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The Saint: Season 5

27 episodes Premiered Sep 30, 1966 Updated Oct 21, 2026
Previously on The Saint

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 Saint 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 (24): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

The Queen's Ransom

Sep 30, 1966 · 60 min

The Saint helps a disposed mid east ruler recover jewels needed to fund a counter coop.

S5·E2 Core

Interlude in Venice

Oct 7, 1966 · 60 min

The Saint gets involved in a gangsters revenge plot against a lawyer.

S5·E3 Core

The Russian Prisoner

Oct 14, 1966 · 60 min

A Russian Physicist wants to defect to the United States.

S5·E4 Core

The Reluctant Revolution

Oct 21, 1966 · 60 min

The Saint gets involved in a banana republic's revolution.

S5·E5 Core

The Helpful Pirate

Oct 28, 1966 · 60 min

A South American Dictator falls under the influence of a corrupt British scientist.

S5·E6 Core

The Convenient Monster

Nov 4, 1966 · 60 min

The Loch Ness Monster gets blamed for murders in Scotland.

S5·E7 Core

The Angel's Eye

Nov 11, 1966 · 60 min

In Amsterdam a respectable gem cutter denies ever seeing a diamond that was sent to him.

S5·E8 Core

The Man Who Liked Lions

Nov 18, 1966 · 60 min

Simon uncovers a strange cult that worships ancient Rome.

S5·E9 Core

The Better Mousetrap

Nov 25, 1966 · 60 min

It appears that Simon is involved in a Riviera jewel robbery.

S5·E10 Core

Little Girl Lost

Dec 2, 1966 · 60 min

Simon helps a girl who claims to be Hitler's daughter escape from Nazis.

S5·E11 Core

Paper Chase

Dec 9, 1966 · 60 min

A civil servant has defected with top secret files.

S5·E12 Core

Locate and Destroy

Dec 16, 1966 · 60 min

In South America, the Saint helps an Israeli agent capture a fugitive Nazi.

S5·E13 Core

Flight Plan

Dec 23, 1966 · 60 min

A nun in high heels has Simon involved with a VTOL plane theft that Simon has to learn to fly very quickly.

S5·E14 Core

Escape Route

Dec 30, 1966 · 60 min

Simon gets himself put in jail to infiltrate a gang specializing in jail breaks.

S5·E15 Core

The Persistent Patriots

Jan 6, 1967 · 60 min

Simon investigates an assignation attempt against the prime minister of a British colony.

S5·E16 Core

The Fast Women

Jan 13, 1967 · 60 min

Simon investigates murder attempt on female race car driver.

S5·E17 Core

The Death Game

Jan 20, 1967 · 60 min

Simon tries to stop an alliance between a crime ring and psychology students who plan murders.

S5·E18 Core

The Art Collectors

Jan 27, 1967 · 60 min

Simon meets several people who are after 3 lost Da Vinci's.

S5·E19 Core

To Kill a Saint

Feb 24, 1967 · 60 min

After an attempted assassination Simon tries to find out who has a contract out on him.

S5·E21 Core

Simon and Delilah

Mar 24, 1967 · 60 min

A hated movie queen and her co-star are kidnapped.

S5·E22 Core

Island of Chance

Apr 7, 1967 · 60 min

Simon journeys to the West Indies to find the murderer of an old friend.

S5·E23 Core

The Gadget Lovers

Apr 21, 1967 · 60 min

Simon joins up with Russian agent in finding agent killer.

S5·E24 Core

A Double in Diamonds

May 5, 1967 · 60 min

Simon is led into a plot to steal a necklace while investigating the murder of a jeweler.

S5·E25 Core

The Power Artists

May 19, 1967 · 60 min

Simon gets framed for murder after a visit to an artist's studio.

S5·E26 Mytharc

When Spring Is Sprung

Jun 2, 1967 · 60 min

A pretty girl lures Simon into a plot to free a Soviet spy, who is waiting trail in London.

S5·E27 Mytharc

The Gadic Collection

Jun 22, 1967 · 60 min

The Gadic collection is the priceless centrepiece of an art exhibition at the Museum in Turkey, and several groups of people want it. Most notably, the wealthy art collector, Turin

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