S.W.A.T.

So I'm halfway to this meeting...

...and I realize I forgot the client's lookbook.

Honey?

Where are you?

Deirdre? Deirdre?

Deirdre.

Didn't you hear me calling you?

A little help, please?

What are you doing home?

Forgot this.

Good luck on your pitch.

Thanks.

What the hell? You're married?

Does it matter?

When your husband shows up unannounced, yes, it matters.

Honey, I just remembered I'm all out of that green juice cleanse stuff.

Did you hear me?

Yes, and I'll pick some up from Whole Foods on the way back from hot yoga.

I jumped, like, 20 feet down into this pool.

The water's ice-cold.

Serious shrinkage. That must've been tough on the ego.

Then there's this Rottweiler chasing me.

I got out of there by the skin of my teeth.

You're telling me you had no idea this woman was married.

She didn't have a ring on her finger.

Cheaters tend to leave them at home.

You might think that this is, really funny, but I actually feel used.

Poor Street.

You attract what you put out there.

You think that I go looking for these nutjobs?

- You do, because you're telling me... - Hey.

We got a situation popping off in the Valley. Gear up.

Answer me!

Right now!

Or I'm going after your family next!

No.

No!

Let me see your hands!

Right here, I put a temperature scanner so the operator can tell...

...if the patient's still alive or not.

After six months, I'm finally getting my dining room table back?

I swear, Mom, after tomorrow, everything's...

- My... - What are you doing?

Shut up! Just do what I tell you!

Get in there.

Move! Move!

- In front of the window. - Why?

On your knees. On your knees.

One-Adam-12, suspect just forced entry into a private residence.

11874 Hazeltine. When's SWAT getting here?

One last question.

How does it feel to be the first female captain in the history of SWAT?

And how do your rank and file feel about...

...you pushing them to be more involved...

...with the communities they police?

Well, that's two questions.

It feels... right.

Police Commissioner Michael Plank, he's really my partner...

...in all the positive changes...

...we're trying to implement in the department.

Stella, this is my boss, SWAT Commander Robert Hicks.

Yeah. You'll have to see yourself out.

Cortez, our car pursuit just turned into a barricade situation...

...with hostages.

"Stella"?

Since when is SWAT on first-name basis with reporters?

She's doing an article on our latest neighborhood initiatives.

You mean your initiatives. Question, Cortez:...

...do you work for SWAT or does SWAT work for you?

Sir...

Want to do puff pieces on the proposals...

...you and the commissioner are trying to cram down our throat?

Do it on your own time.

Right now I need you as my number two at Mobile Command.

All right, listen up. We got a hostage rescue situation.

We got a male Hispanic armed with a handgun.

He's taken a family hostage.

Hicks and Cortez are meeting us on-site to give us more intel.

Beautiful downtown Van Nuys.

100 freeway exits and not one decent bar.

Hey, at least it's hot, muggy, and generally uncool.

Don't worry, Deac, we get you living here.

- You got kids. - Hey.

If you're not gonna be near the beach, why even be in L.A.?

You can all keep your overpriced studios in Venice...

...and your houses on stilts in the hills.

Out here, I get a real house for my money.

My kids can go to public school.

And unlike the rest of L.A., there's always parking.

What's the verdict, Hondo? Westside or the Valley?

No, I'm sticking with South L.A. That's always gonna be home for me.

All right, you all know the deal.

Let's keep it tight, shut this guy down.

You cut the power and the cell service?

DWP shut off the water and power, and the cell jammer's on full blast.

No calls in or out... unless we want there to be.

- You got an ID on our bad guy yet? - Two bad guys.

The DOA in the wrecked vehicle has been identified...

...as Manuel "Man-Killer" Lopez.

Lopez is a loyal assassin for Los Reyes...

East Side Kings.

The suspect who killed Lopez and was driving his car... Angel Lucero.

Lucero is a career criminal. Los Reyes associate.

He was recently paroled from Corcoran after serving six years for robbery.

I dealt with Los Reyes when they were first coming up in Rampart.

They got a reputation for dumping bodies...

...where no one can find 'em.

You think it's a beef between crime partners gone sideways?

Whatever it was, there's now an innocent family trapped in there...

...with a guy who's acting like he's got nothing to lose.

All right. You try talking him out.

If that doesn't work, we'll do what we do.

Hey!

You take one more step and she's dead!

Hey!

This is the LAPD! I got a phone out here for you.

Nobody is coming inside. We are not coming inside.

I just want to toss this phone through the window...

...so we can start a conversation.

It's coming in now.

Three,...

...two,...

...one.

This is Captain Cortez speaking. Is this Angel Lucero?

Look, I don't want to hurt these people,...

...but you need to get out of here.

I want that, too, so let's work together to make that happen.

I want that big-ass SWAT motor home bus out front gone,...

...and I want an unmarked car pulled up to the back of the house for me.

Angel, you understand...

...the LAPD can't just pack up and leave.

Well, I hear news choppers.

Bet they'd love them some live footage of dead bodies...

...tossed out on this lawn.

I got the Rook revvin', Hondo, ready to go in hard.

Just say the word.

Luca, we got a family inside.

Tear gas is a last option, but keep her running.

All right, roger that.

Two-side, are there...

- ...any surprises inside? - Negative, Hondo.

Heat signatures show just the suspect and the three hostages.

All right, roger that, hold tight. Four-side, what do you see?

Suspect looks manic.

Better if Cortez can get him to walk out.

Three-side, do you have eyes yet?

Roger that. Suspect takes one step into the back, I got a clear shot.

Why are you doing this? What do you want?

- They said they'd kill her! - Who are they gonna kill?

My sister! They took her!

You cops. Never believe a word I say.

Not with my sins.

Hondo, are you hearing this?

Yeah, suspect wants a getaway car.

That's his only demand so far.

If he is Los Reyes,...

...we cannot count on him to do right by that family.

We got to separate him from them.

Keep him talking.

Angel, I worked Boyle Heights.

I know Los Reyes.

Lopez was a killer who's dropped a lot of bodies.

What happened between you two?

Were you acting in self-defense?

Lopez was a psycho.

He had that coming.

I get that.

But the family you have hostage...

...they don't deserve to be any part of this.

Just give me a car and two hours.

Then I'll turn myself in.

I just got to handle something first.

He said something about his sister being in danger.

Suspects'll spin any fairy tale they can conjure...

...to get their backs out of a corner.

And even if there was truth to it,...

...we'd have to get verification and we don't have time for that.

Angel, before I can call back my men,...

...I need a sign of good faith.

Let the hostages walk.

You love your parents?

Tell 'em you love them.

- Mom, I love you. - I love you, babe.

- Dad, I love you. - I love you.

All right, you want good faith?

Come get the boy!

- Get up. Get up. Get up. - No. No!

- No! - Get up.

Get out of here.

Go, go!

- Honey, go! - Go, go.

- Come on, go, go! - Get down!

Julian.

Breathe and come with me.

- My mom and dad? - We'll get them.

All right, I gave you one, now give me a car!

No!

Or I'm blowing his brains...

- ...outside the window! - No!

- Ten! - No!