Pilot
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2002
A politically ambitious LAPD captain comes up against a streetwise detective who isn't above bending the rules in his effort to fight crime as he enriches himself and his men.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2002
A politically ambitious LAPD captain comes up against a streetwise detective who isn't above bending the rules in his effort to fight crime as he enriches himself and his men.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2002
After the death of a member of the Strike Team on a high-risk raid, Aceveda begins to investigate the real circumstances behind the raid. Officers Lowe and Sofer find a dying man being mugged, eventually linked to a Mexican gang.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2002
In a routine sweep to nab every outstanding suspect, the detectives divvy up the warrants. But when they cast their nets, they bring up far bigger fish than expected. Danny and Julien uncover a gun-smuggling operation; and Mackey and his team encounter a pro-basketball star who's in town to play the Lakers, when they bust in on drug dealers. Meanwhile, Claudette and Dutch try to catch a man who has been raping women in an attempt to procreate.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2002
A dispute over an up-and-coming singer's success erupts in a gang war that threatens to bring Vic down, too; a case that could help Aceveda's political future sends Dutch and Claudette searching for a missing day laborer.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2002
David insists that Vic take uniformed cops in with them to bust an Armenian gang's drug delivery. After the bust, Julien sees the Team take a portion of the drugs for themselves. But in the end Shane ends up having the drugs and the vehicle they're in stolen from them. While the search for the drugs and the truck goes on, Mackey learns that his son is autistic.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2002
As Dutch's theory about a serial killer preying on prostitutes proves true, he convinces Aceveda to launch an all out effort to find him before he strikes again; Julien decides to bring down Vic for stealing drugs.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2002
The murder of seven gang members has Vic be teamed with a Latino detective assigned to crack the case.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2002
As the Strike Team is reassigned pending the investigation in the theft of evidence, Vic teams with Claudette in order to keep some deadly drugs off the street.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: May 7, 2002
Lemonhead sets out to make things right following his shooting of an unarmed man.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 14, 2002
As Dutch uncovers a lead to the serial killer, a reporter questions force Aceveda to explain problems he thought were buried far in the past.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: May 21, 2002
A confrontation between a local drug dealer and Black Muslims places Vic in danger of being exposed.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: May 28, 2002
As a deployment policy leads to a double homicide that places Aceveda in the hot seat with potential voters, Vic is forced to help Gilroy avoid being implicated in a hit and run.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2002
As cop killings strike Farmington, Aceveda is caught between two corrupt cops looking to save their own skins.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2003
As Captain Aceveda tries to fend off a city council investigation, Vic looks to stop a pair of brutal drug lords from moving into Farmington.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2003
An arson attack on a local drug dealer threatens to expose Vic's protection racket.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2003
An amputated arm sends Dutch in search of a sadomasochistic killer; Vic sets out to help his old mentor on the force get revenge against the thug whose complaint forced him into retirement.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2003
A murder investigation leads Vic to a massive money-laundering scheme.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2003
Elementary school drug dealing prompts Vic to redouble his efforts to bring down a ruthless new supplier.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2003
The Barn mobilizes to investigate a murderous rampage at a battered women's shelter.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2003
As a new murder investigation exposes Dutch's crisis of confidence, Vic sets out to stop the abuse of a neighbor by her violent boyfriend.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2003
Vic and the Strike team set their sights on taking Armadillo off the streets for good.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2003
In a look back at the Barn's early days, Vic struggles to secure his hold on the Strike Team command, while Dutch is faced with choosing between a veteran detective and Claudette.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2003
The leak of the auditor's report jeopardizes the futures of everyone at the Farm.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2003
Vic mobilizes the Strike Team to help Aceveda's election campaign; Dutch and Claudette suspect a teenaged girl is lying about the rape accusation she's made against her employer.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2003
As his own life starts crumbling around him, Vic pitches in to help Dutch in the search for a deadly pedophile.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2003
As he struggles to keep his job, Vic pushes ahead with a new plan to hijack a mob money shipment.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2004
Vic sets out to stop stolen military weapons from fueling a gang war, unaware that it threatens to expose him as the mastermind behind the theft of the Armenian mob's laundered money.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2004
Vic promises a gang lieutenant the top job if he agrees to set up his boss; Dutch and Claudette's investigation into a gang shooting points to an unexpected triggerman.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2004
A hooker wants Vic to punish her former pimp, Dutch arrests a sex offender in an elderly woman's rape.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2004
The rivalry between the Strike Team and the Decoy Squad heats up as they compete to find a murder suspect.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2004
