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The Fall Guy: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 1985 Updated Oct 4, 2026
Previously on The Fall Guy

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Fall Guy Season 4.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (1): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Dead Ringer

Sep 26, 1985 · 47 min

Colt is sent after a jumper and then discovers his quarry has entered an Elvis Presley impersonator contest and merged with the crowd.

S5·E3 Core

Femme Fatale

Oct 10, 1985 · 47 min

Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.

S5·E4 Core

A Fistful of Lire

Oct 17, 1985 · 47 min

Colt has to protect an Italian village.

S5·E5 Core

The Life of Riley

Nov 30, 1985 · 47 min

When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he stumbles into a 'kidnapping for adoption' ring in Sacramento. Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his l

S5·E6 Core

October the Thirty Second

Dec 7, 1985 · 47 min

Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted mansion during a storm, of course.

S5·E7 Core

Seavers, Dead Or Alive

Dec 14, 1985 · 47 min

The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.

S5·E8 Core

Escape Claus

Dec 21, 1985 · 47 min

A fitting story for Christmas - Santa is arrested for freeing the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody wants a 'white' Christmas in spite of the current heat wave;

S5·E9 Filler

No Rms., Ocean Vu.

Jan 4, 1986 · 47 min

Colt is stranded on a desert isle with a spoiled socialite, who has a perfume company, after their plane is shot down by robbers.

S5·E10 Core

Miami's Nice

Jan 10, 1986 · 47 min

An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting. Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners.

S5·E11 Core

Reunion

Jan 17, 1986 · 47 min

One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.

S5·E12 Core

Trial By Fire

Jan 24, 1986 · 47 min

An old army buddy begs Colt to rescue one of the group that was betrayed years ago in Vietnam. He insists a recent photo shows the man as a POW even though everyone believes he is

S5·E13 Core

In His Shadow

Jan 31, 1986 · 47 min

A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.

S5·E14 Core

The Lucky Stiff

Feb 7, 1986 · 47 min

Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself - then wins the lottery.

S5·E15 Core

Beach Blanket Bounty

Feb 21, 1986 · 47 min

A severe earthquake rocks L.A. and Colt coincidentally is involved with a 'rock' group, who want $20,000, and an industrial.

S5·E16 Core

The Last Chance Platoon

Feb 28, 1986 · 47 min

Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.

S5·E17 Core

I Now Pronounce You ... Dead

Mar 7, 1986 · 47 min

Pearl wants Colt to grab the skip during his wedding, but one of his wives beats him to it. As his creditors chase him, more wives turn up.

S5·E18 Core

Two On a Skip

Mar 21, 1986 · 47 min

Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is taking too long and spending too much.

S5·E19 Core

The Lady in Green

Mar 28, 1986 · 47 min

An old actor who played "Silver Blade", a Zorro type crime fighter, in his earlier days, witnesses a murder and wants to go after the killer.

S5·E20 Core

Tag Team

Apr 4, 1986 · 47 min

Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them. They do come in handy in a pinch.

S5·E21 Mytharc

War On Wheels

Apr 11, 1986 · 47 min

A town was bought to become a reservoir, but one resident refuses to leave. His granddaughter wants to put him in a rest home. Howie has a remote 'out-of-control' tank. A gang of b

S5·E22 Mytharc

The Bigger They Are

May 2, 1986 · 47 min

A cop wants evidence against a club owner who sells pcp to kids.

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