Family

**Family** is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season in the remake version of *S.W.A.T.*, and the one-hundred-second episode overall, which was aired on April 24, 2022.

## Summary

When Hicks witnesses the assassination of his longtime friend, a prominent judge, the team races to find the shooter and determine why he was targeted. Also, Luca struggles with how to help his brother, Terry, after he's arrested.

## Recap

Hondo is going through some old boxes. He finds some books he read when he was younger. He shows his dad. They reminiscence. His dad is looking for a place. He will find something nice but needs some time.

Street, Tan, and Dom are outside work talking. Dom gets a call. Terry is in trouble. He runs off. Meanwhile, Hicks runs into an old friend, a judge named Martin at an outside coffee vendor. After they say goodbye, Hicks hears shots and runs into a nearby garage. Martin is on the ground shot. Hicks calls for help, as he watches the getaway car drive off.

Hondo arrives to check on Hicks. He offers SWAT's help. The lead detective accepts. Dom picks up Terry from jail. They argue. Terry is in trouble again and he is sick of it. Back at headquarters, Hicks and the team review footage from the scene. They also learn that Martin ruled on a case involving cancer clusters from a high-profile case. They get a call. They have a victim who was shot by a woman driving a similar getaway car.

Hondo and Deacon talk back at work. They talk about the caste and then Hondo shares his dad has skipped all of his apartment showings. He just found out and has no idea why. Hicks visits Martin's wife. She is sad but happy to see Hicks.

Dom vents to the team about Terry. He was helping a new girlfriend and got himself in trouble. Tan brings them a lead. They head to the suspect's house. He tries to run but Hondo tackles him. They learn his ex is dead, just when the team thought she might be the female shooter. He shares she killed herself a month ago. They quickly piece together that her sister is the shooter. Her name is Naomi.

Dom talks to Terry’s girlfriend. Terry is angrier. He tells Dom to leave him alone. The team thinks they have the location of Naomi and head there.

Naomi is not in her RV that is out in the middle of nowhere. They hear a car in the distance. It’s her. Tan and Dom chase her. They lose her after she cuts off a truck. Back at SWAT, they learn Naomi is looking for the child her sister put up for adoption years back. Before the team can get there. Naomi kidnaps the girl now 12 years old and brings them all on a high-speed chase.

Hondo, Chris, and the others chase her down as she tells the little girl they are going to be fine. The little girl cries. They hit a guard rail. They don’t crash over the edge. Hondo yells for them to get away. Naomi shoots at them.

The car starts to move. They get the girl out. Naomi won’t get out. Dom talks to her about siblings and love. They get her out in time. The car rolls down the embankment. Street tells Dom nice work.

Hicks congratulates Hicks for the win. Hondo is sorry about Martin. He heads to see Martin’s wife. They talk about old times and how to get past the grief. Hicks talks about his late wife and how he dealt with it all. He offers her support as she heals. They hug.

Hondo arrives home and talks to his dad about how he has been a no-show at the apartment showings. His dad finally comes clean. He and Hondo’s mom are going to give it another try. He is going to move in with her. Dom and Terry finally have a heart-to-heart. They hug it out. Terry still plans to date his girlfriend though. Dom laughs.

## 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

* David Rees Snell - Det. John Burrows
* Obba Babatundé - Daniel Harrelson Sr.
* Ryan Hurst - Terry Luca

### Guest

* JJ Nolan - Naomi Ashfield
* Farley Jackson - Mac Griffith
* Tara Grammy - April
* Terrence Hardy Jr. - Anthony
* Kristin Carey - Maggie Walker
* Jessie Eggleston - Jaime Miller
* Jillian Peterson - Julia Miller
* Andy Umberger - Judge Martin Walker
* Troy Blendell - Brian Young
* Brian Maillard - Richard Miller

## Trivia

* Hondo is searching through some old boxes and finds some books he read when he was younger.
* Molly Hicks has been mentioned, but do not appeared in this episode.
* Dominic vents to the team about Terry, then it was helping his girlfriend named April, and got himself in trouble.
* The car starts to move and they get the girl out, however Naomi won’t get out.