As Dutch and Claudette continue to pursue a rapist who is targeting elderly women, the arrest of a local gang member threatens to expose the Strike Team's involvement in the money train heist.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2004
Officer Tommy Hisk becomes a prime suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and son.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2004
As missing persons investigation uncovers a graveyard for illegal immigrants working in an illicit drug lab.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2004
Vic is enlisted to help save his rivals on the Decoy team from having their undercover operation exposed.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: May 4, 2004
A lynching threatens to ignite a race war between Farmington's black and Latino gangs.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: May 11, 2004
Captain Aceveda turns up the heat in his search for the gangster who sexually assaulted him.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: May 18, 2004
As Dutch tries to understand "The Cuddler" rapist, Vic enlists Danny for an important undercover assignment.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: May 25, 2004
The pursuit of a gang hitman pits the tight-lipped Korean community against the police.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2004
As Vic tries to sidetrack the money train investigation, Claudette goes undercover to crack a child porn ring.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2004
As the Strike Team is threatened with exposure in the money train heist, Claudette goes it alone in order to find evidence of a public defender's drug addiction.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2004
As Vic goes after Margos, Claudette risks her career to see that an innocent man is freed from prison.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2005
A new commander arrives just in time to help with the investigation into the murder of an immigrant family.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2005
Vic agrees to quietly bring in a teenaged drug user before learning of his role in a deadly armed robbery.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2005
When her official arrival at the Barn is greeted by the outbreak of a deadly gang war, Monica assigns Vic the task of ending it.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2005
As Vic pursues an escaped rapist, A.D.A Insardi sends Dutch and Claudette after a low level drug dealer.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2005
As Monica is forced to defend her crime-fighting tactics, Vic's pursuit of a killer creates problems for Antwon, while Dutch's secret deal with the D.A.'s office gets him and Claudette assigned to a murder investigation.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2005
A raid on a church being used as a drug drop places Monica in hot water with the community and her own cops.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2005
As Aceveda uses a cleverly-edited videotape to force her to sideline Vic, Monica goes toe-to-toe with a social worker whose negligence led to the hospitalization of a seven-year-old foster child.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: May 3, 2005
With Shane under orders to deliver Vic's body to Antwon, Monica looks for the leak that has led to the murder of some neighborhood informants.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: May 17, 2005
As Shane enlists Vic and his men in the search for the body of a teenaged informant, the disappearance of two cops on patrol begins to look like payback for Monica's tough new policies.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: May 24, 2005
As Vic decides to tell Monica the truth about Shane, Dutch and Claudette suspect an alleged serial killer of murder.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: May 31, 2005
Vic pits Antwon's henchmen against each other in an effort to find the cop killers; Dutch and Claudette suspect Detective Billings of failing to stop a deadly carjacking.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2005
Vic and Monica work to link Antwon to the cop killings, only to have Aceveda sell them out in an effort to keep the truth about his sexual assault from being made public.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2005
Monica asks Vic to find a way to hold Antwon Mitchell responsible for the murder of two Farmington cops.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2006
As the department launches a secret investigation aimed at putting him behind bars, Vic learns that a Latino gang in prison has ordered the retaliatory murders of two black victims on the outside.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2006
As Lem is asked to wear a wire in the IAD investigation, Vic and the Strike Team go head-to-head with a brutal Salvadoran extortionist.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2006
As Vic looks to head off an IAD investigation, a brutal rape uncovers a child sex slave ring.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2006
As the Barn mobilizes to find the baby that was cut out of a pregnant murder victim's body, Vic enlists a lawyer to help him fight the IAD investigation.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2006
As Kavanaugh uses an investigation into the sale of stolen pharmaceuticals to ambush Vic and his team, an illegal immigrant helps lead Dutch to the body of a murder victim.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2006
As Kavanaugh pressures Corrine, and the Strike Team suspects a white drug dealer of being involved in a gang turf war, Claudette and Dutch get a break in their pursuit of a serial killer.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2006
As Kavanaugh traces a trail of stolen Armenian mob cash back to Vic, Claudette fights her illness in order to break the case against serial killer Kleavon Gardner.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2006
As he and Vic cooperate to head off a gang turf war, Kavanaugh investigates the rape of his estranged wife.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2006
Vic offers to help a drug dealer recover some stolen cash as a way to raise the money to post Lemonhead's bail.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2006
As his efforts to protect Lem behind bars draw Vic into a trap set by gang kingpin Antwon Mitchell, the search for the assailant who is targeting gay men is undercut by Claudette and Dutch's growing mistrust in each other.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2006
As Vic looks to get Lemonhead to safety, Kavanaugh goes all out to make his case against the Strike Team.
