S5E1 - The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.
Sept. 22, 1974, midnight
S5E2 - The Gang That Stole Manhattan
McCloud is assigned to a film shoot, and suspects the production is a front.
Oct. 13, 1974, midnight
S5E3 - Shivaree on Delancy Street
A black gang infiltrating a white ethnic gang's numbers racket makes four very big mistakes, in ascending order of importance: robbing and killing a pickup man for his bets and the numbers; shooting Broadhurst (knocking him out of the episode after the first scene) when he tries to interfere; framing the unconscious Broadhurst for skimming money from the numbers runners; and depriving a VERY well-connected Jewish tailor of his winnings.
Nov. 3, 1974, midnight
S5E4 - The 42nd Street Cavalry
McCloud's lackluster assignments make him grouse, so Chief Clifford sends him to the Mounted Unit. A fence sets up a munitions theft at a National Guard Armory (USMC) for a revolutionary group, and the cavalry is on its way.
Nov. 17, 1974, midnight
S5E5 - The Concrete Jungle Caper
The international drug trade and a dealer named Harry Hague have McCloud undercover and in prison to root out the Rhigas family of distributors.
Nov. 24, 1974, midnight
S5E6 - The Man with the Golden Hat
After hanging his Stetson in a diner one night, McCloud is stymied by various attempts to relieve him of it. His clues lead to a ballet company on the verge of folding, and a philanthropic foundation with millions of dollars missing from its account books.
Jan. 12, 1975, midnight
S5E7 - Lady on the Run
A woman pursues the hit man who killed her sister, and in Mexico City is pursued herself.
Jan. 26, 1975, midnight
S5E8 - Sharks!
Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.
Feb. 23, 1975, midnight
S5E9 - Return to the Alamo
In the second "Alamo" episode, Phyllis Norton, in her last appearance, takes over the station when Chief Clifford catches the flu, a thief kidnaps Broadhurst in order to swap him for the thief's brother, a drug-addicted mother kidnaps her addicted newborn daughter - and a time bomb ticks in the squad room ceiling.
March 30, 1975, midnight