The BEST episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 5
Every episode of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 5, 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 5!
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 to Become a Neo-Nazi
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/13/2012
John Ditullio is wanted for assault charges and joins the American Nazi Party. In a rage fit he beats a homeless man to death and kills a neighbor who he feels is an enemy of the white race. After a tense fight, he is captured and now serves time in FL.
#2 - Got to Take Down My Ex-Boyfriend
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/20/2012
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.
#3 - Got to Prey on Tourists
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2012
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.
#4 - Got to Run to Costa Rica
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2012
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.
#5 - Got to Hide Out in Suburbia
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2012
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.
#6 - Got to Build a Meth Lab
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/2/2012
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.
#7 - Got to Murder My Own Family
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/2012
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.
#8 - Got to Make You A Superstar
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/31/2012
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 eludes police until a slip-up leads to their doorstep.
#9 - Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2012
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.
#10 - Got to Break Into Vacation Homes
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/2012
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.
#11 - Got to Make It in the Big Easy
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/6/2012
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.
#12 - Got to Run with My Brother
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/9/2012
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 audio tape to police, they go on the run, living in the Florida swamps and eventually leading police on a lengthy chase through an upscale neighborhood.
#13 - Got Hammered on a Sailboat
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/27/2012
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.