SWAT Season 3, Episode 13 preview: The team heads to Tokyo

By Alexandria Ingham | Jan 29, 2020

"Ekitai Rashku" -- Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks engage in a manhunt across Tokyo when they escort an extradited fugitive to Japan, where he escapes local custody. Back in Los Angeles, the rest of SWAT search for any contacts the criminal cultivated while hiding out in Los Angeles, and Street isolates himself from the team as he deals with family issues, on S.W.A.T., Wednesday, Jan. 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Portions of the episode were filmed on location in Tokyo. Pictured (L-R): Jay Harrington as David "Deacon" Kay, Patrick St. Esprit as Commander Robert Hicks, and Shemar Moore as Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Hondo, Deacon, Tan, and Hicks head to Toyko in SWAT Season 3, Episode 13. Here’s a preview of what to expect and how to watch the episode live.

It’s time to get out of LA for an episode of SWAT Season 3. Well, for some of the episode. Part of the team is heading to Tokyo, and here’s how to make sure you don’t miss a beat of SWAT Season 3, Episode 13 live.

There’s some excellent news for those missing Luca, and I want to get that out of the way first. While he’s not specifically mentioned in the synopsis or included in the promo, this is the episode that sees his return to the series. We’ve certainly missed him, but we’ll get to find out how the character’s injury recovery went.

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He’s in LA with Chris and Street, where they’re looking for any information that the criminal Hondo and the others are extraditing to Tokyo may have left behind. After all, this guy hid in LA for some time. There must be some sort of evidence around there.

Hondo, Deacon, Tan, and Hicks head out to Tokyo with the criminal since the Japanese authorities would like to deal with him on home turf. It doesn’t sound like the team even has a problem with that, which makes a change. Usually, we see the tension between the different forces. Instead, SWAT seems to want to deal with Tokyo PD fairly, and the Tokyo authorities look up to SWAT. Is that really going to be the case?

The most concerning part of this new episode is Street. While he’s in LA with Chris and Luca, he’s starting to isolate himself. Sadly, his foster brother, Nate, ended up killed at the end of the last episode. Street blames himself and now he has other family drama to deal with. I was really proud to find out that Street had phoned Hondo and Hicks before dealing with the drug dealer during the last episode, but I hope Nate’s death doesn’t send him off the deep end.

Check out the promo and synopsis for SWAT Season 3, Episode 13:

"Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Commander Hicks engage in a manhunt across Tokyo when they escort an extradited fugitive to Japan, where he escapes local custody. Back in Los Angeles, the rest of SWAT search for any contacts the criminal cultivated while hiding out in Los Angeles, and Street isolates himself from the team as he deals with family issues."

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Don’t miss out on the all-new episode of SWAT tonight. Here are all the streaming details you need to watch live:

Date: Jan. 29
Start Time: 10/9c
Episode: Season 3, Episode 13, “Ekitai Rashku”
TV Channel: CBS
Live Stream: Watch the episode live on CBS or use Fubo TV to watch all your favorite TV crime dramas.