S.W.A.T.
Oct. 7, 8/7c, CBS
“Hondo is being Hondo, but in jungles, rivers, even encountering elephants,” teases executive producer Andrew Dettmann of brave team leader Hondo Harrelson’s (Shemar Moore) actionpacked adventures in the back-to-back opening episodes of Season 6. Hondo, gutsy family man Deacon Kay (Jay Harrington) and tough Victor Tan (David Lim) go overseas to Thailand (shot on location!) for a joint training exercise with Thai S.W.A.T. In Bangkok, they’re schooled on spectacular new strategies—like a climbing method using bamboo poles to quickly scale buildings.
Later, Hondo and his pregnant girlfriend Nichelle (Rochelle Aytes) head north to Chiang), who works for the U.N. drug interdiction program. “It spirals into a dangerous situation [with the drug trade],” Dettmann reveals. With Nichelle safely out of the action, the guys will get help from their new buddies in Bangkok’s S.W.A.T. and the reliable Deacon and Tan. —