his own warehouse, collecting the insurance, and later selling his own ""stolen"" merchandise. He pretends to offer assistance to police investigating the case so that he can silence the only eyewitness, Kathy.
Directed by Fernando LamasGuest stars Neva Patterson, Carl Betz, Luke Askew, Frank Parker, Anthony James, Ed Peck, Carl Weathers, Peter Breck
Episode 7
Radio repairman Paul Julian has patched in on the S.W.A.T. radio band so he can show up at a scene of police action, where he can observe and judge each case from a concealed position. when Julian decides to punish two disarmed gunmen who have been talked into surrendering by Lt. Hondo Harrelson, S.W.A.T. is suspected of causing the senseless killings.
Directed by Bruce BilsonGuest stars Jimmy McNichol, Harris Yulin, Janet Margolin, Morgan Jones, Richard O'Brien
Episode 8
Howard Wilson is jailed and his partners, Mike Simon and Frank Peterson, escape before S.W.A.T. moves in to combat a race track heist involving a female hostage. Wilson is on the brink of revealing the names of his partners when a high-powered attorney, Jason Bridges, assures him that Simon and Peterson are planning to free him at all costs--even if the price involves the lives of court personnel when Wilson goes to trial.
Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Brad Dexter, Robert Webber, Elisha Cook Jr., H.M. Wynant, Deidre Hall, Zitto Kazann
Episode 9
Hondo and a convicted dope dealer are stranded in rough terrain when syndicate thugs who want to keep him from testifying sabotage their helicopter.
Directed by Sutton RoleyGuest stars Richard Davalos, Frank Gorshin
Episode 10
Hondo and his team are assigned to handle security for a demagogic former general who now leads a racist paramilitary group.
Guest stars Anjanette Comer, K.T. Stevens, John Dehner, Victor Izay, John Ericson, Ray Middleton, John Kerry
Episode 11
D.A. Ainsely Stevens holds secret information which could convict two syndicate chieftains of capital crimes. Because Stevens insists on saying nothing until the grand jury convenes, and because police believe the mob has put out a ""major contract"" on Stevens, S.W.A.T. is assigned to guard him. But enforcer Mario Rosetti plans to abduct the prosecutor's daughter, Tory, and keep the girl until the father cracks. Oblivious to the danger, Tory is out for kicks as police and crooks try to track her down.
Directed by Barry CraneGuest stars Ed Gilbert, Jerry Douglas, Al Ruscio, Ric Carrott, Mark Thomas
Episode 12
A man steals a tugboat laden with explosives and threatens to blow up a famous marine biologist unless he is given a million dollars.
Directed by George McCowanGuest stars James Luisi, Don Keefer, Johnny Haymer, Paul Carr, Diana Muldaur
Episode 13
Marco, an arsonist-killer posing as a fireman, engineers a fire during Southern California's dry season in the area's most affluent neighborhood. While looting the evacuated home of a wealthy couple, one of Marco's men kills a fireman. When S.W.A.T. is called in to locate a possible sniper, T.J. McCabe is shot and Marco escapes with a truckload of loot.
Directed by William CrainGuest stars Luke Askew, Frank Parker, Anthony James, Ed Peck, Peter Breck, Murray Matheson
Episode 14
Millionairess Doris Bristol has brought gems into the hospital where she is undergoing cosmetic surgery. Her bodyguard, John DeLeon, is slain after he spots criminal Frank Malloy posing as a dying patient (part of a plan where a woman doctor and he plot to steal the jewels from the socialite). Hondo and his men, who are at the hospital putting together a Christmas party in the children's ward, find themselves on duty when the discovery of DeLeon's body leaves Mrs. Bristol unprotected and in apparent jeopardy.
Directed by Bruce BilsonGuest stars Michael Callan, Frank Campanella, Anne Francis, Alan Oppenheimer, Rose Marie
Episode 15
Syndicate hit men stalk an undercover officer, who plans to testify against the mob.
Directed by George McCowanWritten by Robert HamnerGuest stars Linda Marsh, Donna Mills, John Lupton, David Opatoshu, Forrest Tucker, James Darren, Stuart Whitman, Leslie Nielsen
Episode 16
The SWAT team protects a key government witness against an organized crime boss.
Directed by George McCowanWritten by Robert HamnerGuest stars Linda Marsh, Donna Mills, John Lupton, David Opatoshu, Forrest Tucker, James Darren, Stuart Whitman, Leslie Nielsen
Episode 17
Hondo Harrelson and his team are called upon to investigate robbery-homicides in which powerful drills and cutting equipment have been stolen. Meanwhile, Dom Luca is dating a student, Sharon Merlingdale, who is being carefully watched by Mark Worth, one of the killer thieves. The more Sharon sees Dom Luca, the more convinced North becomes that the girl must be eliminated.
Written by Daniel B. UllmanGuest stars Jack Kirby, Don Chastain, Elinor Donahue, Morgan Jones
Episode 18
Bud Haskins, disowned after marrying a girl whom his father, John Haskins, disapproved, decides to help three ""professionals"" crack open the safe in the elder Haskins' warehouse. Bud is unaware that the thieves are actually after a huge arsenal of sophisticated, unmarked weapons that have been secretly imported for sale. Bud is slain after helping the criminals burglarize the warehouse. Although S.W.A.T. is assigned to investigate the burglary-murder, John Haskins recruits members of a tough Eastern mob to find the killers of his son.
Directed by Reza BadiyiGuest stars Mark Stevens, Pat Renella, Steven Keats
Episode 19
Lt. Eddie Chew is assigned to aid Lt. Hondo Harrelson when an elderly shop owner is fatally beaten by an illegal Chinese alien working as a shakedown man for Albert Parker, the Caucasian leader of what appears to be an all-Oriental crime syndicate, a deadly drug and protection ring. Hondo begins to doubt Chew's integrity when it becomes obvious that Chinatown criminals are being given secrets of his investigation.
Directed by Bruce BilsonGuest stars James Shigeta, Joel Fabiani, Beulah Quo, James Hong, Chao Li Chi, George Cheung, Susie Elene
Episode 20
Clues to the perpetrators of a series of rapes are a religious medal and a Biblical quotation overheard by one of the victims.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Dennis Fimple, Virginia Gregg, Tom Skerritt, Bill Quinn, Karen Carlson, Terry Lumley
Episode 21
A group of militants take over a radio station and demand that their jailed leader be released or they'll blow it up.
Directed by Nicholas ColasantoWritten by Edward J. LaksoGuest stars Bert Remsen, Charles Aidman, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lynne Moody, Robert Loggia, Douglas Dirkson, Andrew Robinson
Episode 22
A mentally unbalanced veteran touring a movie studio suddenly thinks he is back fighting in Vietnam.
Directed by Nicholas ColasantoGuest stars Mark Slade, Ivor Francis, Marianna Hill, Dave Shelley
Episode 23
As Lt. Harrelson lies in a hospital bed, severely wounded, the other members of the team reminisce about their best moments together in clips from previous episodes.
Directed by Richard BenedictWritten by Robert Hamner, Rick HuskyGuest stars Phillip Pine, T.J. Castronovo
Episode 24
Luca is charged with manslaughter after he is forced to kill a man who was holding his own wife hostage at gunpoint.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by John TomerlinGuest stars Sandra Kerns, Judson Pratt, Robert Sorrells, Mitzi Hoag, Morgan Jones, Laurence Haddon, Richard O'Brien
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Steve ForrestLt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
Robert UrichOfficer Jim Street
Rod PerrySgt. David "Deacon" Kay
Mark SheraOfficer Dominic Luca
Linda Marsh
Susan Dey
Robert Webber
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