Wendy Hughes

Wendy Hughes
Aliases	Dr. Wendy
Biographical information
Marital status	Married
Physical description
Status	Alive
Gender	Female
Occupation	Psychologist
Nationality	American
Character information
First appearance	Octane
Last appearance	The Enemy Within
Portrayed by	Cathy Cahlin Ryan

Dr. Wendy Hughes is a psychologist who usually assists the S.W.A.T unit. She is portrayed by Cathy Cahlin Ryan.

Biography

Dr. Hughes serves two functions within SWAT. First, she can provide psychological profiles of suspects and unknown perpetrators to help SWAT plan who to target and how. Second, she serves as a private counselor to all SWAT personnel.

Deacon

After 20 Squad successfully prevents the suicide of former 20-David Buck Spivey, Wendy performs a psychological debrief for all six members. During his debrief, Deacon admits to prior suicidal thoughts of his own. He and Dr. Hughes agree to meet on a semi-regular basis to work through those thoughts and help him with the mental tools to cope.

Deacon eventually transitions to talking to his paster for psychological advice, but he still acknowledges how helpful Hughes is to SWAT as a whole.

Hicks

Dr. Hughes' more recurring patient is Commander Robert Hicks. As a commanding officer, Hicks must undergo a psychological evaluation every five years, which Hughes must approve.

At some point before the series, Hughes signed Hicks' review on the condition that he achieve a better work-life balance over he next five years. During his next review, Hughes notes Hicks failed to do this and insists on not signing his evaluation until they talk it out. The two eventually agree that Hicks never took the time to mourn his late wife Barbara since her death nine years sago; without her to help him decompress after a long shift, his main plan has been to throw himself into his work so he collapses from exhaustion every night. Hughes signs Hicks' review contingent on him taking a vacation so he finally has time to grieve.

Trivia

• Dr. Hughes has implied she has children that have already grown up and left home.

Appearances

S.W.A.T.: Season 1 (2/22)
"Pilot":	"Cuchillo":	"Radical":	"Pamilya":	"Octane":	"Imposters":	"Homecoming":	"Miracle":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent
"Blindspots":	"Seizure":	"K-Town":	"Contamination":	"Fences":	"Ghosts":	"Crews":	"Payback":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent
"Armory":	"Patrol":	"Source":	"Vendetta":	"Hunted":	"Hoax":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 2 (2/23)
"Shaky Town":	"Gasoline Drum":	"Fire and Smoke":	"Saving Face":	"S.O.S.":	"Never Again":	"Inheritance":	"The Tiffany Experience":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears
"Day Off":	"1000 Joules":	"School":	"Los Huesos":	"Encore":	"The B-Team":	"Fallen":	"Pride":
Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Jack":	"Cash Flow":	"Invisible":	"Rocket Fuel":	"Day of Dread":	"Trigger Creep":	"Kangaroo":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 3 (4/21)
"Fire in the Sky":	"Bad Faith":	"Funny Money":	"Immunity":	"The LBC":	"Kingdom":	"Track":	"Lion's Den":
Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Sea Legs":	"Monster":	"Bad Cop":	"Good Cop":	"Ekitai Rashku":	"Animus":	"Knockout":	"Gunpowder Treason":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Hotel L.A.":	"Stigma":	"Vice":	"Wild Ones":	"Diablo":
Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Appears

S.W.A.T.: Season 4 (2/18)
"3 Seventeen Year Olds":	"Stakeout":	"The Black Hand Man":	"Memento Mori":	"Fracture":	"Hopeless Sinner":	"Under Fire":	"Crusade":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Next of Kin":	"Buried":	"Positive Thinking":	"U-Turn":	"Sins of the Fathers":	"Reckoning":	"Local Heroes":	"Lockdown":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Whistleblower":	"Veritas Vincint":
Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 5 (2/22)
"Vagabundo":	"Madrugada":	"27 David":	"Sentinel":	"West Coast Offense":	"Crisis Actor":	"Keep the Faith":	"Safe House":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Survive":	"Three Guns":	"Old School Cool":	"Provenance":	"Short Fuse":	"Albatross":	"Donor":	"The Fugitive":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent
"Cry Foul":	"Family":	"Incoming":	"Quandary":	"Zodiac":	"Farewell":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 6 (1/22)
"Thai Hard":	"Thai Another Day":	"Woah Black Betty":	"Maniak":	"Unraveling":	"Checkmate":	"Sequel":	"Guacaine":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Pariah":	"Witness":	"Atonement":	"Addicted":	"Lion's Share":	"Gut Punch":	"To Protect and to Serve":	"Blowback":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Stockholm":	"Genesis":	"Bunkies":	"All That Glitters":	"Forget Shorty":	"Legacy":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 7 (1/13)
"The Promise":	"Peace Talks":	"Good for Nothing":	"Spare Parts":	"End of the Road":	"Escape":	"Last Call":	"Family Man":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Honeytrap":	"SNAFU":	"Whispers":	"Allegiance":	"Twenty Squad":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

S.W.A.T.: Season 8 (1/22)
"Vanished":	"Gang Unit":	"Life":	"The Sepulveda Protocol":	"Human Interest":	"Hot Button":	"Home":	"Left of Boom":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Open Season":	"The Heights":	"AMBER":	"Deep Cover":	"High Ground":	"The Santa Clara:"	"Hostages"	"Hail Mary"
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"The Enemy Within"	"Exploited"	"Run to Ground"	"Devil Dog"	"Ride or Die"	"Return to Base"
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent