"Vice" is the nineteenth episode of the third season in the remake version of S.W.A.T., and the sixty-fourth episode overall, which was aired on April 22, 2020.
Summary
The SWAT team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in prison years ago. Also, Chris comes face to face with internal corruption when she arrests a young man who is given a free pass due to his powerful father, and a surprise visit by Hondo's sister, Winnie puts pressure on his relationship with Nichelle.
Recap
Alonso pulls over an out-of-control car. The twenty-something-year-old named Jacob tries to bribe her. Meanwhile, Hondo and Nichelle are having a romantic dinner when Winnie, his sister, arrives unexpectedly. She stays and gets along great with Nichelle, talking over wine.
Tan and Bonnie are out to breakfast when the place is shot up. He takes out two of them with two getting away. After the incident, he heads to find a box he dropped, an engagement ring. The ring is gone.
Back at the precinct, the team gets to work and realizes that it is a meth King by the last name of Pope who was escaped from prison. Tan put him away years ago and now it looks like he’s back for revenge.
Alonso heads to the local police station and asked about the arrest of Jake up the night before. He is not in the system and has never been processed.
Hicks tells the team to go and find the Pope’s targets. Nichelle stops in to grab Hondo’s keys. They plan to go out to a red-carpet event that night hosted by Othella Baker, the woman a Hondo saved who is donating $1 million to charity. He thought it was just going to be the two of them but learns that she invited her parents and now she wants him to invite Winnie.
Hondo and Tan go visit a mechanic who is the former associate of Pope’s. After guilting him, he shares that Pope has a product still at his old meth lab, and that’s probably where he is.
They call in Pope’s girlfriend, but she won’t turn. Meanwhile, Alonso tracks down the arresting officer from the night before who is supposed to take Jacob in. He tells Alonso that the kid had his deputy mayor father come in. He had to let him go, he’s only a two-year officer.
Back at the precinct, the team looks over the area where the meth lab is located. They move in on foot shortly after, surrounding the place. They pull 9 men out of the lab. Pope left earlier. They take the men in and try to find out where Pope is.
Lynch heads to a woman’s house, the former housekeeper of Pope’s. Lynch doesn’t realize that someone has broken into her house, and he is sitting in wait for her.
Meanwhile, Hondo and Tan talk to Pope’s former lawyer. He shares that Pope is angry because he says that drugs were planted on him, and ever since then, he’s been obsessed with the task force.
Hicks tells Alonso she would be smart to drop Jacob’s case. She appreciates him being straightforward.
The team gets a call. They head to the house where Lynch is. She took the man out alone. Deacon is upset she didn’t tell anywhere where she went. She tells them the housekeeper is missing. Tan starts to realize that maybe the police put the housekeeper up to planting evidence on Pope. He wants answers to the case, but Lynch isn’t willing to talk. They need to focus on finding the woman.
They learn the housekeeper became a nurse and Pope is visiting hospitals looking for her.
Hondo tells Alonso to keep fighting if she wants to stop Jacob. She has learned that this isn’t the first time for his drunk driving.
The team brings Pope’s lawyer back in. He admits he helped Pope because he threatened to kill his family. The lawyer shares he is after the nurse in Malibu. The team heads there.
Inside they clear the place and look for the nurse. The nurse locks herself in a room. They see Pope, Honda takes him out after the fight. They take him in.
Back at the precinct, Lynch swears she didn’t plant any evidence on Pope years ago. Tan reunites with Bonnie. She cannot believe he does what he does. She is proud. He proposes to her right there. She says yes.
Alonso heads to court to submit an affidavit on Jacob’s case. His lawyer is there to threaten her. She doesn’t care. Lynch pays a visit to the nurse. It seems she did lie to the team.
Hondo tells Nichelle he can’t go to the party. It was a day. His sister overhears. Nichelle leaves. Hondo and Winnie talk about their parents, the division, their dad, and how he left. They need to leave it behind and not let it affect their relationships.
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
- Amy Farrington - Piper Lynch
- Jay Harrington - David Kay
Recurring
- Karissa Lee Staples - Bonnie Lonsdale
- Rochelle Aytes - Nichelle Carmichael
- April Parker Jones - Winnie Harrelson
Guest
- Jeff Blim - Emerson
- Jack Schumacher - Jacob Carter
- Cassandra Blair - Guerra
- Brett Weinstock - Hugh
- Chelsea Mee - Jacinda Herrera
- Brandon Brooks - McKenna
- Evan Holtzman - Officer Kowalski
- Jeff Marlowe - Sheppard
- Matt Roszak - Conor Pope
- Adam J. Harrington - Pronger
- Liza Fernandez - Raquel Lopez (formerly Maritza Garcia)
- Mara Hernandez - Sadie Brown
Gallery
Trivia
- Chris went on driving signal and chased the yellow BMW, before pulling over, then found this guy named Jacob Carter before being arrested.
- Hondo is dating Nichelle for the romantic dinner and visit his sister, Winnie.
- Tan goes on the date with Bonnie for breakfast, and theirs a shootout where he takes out two of them with two getting away and the engagement ring is gone.
- Othella Baker, Molly Hicks, Daniel Sr. and Charice Harrelson had been mentioned, but do not appear in this episode.
- Lt. Lynch went to Raquel's house (Pope's ex-housekeeper), then she doesn't realize that someone got broken into her house and she found Pope's guy arrested on the break in.
- Raquel Lopez is located at the Passage Malibu.
- Victor Tan has finally engaged to Bonnie Lonsdale, after she said yes.
Quotes
- Raquel: Oh, Lieutenant. Come in.
- Lt. Lynch: Wanted to see how you are holding up after today.
- Raquel: You didn't have to. I got something on the stove. The police asked me a lot of questions about seven years ago. Pope's first arrest. I didn't say anything about our arrangement.
- Lt. Lynch: [Sighs] I'm sorry you had to go through that, but you didn't have to protect me.
- Raquel: Sure, I did. I owe you for saving my life.
- Lt. Lynch: If you came forward with evidence publicly, you would've been the prosecution's star witness. All Pope would need to stay out of jail was to find a way to silence you.
- Raquel: Did you explain that to your team?
- Lt. Lynch: They don't have the burden of living in the gray areas like I have to.
- Raquel: Hmm.
- Lt. Lynch: It's a price I'm willing to pay.