The action series SWAT, based on the police thriller SWAT of the same name, starring Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Renner, is already a hit. But since the first seasons ended up in the subscriptions of the streaming providers Netflix and (!) Amazon Prime Video in Germany, the number of local fans has of course increased enormously again. Yesterday, Thursday December 1, 2022, the fourth season of “SWAT” was released on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video – and if you take a quick look, you may have noticed that the last two episodes are 17 (“human trafficking”) and 18 (“race hatred”). “) there is a striking innovation…
… the protagonist Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson, embodied by Shemar Moore, suddenly has a new German voice. However, behind this is not a dispute over fees, as is often the case in the industry, but a very sad reason: The actor and voice actor Michael Deffert, who previously lent his voice to Hondo, became so seriously ill that he had to stop dubbing and was unable to voice the last two episodes himself. On June 13, 2021, Michael Defert passed away at just 53 years old.
Superman and the Witcher intervened
Instead of Michael Defert has so Alexander Doring dubbed the last two episodes of Season 4 – and will now also act as a voice actor for ‘Hondo’ in the further seasons of the still very successful series. Of course, those responsible for the German synchro managed to secure an absolute star speaker for the lead role in “SWAT” – after all, Alexander Doering is, among other things, the regular speaker for Hollywood superstars such as Oscar Isaac (“Star Wars 7 – 9”, “Dune” ) or Henry Cavill (“Man Of Steel”, “The Witcher”).
» “SWAT” Seasons 1 – 4 on Amazon Prime Video*
If you also just discovered “SWAT” as part of the Netflix or Amazon Prime Video subscription and are already done with the fourth season, Incidentally, there is the option for you not to wait a year for the next season, but to look further immediately. The streaming subscriptions are two years behind the broadcast in the US (the sixth season is already running there) – season 5 and the episodes of season 6 that have already aired are already available in this country.
The 22 episodes of season 5 – with German dubbing and the voice of Alexander Doering – are available on Amazon Prime Video, but not as a subscription, but as a VoD offer to pay for:
» “SWAT” Season 5 on Amazon Prime Video*
There are already six episodes of Season 6 on Amazon (also for sale), with the new episodes added right after airing in the US – the synchronization of the “SWAT” seasons in Germany apparently happens all at once when the whole season is over, and not in between for individual episodes. So there is no German synchro for Season 6 so far, instead the very latest episodes are only available in the English original:
» “SWAT” Season 6 on Amazon Prime Video*
Anyone who has gone through the current status up to the middle of the sixth season may already be wondering how “SWAT” will continue from next year: Will there also be a season 7 or after the slightly more than 20 episodes of season 6 is the end for the Los Angeles special unit? Unfortunately, we can’t answer this question for you right now – but chances are pretty good it will continue.
And the fact that the series is currently gaining a lot of new fans outside the US thanks to subscription deals with Amazon Prime Video and Netflix should probably make it easier for decision makers to keep their fingers crossed for a seventh or possibly eighth season. from “SWAT”. to lift…