The first episode of the new real-life series follows members of the Dallas SWAT team as they handle their life-threatening job and stressful personal lives. Sr. Corporal Rich Emberlin and Sr. Corporal Robert Cockerill must charge into a house to nab a murder suspect who allegedly knifed his neighbor to death. Meanwhile, in their off hours, Emberlin tries desperately to get his ex-girlfriend back, and Cockerill must get his aging, painful body in shape for the grueling World SWAT Games.

SWAT team negotiator Jake "JD" Byas faces the toughest challenge of his career - dealing with an armed murder suspect barricaded on a ledge who's threatening to kill himself and anyone who tries to get him down. Meanwhile, another SWAT team surrounds the home of a drug dealer, but there's an 18-month-old baby inside. The team knows that protecting the baby will mean leaving themselves open to greater risk of injury when they rush inside.

The team deals with a case involving prostitution, and a confrontation with a man threatening to kill himself.

A team prepares to grab a robbery suspect, but the criminal may be holding a child hostage. Also: a meth lab is stormed.

Suspected crack-cocaine dealers are barricaded in a house, and a SWAT leader and his girlfriend sign up for flying lessons.

Senior Cpl. Rich Emberlin and his team face a gang of alleged crack dealers who have built a fortified cage around their house; Senior Cpl. Christian D'Alesandro heads an effort to persuade officers to pose for a charity calendar to benefit the families of fallen police officers.

A man barricades himself in his apartment, firing a weapon out the window; a last-minute ATF warrant interferes with an officer's family plans; a narcotics warrant is served at a home where two young children live.

A parole violation in Dallas and a drug-related case are investigated.

A raid on a strip club makes use of the team's training in rappelling and rope climbing. Also: an undercover drug sting.

Team members try to capture a murder suspect who is barricaded in his mother's home; and four team members are shot by an alleged drug dealer.