Episodes
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2012
Robert Jeffery loses his entire drug business in a fire. In order to pay off his supplier, he robs a bank but is arrested. He escapes from jail and survives by dealing drugs and pulling scams until he meets a woman and moves to the suburbs. But soon the FBI finds him and corners him at a busy subway station.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2012
After killing his step-mom and three young brothers, James Wiley is given a life sentence. He escapes into the Wyoming wilderness and hides under the wheel of a big rig, holding on for dear life as the truck heads down the highway. He calls a friend for help at a rest area but gets caught and sent back to prison.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2012
Nicholas Johnson is a teenage robber terrorizing the streets of Portland, Oregon. After getting caught, he plans an elaborate escape and slips past the prison's high-level security system. With the help of his family, Johnson stays hidden from the law until a tip leads police right to his whereabouts.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: May 2, 2012
Jerry Wright builds a booming meth business in the Tennessee hills until his makeshift lab blows up. During a fight over money, Wright kills a man and runs to his sister's in Ohio but gets caught. He escapes from prison but can't handle the stress of being a fugitive. He is soon captured and sent back to jail.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: May 9, 2012
Mark and Maverick Maher are teenage punks who form their own militia -- a band of youths who rob houses and break into cars. After sending a threatening audiotape to police, they go on the run, living in the Florida swamps and eventually leading police on a lengthy chase through an upscale neighborhood.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: May 16, 2012
William Alderman robs to support his girlfriend and her 3-year-old daughter. The trio heads to Idaho, breaking into vacation homes and using the little girl to help carry out the crimes. During a botched robbery, a man is killed and the family runs but gets caught during a takedown at a roadside motel.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: May 23, 2012
David Harden is a clean-cut businessman living a double life as a burglar. His drug habit forces him to commit more daring crimes until he gets caught. He runs to Costa Rica, pulling scams until a friend turns on him. After getting deported, he sneaks out of prison hidden in a trash bin to live as a fugitive.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: May 30, 2012
Patsy Jones is the leader of a band of thieves, targeting tourists leaving the Miami airport by robbing and carjacking them at gunpoint. One night, a tourist fails to stop and Jones shoots and kills him. She hides in an abandoned apartment until the intense manhunt leads the police right to her doorstep.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2012
Jeremy Woods is a con-artist with a love for violence. He convinces his girlfriend to forge bad checks and murders her and her son so he can walk away a free man. He flees to New Orleans but is arrested on unrelated charges and confesses to the murder.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2012
John Ditullio Jr. is a fugitive wanted for assault who joins the American Nazi Party. He's so devoted to the cause that he kills a neighbor who he feels is an enemy of the white race. In a rage fit, he beats a homeless man to death. After a tense fight, he is captured and now serves time in FL.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2012
Two stories of fugitives determined to evade capture. First, serial robber Roy Betts accidentally shoots a man and launches a statewide manhunt to find and arrest him. Next, Donna Schatz goes on the run after carrying out a violent vendetta on her ex.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2012
Two men become fugitives from the law. First, Howard murders a man and flees to New York, where he plots a daring escape. Then, Brendan breaks out of jail by overpowering a guard. When his mother is arrested for helping him, the chase is on.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2012
Two stories of fugitives on the run. First, a scam artist cons aspiring artists out of millions. But when one victim demands justice, a high-profile manhunt ensues. Then, a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde elude police until a slip-up leads to their doorstep.
Specials
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Oct 2, 2012
The transgressions of elusive criminals Dennis Wayne Hope, William Van Poyck and Kenneth "Speedy" Raulerson are detailed.