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2007
Vic's searches to find his friend's killer. Claudette has trouble adjusting to her new role as Captain. Ronnie and Vic worry about Shane's unusual behavior.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2007
Vic uses extreme measures to find his best friend's killer. Claudette is under the political microscope, while Danny gets some good news.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2007
Vic gets bad news about his career as he comes close to catching Lem's killer. Shane's secret eats away at him. Ronnie works with Dutch and Billings on a case.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2007
Claudette gives Vic a chance to save his job. An unsolved rape case resurfaces. Aceveda meets someone that can help him with his political career.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: May 1, 2007
Vic learns he may have killed the wrong person in trying to avenge Lem's murder. Shane tells Mara about what he did in an attempt to save his marriage. Dutch makes progress in the serial rapist case.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: May 8, 2007
As Vic tries to save his career, he finally learns who really killed Lem. Cassidy confronts her father.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: May 15, 2007
A boy is shot at a festival, and Mexican government official is missing, and the newest informant for the Strike Team is a minx.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: May 22, 2007
A woman is stabbed in the ghetto and Aceveda considers advancing his political career.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: May 29, 2007
Members of the San Marcos murder crew are picked up due to snitches intel, and Homeland security gets involved with Armenian shipments.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2007
The Armenians are looking for hit men to kill some cops, and the Strike Team looks to be a target. Plus, a young kid is busted right before he was to kill a Latino man as an initiation ritual into a gang.
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2008
Vic challenges Shane and deals with threats to his family. A federal agent arrives in Farmington to investigate a recent wave of violence.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2008
As a local gang war heats up, Vic positions himself as a valuable commodity to the warring parties. Corrine and Cassidy confront Vic.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2008
Vic works an angle to make himself valuable to the Armenian mob. Corrine finds herself in a surprising legal jam. Tina targets a producer of adult entertainment.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2008
The assassination of a city official undermines Vic's plan to fuel a war that will bring down both the Mexican and Armenian gangs.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2008
As Vic and Aceveda work to conceal their complicity in the murder of the City Controller, a serial killer's trial threatens to expose the truth about Claudette's failing health.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2008
After buying some time to continue his pursuit of Pezuela, Vic hatches a deadly plan to eliminate the Armenian mob and finally avenge Lem's murder.
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2008
As Shane looks to end the threat after realizing that he was marked for death by Vic, Dutch questions a greedy ex-cop about a series of burglaries in Claudette's neighborhood.
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2008
As Shane and his family are forced to run following his failed attempt to kill his former partners, Vic looks to parlay his connection to Pezuela into a job with a federal task force that is investigating the drug cartels.
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2008
As Shane and Mara stay one step ahead of Vic and the police, Aceveda cooperates with Pezuela to help the feds, while Dutch manipulates Rita Denton in his investigation of her teenage son, Lloyd.
Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2008
As he puts a price on Shane's head, Vic is asked to prove his loyalty to Beltran by killing Pezuela.
Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2008
As Claudette and Dutch work to get Mara and Corrine's cooperation, and Vic offers to negotiate a drug deal between Beltran and city's gangs, Shane threatens to expose the Strike Team's criminal past.
Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2008
As Mara kills in order to keep her and Shane on the run, the confession Vic makes in exchange for immunity and to salvage his career stuns his federal handlers.
Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2008 (120 min)
As Vic hopes his immunity deal will help keep his family together, and Shane takes extreme measures to keep his pregnant wife from being charged with murder, Dutch finds he's a suspect in the disappearance of a teenage serial killer's mother.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Feb 15, 2007 (15 min)
This 15-minute episode, which originally debuted online on Google Video, follows the aftermath of Season 5 and serves as a prologue for Season 6. In this episode, Vic is seen attending Lem's funeral with Shane and Mara in tow. A flashback showing the entire Strike team at a fighting rally at the Barn hosted by Aceveda is later shown.