I (Almost) Got Away With It: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of I (Almost) Got Away With It Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Got to Hide Out in Suburbia
Apr 11, 2012
Robert Jeffery loses his entire drug business in a fire. In order to pay off his supplier, he robs a bank but is arrested. He escapes from jail and survives by dealing drugs and pu
Got to Murder My Own Family
Apr 18, 2012
After killing his step-mom and three young brothers, James Wiley is given a life sentence. He escapes into the Wyoming wilderness and hides under the wheel of a big rig, holding on
Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom
Apr 24, 2012
Nicholas Johnson is a teenage robber terrorizing the streets of Portland, Oregon. After getting caught, he plans an elaborate escape and slips past the prison’s high-level security
Got to Build a Meth Lab
May 2, 2012
Jerry Wright builds a booming meth business in the Tennessee hills until his makeshift lab blows up. During a fight over money, Wright kills a man and runs to his sister’s in Ohio
Got to Run with My Brother
May 9, 2012
Mark and Maverick Maher are teenage punks who form their own militia -- a band of youths who rob houses and break into cars. After sending a threatening audio tape to police, they
Got to Break Into Vacation Homes
May 16, 2012
William Alderman robs to support his girlfriend and her 3-year-old daughter. The trio heads to Idaho, breaking into vacation homes and using the little girl to help carry out the c
Got to Run to Costa Rica
May 23, 2012
David Harden is a clean-cut businessman living a double life as a burglar. His drug habit forces him to commit more daring crimes until he gets caught. He runs to Costa Rica, pulli
Got to Prey on Tourists
May 30, 2012
Patsy Jones is the leader of a band of thieves, targeting tourists leaving the Miami airport by robbing and carjacking them at gunpoint. One night, a tourist fails to stop and Jone
Got to Make You A Superstar
Jul 31, 2012
Two stories of fugitives on the run. First, a scam artist cons aspiring artists out of millions. But when one victim demands justice, a high-profile manhunt ensues. Then, a modern