Police Story: 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 Story 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
Trigger Point
Sep 27, 1977 · 120 min
Veteran Sergeant Wilson can't escape the burdens of being mother hen to, among others, a green lieutenant, an alcoholic superior, and an officer who's becoming dangerously paranoid
Stigma
Nov 9, 1977 · 120 min
Manny Mandell, involved in a shootout with a fleeing felon in which his partner is fatally wounded, receives a Police Department medal as a result. The survivor's guilt is bad enou
River of Promises
Jan 14, 1978 · 120 min
Policeman Miguel Rataza works in area where illegal Hispanics encounter difficulties. Going undercover regarding green card scams and protesting unsafe conditions he finds himself
Day of Terror, Night of Fear
Mar 4, 1978 · 120 min
Officer Ron Tice engages hostage-taker Richey Neptune in protracted negotiations, a task complicated by the fact that one of the five hostages is the Deputy Chief's daughter-in-law
The Broken Badge
Mar 19, 1978 · 120 min
IA Sergeants Bivins and Petrelli investigate the fatal shooting of a prostitute by a veteran beat cop with a history of bending the rules. The cop is then convicted and sent to the
No Margin for Error
Apr 30, 1978 · 120 min
A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.
A Chance to Live
May 28, 1978 · 120 min
The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.
A Cry for Justice
May 23, 1979 · 120 min
Police detectives investigate the shotgun shooting of a police officer.
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Apr 2, 1980 · 120 min
Career and personal pressures bring a vice investigator to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
The Freeway Killings
May 3, 1987
Police officers deal with personal and professional dilemmas as they search Los Angeles for a highway killer.