S.W.A.T - The Pilot (Full Episode) | Rapid Response

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SEASON 1 / EPISODE 1: The Killing Grounds
Responding to an early morning call reporting a family dispute Officer Jim Street and his partner fall prey to an ambush by three gunmen. It is just one in a series of ambushes which have plagued the police. In the aftermath of the shooting Street's partner is dead and he tries out for an opening in a newly formed S.W.A.T. unit being headed by Lt. 'Hondo' Harrelson. The teams first assignment is to find and stop the gunmen who have declared war on the city's police.
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[@mark__whitfield]

Epic intro. Robert Urich long jumping the fence was burned into my 6 year old psyche. The superhero's of the 70's.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

James Coleman doing that gigantic leap always made me laugh 😂

[@dougfredricks2017]

I miss the old days of 📺 ABC TV. Shows. Thank goodness for KZbin 😂

[@harcomou8395]

Plurals: No apostrophe required. Superheros. 70s.

[@mark__whitfield]

@@harcomou8395Wankers correct punctuation. Not wanker's. Got it. You're a lifesaver!

[@harcomou8395]

@@mark__whitfield Willy Wanker or Willy Wonka? Seriously dude, the apostrophitis is big over here in Germany. A plague. "CD's. DVD's. Tit's. Totally unneccessary.

[@felixmaldonado7511]

R.I.P. Steve Forrest, Robert Urich and Rod Perry.

[@patrickperalta59]

Steve Forrest went on to be the Fake Jock Ewing on Dallas. he also played a Bounty Hunter in the move "Young Guns" He also played the Driver for the S.W.A. T. Van in the movie S.W.A.T. in the early 2000's. it was a Cameo. I did not see the movie but I saw a Clip of the ending of the movie on youtube where he had his Cameo.

[@gladiator22666]

Love these old cop shows , far more entertaining than the new stuff .

[@MultiWayland]

the best of times

[@richardeisenmenger2678]

I wanted to be Hondo

[@josephlambe2796]

I wanted to be John Wayne..

[@DevonWilliams-lf4db]

Vv​@@richardeisenmenger2678

[@cane6074]

They tended to take a more somber and no nonsense approach to storytelling, particular in the 70's, to many law enforcement shows these day try to be to cinematic and escapist.

[@reneauvray3440]

Rest in Pesce Steve Forrest and Robert Urich.

[@DJ-kq4pz]

Yes! Also Rod Perry aka Deacon Rest In Peace

[@the9-2-5outlawgamer]

And guest stars Geoffrey Lewis (father of Juliette Lewis) and 14:02 William Lucking (Piney Winston) from SOA as the cop killing crew.

[@jacqueline8559]

Two tragic deaths. I had huge crushes on them both, as a teenager . Robert Ulrich from here and Vegas. Steve Forrest, right back to his days in the UK Show, The Baron

[@jeffburnham6611]

That's why this series is and always will be so much better than the movie remake, imo.

[@esu3]

Grew up watching SWAT and Emergency.....couldnt decide which to become a fire fighter or a Police Officer and get on the Swat team, so I became a Police officer and went to E S U and got the best of both worlds!!

[@calanon534]

AWESOME! Thank you for having the courage to protect and serve.

[@Thatkidclapper14]

I’m in the same boat lol

[@realBkay]

S.W.A.T. and Starsky and Hutch. Love ‘em both to this very day.

[@bailey9r]

It's fun to watch still but throws you off when they say "There is a pay phone pull over I have to call in" In the big scheme of things I guess cell phones are still fairly recent. ;

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

And the rookies!

[@johnshelton6434]

​@@bailey9r, cell phones were still 15-20 years away.

[@mcculljo]

Six shooters and walkies with three foot long antennas! Man, that theme song with the horns and wah, wah guitar brings back memories! RIP Steve Forrest! Every line that cat delivered was bad a$$

[@heatherporterfield7343]

One of the best shows on TV in 1975.🙂

[@MrNajibrazak]

i was born in 75. i remembered the TV was airing it probably around 78 or something where am at as i remember my late elder sibling being so hyped up about it. SWAT was probably one of the first English word i knew before ABC. heh and back then we had no color TVs in entire neighborhood until 79 -80. Then alongside SWAT was these combat series by Vick Morrow, Chips & Dallas in black and white. Cant remember much but strangely i still remember all those series' titles. Music television didn't arrive until after 1983 in vcr format.

