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MI-5 Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2009 - 2009
In the fifth season of the British espionage thriller, Harry Pearce and Adam Carter begin to suspect that members of the British establishment are creating a crisis in order to bring about a change of government. In the opening episodes Juliet Shaw encounters a car bomb, and her life is changed forever. Plus we meet former MI-5, turned MI-6 officer Ros Myers (Hermione Norris), who discovers a shocking family connection to the season's game-changing conspiracy.
Episode 1
Gas and Oil
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 50 mins
Part 1 of 2. Season 5 opens with a terror attack on a gas-and-oil depot that leads the team to discover a plot to destabilize the government that's been masterminded by British businessmen and politicians.
Episode 2
Gas and Oil
Mon, Sep 18, 2006 50 mins
Conclusion. The prime minister prepares to announce a dictatorship. In other events, a car bomb injures Juliet; Harry is taken prisoner; and Malcolm and Ruth discover important information about Ros' father.
Episode 3
The Cell
Mon, Sep 25, 2006 50 mins
Zaf infiltrates a British Al Qaeda cell in order to turn one of the members and learns that it's plotting a bomb attack in London.
Episode 4
World Trade
Thu, Nov 12, 2009 50 mins
An assassination threat against an African leader at a WTO conference in Britain is dealt with.
Episode 5
The Message
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 50 mins
Ruth finds herself on the wrong end of an investigation after witnessing a man commit suicide; Harry directs the team to investigate a fire at Cotterdam Prison that killed seven terror suspects.
Episode 6
Hostage Takers
Sun, Nov 29, 2009 50 mins
Part 1 of 2. A government deal with Saudi Arabia to trade nuclear technology for a guaranteed oil supply may be jeopardized by a Saudi prince with possible ties to Al Qaeda. To ferret out the truth, Ros goes undercover with the royal family, but the plan is short-circuited when the Saudi embassy is stormed and she's taken hostage.
Episode 7
Hostage Takers
Mon, Oct 23, 2006 50 mins
Conclusion. The terrorists, who count Ros among their hostages at the Saudi embassy, demand that the Saudi king release Al Qaeda prisoners. Meanwhile, MI-5 realizes that an informant is in its midst and tries to figure out who it is.
Episode 8
Agenda
Thu, Dec 10, 2009 50 mins
An extremist Christian group that's targeting Muslims draws the interest of MI-5 and Mossad.
Episode 9
The Criminal
Thu, Dec 17, 2009 50 mins
MI-5 protects a witness from the associates of a Serbian war criminal, who's on trial. One of the associates is an MI-6 traitor (Alec Newman) who was once Adam's good friend.
Episode 10
Aftermath
Thu, Dec 24, 2009 50 mins
The Season 5 finale finds an environmental-terrorist group taking control of the Thames Barrier and threatening to flood London unless the government releases a top-secret document.
