S.W.A.T. (2017)

Action · Adventure · Crime

A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (42,522 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Netflix · Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

7.44 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.3	1,645
2	Cuchillo	7.2	1,221
3	Pamilya	7.1	1,059
4	Radical	7.4	1,001
5	Imposters	7.4	999
6	Octane	7.3	928
7	Homecoming	7.2	894
8	Miracle	7.4	855
9	Blindspots	7.4	853
10	Seizure	7.9	941
11	K-Town	7.4	793
12	Contamination	7.3	752
13	Fences	7.1	682
14	Ghosts	7.7	735
15	Crews	7.6	682
16	Payback	7.6	676
17	Armory	7.7	682
18	Patrol	7.5	658
19	Source	7.4	621
20	Vendetta	7.6	613
21	Hunted	7.5	639
22	Hoax	7.7	658

Season 2 (2018)

7.69 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shaky Town	7.5	644
2	Gasoline Drum	7.5	617
3	Fire and Smoke	7.4	582
4	Saving Face	7.5	576
5	S.O.S.	8.0	658
6	Never Again	7.3	635
7	Inheritance	7.8	604
8	The Tiffany Experience	7.2	611
9	Day Off	7.7	573
10	1000 Joules	8.0	582
11	School	9.0	1,122
12	Los Huesos	7.5	631
13	Encore	7.6	546
14	The B-Team	7.7	558
15	Fallen	7.7	547
16	Pride	6.7	713
17	Jack	7.7	541
18	Cash Flow	7.7	548
19	Invisible	8.1	549
20	Rocket Fuel	7.6	523
21	Day of Dread	8.1	569
22	Trigger Creep	7.7	497
23	Kangaroo	7.9	550

Season 3 (2019)

7.71 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 42 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fire in the Sky	7.6	570
2	Bad Faith	7.5	504
3	Funny Money	7.6	503
4	Immunity	8.1	540
5	The LBC	7.6	490
6	Kingdom	7.4	502
7	Track	7.4	504
8	Lion's Den	7.8	512
9	Sea Legs	7.7	487
10	Monster	7.5	495
11	Bad Cop	7.9	508
12	Good Cop	8.1	512
13	Ekitai Rashku	7.4	541
14	Animus	7.5	488
15	Knockout	7.8	459
16	Gunpowder Treason	7.6	464
17	Hotel L.A.	7.8	458
18	Stigma	8.4	612
19	Vice	7.6	448
20	Wild Ones	7.7	452
21	Diablo	8.0	481

Season 4 (2020)

7.31 avg 18 episodes 6.4 → 7.7 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	3 Seventeen Year Olds	6.4	992
2	Stakeout	7.3	559
3	The Black Hand Man	7.1	520
4	Memento Mori	6.8	557
5	Fracture	6.7	553
6	Hopeless Sinners	7.3	498
7	Under Fire	7.6	492
8	Crusade	7.2	562
9	Next of Kin	7.4	501
10	Buried	7.4	480
11	Positive Thinking	7.5	450
12	U-Turn	7.6	443
13	Sins of the Fathers	7.4	444
14	Reckoning	7.4	462
15	Local Heroes	7.2	484
16	Lockdown	8.0	475
17	Whistleblower	7.5	445
18	Veritas Vincit	7.7	505

Season 5 (2021)

7.53 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.1 42 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vagabundo	7.3	708
2	Madrugada	7.7	525
3	27 David	7.4	460
4	Sentinel	7.3	462
5	West Coast Offense	7.3	430
6	Crisis Actor	7.5	459
7	Keep the Faith	7.3	450
8	Safe House	7.3	439
9	Survive	8.1	490
10	Three Guns	7.3	421
11	Old School Cool	7.1	440
12	Provenance	7.6	433
13	Short Fuse	7.5	397
14	Albatross	7.6	392
15	Donor	7.4	414
16	The Fugitive	7.9	443
17	Cry Foul	7.3	388
18	Family	7.5	382
19	Incoming	8.0	413
20	Quandary	7.3	376
21	Zodiac	7.9	375
22	Farewell	8.1	446

Season 6 (2022)

7.38 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.1 41 min avg

Big finale

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Thai Hard	7.3	579
2	Thai Another Day	7.4	511
3	Woah Black Betty	7.6	503
4	Maniak	7.1	490
5	Unraveling	7.2	478
6	Checkmate	7.3	474
7	Sequel	7.3	472
8	Guacaine	7.2	464
9	Pariah	7.4	455
10	Witness	7.3	472
11	Atonement	7.1	488
12	Addicted	7.1	426
13	Lion's Share	7.5	440
14	Gut Punch	7.5	404
15	To Protect & to Serve	7.3	413
16	Blowback	7.5	412
17	Stockholm	7.4	382
18	Genesis	7.3	379
19	Bunkies	7.2	318
20	All That Glitters	7.5	324
21	Forget Shorty	7.7	327
22	Legacy	8.1	371

Season 7 (2024)

7.73 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 42 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Promise	7.3	423
2	Peace Talks	7.3	367
3	Good for Nothing	7.3	355
4	Spare Parts	7.5	346
5	End of the Road	7.9	373
6	Escape	7.6	360
7	Last Call	8.2	370
8	Family Man	8.0	344
9	Honeytrap	7.7	334
10	SNAFU	8.0	347
11	Whispers	7.9	336
12	Allegiance	7.6	325
13	Twenty Squad	8.2	349

Season 8 (2024)

7.84 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 42 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vanished	7.9	360
2	Gang Unit	8.0	334
3	Life	8.4	355
4	The Sepulveda Protocol	7.8	292
5	Human Interest	7.6	288
6	Hot Button	7.4	303
7	Home	7.4	286
8	Left of Boom	7.6	285
9	Open Season	8.2	299
10	The Heights	7.5	265
11	AMBER	8.0	274
12	Deep Cover	7.6	263
13	High Ground	7.4	279
14	The Santa Clara	7.5	268
15	Hostages	8.2	283
16	Hail Mary	7.7	257
17	The Enemy Within	7.9	260
18	Exploited	7.8	264
19	Run to Ground	8.2	243
20	Devil Dog	7.9	248
21	Ride or Die	7.9	247
22	Return to Base	8.5	327

S.W.A.T. (2017)

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