When the son of one of their neighbours goes missing, Luca and Street learn the boy was a witness to an abduction orchestrated by criminals pretending to be ICE agents. Hondo decides to adopt Darryl and S.W.A.T. discreetly plans a retirement party for Mumford.
Tropes
- Expert Consultant: Hondo ask Street about his experience in the foster care system to try and find the best solution for Darryl.
- I Have Your Wife: The gang posing as ICE agents coerce the housekeeping staff of wealthy Los Angeles residents they kidnap into cooperating by threatening their loved ones.
- Impersonating an Officer: The villains of the episode poses as immigration officers to kidnap Latin American housekeeping staff of wealthy Los Angeles homeowners so they can interrogate their victims for security details, reasoning that since most of the abductees are undocumented immigrants, they won't go to the police.
- I Owe You My Life: At Mumford's retirement party, one of the guests is a young woman who explains that when she was fourteen, she was abducted from her school playground by a man who intended to rape and kill her. Mumford was the S.W.A.T. officer who rescued her.
- Manly Tears: Mumford after hearing the above I Owe You My Life story.
- Noodle Incident: 20 Squad mention to Deacon they had to deal with a Hostage Situation at an illegal massage parlor.
