History Series / SWAT2017

* FromCamouflageToCriminal: "Payback" has the LAPD facing off against a group of ex-Army soldiers who are upset about a private security company double crossing them after being recruited due to the fact that they're experienced in the field.

* HostageSituation: Somtimes the reason why the LAPD orders the SWAT unit to be deployed.

** This is the main factor preventing Chris and Street from dating too. At first she flat out says she'll never date a fellow cop regardless to him.

S.W.A.T. has aired five seasons. The sixth season is airing as of October 2022.

''S.W.A.T.'' is a 2017 PoliceProcedural drama series and an adaptation of the [[Series/SWAT1975 1975 series of the name]] (the second of which, after the [[Film/{{SWAT}} cinematic remake from 2003]]). This version was developed for Creator/{{CBS}} by Shawn Ryan and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. It stars Creator/ShemarMoore in the lead with Creator/StephanieSigman, Creator/AlexRussell, Creator/LinaEsco, Creator/KennyJohnson, Creator/PeterOnorati, Creator/DavidLim, Creator/JayHarrington and Creator/PatrickStEsprit. It aired the first episode on November 2, 2017 in North America.

* {{Yakuza}}'': "Ekitai Rashku" sees the team extraditing a Yakuza clan gangster back to Japan then, once he's busted out of custody by his cohorts, aiding the Tokyo Metropolitan Police in getting him back.

* TheyDo: After ''tons'' of sexual tension, flirting and Street openly seeking a relationship with Chris, [[spoiler:she admits her love to him, they kiss and go into his bedroom]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: It's teased between Street and Chris over ''five seasons'' with the two having an obvious mutual attraction, but she won't date a fellow cop. After [[spoiler:she leaves SWAT TheyDo finally, kissing and heading into his bedroom]].

*** SWAT Command is depicted as Captain Cortez and Commander Hicks overseeing the Sergeants. In reality, SWAT command consists of six Sergeants and one Lieutenant.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The only person on the team who's died thus far is Erika, a Black woman.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: The cast's [[TokenReligiousTeammate one religious member]] is Deacon (as his nickname attests), a devout Christian who it turns out is a Catholic (Chris was also raised Catholic, though she no longer practices). Except for an [[SinisterMinister evil Protestant minister]] from one episode, that's about all Christian or indeed religious depictions so far.

** In season one, the team is shown hanging out together at an abandoned mall hitting golf balls, and at a bar (appearing to be semi-regulars); once each. These team hang-outs are never shown again.

** 5x16 "The Fugitive": A faked video shows Hondo shooting two police officers, but the video never actually shows any bodies and everyone assumes they're dead.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: The team does nearly all the detective work alongside their typical SWAT work; with help from other departments as necessary.

** The series is rather attentive to detail in depicting police procedure, such as when Jim Street is berated for rushing ahead without his partner (the LAPD is one of the few departments that require all officers to operate in pairs).

** S1:E5&7 "SOS" and "Inheritance": Devlin, a black man in the academy alongside Street trying out for the only open SWAT spot due to budget cuts; Devlin makes SWAT over Street, but doesn’t appear in any subsequent episodes of the series

* WholePlotReference: "The Fugitive" is an entire reference to the the 1963 TV series/1993 movie version where Hondo's framed for attacking fellow cops and supposedly killing them.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
** One of the prison escapees in "Cuchillo" is taking care of illegal rare animals, and has a HUGE snake around his shoulders. Hondo does not mess with snakes.
** If Tan's facial expression in the background directed to the escapee and Luca's displeased noises are anything to go by, neither of them like snakes either. Deacon, who only watches, just smirks.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In "Gut Punch", Victor's suspended from the LAPD after news got around that he was involved in a [[BarBrawl brawl in a bar]] while drunk. Even though it's his first time, the department has him suspended for a couple of weeks without pay to send a message that officers who start things and violate the law will not be tolerated (the guys he beat up didn't press charges).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In "Gut Punch", Victor's suspended from the LAPD after news got around that he got involved in a brawl in a bar while drunk. Even though it's his first time, the department wanted to suspended for a couple of weeks to send a message that officers who start things and violate the law will not be tolerated.

