S.W.A.T. Season 1

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Centered around a former marine turned officer of the law, S.W.A.T. follows Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson, who leads a police unit in Los Angeles. ‘Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, former Marine Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson has everything it takes to be an excellent leader and bridge the divide between his two worlds.’

“S.W.A.T.” was such a well-written, magnificent and exciting action/crime drama television series about the adventures of a
Special Weapons And Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team operating in an unidentified California city.

Steve Forrest was perfect in the role of Lieutenant Dan ‘Hondo’ Harrelson.
Robert Urich was perfect in the role of Officer Jim Street.
Rod Perry was perfect in the role of Sergeant David ‘Deacon’ Kay.
Mark Shera was perfect in the role of Officer Dominic Luca.
James Coleman was perfect in the role of Officer T.J. McCabe.

I rated this “S.W.A.T. – Season One” 3-disc set just four stars because it didn’t include the “S.W.A.T.” two-hour pilot episode.
That two-hour pilot episode aired on ABC on February 17, 1975 as an episode of “The Rookies”.
It still should have been included on the “S.W.A.T. – Season One” DVD release though.

Season One of “S.W.A.T.” originally aired on ABC from February 24, 1975 until May 26, 1975.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment made a drastic and gigantic typo on the back of the DVD case.
According to them, the 13-episodes from Season One have a combined running time of approximately 564 minutes on this DVD release.
The 13-episodes from Season One actually have a combined running time of 651 minutes and 23 seconds on this DVD release.
651 minutes and 23 seconds equals 10 hours, 51 minutes and 23 seconds of total content.

Here are the exact running times for all 13 episodes from the first season of “S.W.A.T.” on this 3-disc DVD set.

Disc 1:
“The Killing Ground” (50:18)
“Coven of Killers” (50:19)
“Death Carrier” (50:18)
“Pressure Cooker” (50:22)
“Hit Men” (50:06)

Disc 2:
“Jungle War” (49:19)
“Death Score” (50:07)
“Time Bomb” (50:16)
“The Bravo Enigma” (50:13)
“The Steel-Plated Security Blanket” (49:49)

Disc 3:
“Omega One” (50:13)
“Blind Man’s Bluff” (49:46)
“Sole Survivor” (50:17)

-HonkyTonkMan

I was 8 when SWAT originally came out and I only watched part of one show. My parents didn’t like it so I didn’t get to watch it again. But my friends and I would play SWAT quite often.

Now that I have the SWAT DVD I love it. It’s classic good guys are good and bad guys are bad and the good guys always win. I enjoy the team work, action sequences, and get a kick seeing the 70’s fashions and cars from my childhood days.

I agree some of it is a bit corny and wooden and I think it’s hilarious how they keep showing the same stock footage when the van is heading to the scene but it’s no big deal to me. There’s plenty of good stuff in this series. It’s been fun to watch, especially since it was denied from me 30 years ago.

I do wish that they had some extra features on the DVD but there isn’t. No character interviews, no background info, nothing. They don’t even have scene selection, you can only choose an episode or play all the episodes – bummer. Maybe they can add some of that to the second DVD if it ever comes out.

If you get a chance to read through all the reviews here, the characters that played Luca and T.J. also entered reviews – look for them!

-Amazon Customer

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Actors: Stephanie Sigman, Lina Esco, Alex Russell, Shemar Moore, Kenny Johnson
Producers: Shemar Moore, Nick Bradley
Format: Box set, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: French, English
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 5
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2018
Run Time: 944 minutes
ASIN: B07C8ZPQGZ