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1st & Ten Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
The Book According to Zagreb
Wed, Oct 11, 198926 mins
Zagreb releases a book revealing the truth surrounding the Bulls' various questionable adventures, depicting the team and team culture in a shady light, and fueling divisions between the normally civil roster.
Episode 2
The Con
Wed, Oct 18, 198924 mins
The Bulls take a chance on a rehabilitated convict in prison, inviting him to potentially become the team's starting quarterback, and, in the process, inviting a wave of criticism and controversy from the players and administration alike.
Episode 3
False Start
Wed, Oct 25, 198924 mins
A mysterious woman enters T.D.'s life with a lot of troubling and unforeseen baggage, while Johnny Gunn finds himself in the middle of a testy situation after Westwood schedules him for a surgery without his consent. Dr. Death is caught in the middle of a miscommunication involving a gay billionaire.
Episode 4
Mind Games
Wed, Nov 1, 198927 mins
The Bulls take a gamble on a flashy young player whose father insists on being a personal sideline coach to the young star, inevitably leading to friction between the father and head coach. Questions arise concerning the team's ability to function. Dr. Death is caught in a trance by a mysterious cult that's focused on transforming him into a pacifistic purveyor of peace and love.
Episode 5
Love and Marriage
Wed, Nov 8, 198927 mins
A romance begins to bud between T.D. and Kristy, but personal and professional issues convolute the situation and make it feel that much more forbidden to the two. In fact it seems like most every player on the roster is struggling with their own respective dating issues, with amplifying courtships causing confusion and frustration for everyone involved.
Episode 6
Clean and Sober
Wed, Nov 15, 198926 mins
Billy Cooper finds himself, and by proxy, the entire Bulls Organization, in a swarm of trouble and bad publicity after a drunken driving incident leaves his companion in critical condition. Ernie finds himself adjacently entangled in some drama of his own when his ex-wife reappears out of the blue.
Episode 7
Blood Money
Wed, Nov 22, 198924 mins
The Bulls are buried beneath an insurmountable scandal involving a star player allegedly receiving bounty incentives for knocking out opponents for a hefty financial sum. Westwood does everything in his power to keep his name clean and avoid any and all implications of involvement, or worse: direct responsibility.
Episode 8
Vindication
Wed, Dec 6, 198923 mins
Some of the Bulls players take a gaggle of beautiful women to a house in the woods, though the premises appears to be more harrowing than originally anticipated. With the atmosphere and surroundings giving off a vibe of impending doom, the players realize that they're in over their heads in the remote forest.
Episode 9
Gunn and Bullette
Wed, Dec 13, 198926 mins
While Westwood skates on thin ice over an accusation of sexual assault and the existence of embarrassing photographs of himself, Johnny Gunn attempts to begin a relationship with a stripper who has an unhealthy relationship with her manager.
Episode 10
Heaven Help Me
Wed, Dec 20, 198924 mins
The Bulls administration is getting fed up with questionable and shady referee calls against their team, which come at an especially inconvenient time with the playoffs creeping down their necks.
Episode 11
Surprise, Surprise
Wed, Dec 27, 198922 mins
Johnny Gunn suffers an injury in a careless accident during practice and jeopardizes the entire season for the team, further adding to Kristy's pile of grievances. Making matters worse is her estranged husband's gambling addiction, which takes a toll on both the play calling and their already tumultuous relationship.
Episode 12
All's Fair in Love and Football
Wed, Jan 10, 199022 mins
T.D.'s son finds himself in a heap of danger after he gets involved with small-time gangsters to support his drug habit, bringing Ernie down with him. Though Ernie initially attempts to rehabilitate the kid and help him out of the perilous predicament, he is ultimately stabbed in the back and robbed by the gangsters from whom he helped the kid separate himself.
Episode 13
Earn This One for Ernie
Wed, Jan 17, 199025 mins
An especially prank-happy Bulls team takes their festivities too far, causing pandemonium and paranoia throughout the roster and administration. It gets so perpetual that Coach Denardo considers retiring to become a broadcaster, while the players themselves become more reckless and prone to being embarrassed by anyone they encounter.
Episode 14
Who Stole Johnny Gunn?
Wed, Jan 24, 199022 mins
Jonny Gunn is kidnapped and held hostage for ransom, leading to team-wide turmoil and national uncertainty as to whether the young and rising star will make it to the approaching championship alive. But where on Earth could he be?