8.7/108 votes#1 - Answering the Call
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2021
Emergency medical responders on the New Orleans night shift race to save victims of a drive-by shooting and a serious car accident, all against the backdrop of the continuing pandemic.
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#2 - Night Lessons
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2021
EMS responders face an unpredictable night of crises including a violent facial attack, a high school football injury, and a heroin addict's emotional vow to get clean.
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- 8.6/107 votes
#3 - The Great Unknown
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2021
The unexpected reigns in the city of New Orleans as EMS responders answer calls about a child shooting, a multiple-vehicle car accident, a reported suicide attempt, and a veteran struggling with a drug overdose.
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#4 - A Light in the Darkness
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2021
With COVID-19 raging across the city, the New Orleans EMS responders face a series of crises that include a vehicle rollover from a police pursuit, a victim with close-range gunshot wounds, and a race to save a woman in respiratory distress.
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#5 - Heartbeat of the City
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2021
EMS first responders keep their cool and maintain their spirits as they face a series of challenges across New Orleans, including a shooting and stabbing victim and a woman whose slot machine experience takes a bizarre turn.
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#6 - Circle of Life
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2021
Family matters take center stage as one EMT technician prepares for the birth of his child, two others prepare for an emergency delivery, and a host of challenges include an injured driver and his trapped dog, a domestic violence victim, and a young boy plagued by seizures.
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#7 - The Fire Within
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2021
A young man is shot down while walking home and rumors swirl about who could have wanted him dead.
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#8 - Heart and Soul
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2021
An EMS captain juggles the challenges and rewards of being a wife and mother of twins with the never-ending drama of the job; the shift includes a bloody car accident, a major apartment fire and multiple victims struggling to breathe
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#9 - Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2021
New Orleans first responders battle freezing temperatures as they treat a driver trapped after a serious car accident, a man hit by a streetcar, a delirious patient who doesn't want to part with his dog, and a woman with a surprisingly poignant backstory.
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - The Big Not-So-Easy
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2021
The EMT team must band together to treat multiple major vehicle accidents, patients losing consciousness and facing breathing and heart ailments, and a woman who has been assaulted by her significant other.
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#11 - Keep Calm and Carry On
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2021
An EMT first responder juggles the joy of family with the pressures of the night shift, which includes a gunshot victim, a motorcyclist hit by a car, a man in custody, and a Vietnam veteran with a grisly finger injury.
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#12 - Drama Calls
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2021
The team faces a slew of dramatic nightshift calls including a pregnant woman who has been assaulted, a 4-year-old boy with abdominal pain, a gunshot victim, and a potentially devastating car accident involving the St. Charles trolley.
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Answering the Call" is the best rated episode of "Nightwatch" season 5. It scored 8.7/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/25/2021. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Night Lessons".