Season 5

Sep 30, 1976
24 Episodes
TMDB
58%

Episodes

1

The Thrill Killers (1)

Sep 30, 1976
60 min
60%

Misguided radicals take a jury hostage in a case where corrupt "movement leaders" are being tried for murder.

2

The Thrill Killers (2)

Oct 7, 1976
60 min
60%

Mike and Inspector Dan Robbins make a last-ditch effort to save the jury from execution at the hands of the radicals.

3

Dead or Alive

Oct 21, 1976
60 min
55%

A man offers a $1,000,000 reward for the capture -- dead or alive -- of the man who raped and murdered his daughter, throwing the city into greed-fueled chaos.

4

The Drop

Oct 28, 1976
60 min
55%

Mike thinks he's a murder target when a kidnapper specifies that he deliver the ransom money.

5

No Minor Vices

Nov 4, 1976
60 min
65%

A nice, normal 16-year-old hooker keeps having her johns turn up dead; Dan is particularly horrified by the case.

6

In Case of Madness

Nov 11, 1976
60 min
80%

A music producer turns up dead; a popular singer he was producing an album for is convinced that he is going insane and killed the producer, but the truth is stranger.

7

Till Death Do Us Part

Nov 18, 1976
60 min
55%

Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.

8

Child of Anger

Dec 2, 1976
60 min
55%

A clothing designer finds herself on the front page after her daughter confesses to the murder of her latest fling. Stone and Robbins realize the girl's really a witness and not a murderer.

9

Hot Dog

Dec 9, 1976
60 min
40%

Inpector Stone and Robbins go after a gang of thieves who use motor cycles to make their get away.

10

Castle of Fear

Dec 23, 1976
60 min
70%

A man who has been tormented by mysterious, threatening phone calls believes that his stalker has entered his property, and shoots him. Unfortunately for the man, his victim was a totally innocent cop...

11

One Last Trick

Jan 6, 1977
60 min
35%

A former prostitute goes back to work to smoke out the murderer of another prostitute.

12

Monkey is Back

Jan 13, 1977
60 min
50%

As a dare to try to win a spot among a gang of high school thugs in the 1950's, Charley Belasco commits a crime that sends him to prison for 20 years. Upon his release, he goes on a murderous rampage to hunt down the the high school thugs who spurned him.

13

The Cannibals

Jan 20, 1977
60 min
45%

A mobster's son steals loot from his father and seeks protection from federal authorities in exchange for being a material witness against his father.

14

Who Killed Helen French?

Feb 3, 1977
60 min
75%

An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

15

A Good Cop...But

Feb 10, 1977
60 min
55%

A cop-killer's henchmen hunt the only witnesses to his crime, an officer and an informer.

16

Hang Tough

Feb 17, 1977
60 min
45%

A narcotics cop who has only four months to go 'til retirement roughs up a drug pusher and plants a knife on him. Meanwhile, an operation begins to uncover the "Tucson connection," a major drug ring operating in San Francisco.

17

Innocent No More

Feb 24, 1977
60 min
50%

Mike pushes to get teen gang members, who have made a mockery of the juvenile court, tried as adults.

18

Once a Con

Mar 3, 1977
60 min
55%

When a female college student is killed on campus, suspicion falls on a prison inmate allowed temporary release to work in the college's print-shop.

19

Interlude

Apr 28, 1977
60 min
45%

Refusing to believe he murdered his wife, a man escapes from an institution for the criminally insane to find her.

20

Dead Lift

May 5, 1977
60 min
80%

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.

21

Breakup

May 12, 1977
60 min
45%

An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con.

22

Let's Pretend We're Strangers

May 19, 1977
60 min
70%

A public defender is convinced that a young man (Wheeler) accused of murder, is innocent. Stone and Robbins are not convinced.

23

Time Out

Jun 2, 1977
60 min
80%

A San Quentin prison guard tries to hunt down the criminals who escaped while under his guard.

24

The Canine Collar

Jun 9, 1977
60 min
77%

Mike and Dan pursue a smuggler who will stop at nothing to locate a dog collar containing stolen diamonds.