‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Episode 7 and Finale Release Date, Time, Where to Watch and Preview

Shemar Moore returns as Daniel Hondo Harrelson in ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’, a new Starz spinoff of the CBS procedural. The series premiered on September 25, 2026, with a new episode arriving every Friday through November 27. That schedule leaves viewers with a few weeks of story before the season wraps.

One point is worth clearing up for anyone searching for the seventh episode and the finale together. Season 1 has 10 episodes, so the seventh installment is not the closing chapter. This guide covers when ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ returns, what time it airs, how to stream it and what is known about what comes next.

‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Release Date for the Seventh Episode and Finale

The first season follows a weekly Friday release pattern that runs through November 27, 2026. The seventh episode is scheduled for November 6, 2026, and that date is consistent across several episode guides.

The season finale is titled ‘Hard Exit’ and, according to Metacritic’s episode listing, it is set for November 27, 2026 on Starz. Between the two sits a pair of installments. TheTVDB lists the next two Fridays, November 13 and November 20, as the dates for episodes eight and nine.

The schedule also puts the sixth episode on October 30, 2026, which means the seventh arrives exactly one week after tonight’s release. Viewers who are caught up will not have a gap in the calendar.

The finale is not necessarily the end of the road for the series. Wikipedia notes that the show was renewed for a second season in August 2026.

What Time ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Airs on Friday Nights

The premiere aired at 10 p.m. EDT on Starz. The first season’s release schedule lists a 10 p.m. ET/PT start for the opening episode. Later installments have followed the same Friday night rhythm.

New episodes stream weekly on Fridays. That means viewers who prefer to watch on a streaming service do not need to wait for a separate release window.

Not every guide agrees on the slot. One scheduling tracker lists a weekly 9 p.m. airing on Starz, so checking the Starz app for the exact time in your region is a sensible step before each episode.

Canadian viewers have a separate timetable. ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ airs on CTV every Friday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, starting October 2, 2026.

Where to Watch ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ in the US and Abroad

In the United States, the home of the series is Starz. It is also available through the Starz Apple TV Channel and the Starz Prime Video Channel. Viewers who want a trial route can use another option as well. The show can be watched through Hulu by adding Starz to an account during an available free trial offer.

For those who watch on the move, episodes can be downloaded in the app while signed in with an active subscription and then watched offline. That is a practical feature for anyone catching up before the next Friday release.

International audiences have their own options. In Canada, new episodes are also available to stream on Crave. Stan is the streaming home of the series in Australia, where the original S.W.A.T. series is also available.

A wider rollout may follow in the US. Sony Pictures Television will stagger the show’s release, with plans to launch on other platforms like Netflix, according to a report cited by MovieWeb.

Preview of the Seventh Episode and What Comes Before It

For newcomers, the setup is simple. After a fatal shooting leaves his career hanging by a thread, Hondo is forced into retirement, and two years later he is tasked with building a new tactical unit from the department’s most talented outcasts. Jay Harrington returns as David Kay and Patrick St. Esprit returns as Robert Hicks.

Details on the seventh episode are still limited, and listings disagree on its title. Wikipedia lists it as ‘The Project’, directed by Daniel Ezra and written by Jon Cowan. JustWatch describes a deadly new drug hitting teenagers in Los Angeles, smuggled inside high end donut deliveries, which pulls the Exiles into an undercover operation that turns dangerously personal. Other guides, however, still show the title as to be announced, so the name could change.

The season has already built a mystery that the back half will need to address. According to the season synopsis, Malik secretly reports to a mayoral aide, and the plot reaches up to a deputy chief and the mayor’s office. The fourth episode closed on a frozen frame of Malik caught on footage, the first hard evidence pointing to him as the mole.

That leaves a clear path toward the finale. ‘Hard Exit’ is directed by Lucy Barrett and written by Jason Ning. With the squad already fractured by suspicion, do you think Hondo confronts Malik before ‘Hard Exit’, or will the mole storyline in ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ stretch into the second season?