Blowback

**Blowback** is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season in the remake version of *S.W.A.T.*, and the one-hundred-twenty-second episode overall, which was aired on March 10, 2023.

## Summary

When classified information falls into the wrong hands, the team races to stop a dangerous plot targeting former members of the U.S. military. Also, Luca is faced with a challenging choice when a family member suddenly falls ill.

## Recap

Nichelle’s due date was coming soon. She was in nesting mode. She was making sure that everything was fixed around the house and she and Hondo did a little spring cleaning as well. They cleared everything out that was being stored in the attic.

They donated it to goodwill. Which came as a surprise to Hondo’s dad because some of that stuff was his. He seemed angry that they donated it without talking to him first and he stormed off before they could ask what exactly was, he so upset about. Then Hondo got called into work. And he put the whole thing to back of his mind.

SWAT was called to the scene of a shootout. There were two men shooting at each other and they were fighting over money. One of the guys did something for the other.

He handed over a folder. He was supposed to get paid for doing and the other guy was walking out of deal when the one demanding to get paid pulled out a gun. He demanded his money. The guy with the suitcase threw the suitcase at him while his partner began firing at the other man. It quickly devolved in a shootout.

Both shooters were shot. One of them even grabbed a hostage when they saw police on the scene. SWAT had to kill their hostage taker and the other shooter died. However, there was three people involved in this whole mess. The third guy got away with the folder he didn’t want to pay for.

It turns out this man’s friend was an Indian National on Interpol’s radar. He was a known assassin and he and his buddy met up with Mason Crowley who had military contacts. He was former Naval Intelligence. Crowley handed over a folder with names on it. And that folder was still in play.

SWAT came to the conclusion that the hitmen were looking for someone. They had been hired to kill this person and Crowley helped them in exchange for a fee. Crowley was heavily in debt. He was working for private contractors since he got kicked out of the Navy. The company he worked for was called “Ambercaz”.

They were a goodwill PMC. They recently evacuated the journalists from the Ukrainian War. They were the men that went in after the US military thought it would be too dangerous and so these were the people that Crowley betrayed.

There wasn’t just one remaining hitman. He came over with a crew of people and so there were four remaining hitmen at this point. But SWAT was too late to save one of the people on the list. His name was Koss Matias. He left the Army five years ago after his wife urged him to only, he hadn’t told her that he joined Ambercaz not long after. He couldn’t fully walk away from the life. He still needed to be the hero and that’s why he was involved in a mission that put a price on his head. Koss was tortured before he was murdered.

Koss hadn’t told them what they wanted to know. He chose to die rather than put the true target in jeopardy. By this point, Commander Hicks thought to warn Ambercaz. He also wanted names. He reached out to the company through the son of an old friend of his and he warned them that there was a price on their men’s heads. He asked what kind of mission Koss was involved in and he was told it was classified. Ambercaz still didn’t see the danger they were in. And they hadn’t warned any of Koss’s friend or teammates.

Someone targeted from that list. The hitmen next went after Kevin Grayson. Only Kevin saw them coming. He called 911. He armed himself. He was sadly still injured before SWAT could arrive but they were able to take down two of the hitman. They also got a hand of their lists. The list of men were all affiliated with Ambercaz. All but one name could be read. This last name had been redacted for some reason. And so SWAT got answers from Ambercaz.

Aaron Skinner had to stop claiming classified. He had to declassify certain files. He later told Hicks that Koss and his men were a part of a secret mission to take out a known terrorist on the Indian/Pakistan border. They killed the terrorist. They killed his sons. They failed to kill his wife. They also hid a fact that they took a woman who was supposedly a maid there and her sick daughter with them when they left. It was this woman and her child that the hitman were truly after.

Ambercaz had redacted her name on the list of people there that day. Koss was the only one who knew where the pair were. Which was why he was tortured before ultimately getting killed. Koss never talked. This slowed down the hitmen. The hitmen were working with Arjen Reddy. She was the terrorist’s wife and the Americans killed all of her sons. Once they realized she didn’t die in the raid, it was easy to prove that she snuck into the United States on a fake passport. She was behind the manhunt for Tamia and her daughter.

Arjen wanted revenge. She blamed Tamia for betraying their family and getting her whole family killed. Arjen had even taken Koss’s phone. She found photos of Tamia with her daughter. She used that photos to locate the pair. They were at a hospital. The hitmen and Arjen went there.

They couldn’t find Tamia, but they grabbed her daughter and SWAT was quickly on the scene. They begged Arjen to hand herself in. They begged her not to hurt the child and Arjen partly blames the child for her family’s deaths. If Tamia didn’t have a sick daughter that needed surgery, she never would have made a deal with the Americans.

But SWAT had the shot, and they took it. They killed Arjen. The little girl was safe and so she was reunited with her mother. And the other hitman was taken down.

Hondo later learned that why his dad had been upset. His dad built a little toy house that they gave away and that was going to be his gift to his granddaughter. Only now Hondo will rebuild it and his pop will watch him do it.

And Luca finally his dad about his sister, Eva. His dad had a heart attack and that changed Eva’s mind about wanting to meet him because she wants a chance to get to know him.

## Cast

### Main

* Shemar Moore - Daniel Harrelson
* Alex Russell - Jim Street
* Kenny Johnson - Dominique Luca
* David Lim - Victor Tan
* Patrick St. Esprit - Robert Hicks
* Rochelle Aytes - Nichelle Carmichael
* Jay Harrington - David Kay

### Recurring

* Brigitte Kali Canales - Alexis Cabrera
* Kelly Overton - LAPD Officer Eva Durant
* Obba Babatundé - Daniel Harrelson Sr.

### Guest

* Michael O'Neill - Carl Luca
* Matt Lanter - Aaron Skinner
* Tina WongLu - Patrol Cop
* Meera Simhan - Arjet Reddy
* Julie Pearl - Mrs. Matias
* Pamela Roylance - Mrs. Luca
* Chet Grissom - Mason Crowley
* Calida Jones - Physical Therapist
* Rupali Redd - Gia
* David Will No - Hitman #2
* David Murrietta Jr. - ND SWAT Office
* Kody Kavhita - Mariam
* Zachary James Rukavina - Kevin Grayson
* Sia Zami - Des
* Vinn Sander - Rawja
* Jetta Juriansz - Elise
* Tyler Courtad - Officer
* Janey Hann - Waitress
* Cooper Richman - Employee

## Trivia

* Despite being credited David Lim do not appear in this episode.

### Notes

* Terry Luca and Winnie Harrelson has been mentioned but do not appear in this episode.
* Luca's father Carl has been recovered from his heart attack and later changed Eva's mind about wanting to meet him.