Provenance

**Provenance** is the twelfth episode of the fifth season in the remake version of *S.W.A.T.*, and the ninety-sixth episode overall, which was aired on March 6, 2022.

## Summary

After an armed robbery crew invades a downtown auction house, the case quickly turns personal for Hondo when his sister, Winnie, is taken as one of the hostages.

## Recap

Hondo’s sister Winnie now works in town. One of her casino clients had specially crafted a position for her because he knew she wanted to move back to LA to be near her aging parents and so she now works at Restoration Auction House. Winnie was proud of her position. She thought it was a step up from her last one and she had wanted to show it off. She tried to do so with her father. But her father was being a cantankerous old man. He hated that Black and African American history had been bought and collected by a rich white man who wanted to show it off at a gallery. He hated what he was seeing so much that he refused to stay for the guided tour. He ran off when Winnie’s back was turned.

There was no telling at first if he made it out of the building when everything went down. Winnie was still inside when the alarms went off and the building’s security system shut down the building. It barricaded everyone inside along with the bad guys. The place was being robbed and unfortunately, the thieves rounded up everyone inside. Including Winnie. Winnie got a call out to her brother before she was grabbed and unfortunately, Hondo didn’t answer. Hondo didn’t realize someone was wrong until Hicks called for his team to tell them that the auction house had been hit. A horrified Hondo remembered his sister worked there.

That’s when Hondo checked his phone. He listened to the voicemail and he realized that his sister was trapped in the building. Hicks asked if they wanted to give this to someone if it was too personal, but Hondo said he wanted to stay on the case and the only thing that had stopped him from going in guns blazing was the doors on the building. It was reinforced steel. Hondo’s dad came by, revealing he saw the cops and heard what happened on the news and he felt so bad about how he treated Winnie that he wanted to make sure she was safe. Hondo calmed his father reminding the older man that this was his job. He knew what he was doing.

Hondo later got a call from an unknown number that turned out to be his sister. She had borrowed a cell phone from one of her coworkers who snuck in the phone and she got messages out to her brother. She let him know that there was an injured man inside. She also let him know that there were nine hostages inside and what room they were in. It was good intel because it allowed the team to safely use an explosive to get inside and once there they got to the men that were found injured. They tried getting to the rest of the hostages, but that’s when the bad guys pulled a gun on Winnie. Hondo’s team was forced to retreat so that no one gets hurt.

Hondo later gave up command to Deacon. He said he couldn’t be objective during this mission because it’s family that’s involved and so he chose to sit on the sidelines just in case Winnie calls again. The rest of the team however was focused on getting back into the building. They had Hondo create a diversion by calling the gallery. They waited until the leader named Noah answered the phone. Noah was asked why he got involved and he said that he was approached by someone from who he never got their name. All Noah knew was that he was supposed to steal some painting and flee through the underground tunnels.

There was just one hitch-up with that plan. Someone padlocked the door to the underground tunnels and so the bad guys had no way of escaping. Winnie also found herself taking care of a young intern named Julia who was having panic attacks and Winnie did her best to be there for her.

As SWAT goes over the case, they discover from art crime detective of a diamond necklace. She reveals a string of robberies pertaining to them and how the perps were related to the original owner. Hicks brings up the arrest posters. When brought up, Daniel Sr. comes in and reveals that one of them is Julia whose real name is Ally Suzuki. Although Hondo is annoyed, Hicks tells him to let his father speak. Daniel Sr. reveals that he saw Julia earlier with Winnie and how she's supposed to be an intern. Acting on this, Hicks passes a picture of Julia to his team.

Inside, Winnie leads Julia to the room with the diamond necklace, but Julia keeps the door open for Noah Erickson to come in. As it turns out Julia orchestrated the robbery, she reveals to Winnie and Noah that she is the one who hired him, describing key details that only the mastermind would be privy to and how she intentionally took part as a hostage. Noah questions why he was not told, as she reveals her plan was for him to panic, so the cops would disable the power, including the camera system. Julia states it was all to get access the diamond necklace, with it amassing to over ten million. Julia then reveals the padlock key and her goal for him to take the diamonds and slip away in the tunnels, link up after her rescue and splitting the fortune. Liking the idea, he turns his gun on Winnie, demanding the key. No sooner does he turn; Julia strikes him and shoots him in the chest.

She reveals to Winnie, she did this because she wanted revenge on the gallery that stole her grandmother’s art during WWII and she planned on stealing the diamond necklace worth ten million and it was Winnie who stopped her. Winnie figured it all out. She says that she'll make it seem like Noah killed Winnie and tried to kill her, forcing her to struggle and kill him.

Julia replaces the necklace with a fake. She prepares to shoot Winnie who evades, and Julia flees. After she leaves, Noah gets up and attacks her. Hondo and Deacon comes to witness this. They struggle to open the door, as Winnie fends off Noah. However, SWAT opens the door and Hondo overpowers Noah and arrests him. Julia is detained as well, while the diamonds are safely secured.

Winnie embraces her brother when he came breaking into the door. The rest of the bad guys were rounded up as well. Those that survived were facing serious time in jail and so their best bet is to turn on their employer.

Winnie is treated and she shares jokes to Hondo about her ordeal. Hondo then tells her that their observing father was a nervous wreck about the situation. Winnie is touched and tells Hondo not to let him know he was right about her job.

At dinner, the Harrelson family are all gather before Daniel Sr. speaks up and apologizes to Winnie for his boorish behavior earlier. He told his daughter he loves her and that he was proud of her hustle. Winnie accepts and Hondo shares word, before remarking it was going to be a long time before they had brought her father to workday again. Daniel Sr. also jokes that he needs them to help get those gloves out of the auction house, with the family laughing.

## Cast

### Main

* Shemar Moore - Daniel Harrelson
* Alex Russell - Jim Street
* Lina Esco - Christina Alonso
* Kenny Johnson - Dominic Luca
* David Lim - Victor Tan
* Patrick St. Esprit - Robert Hicks
* Jay Harrington - David Kay

### Recurring

* Obba Babatundé - Daniel Harrelson Sr.
* April Parker Jones - Winnie Harrelson
* Otis "Odie" Gallop - Sergeant Stevens

### Guest

* Tobias Jelinek - Noah Erickson
* Blake Webb - Sam
* Ashley Dulaney - Grace
* Curtis Nelson II - Mac
* Emmie Nagata - Ally Suzuki/Julia Soto
* Michael James Bell - Otto
* Catherine Kresge - Detective Olivia Barlow
* Ray Campbell - Jeremiah Ward
* Peter Holder - Sec. Guard Clark

## Trivia

* Winnie is now working at Restoration Auction House.
* Winnie has finally reconciled with her father who apologizes for his behavior.