The Best Episodes of Police Story Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(75 votes)

   #1 - Trigger Point

   S5:E19/27/1977

   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.

   Director:Jerry London

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jerry London

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.3/10(66 votes)

   #2 - A Chance to Live

   S5:E75/28/1978

   The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.

   Director:Corey Allen

   Writer:Larry Brody

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   Director:Corey Allen

   Writer:Larry Brody
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   8.1/10(44 votes)

   #3 - Day of Terror, Night of Fear

   S5:E43/4/1978

   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.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.0/10(49 votes)

   #4 - Stigma

   S5:E211/9/1977

   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.

   Director:Barry Shear

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Barry Shear

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.0/10(51 votes)

   #5 - The Broken Badge

   S5:E53/19/1978

   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.

   Director:Lee H. Katzin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lee H. Katzin

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   7.8/10(61 votes)

   #6 - No Margin for Error

   S5:E64/30/1978

   A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.3/10(42 votes)

   #7 - River of Promises

   S5:E31/14/1978

   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.

   Director:Lee H. Katzin

   Writer:Michael Mann

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   Director:Lee H. Katzin

   Writer:Michael Mann
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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #8 - A Cry for Justice

   S5:E85/23/1979

   Police detectives investigate the shotgun shooting of a police officer.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #9 - Confessions of a Lady Cop

   S5:E94/2/1980

   Career and personal pressures bring a vice investigator to the brink of a nervous breakdown.

   Director:Lee H. Katzin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lee H. Katzin

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Freeway Killings

    S5:E105/3/1987

    Police officers deal with personal and professional dilemmas as they search Los Angeles for a highway killer.

    Director:William A. Graham

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William A. Graham

    Writer:Unknown