What are the best episodes of S.W.A.T.?

The best rated episodes of S.W.A.T. are: Criss-Cross - S2E6 rated 7.3, Coven of Killers - S1E2 rated 7.3, Omega One - S1E11 rated 7.3, The Killing Ground - S1E1 rated 7.3, Death Score - S1E7 rated 7.2, Pressure Cooker - S1E4 rated 7.2, Jungle War - S1E6 rated 7.2, Death Carrier - S1E3 rated 7.1, The Chinese Connection - S2E19 rated 7.1, Courthouse - S2E8 rated 7.1

What are the worst episodes of S.W.A.T.?

The lowest rated episodes of S.W.A.T. are: Officer Luca, You're Dead - S2E24 rated 5.8, Dealers in Death - S2E4 rated 5.9, Murder by Fire - S2E13 rated 6.0, Dangerous Memories - S2E23 rated 6.3, Soldier on the Hill - S2E22 rated 6.3, The Running Man (1) - S2E15 rated 6.5, The Running Man (2) - S2E16 rated 6.5, Vigilante - S2E7 rated 6.6, Silent Night, Deadly Night - S2E14 rated 6.6, Dragons and Owls - S2E20 rated 6.6

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Feb 1975 - Apr 1976

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Best Episodes of S.W.A.T.

Criss-Cross
S2 Ep6
7.3
18th Oct 1975
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.
Coven of Killers
S1 Ep2
7.3
3rd Mar 1975
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.
Omega One
S1 Ep11
7.3
12th May 1975
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.
The Killing Ground
S1 Ep1
7.3
24th Feb 1975
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.
Death Score
S1 Ep7
7.2
7th Apr 1975
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.
Pressure Cooker
S1 Ep4
7.2
17th Mar 1975
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.
Jungle War
S1 Ep6
7.2
31st Mar 1975
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.
Death Carrier
S1 Ep3
7.1
10th Mar 1975
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.
The Chinese Connection
S2 Ep19
7.1
28th Feb 1976
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.
Courthouse
S2 Ep8
7.1
1st Nov 1975
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.
Deadly Tide (1)
S2 Ep1
7.1
13th Sep 1975
Hondo and his team go after a gang of jewel thieves who make their getaways under water.

Worst Episodes of S.W.A.T.

Officer Luca, You're Dead
S2 Ep24
5.8
3rd Apr 1976
Luca is charged with manslaughter after he is forced to kill a man who was holding his own wife hostage at gunpoint.
Dealers in Death
S2 Ep4
5.9
27th Sep 1975
Two officers go undercover to catch drug dealers.
Murder by Fire
S2 Ep13
6.0
6th Dec 1975
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.
Dangerous Memories
S2 Ep23
6.3
27th Mar 1976
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.
Soldier on the Hill
S2 Ep22
6.3
20th Mar 1976
A mentally unbalanced veteran touring a movie studio suddenly thinks he is back fighting in Vietnam.
The Running Man (1)
S2 Ep15
6.5
24th Jan 1976
Syndicate hit men stalk an undercover officer, who plans to testify against the mob.
The Running Man (2)
S2 Ep16
6.5
24th Jan 1976
The SWAT team protects a key government witness against an organized crime boss.
Vigilante
S2 Ep7
6.6
25th Oct 1975
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.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
S2 Ep14
6.6
13th Dec 1975
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.
Dragons and Owls
S2 Ep20
6.6
6th Mar 1976
Clues to the perpetrators of a series of rapes are a religious medal and a Biblical quotation overheard by one of the victims.
Kill S.W.A.T.
S2 Ep3
6.6
20th Sep 1975
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.""

S.W.A.T. Episode Guide

The Killing Ground
S1 Ep1
7.3
24th Feb 1975
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.
Coven of Killers
S1 Ep2
7.3
3rd Mar 1975
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.
Death Carrier
S1 Ep3
7.1
10th Mar 1975
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.
Pressure Cooker
S1 Ep4
7.2
17th Mar 1975
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.
Hit Men
S1 Ep5
6.9
24th Mar 1975
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.
Jungle War
S1 Ep6
7.2
31st Mar 1975
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.
Death Score
S1 Ep7
7.2
7th Apr 1975
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.
Time Bomb
S1 Ep8
7.0
21st Apr 1975
Street and his girl friend are trapped in a deserted movie studio planted with bombs by an embittered movie stuntman.
The Bravo Enigma
S1 Ep9
6.9
28th Apr 1975
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.
The Steel Plated Security Blanket
S1 Ep10
7.0
5th May 1975
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.
Omega One
S1 Ep11
7.3
12th May 1975
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.
Blind Man's Bluff
S1 Ep12
7.0
19th May 1975
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.
Sole Survivor
S1 Ep13
6.8
26th May 1975
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.

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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