Police Rescue: 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 Police Rescue 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
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Ultimate
Sep 20, 1996 · 50 min
Three new recruits have joined Rescue, but only two can stay, a situation that creates some tension between the three as they compete for the two open spots. Mickey faces a new set
Nobby's Place
Sep 27, 1996 · 50 min
Mickey tries to get a stubborn old fisherman to stop fishing in a dangerous location; later, Mickey sees a physchiatrist after he suffers a panic attack during a rescue. At school,
The Getting of Wisdom
Oct 4, 1996 · 50 min
Several members of the squad, especially Angel, are having trouble with new Rescue member Joe whose risk taking and care-free attitude has placed his career in jeopardy. Inspector
The River
Oct 11, 1996 · 50 min
A plane with a father and son crashes in the mountains. A search party is organised but the search is further complicated when Angel becomes lost as well.
The Ship
Oct 18, 1996 · 50 min
There has been an explosion on a ship and several men are trapped. The job of rescuing the injured crewmen is made more difficult when the squad finds evidence of a bomb and find t
Flash the Descent
Oct 25, 1996 · 50 min
A brother and sister are climbing a dangerous rock face. When the brother falls, the sister takes on all his weight. Georgia and a local expert climber work to rescue them. Joe and
The Holliman Kid
Nov 1, 1996 · 50 min
Not long after the Holliman family has won three million dollars in the lottery, their daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom prompting Sydney's entire police service to be mobi
Tomorrow Never Knows
Nov 8, 1996 · 50 min
After a heroic rescue from the top of Centrepoint Tower, Angel and Tracey arrive at the scene of a car accident to find his brother Con injured and his other brother Paulie dead. T
The Only Constant
Nov 22, 1996 · 50 min
Several members of the squad are rethinking their future. Will they stay or leave Rescue? How will it all end? Mickey has the dirty task of rescuing a man from a chimney. Angel is