[@billy1673]

One of the greatest shows of the 70’s. This, Starsky & Hutch, The Rookies, and Barretta made up childhood tv lineup.

[@ussexeter4601]

Man this brings back memories, we used to play S.W.A.T. in 2nd grade recess. I was always Hondo.

[@andrewfischer8564]

we did to climbing on rows of garages on my block.. now they are covered in solar cells

[@dukelafferdy1564]

We must be about the same age then because that is exactly what my friends and I did also. Are kids allowed to do such things these days if they even have recess at all? I am guessing most likely not.

[@Destiny_Fox]

​​@@dukelafferdy1564no more using park equipment for playing only do what they're intended for. Also, no more games like cops and robbers due to pretending your hand is a gun/taser. Most schools are replacing the playgrounds and the new playgrounds make no sense because it's more of a workout than playing. No more monkey bars, no more slides, no more swings unless you stand up and move your legs like those stair climber workout equipment so essentially you're walking on air and a lot of people fall off and it hurts worse than if you were sitting down on the swings. The new playgrounds don't have any instructions so the kids have to have to adults explain how to use them but when it's after school you're SOL because parents might not know how to help their kids use it properly.

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

Fully loaded episode. Annette O'toole Geoffrey Lewis William Lucking Not to mention Steve Forest and Robert Urich. RIP Steve and Robert.

[@user-vc1oz9rv6v]

Annette O'Toole.....pure fap material.

[@knerduno5942]

Talk about "loaded." They went from being in a Dodge, to a Ford upon arrival to the apartment.

[@rick3747]

Annette was yummy back in 1975.

[@michaellutcher214]

One of my favorite TV show series back in the day

[@mickwarfield2447]

There were a ton of cop shows on tv in the '70's, but... THIS SHOW WAS THE BEST!

[@joelsims98]

Lt.Dan “Hondo” Harrelson - team leader Sgt.David “Deacon” Kay - scout and point man Ofc.James Street - assaulter and team tactician Det.Dominic Luca - assaulter and entry specialist Ofc.Travis J.“T.J.”McCabe - scout and team marksman

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

I remember having the 45 of this theme song when I was a little kid. I think my older brother brought it. This theme was a classic. God, I miss theme songs for TV shows!! Rockford, Starsky & Hutch, The Fall Guy were among my faves.

[@vcv6560]

This and Starsky Hutch theme included the sound of screeching tires, just as you'd expect of the horsepower driven 70s.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

Hawaii Five O

[@heatherporterfield7343]

Hill street blues had a good theme song.

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

I still have the SWAT theme song on a 45 record from the 70’s in my record box.

[@heatherporterfield7343]

@@Swordsfor200Alex me too !!!

[@timothykozlowski2945]

One of the best themes in television history

[@brianunderdahl7974]

My message for the famlies of Robert Urich and Steve Forrest. Rest in peace gentlemen and THANK YOU! 🚓

[@paulaosborne6478]

We loved this show along with The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Vegas, and others. Those were the days of good television shows.

[@dashcan8479]

We need 200 of these units in LA County, Cook County, Wayne County, Baltimore, Philly right now

[@darylmorning]

Nah, the DA probably wouldn't prosecute.

[@ericking8719]

R.I.P. STEVE FORREST AND ROBERT URICH YOU 2 GUYS WERE THE BEST

[@DJ-kq4pz]

Currently watching this tv show on Tubi. R.I.P To Steve Forrest(Lieutenant Harrelson),Robert Urich(Jim Street) and Rod Perry(David "Deacon" Kay).🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@CameronGordonFilms]

I absolutely love this show! (I am 15, you probably wouldn't expect someone my age to be into older stuff like this) This show is amazing, I wish it got more attention. It sucked it was cancelled.

[@patscherf3646]

These old cop shows were the best I remember watching all of these shows .

[@gregwasserman2635]

A show ahead of its time. Considered too violent back in the day, it is tame by today's standards. I loved the show though. Cancelled way too soon.

[@Jamarkus-]

Only two seasons

[@janetmiller2980]

Had a wicked crush on Mark Shera since this show. Actors Steve Forrest and Rod Perry had cameo roles in the S.W.A.T. movie in 2003. May Msrs Forrest, Perry and Urich Rest In Peace 🕊️

[@Wildstar40]

Oh man the briefing room reminds me so much of Hill Street Blues' briefing room.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Dude! I'm so glad I'm not the only who thought that lol. I expected Hondo to say at the end of the briefing "Let's be careful out there " ;)

[@daddybeagleaz907]

My favorite cop show by far, only Police Story comes remotely close

[@marciliogusmao5587]

Rest in peace Rod Perry, too.

