The Best Episodes of Homicide Season 5
Every episode of Homicide Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Homicide Season 5!
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Season 5 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Homicide" season 5 is "Mr. Smith", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Mr. Smith" aired on 1/30/1968 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Edge of Happiness".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Mr. Smith
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/1968
When a stripper called Lita is strangled, Homicide detectives search for the last person known to have seen her alive - a mysterious Mr. Smith. Another stripper, Trudy Wheeler, helps police with their investigation.
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NaN/10 0 votes#2 - Edge of Happiness
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/6/1968
An elderly man is murdered in his wheelchair and his wife, fearful for her own safety , asks their former nurse, Maggie Keating, for advice. Maggie, in turn, contacts her boyfriend, Det. Sgt. Mackay, for assistance.
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#3 - The Late Show
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/1968
The manager of a drive-in theatre disturbs a car thief at his home, and the thief retaliates by knocking him down with his own car, causing critical injuries. Investigations reveal there is more to the motive of the crime than was first apparent.
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#4 - The Heat's On
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/20/1968
Expert safe breaker Earl Tyrell is shot dead by a fellow gangster after organizing an ambitious robbery.
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#5 - Ring of Truth
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/1968
A girl is strangled after announcing her engagement to roadhouse proprietor Chris Anderson. Homicide detectives question three suspects, all with a motive for murder.
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#6 - Kangaroo Shoot
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/1968
Lew Hoskin is shot at and wounded while hunting kangaroos. Although Homicide detectives suspect attempted murder, Hoskin insists it was accidental.
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#7 - The Gauntlet Is Down
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/12/1968
A daring jewel robbery by three masked men leads to murder when witness Joe Martini attempts to stop them from escaping.
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#8 - A Vintage Year
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 3/19/1968
The body of ex-sideshow man James Munro is discovered in a creek, and police question a group of carnival folk camped on Munro's property.
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#9 - The Monday Girl
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/1968
When the body of go-go dancer Darlene Sadler is found at Beaumaris Beach, detectives discover that she had answered an advertisement to perform at a Melbourne club.
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#10 - Managing Director
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/1968
A seven year old boy is found strangled in a park, and detectives suspect teenager Phillip Wright, known to be the last person to see him alive.
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#11 - Free to Kill
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 4/9/1968
A hunt for two escapees from French Island Penal Settlement leads police to murder, blackmail and a savage attack on Det. Barnes.
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#12 - Delayed Action
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 4/16/1968
Two young people, lost in the bush, find a skeleton in a cave. Insp. Connolly interrupts his holiday to investigate the case, thinking that it could be connected with an unsolved bank robbery and murder.
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#13 - The Cold Horse Sings
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/23/1968
A garden party at Vincent Rowe's home ends suddenly when Rowe is shot at and wounded during an argument. Homicide detectives get a lead from singer Pamela Grey - a guest who witnessed the shooting.
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#14 - The Money Motive
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 4/30/1968
Vic Webster, formerly on the staff of business agent Ambrose Cook, is found shot dead in Cook's office. To avoid being implicated, Cook decides to hide the body in the bush.
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#15 - The Long Arm
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 5/7/1968
Jenny Radford is kidnapped on her way to school, and her parents are told by phone that they will not see her alive again unless they hand over $250,000 in cash. Detectives search for a green car, their only clue.
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#16 - The Strange Woman
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 6/25/1968
The body of model Helen Parkes is found on a beach. A shattered champagne glass gives detectives an important clue, and leads to three suspects. Model Jan Barlow, who was making a car commercial on the beach, later becomes involved in the murder.
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#17 - The Final Movement
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/21/1968
Radio store manager Ralph Nixon is shot dead while listening to the final movement of a concerto. Police suspect young soldier Andy Beckett, who accused Nixon of having an affair with his girlfriend, and who has since gone AWOL.
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#18 - Strictly in Confidence
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/28/1968
The body of a man dressed in a dinner jacket, black tie and a grotesque party mask is found in the pantry of an old home up for sale.
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#19 - The Swinging Sparrow
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 6/4/1968
A secretary finds she is pregnant to her former boss, Alan Booth. With her current boyfriend, she blackmails Booth, who is married, for $10,000. Then Booth is stabbed with a paper knife during an argument with his stepson, who says it was an accident. Later Booth is found stabbed to death in a car park, and four people are under suspicion: the secretary and her boyfriend, her father, and Booth's stepson.
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#20 - When Greek Meets Greek
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 6/11/1968
A well known Greek identity is critically injured when his car is blown up. Police inquiries lead them to cafe proprietor Con Lucas, who later receives a bomb threat. Police seek Johnny Patric, girlfriend of Con's daughter Helena Lucas, in connection with the attempted murder.
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#21 - The Pay Off
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 6/18/1968
Ken Morgan goes on a killing rampage after a youth has attacked his son, and comes face to face with Sen. Det. Hudson. After being forced to shoot Morgan, Sen. Det. Hudson decides he has had enough and leaves the Homicide squad.
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#22 - The Death Game
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 6/25/1968
A small girl riding a bicycle is killed by a hit-and-run car driver. For this case the Homicide team has the assistance of Det. Costello from Forensic.
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#23 - The Apprentice
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 7/2/1968
When Alf Stone, a cat burglar, falls to his death from a rooftop as he is being chased by Constable Midway, a witness tells Homicide detectives that Midway deliberately let him fall.
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#24 - Someone Up There
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 7/9/1968
A clairvoyant tells Lilian Galvin that her missing husband has been murdered. Two guests at the séance ask the police to investigate Galvin's disappearance.
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#25 - Hit, Run and Stop Dead
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 7/16/1968
After robbing diamond merchant Charles Pollen, two armed men are pursued by security guards, one of whom is shot and wounded. The Homicide team work on this case with Sgt. Bannister of the local CIB, who is an old adversary of Sgt. Mackay.
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