Old School Cool

**Old School Cool** is the eleventh episode of the fifth season in the remake version of *S.W.A.T.*, and the ninety-fifth episode overall, which was aired on February 27, 2022.

## Summary

Hondo and the team race to locate the hacker responsible for accessing LAPD's computers and revealing the identities of undercover officers before the leaked intelligence has fatal consequences.

## Recap

LAPD Officer Alexis Cabrera was hazed. She and other SWAT recruits or at least female ones had found their lockers filled with tampons and it’s amazing how anyone thought they could get away with that in this day and age. Yet, Cabrera wasn’t the one to make a complaint. The only reason Deacon found out about it is that he heard it through the grapevine. He then got angry. He made sure the guys responsible cleaned up the mess and most of the women targeted never even knew what occurred. It was just Cabrera that knew. Chris also found out about it by witnessing the men cleaning up the tampons and so she promised herself that she would talk to Cabrera at the end of her shift.

What no one counted on was that a cyberattack would first happen. Hondo and his team were out on a call responding officers in trouble when they lost connection with Command and they had to rely on their old ways to get out of a tough spot. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get the bad guys because someone warned them to make a run for it. The same person that warned the gang was the person behind the cyberattack. Also known as Shadowbox. It was his screen name. He was selling information to the bad guys and he could be jeopardizing undercover officers. Commander Hicks ultimately decided to take SWAT offline.

They were going to do everything by hand. Only the thing about that is the fact it’s so much harder. They had to rely on eyes and hands and that didn’t always work out. Chris took time from the cyberattack case to check in with Cabrera. Cabrera said she was fine. She also said she doesn’t want to talk about it. She just wants to be left alone. The hazing thing with her had brought back memories for everyone. Tan remembered when someone left him a dim sum in his chair once. Chris remembered when they took her clothes while she was in the shower and how she had to walk back naked. And Street remembered doing that exact same thing to someone else.

Street said he realizes now how horrible that had been. He would never do something like that again or in the future and so Chris asked if he ever apologized to the officer he hazed. He hadn’t. Only he plans on fixing that soon. The hazing thing aside, the hack had everyone pushing themselves to their absolute limit. They had to rescue an undercover cop whose cover was blown. He was being tortured when they found him. They had to call for an ambulance while they arrested the men that did that to him. The team was so busy solving fires that the cyberattack created that it shouldn’t have had the time for much yet they manage to squeeze out a few minutes here and there.

Street got into contact with the woman he hazed. He asked to meet up with her and she agreed to it. Chris spoke to Cabrera again. Cabrera apologized for being so brusque earlier. She was afraid of looking weak. Which Chris understood. Chris kept her head down after she was hazed. She came in with top scores and afterward she shunned other women in the department because she want to appear as if she was forming a girl squad. Chris has since learned that having girlfriends won’t make her appear weak. And even if it does, Chris no longer cares because she’s gotten to meet incredible men and women on the job and she once mentored a woman new to the program who became a trusted friend.

Chris told Cabrera that she’s got her back. The same went for the rest of the team because none of them planned on letting a fellow officer down and that’s what they did with the job as well. They located every undercover agent in the field. They also got a hold of the hacker. The hacker was kidnapped right in front of everyone. He apparently agreed to sell information on where a gang could find the main witness in the trial against the boss, but the gang kidnapped the hacker to help them against the security team only it got back to SWAT and so the team was able to stop an undercover cop from being killed right before she testified.

Street also sought out the officer he hazed back in the day and he had to go to her because she quit the police force after years of sexual harassment. But seeing her situation, convinced Street that he can no longer be one of the guys that see it and says nothing.

Deacon has begun ministering at a prison and he ran into a man he arrested, but who claims he’s innocent.

## 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

* Brigitte Kali Canales - Officer Alexis Cabrera

### Guest

* Jero Medina - Eduardo Ortiz
* Rafael Cabrera - Pedro Suarez
* Angela Relucio - Ortiz's Lawyer
* Haley Webb - Amanda Ross
* Jim Jefferies - Blake Spencer (aka Shadow Boxx)
* Wil Wheaton - Evan Whitlock
* Sterling Alexander - Officer Howard
* Aris Juson - Sgt. Anders
* Charles Hittinger - Rookie Officer Tanner
* Johnny Cannizzaro - James
* Tye Alexander - Donnie Culatto
* Amy Tsang - Officer Janet Flynn
* Ray Siegle - Nathan
* Bobby Bowlin - SWAT Officer
* Todd C. Sharbutt - Officer Parker
* Whitney Ann Duggins - Vanessa

## Trivia

* It was originally to be aired on January 23, however it was pushed back to February 27, 2022 and was replaced by *NCIS: Hawaii* for its first-part episode.
* Jim Jefferies is the guest appearance in this episode.

### Notes

* Officer Alexis Cabrera was hazed and both guys cleaned up the tampons.
* Deacon is practicing the book of god.
* LAPD SWAT went inside the old factory, then cyberattack has been hacked and glitched by Blake "Shadow Box" Spencer.
* Street is calling the surf shop owner Amanda Ross and he wants to meet her before closing at 9:00PM.

**Deaths**

* 1 (killed by Luca)

## Quotes

**Deacon Kay**: Sweep is complete. Total of six merc's in custody.
**Robert Hicks**: That was triple the guard Gang and Narcotics expected to see when they went in.
**Hondo Harrelson**: The weapons cash they came to seize isn't here. Seems like the merc's knew a raid was coming.
**Deacon Kay**: Could GND have a leak?
**Robert Hicks**: I don't know. I don't know what happened to the drone or the radio.
**Evan Whitlock**: Commander, I was inside the system when the glitches started.
**Robert Hicks**: So what's going on?
'*Evan Whitlock*: There is a virus overloading everything. Someone has invaded the system.
**Hondo Harrelson**: A cyber attack?
**Robert Hicks**: LAPD's been hacked.