[@allanbard6048]

Man, I'd be sooo glad if somebody found that "Rookies" episode that introduces this show!

[@dgray9020]

There's three clips of The Rookies episode "S*W*A*T" episode, on another KZbin channel

[@johnetheridge5833]

Steve(Lt hondo harrison)forrest was the van driver in the movie swat Samuel l. Jackson played hondo harrison

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

LOVED this show as a kid and that theme song !!! LOL. Thought the stuff the swat team did was so-COOL. Now,I know it's very dangerous,especially during theses perilous times. SOME folks are just dangerous and the courts aren't giving out the prison sentences to match the crime.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I don't think that I ever watched SWAT which is surprising as I would watch anything as a kid!I remember the immortal Dan Tanner of Vegas fame.

[@SpartacusColo]

Only ten minutes of commercials!? Those were the days! Tackleberry should have made the team.

[@mitch4527]

My brother and I loved this show when we were 10 and 13 respectively.

[@richardearldearyjr.9951]

Every cop that loses his or her lives in the line of duty in the United States. My heart goes out to their family and friends. It doesn't matter if the cops are good or bad they didn't have to die in the line of duty.

[@gailreese4102]

The Rookies' February 1975 (2-hr.) episode, "SWAT," served as the pilot for the series. It's seldom been seen since.

[@fredlandry6170]

I remember this show when I was a little boy.

[@profx23]

Best opening theme and footage. I always wanted to see a SWAT/Emergency/Rookies cross over. 😏

[@Zebra_3]

Hondo first appeared in The Rookies episode S.W.A.T..

[@johnnynoonan0725]

They needed, Roy Dosoto, Johnny Gage, Dixie, Dr. Early and Dr. Bracket!

[@mistofoles]

Whenever somebody leaps across a gap between two buildings, the producer/director always has to put in that dramatic "worm's-eye" view, don't they ?

[@troyc4250]

I had all the Mego action figures with the SWAT van. That was a great Christmas for me. Thanks mom and dad.

[@davidscott3820]

I'm a retired usaf security police sgt, we used to watch this show in the nuclear missile(sac), I saved this and also sent it to my brother a retired detective lieutenant, hostage negotiator, and undercover "super cop" thanx!

[@vanwashington5126]

Maaaan......I just want to thank you for this! SWAT was one of my favorite TV shows when I was a youngster but,I never seen the pilot episode until now. Thank you again 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@sombra6153]

I probably watched the pilot when I was a kid. Certainly remember watching this show as well as Police story and others. The Mattel Toy gymnastics is entertaining.

[@errolthomas9426]

One of my favorite Aaron Spelling spin-offs. Not only that, this show should've gotten more seasons along with a Starsky & Hutch/Charlie's Angels crossover

[@errolthomas9426]

@__7878 That's wild. I never knew it was like that with S.W.A.T. 😮

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

ABC being under pressure from parent teacher associations started to cancel ALL their 'action" shows--SWAT was the first to go as it was 'perceived" (unfairly) as the most violent. After that they canceled Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, etc and replaced ir with "The Love Boat" and ":Fantasy Island" lol

[@josephpowelliii9169]

There will never be any better than the original SWAT. The same for The Equalizer too, and The Wild Wild West ....etc.😊

[@jond1965]

This show and the Rookies. Both great shows

[@richardhamblen5526]

We played this (S.W.A.T.) in high school stage band, 1976......one of my all-time favorite theme songs....

[@user-qh7zx1my4q]

i really do miss this show alot!!

[@CoachKen10]

Absolute classic!

[@tomwotton9]

I never realised that before the current series of Swat there was this Swat!

[@mooseriddle]

One of my favorite shows as a kid

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

This is quiet a good show,what year did it come on tv?As I don't remember it.Thankyou

[@randywilson944]

Annette O’Toole 🥰 I remember her on One on One 🏀 📺

[@genefogarty5395]

Oh yeah, nothing like a redhead. I never saw One on one, what was it? I do recall a few scenes she did in her b'day suit and she had a great set of ta ta's, lol.

[@f430ferrari5]

@@genefogarty5395One on One starred Robbie Benson. Basketball movie. You might find it on YT for free.

[@BryanPAllen]

@@genefogarty5395It was a movie.

