S.W.A.T.

Previously onS.W.A.T....We can still find someone else for 20-Squad.

Someone whose father didn't kill a cop.

I never wanted anything to do with my father's life.

I get hiding what your dad did.

But if you're still associating with criminals...

He's your brother?Twin, actually.

Alfaro!You son of a bitch!

Sometimes you have to put in extra work

to keep yourself balanced.

Wind sprints and pullups

just aren't cutting it lately.

You got to find an outlet that works.

Otherwise the stress of this job

will consume you.

Damn, Miko.

That was poetry.

Don't know about that, but thanks.

Are you fighting in the smoker with LAFD this weekend?

Nah, I'm not the one.

Of course, he ain't.

People punch back, bags don't.

Ain't that right, Alfaro?

Hello. This is a prepaid call from an inmate

at Lancaster Correctional Facility.

All calls are subject to monitoring.

To accept the call, please press--

That your old man?

Uh, third call in the last two days.

Huh. Must be serious.

Don't your brothers visit him?

Probably. I don't ask.

Well, maybe since you're back

in L.A., he just wants to see how you're doing.

Doesn't matter what he wants.

All right, 15 minutes ago, Caltrans monitoring sensors

alerted to radioactive cargo headed south along the 210.

Those sensors are ultra-sensitive.

The potassium in a truckload

full of bananas triggered one of 'em

up in Bakersfield six weeks ago.

Yeah, well, no bananas this time.

The cargo's radioactive signature matches

nuclear material stolen from a Livermore lab three days ago.

Two guards were killed in the process.

I don't remember hearing anything about a heist.

Probably because it's classified.

Going public could draw

more bad actors looking for it.

Like a scene out of Mad Max.

CHP's initiated a roadblock.

The suspect truck is blocked in

with more than 100 vehicles. Now listen.

We don't have Deacon on this run.

So we got to keep it tight,

watch each other's six.

We got our work cut out for us.

Deal with whoever's in the truck.

Without any harm to civilians.

All right, the stolen material

is perfectly safe in the container,

but we're gonna be wearing these monitors

just in case.

Doesn't the Department of Energy have response teams

for hazardous recoveries?

They do, but they're hours out. We're up.

And we're going in hot.

How we looking?

No luck making contact.

We don't know who or how many are inside.

FBI said to wait for SWAT.

All right, continue having your guys clear civilians.

We'll take it from here.

Not everyone's leaving their cars.

You clear the ones you can.

The rest are just gonna have to shelter in place.

You got it.

All right, listen up.

There's no telling what we're up against.

If this is the same crew that hit the Livermore lab,

we know they're willing to kill for whatever it is they want.

Let's make sure that doesn't happen.

All right, Powell,

find a vantage point.

You have the overwatch.On it.

All right, Tan, you're with Gamble. Miko, with me.

We'll split the approach.

Still a lot of civilians in cars.

Well, we better get it right.

Let's go.

What do we got, Miko?

Radiation signature matches.

Non-threatening, but it's our target.

Powell, you set?

24-David. In position.

I have a visual.

But the windows are heavily tinted.

Officer, give me that bullhorn!

This is LAPD! You in the box truck!

Turn off the vehicle, and step out slowly.

I repeat: turn off the engine, get out of the vehicle.

Miko, prepare to dust 'em.

Pepper balls it is.

Gamble, how's our backstop?

I need all civilians off the X.

26-David.

Downrange looks clear.

Pepper balls in five,

four, three,

two... Send 'em, Miko.

Passenger!

Slowly exit the vehicle!

Show me your hands!

Got a runner.

Watch out, we got a runner!

Move!FEMALE OFFICER: Watch out!

Still movement in the cab!

Second passenger getting out.

26-David. One suspect down.Powell, stay on that truck!

Watch out for civilians.Roger that.

Get out!

Get out!

LAPD! Let her go!

Back off!

22-David.

Second suspect down.

Still someone inside the cab.

Powell!

I got you, Hondo.

Driver, out of the truck, now!

Okay, okay, I'm coming out.

Don't shoot!

On your knees! Down on your knees!

I'm not one of them.

Don't shoot!ALFARO: Going hands-on!

20-David.

Last suspect in custody.

Moving in on the cargo now.

What the hell? It's empty.

I'm still getting a reading, Hondo.

It had to have been here.

Powell, did you see anything?

No one's approached since we got here.

The radioactive material, where is it?

What'd you do with it?

Soon.

You find out

soon enough.

Jeremiah Jacobs.

Well, according to your background,

you're just an average Joe.

Married, pay your taxes, no criminal record.

So how does a guy like you get involved

with stolen radioactive material?

What?

Stolen what?

Don't act like you don't know.

I-I don't.

I got this job off a website.

It was a thousand bucks to drive a truck

from Bakersfieldto L.A.

If you're as innocent as you claim,

then why'd you try and flee the scene?

I just panicked!

Everybody was firing guns.

I thought I was gonna die.

What about the cargo?

The cargo? Look, that kind of cash,

you don't ask questions, you just drive.

Someone must've given you an address to deliver it to.

They gave me a phone.

They told me to head for L.A.

and that they would call me

with further instructions.

Jeremiah, eight miles before you got stopped,

your truck passed road sensors that determined

that you were carrying radioactive material.

So how did the truck end up empty?

I don't know.

Right before the roadblock, I got a call.

Um, they told me to pull over at an underpass.

And then, seconds later, these armed guys jumped in the back.

And they just ordered me to keep my eyes straight.

And that's when they took

whatever it is you don't know about?

I guess. Mm.

Um, then the guys with guns, um,

the ones that y'all shot,

they got in the cab, and they told me to drive.

So there must've been a second vehicle that made off

with the cargo.

Did you see it?

Look, I had a gun in my face.

All I could think about was my wife.

Sir, whoever's behind this knew about the highway sensors

and knew we'd be alerted.

Well, they also knew all our attention

would be focused on that roadblock.

Never thinking for a minute that it might be a decoy.

They played us, and we fell right into it.

By the time we opened up that truck,