S.W.A.T.

Previously on SWAT ...I got an emergency.

Hell you do. What am I supposed to tell Hondo?

Hondo, listen, I got to make a quick detour.

I didn't mean to ruin your day at work.

I know how important work is for you.

Where the hell is he, Chris? I think there's

some kind of drama going on with his mom.

You probably already know,

but I lied. You're off SWAT.

You report to patrol duty tomorrow.

Hondo, this is not how this ends.

You don't kick people out of a family!

You want to stop being a cop, you keep pushing it.

I don't need you or anybody else.

Let's go, baby! There it is!

Yeah, come on!

Yeah!

Two grand.

Yeah.

What's up?

Anyone else want a piece?

Still the king.

I'll take a shot at that crown.

Whoo! Careful, man.

You don't want it, buddy!

How much you want to put up?

Much as you want. Two racks?

Make it three.Done.

You almost had him.

Yeah, I was there.

What's this? Where's the rest?

I only got $200.

Truth is,

I really thought I was gonna win.

Strip his bike!

Thanks, guys. Bright and early.

Thanks, man.

Can I settle up, please?

Room 1901.

Business or pleasure?

Sorry?

Just want to make sure the fella

sitting alone with a strap on his right hip

isn't working for anyone connected

to the case that I'm prosecuting. Just a cop

taking a break, watching the game.

Well, then, my apologies, Officer.

That's one hell of an eye you got there though, spotting my piece.

Blessing and a curse.

You're a prosecutor, huh?

Deputy D.A.

Wow, that's a tough gig.

Says the brother in blue.

Nia Wells.

Daniel Harrelson.

They call me Hondo though.Hondo.

How is it we've never met before?

Maybe we have.

No... we haven't.

Your TV at home busted?

No, no.

I, uh... Just in the neighborhood.

It's a good spot to be alone among strangers.

Sometimes it's nice to be anonymous.

What's this case you're working on?

Embezzlement and bribery.

Guy funneling money to city council members

to get his way with zoning. I heard about that.

That's a big trial. Big enough for the city

to have me and my team up here for the next month.

How's it coming?

Probably get fired if I lose.

That plus the stress of a divorce,

I'd put my life on pause

just to breathe for a minute, if I could.

So, pause.

Watch the game. I'll buy you a drink.

I don't want to interrupt your brooding.

I wasn't aware that I was, uh, I was brooding.

You hide it well. Most people wouldn't notice.

Why not?

I owe myself a little downtime. Hmm.

What are you having?

Double soda on the rocks.

Morning raid. I got to stay sharp.

Well, I'm gonna need something a little stronger.

Whatever you like.

How bad is it?

Oh, you know, embrace the pain, right?

Damn, they stripped, like, ten grand in gear.

How much you owe them?

More than I had.

You that hard up for cash?

Not till I lost.

Then what the hell are you doing here?

I thought it was easy money. It's not a big deal.

When are you gonna learn how to check that ego?

Getting kicked off of SWAT wasn't enough?

Please, please, can we not go there?

No, no, no, no. You hauled me out of bed

to come help your sorry ass.

You really gonna tell me what I can or cannot talk about?

Okay.

You know, I really appreciate this.

You need to make things right with Hondo

before he finds someone permanent. Talking with Hondo's

not gonna change anything. You know how he is with me.

And, honestly, I'm in a good place.

Yeah. I can tell.

Hey.Hey.

My crew downstairs, but I figured you could use a cup.

Guessed no cream, no sugar?

Nailed it, didn't I?

Actually, uh... you did.

I appreciate that.

Won't fix all your problems, but a cup of joe and great sex

might knock a bit of that edge off.

Where I come from, knockin' that edge off goes both ways.

Mmm.

Mmm. Woman,

what time do you free up tonight?

Mm... As much as I like the sound of that,

already juggling a divorce and the biggest case

of my career.

Not sure a SWAT hotshot with baggage

is a smart choice for me

right now. Okay, wait a minute.

Baggage?

You really are a prosecutor, aren't you?

I'm sorry. Maybe I'm projecting.

But you spend a night like we just had,

and you pick up on a few tells.

Couple that

with six years married to a marshal.

Your ex is a marshal? Still a couple pen strokes

from being my ex, unfortunately.

But he's already got a new girlfriend.

Beach blonde Barbie.

All boobs, no ass.

I think maybe he's the one with baggage.

Don't all cops have some?

You keep pushing that rock,

it keeps rolling back down.

Add to that being a black man in this America.

At some point, you start shutting down inside

'cause the truth gets too hard to face.

Start freezing people out.

Freezing people out?

Okay, I think you just used a bunch of fancy words

to call me an angry black man. Oh,

is that all you got from that? Oh, no, I heard you.

It's my turn.

Who am I looking at standing in front of me?

Let me see.

An overachiever who probably calculates her conviction rate

down to the decimal point,

insists on staying an hour longer than anyone else,

and never leaves the courtroom without asking herself

what she could have done better.

And that right there is probably the first of, what,

six...

cups of coffee you'll probably have today?

Am I in the zone?

See, this is why two folks

good at reading other people

should never hook up. You just think

you can read me.

I'm not hiding any baggage.

Right.

I got to go.

This case is gonna be kicking my ass for the next month or more.

And thanks for helping me press pause.

See ya.

You say it's coming from under the kitchen area?

Yes, that's right.

Ought to do it.

Scared him good.

For how long, do you think?

Oh, shouldn't be back for five, six months, at least.

Oh, thank you, thank you. Oh,

you're so lucky to have this man as your partner.

He's the best cop in the city.

So I'm learning.

Wow.

About ten years back,

some tweaker busts into her RV and assaults her.

We arrive and my partner had to take him out

right in the living room.

I can see how that'd rattle her.

Ever since, she's convinced the guy's ghost is out to get her.

So you've been scaring off the same ghost for ten years?

It might not be as sexy

as hanging out a helicopter and scaling buildings,

but real policing gets done with your gun in your holster.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm just sore from a workout.

Thought you SWAT boys were tougher than that.

This isn't personal.

It's city-wide.

I need to trim $200 million off LAPD's budget.