[@genefogarty5395]

@@BryanPAllen I figured as much.

[@BryanPAllen]

@@genefogarty5395 it was about a boy getting a basketball scholarship and going off to college. Coach didn’t like him because of the way he played. Pretty good movie.

[@jt.8144]

FULL CLOSURE. 2023. Finally had to purge the theme music out of my brain.. since I was 9 years old seeing this on tv.

[@carltaylor5251]

Me and my friends use to play SWAT when we were kids. I was always a team member. Man I really missed this show what memories.

[@eugenedavis6792]

I love watching the Series back in in the days when I was a kid.

[@LindaKunz]

Thank you Robert and thank you Steve for many wonderful years I encouraging me and inspiring me

[@badad0166]

Their transport is an old bread truck. How times have changed.

[@vcv6560]

"What can grey do for you today...?!"

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

This is most likely the series premiere episode I remember the pilot episode aired as a 2-hour episode of the rookies rest in peace Steve Forest who actually was the original choice to play TJ hooker before he turned the part down

[@jaredjlinden]

Yep, you’re right - this isn’t the pilot. The pilot is the test episode that is used to sell the network on the series. A lot of people think pilot = first episode. The pilot usually airs as the first episode of a series, but not always, such as when the pilot airs as an episode of another series, or when the pilot never airs as part of the series due to retooling or cast changes. The Jeffersons pilot aired as an episode of All in the Family. The Laverne & Shirley pilot has never aired; it’s 15 minutes long and was shot on the Happy Days set.

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

@@jaredjlinden as well as mork and of Mindy producer and writer Gene Roddenberry said it best pilots are documentaries that are going to illustrate what the TV shows are going to be about

[@101southsideboy]

@@jaredjlinden same way NICS was a Backdoor pilot on JAG or had 905 WILD ( had it been picked up ) would have been a Backdoor pilot on Emergency

[@dimovadimo3946]

Memorable sintonía,descubrí la serie con 9 años de edad!!!!

[@thomasbarker3383]

Love it 72 still love it now my favorite song to roll stakes will

[@101southsideboy]

Although most Badges #s are recycled most department's retire a officer's badge # when he/she is killed in the line of duty

[@stanleyyoung5990]

My favorite show SWAT in the 70's

[@ericking8719]

R.I.P. ROD (DEACAN) PERRY BROTHER

[@eddiegregorio9249]

One of my favorites tv series when I was teen

[@jordanthomas7304]

RIP, Steve and Robert.

[@reneauvray3440]

Do not forget Richard O'Brien who played Chief Edward Roman.

[@kevinmartin9732]

And Rod Perry

[@jordanthomas7304]

@@kevinmartin9732Rod Perry dead?!

[@jordanthomas7304]

@@reneauvray3440I forgot that fella who played the Chief of Police gone home to glory.

[@mayaugust5777]

An absolutely fabulous show from the 70's ! Clean and wholesome compared to today's shows . This show was cancelled because a group of " concerned mothers " said it was too violent for kids to watch . If they only had insight into current shows they would eat their words .

[@danwingo7512]

Love this show, only thing wrong was the fake recoil of the AR, the 5.56/223 has very little recoil, no nearly what they were showing.

[@darylmorning]

But at least they mixed the AR-15 and AR-18 in the training together. It was nice to see them together.

[@BRANSKI-1911]

I like the finger off the trigger firearm discipline the swat members are displaying. It is very authentic.

[@jordanthomas7304]

Steve Forrest, Robert Zurich, Rod Perry, Richard O’Brien, Geoffrey Lewis, Bill Lucking… We’ll miss you, pal.

[@michaelhewitt258]

Thanks for posting This classic T.V. Show But doesn't A B C Still own the rights

[@The1baddman]

This was the first episode of SWAT, the actual pilot episode appeared in the third season of The Rookies as a two part episode in 1975, and that episode hasn’t been seen in years.

[@timothyarnold1679]

As a kid I was absolutely convinced that the brown ups panel trucks were swat vans. Swat was everywhere!

[@kendallrivers1119]

Wow, this is a great find!I have been searching for full SWAT episodes for the longest! Thanks alot! SWAT was and still is one of the true 70s cop\detective show classics along with Kojak, Baretta, Starsky & Hutch, Hawaii Five O, Vega$, Quincy, ME, The Streets of San Fransisco, Police Woman, The Rockford Files, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Cannon and Ironside

[@ericdobrien]

What a cracking theme song

[@tstahler5420]

I could be wrong but I seem to recall SWAT being a spinoff of The Rookies. Both were really good shows at the time.

