Season 5

1977 · 10 episodes · 18h 0m in all

1. Trigger Point
27 Sept 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.
2. Stigma
9 Nov 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 enough, but as a medal winner he finds the expectations overwhelming.
3. River of Promises
14 Jan 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 falling in love with Rosalie, an undocumented worker.
4. Day of Terror, Night of Fear
4 Mar 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.
5. The Broken Badge
19 Mar 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 same prison that holds some of the men he sent there.
6. No Margin for Error
30 Apr 1978 · 120 min
A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.
7. A Chance to Live
28 May 1978 · 120 min
The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.
8. A Cry for Justice
23 May 1979 · 120 min
Police detectives investigate the shotgun shooting of a police officer.
9. Confessions of a Lady Cop
2 Apr 1980 · 120 min
Career and personal pressures bring a vice investigator to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
10. The Freeway Killings
3 May 1987
Police officers deal with personal and professional dilemmas as they search Los Angeles for a highway killer.