Caution: This post contains SPOILERS for S.W.A.T. season 8, episode 18.As S.W.A.T. closes in on the end, we know that original characters can and probably will be written out. That has happened in S.W.A.T. season 8, episode 18, with the first big loss of the season. Commander Hicks (Patrick St. Esprit) has been forced out of S.W.A.T., and rather than go to the post that he was assigned, he has chosen to resign.