A routine drugs bust becomes a lot more complicated when S.W.A.T. finds themselves trying to convince a group of drug mules whose families are being threatened for their cooperation. Street gets into trouble doing a favour for his mother.
Tropes
- *Click* Hello: A wouldbe drug buyer finds himself facing Hondo, Tan, Luca and Deacon.
- Commonality Connection: Street gets an uncooperative witness to share some intel by recognising she came from an abusive home like him.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment: Hondo forces Street to give Luca a place to crash at his apartment to make up for his earlier screwups.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: The ringleader of the drug smugglers is the wife of the employment agency bringing in Filipino workers to the States. S.W.A.T. I initially dismiss her as a suspect because she's so unassuming.
- He Knows Too Much: One of the drug smugglers gets killed by a hitman before the LAPD can arrest him.
- I Have Your Wife: Filipino immigrants are being coerced into smuggling heroin into Los Angeles with the lives of their families.
- Manipulative Bitch: Street's mother tricks him into doing her dirty work by sending him to beat up someone trying to blackmail her.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Hondo gives an extremely cold one to Street's mother when he confronts her about exploiting her son.Hondo: I wondered how Street could be such a mess...but now that I've met you, I wonder how he turned out so good.
- Stuff Blowing Up: During a firefight, Luca shoots one of the main villain's mooks: as he goes down, he instinctively fires his gun hitting the fuel tank of the plane they were planning to escape in. Luca has to duck behind Black Betty to avoid getting burned.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: Luca has worn out his welcome at all his co-workers' houses after lengthy periods of crashing on their couches after his latest girlfriend has kicked him out.
- Tranquil Fury: Hondo is not impressed when Street gets himself into trouble at his mother's behest, as well as with Chris for lying about why he took off.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Hondo tears into Street for getting himself into trouble doing his mother's bidding, as well as taking off while 20 Squad is on active duty and getting Chris to lie about his whereabouts, thus bringing Hondo's anger down on her too.
