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S.W.A.T.: Season 3

21 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 2019 Updated Sep 18, 2026

S.W.A.T. Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 21 episodes. The season maintains the focus on the team's operations and narrative arc within the established framework of the series. As the third season unfolds, the characters navigate ongoing professional challenges and tactical deployments. The twenty-one episodes provide a continuation of the dramatic storylines and team dynamics established in earlier sea

Previously on S.W.A.T.

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • The series follows an elite S.W.A.T. unit operating within the law enforcement framework.
  • Team members face ongoing professional and personal challenges in their line of duty.
  • The overarching saga involves high-stakes tactical operations and crisis management.
  • Character positions and team dynamics are established through previous seasons of the series.

Season overview

S.W.A.T. Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 21 episodes. The season maintains the focus on the team's operations and narrative arc within the established framework of the series. As the third season unfolds, the characters navigate ongoing professional challenges and tactical deployments. The twenty-one episodes provide a continuation of the dramatic storylines and team dynamics established in earlier seasons, following the unit as they handle high-stakes situations and dangerous missions.

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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Fire in the Sky

Oct 2, 2019

The SWAT team works with Lieutenant Piper Lynch, a senior LAPD Hollywood Division officer, when the mayor assigns her to oversee city departments joining forces to stop a serial bo

S3·E2 Core

Bad Faith

Oct 9, 2019

Lt. Lynch pulls the SWAT team’s focus when the mayor tasks her with enacting a departmental review of the squad right as they pursue the unstable and dangerous fugitive leader of a

S3·E3 Core

Funny Money

Oct 16, 2019

The SWAT team bumps heads with Lt. Lynch when she signs them up for an off-book undercover operation to take down a local gang printing counterfeit money, without giving them enoug

S3·E4 Core

Immunity

Oct 23, 2019

Deacon’s family gets caught in the crosshairs of a drug cartel when he and the SWAT team aim to bring down its leader, a former foreign rebel force leader running drugs in plain si

S3·E5 Core

The LBC

Oct 30, 2019

Street reconnects with his estranged foster brother, Nate, to help a joint investigation between SWAT and the Long Beach Police Department when criminals steal a mass arsenal of LA

S3·E6 Core

Kingdom

Nov 6, 2019

The Harrelsons engage in a tense family reunion when Hondo’s older sister, Winnie, begrudgingly arrives in Los Angeles to see their sick father for the first time in decades. Also,

S3·E7 Core

Track

Nov 13, 2019

The SWAT team searches for thieves who are on the run with a high-tech thermal lance that can cut through almost anything. To find the thieves, SWAT works to identify their target.

S3·E8 Core

Lion's Den

Nov 20, 2019

The SWAT team engages in tense negotiations with a family that takes a local officer hostage when they’re evicted from their home due to eminent domain. Also, Hondo reflects on his

S3·E9 Core

Sea Legs

Nov 27, 2019

The SWAT team joins forces with the Los Angeles Organized Crime division to recover an officer abducted during a failed undercover operation. Also, Chris struggles with how to comf

S3·E10 Core

Monster

Dec 11, 2019

The SWAT team’s task to provide security for a warlord is threatened by assassins determined to take him out before he’s extradited by the International Criminal Court. Also, Hondo

S3·E11 Core

Bad Cop

Jan 15, 2020

Street is caught between his duty to SWAT and his commitment to his foster brother, Nate when Nate is ensnared in a criminal enterprise that could ruin them both. Also, the SWAT t

S3·E12 Core

Good Cop

Jan 22, 2020

Hondo and the SWAT team rally to support Street when he puts his life on the line to help his foster brother Nate break away from a drug ring.

S3·E13 Core

Ekitai Rashku

Jan 29, 2020

Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks engage in a manhunt across Tokyo when they escort an extradited fugitive to Japan, where he escapes local custody. Back in Los Angeles, the r

S3·E14 Core

Animus

Mar 4, 2020

The SWAT team searches for a link between the seemingly unconnected victims of a lone gunman targeting women. Also, Luca assists with a homicide investigation in his neighborhood;

S3·E15 Core

Knockout

Mar 11, 2020

Deacon’s second job working private security at a high-profile boxing match places the SWAT team in the middle of a kidnapping case when a prize fighter’s wife is abducted. Also, H

S3·E16 Core

Gunpowder Treason

Mar 18, 2020

The SWAT team’s search for an abducted teen leads them to a member of the Witness Protection Program and a decades-old political extremist group. Also, Hondo and his girlfriend dis

S3·E17 Core

Hotel L.A.

Mar 25, 2020

The SWAT team must protect a hotel full of civilians after a joint task force mission with the LAPD Gang Division goes wrong, and the city’s most dangerous gang leaders scatter acr

S3·E18 Core

Stigma

Apr 8, 2020

Hondo and the SWAT team race to save Buck, their former unit leader, when he goes off grid and they fear he plans to harm himself. Flashbacks reveal the search for Buck, which coin

S3·E19 Core

Vice

Apr 22, 2020

The SWAT team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in prison years ago. Also, Chris comes face to face with

S3·E20 Mytharc

Wild Ones

Apr 29, 2020

The SWAT team pursues a couple reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, when the duo goes on the run and on the hunt for a set of rare chest pieces worth millions. Also, Hondo and Darryl a

S3·E21 Mytharc

Diablo

May 20, 2020

The SWAT team searches for a group of drug smugglers who crash a plane in a Los Angeles suburb and scatter, after a joint mission with the DEA to stop the shipment goes awry. Also,