*** Deacon is a Sergeant, serving as 20-Squad’s second-in-command. In reality, Deacon would be leading his own squad with that rank.
*** Newly promoted Sergeants are depicted as inheriting the callsign of the departing Sergeant; In reality, the callsigns are designated by seniority. Additionally, the 30-David callsign would be reserved for a squad leader, rather than being assigned to Deacon as second in command.

The show centers on Sergeant Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson, an African-American native Angelino and [[SemperFi former Marine]] who is appointed to be the leader of a SWAT element after a shooting incident involving gunrunners seriously wounded an African-American teenager, which ignites racial tensions throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area. Hondo tries to walk the line between doing his duties as a LAPD SWAT officer while navigating department politics and maintaining ties to the community he grew up in.

* BodyguardCrush: The CharacterOfTheDay for [=S1E16=], "Ransom". [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, it looks as though his charge might reciprocate his feelings.]]

S.W.A.T. has aired four seasons, with the fourth season release being delayed until November 2020 due to production complications from COVID-19.

The fifth season is airing as of October 2021.

* FairCop: Most of the team are quite good-looking. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in "Homecoming" when Chris, Street and Tan are getting photographed for a publicity piece, where a reporter (who's a very attractive blonde woman too) notes all of them are quite photogenic.

* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: Even though "Ekitai Rashku" is shot (mostly) in Tokyo, the production team made some mistakes (either on purpose or for security reasons):
** While the TMPD uniformed officer's clothing is correct, the emblems on their uniforms/peaked caps is not the actual MPD's Asahikage seal.
** The SPU is not the tactical unit of the MPD. It's the Special Assault Team.
** The division Inspector Benjiro Yoshida is in charge of is located at the 警視庁重大犯罪課 (MPD Major Crimes Division). The actual correct kanji is the 警視庁組織犯罪対策部 or Keishichō soshiki hanzai taisaku-bu (MPD Organized Crime Control Division).

* HollywoodLaw: In regards to the composition of LAPD SWAT.
** SWAT Sergeants are shown to have a five man squad under their command; in reality, each Sergeant has two squads of five under their command.
** SWAT Command is depicted as Captain Cortez and Commander Hicks overseeing the Sergeants. In reality, SWAT command consists of six Sergeants and one Lieutenant.
** Deacon is a Sergeant, serving as 20-Squad’s second-in-command. In reality, Deacon would be leading his own squad with that rank.
** Newly promoted Sergeants are depicted as inheriting the callsign of the departing Sergeant; In reality, the callsigns are designated by seniority. Additionally, the 30-David callsign would be reserved for a squad leader, rather than being assigned to Deacon as second in command.

* {{Retirony}}: {{Discussed}} and narrowly {{averted}} as Chris is saved while on a mission just after announching she'll be leaving SWAT. She talks about the idea later.

** Generation One M.L.P.s are named in S2:E2 "Gasoline Drum" - Ela lists Peppermint Crunch, Banana Surprise, and Peachy, then Deacon asks about Swirly Whirly and Cherries Jubilee.
** ''Series/CriminalMinds'' references:
*** S1:E4 "Radical", a suspect is Kevin Lynch; this is the name of Garcia's long-time FBI tech boyfriend.
*** S2:E9 "Day Off" might have a ShoutOut to Shemare Moore (Hondo)'s previous work on ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Hondo believes that Officer Reid pulled him over out of racism; SSA Spencer Reid was Morgan (Moore)'s best friend.
** Luca says that Deacon isn't "back to full [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars beast mode]] yet" in S2:E18 "Cash Flow."

%%* WillTheyOrWontThey

** "Quandry" has Chris already making plans to leave the SWAT unit in order to take over Mama Pina's safehouse to help women who are disadvantaged in life.