[@redsabreanakin]

You're not wrong. 👍

[@tstahler5420]

@@redsabreanakin As I recall Hondo didn't mesh well with the Rookies. He was a hard-nosed, shoot first and last kind of guy. 😆

[@blockmasterscott]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="46">0:46</a> This boys and girls, is how you enter a building! 👍💪👊

[@sdb92]

One of my fav shows! Miss the ‘70s and ‘80s…

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Loved this show especially its pilot during the rookies however it never lived up to its own potential.

[@flex_007]

Intro song still gets me hyped

[@Justisthatsall]

Telescopic sight not one cross hair when looking through scope

[@JamesKirk14144]

It's OK to cry lady

[@patrickperalta59]

S,W,A,T, and Adam 12 were the only 2 police shows I enjoyed watching.. growing up.

[@rushmore3927]

Pure cheesy gold! Even for the 70's the tactics used were nuts. Especially the firing at the building to distract and not securing the shot dude at the end. Cocaine writing must have started earlier than expected! Great show, none the less!

[@SIKE01]

gritty take-no prisoners short-lived TV series with the hardest theme song ever should have lasted a couple of seasons.

[@Topmotorcycles9079]

When tv shows rocked unlike the garbage on tv nowadays

[@thortonortiz4045]

Steve Forrest, The Original Hondo!!! Robert Urich, The Original James Street & Rod Perry, The Original Deacon Kay!!! The O.G.'s Of S.W.A.T.!!!!!!

[@ericking8719]

RIP STEVE FORREST AND ROBERT URICH

[@donmcatee45]

From UPS van to MRAP’s, how times have changed

[@hana.the.writer5074]

Why does it hurt more when you watch such tragic scenes being over 50? It’s like you realize better, understand the measure of loss and consequences.. you absorb the misfortune and feel it weigh you down. It was supposed to feel that way only we didn’t take it hard when we were much younger. 😁 All we (ladies now) probably thought how adorable Robert looked with a wet face. 🤭 RIP handsome. 🌾

[@elziewilson9279]

RIP Rod Perry (Deke)

[@rosesmith6208]

cant believe I used to watch this, forrest was good in spies like us too almost cauisng ww3 used to have a crush on luka, handsome fella.

[@atlantisnewman1722]

he fired that shotgun right next to the other guy's ear

[@ianmintz12806]

How about full episodes of the S.W.A.T. CBS show?

[@reneauvray3440]

Good idea!

[@ianmintz12806]

@@reneauvray3440 right? I like the S.W.A.T tv show from CBS better. I’m not a fan of this one

[@williambabyak1094]

Let's not, and say we did. I've always been a firm believer in, respecter of, original source material. Call me a purist...

[@WalterDWormack214]

​@@ianmintz12806Keep in mind, that it was 'THIS' version of SWAT, that paved the way for the big screen, Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, and Jeremy Renner, movie. As well as the CBS-TV series, starring Shemar Moore.

[@allanbard6048]

@@williambabyak1094 No, you just got good taste. And man, Wednesday nights once upon a time on ABC: 8PM Rookies; 9PM SWAT; 10PM Starsky and Hutch. It was a school night so I'd have to wait to see S&H in the Torino first ten minutes or so, or go to bed.

[@PatrickMersinger]

That lead bad guy, his name is Geoffrey I think, he is really hamming it up.

[@Classicrocker6119]

Geoffrey Lewis. Had an extensive career in TV and the big screen.

[@PatrickMersinger]

@@Classicrocker6119 yes, that’s him. Thank you. He did have a long, excellent career. This wasn’t one of his better roles.

[@mpcincal260]

He was a frequent supporting player in Clint Eastwood’s movies (remember Orville in “Every Which Way But Loose/Any Which Way You Can”?). Also the father of actress/musician Juliette Lewis

[@user-vc1oz9rv6v]

​​@@Classicrocker6119That "extensive career" included being a vampire in David Soul's horror flick _Salem's Lot_ (1979).

[@user-qc6ms4xy9m]

My family is crazy as his is

[@dgray9020]

There's three clips of The Rookies episode S*W*A*T, (pilot movie) on another KZbin channel

[@DyenamicFilms]

I had the 45 of this theme as a kid. Wore it out.

[@AlexGarcia-ew2fv]

In 2023 swat teams r basically Military Comandos