The BEST episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 1
Every episode of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 1!
For these perpetrators, their stories may be different, but their motives are always the same: to stay out of prison. The people profiled in this series evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture. Learn what pushed these individuals to their crimes, how they stayed one step ahead of the police and managed to evade the law -- at least for a while.
#1 - Got Remarried
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2010
During the heat of an argument, Michael McGuffey shot his wife in the head. With help from his mother, he flees to Mexico. The FBI is able to find Michael by tracing his bank records.
#2 - Got a Gun Made of Toilet Paper
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2010
Kerry Silvers was facing 55 years in the slammer for robbery and battery, so he decided to escape. Along with two other prisoners they overpowered a few guards and were able to calmly walk out of prison.
#3 - Got Caught In The Shower
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2010
Richard Garber thinks he has gotten away with murder, after he bludgeons a neighbor to death. But when he becomes the lead suspect in the case, Garber hits the road spending 8 months dodging the Feds and sneaking cash from his girlfriend.
#4 - Got Two Homes In Mexico
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2010
Gonzolo Martinez is a 17-year old gang member, sentenced to 48 years in prison. A chance arises, and Martinez escapes to Mexico and becomes a drug dealer. Only when Martinez tries to cross the border, do the feds get their chance to capture him.
#5 - Got to Rob Banks
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2010
Joe Loya is a professional bank robber, addicted to the adrenaline of power. After 13 months of successful robberies, Loya's luck runs out when one robbery goes wrong. It's the latest in bank technology that leads investigators to Loya and ends his spree.
#6 - Got Revenge
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2010
Marshall Brown was 19 when he committed his first contract killing. A drug dealer put a hit out on Horace Morrison. Brown was soon convicted and spent the next 19 years in prison planning his escape. This is the story of his life on the run.
#7 - Got to Sing Karaoke
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2010
Joe Crouch wakes up one morning, and after 40 years of marriage, shoots his wife while she sleeps. He flees to Florida and embraces his fugitive life. He funds his hobbies by robbing banks. It is his love of karoake that gets him caught.
#8 - Got the Wrong 4 People Killed
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2010
Scott Burnside hires a hit man to kill a friend's wife. But when the hit goes wrong, and four people are found murdered, Burnside flees to a remote island. On the run, Scott is unable to adjust to his lonely life. His family ties tip the Feds.
#9 - Got a Video Rental Store
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2010
In 1975, Michael Brown killed Richard Sullivan during a robbery. Brown was convicted, and while in prison married a woman named Donna. He soon escaped so they could start a new life together. They lived for more than 15 years without incident.
#10 - Got No Fingerprints
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2010
Jerry Bowen fled before sentencing of the murder of Brenda Breckenridge. Bowen erased his fingerprints with acid and befriended homeless men to assume their identities. After 7 yrs, detectives were able to find enough remaining prints to declare a match.
#11 - Got to Go to Canada
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/23/2010
Scott Freeburg has been in and out of prison his whole life. So when a drug deal goes wrong, Scott Freeburg runs to Canada.But soon Scott is back in the gang life. And the Canadian police quickly ID him by his tattoos and extradite him back to the U.S.
#12 - Got Dumped
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2010
The main suspect in the murder of a pregnant ex-girlfriend, and wanted for the shooting of a current one, Michael Alfonso is a jealous boyfriend who time and again turns to violence. It is Alfonso's criminal lifestyle that gets him caught.
#13 - Got To Get Bike Parts
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/2010
In central Florida in 1991, Marvin Carson settled an argument with rival gang member Richard Hawk by shooting him repeatedly with an AK47. Carson then went on the run. But when he returned to his home town, police were tipped.