Police Story — Season 5
Dared to be different.
About this season
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Episodes (10)
1. Trigger Point
Aired 27 September 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
Aired 9 November 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
Aired 14 January 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
Aired 4 March 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
Aired 19 March 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
Aired 30 April 1978 • 120 min
A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.
7. A Chance to Live
Aired 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
Aired 23 May 1979 • 120 min
Police detectives investigate the shotgun shooting of a police officer.
9. Confessions of a Lady Cop
Aired 2 April 1980 • 120 min
Career and personal pressures bring a vice investigator to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
10. The Freeway Killings
Aired 3 May 1987
Police officers deal with personal and professional dilemmas as they search Los Angeles for a highway killer.