>> Approaching that overpass.
S.W.A.T. Is back for season
three starring shemar Moore!
What's up, my man!
Good to see you, brother.
>> I like your new digs.
I have known you long enough.
Gimpy man, what's going on?
>> Exactly.
You have never been hurt.
>> You're just trying to beat
what's going on?
>> That's what happened,
ironically.
>> Mario's momma swears up and
down for years -- I met Mario
when I was 24 years old.
Mario's momma told my momma, he
said your son -- your son might
be talented and he might be
walking on that highway, we did
this thing called "Circus of the
stars" and doing all of this
tumbling and jumping --
>> Trapeze.
>> He had done it a few times,
right?
>> No, that was my first one.
>> Your mom said, your son is
okay but my son, Mario, would
kick his ass in the boxing ring.
>> I don't know where that came
from!
You remember that?
>> I remember.
>> And my dad, because my dad
loved you on "Criminal minds."
He was so upset when you were
off the show.
I can't believe they did that.
>> What's up, pops?
>> He's watching the new one
though.
>> Good for that.
>> Would you come back for the
end of "Criminal minds?"
>> "Criminal minds" just
finished.
They are having a 15th season
but it's already shot.
They shot, from what I
understand, ten episodes.
>> Not the answer I wanted,
shemar.
>> I want to say the answer is
I'm not coming back for the
final episode but not because I
didn't want to.
I was kicking and screaming
trying.
If they need me, want me, I want
to be available.
That was family and huge part of
my life and career.
Honestly, I think my schedule
being hondo is stupid 14 hours a
day, 9 days per episode, 23
episodes a year, 10 1/2 months
of your life.
Just because leaving my squad at
that time when they were
shooting, there was no time to
get me in there.
>> Now you're in the third
season.
>> Season three!
>> Congratulations, man.
>> Tonight's the night.
>> And it is based on the actual
LAPD division?
>> It is.
We're bringing LAPD S.W.A.T.
Back to life.
There was the original S.W.A.T.
We're talking about off-camera
from the '70s and then the
movie, what, 16 years ago, Sam
Jackson, all of those people, ll
cool J, Michelle Rodriguez, et
cetera.
We are paying homage to
real-life LAPD S.W.A.T.
We want to show what they go
through to fight crime and chase
bad guys.
We don't want to be just cool
actors with guns looking cool.
We want to honor the men and
women and be authentic.
We really care.
We trained two years ago just
before the pilot, we trained for
three months with real LAPD
S.W.A.T., San Diego pd S.W.A.T.,
our tactical adviser to this
day, he's a decent actor and in
the show, he's retired LAPD
die, what up, bro?
He teaches us, you know, chicken
wings, how to handle weapons.
>> You all use actual S.W.A.T.
Equipment.
You are using some of the big
vehicles --
>> We have real guns with no
bullets, obviously, blanks.
When you hear the bullet sound,
it's real.
It feels like you're shooting a
real gun.
It's called a quarter load.
It's blank.
We have the vehicles, something
called the rook which blasts
through buildings and breaks
down wall when's we have to
breach a building.
>> You're having too much fun.
>> We're big kids, man.
We're big kids.
When you're a kid and used to
run around with a broom and
broom handle and playing cops
and robbers.
Now I'm 49 acting like I'm 12,
right
>> .
>> And I'm sure I hear great
stuff from real-life S.W.A.T.
Members too.
>> We trained a lot.
We take it very seriously.
We groove around on set but
during action, we check with
each other and die, our
tactical adviser is on us like a
drill sergeant.
And we're on each other in sync.
And then the show airs and I
will be out and about in the
world and I have officers -- you
know what's cool, I got pulled
over for going a little bit
fast.
>> Did you hit them with do you
believe in giving tickets to
fellow police officers
>> I happened to have a S.W.A.T.
Hat on.
>> Nice, happened to have.
>> I just pulled over.
I'm sorry, officer, I know, it's
heavy.
I was just trying to get home.
I literally just finished work.
I was just trying to get home
and go to sleep.
He looked at me and said what's
your hat?
I go it's S.W.A.T.
He said you're S.W.A.T.?
I said kind of, sort of, I play
S.W.A.T. On TV.
He said oh, yeah, I thought that
was you.
Drive safe.
Hey, cool show.
>> Oh, the best right there!
>> Can we please for a second go
back, guys.
Give me a little of the circus
show you were on.
I want to see you and Mario back
in the day.
>> High-top fade, spandex.
Ballet shoes.
I was killing the game.
>> What's going on?
>> I trained, as Mario did, for
the trapeze.
We trained ten weeks straight,
four hours a day, Monday through
Friday.
Me, to this day, I'm scared of
now I'm hondo flying around
helicopters and back then I'm in
tight-ass spandex.
>> With a girl on your back!
Oh, no!
>> Yeah, baby!
No shame in your game!
>> No shame in that outfit.
>> I don't know how you
convinced me with the red.
>> I should have rocked you.
>> I have the top hat,
suspenders.
>> That was hard work.
>> Honestly, I don't know about
you, but for me I have been
blessed -- oh, god!
Look -- now wait, wait, put me
and Mario next to each other
though.
>> Do they look alike?
>> Yeah, baby!
>> We had the same wig.
>> Wait, shemar, before we go,
your mom talked about the ring,
I need you boys to take it to
the table.
We will do rock 'em, sock 'em
right now.
Let's settle this once and for
all.
There will be a winner.
Remember this great game?
>> Oh, I haven't seen this.
Whew wee.
>> There are no rules.
>> Okay.
>> One, two, three.
>> Here we go.
>> Go, go, get him!
Go!
>> You gave me the wrong paddle!
Working the body.
He might have me on this one!
>> How do you like me now?
How do you like me now?