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Southland Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2013 - 2013
In "Southland's" fifth and final season, John (Michael Cudlitz) is assigned a new trainee who is a veteran of the Afghanistan war. Lydia (Regina King) struggles to balance motherhood and her career. Sammy (Shawn Hatosy) faces a tough custody battle with his ex and becomes a tabloid sensation after a heroic act is captured on video. Ben (Ben McKenzie) finds romance while his partnership with Sammy comes to a head. John and Lucero (Anthony Ruivivar) are abducted--forcing John to face dark truths about his past--while Lydia hunts down their abductors.
Episode 1
Hats and Bats
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 60 mins
Season 5 opens with John at odds with his new trainee, a veteran from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Lydia tries to juggle motherhood and detective work; Ben associates with a shady band of cops; and Sammy gets caught up in a nightmarish custody battle.
Episode 2
Heat
Wed, Feb 20, 2013 60 mins
Ben investigates when Mendoza is injured in a drive-by incident. Meanwhile, Lydia probes the slaying of a female boxer's husband, and friction reaches the breaking point between John and Steele.
Episode 3
Babel
Wed, Feb 27, 2013 60 mins
LAPD's dispatch system breaks down. Meanwhile, Lydia contacts her old beau; John gets a new partner; Ben and Sammy's partnership is tested; and Ben finds romance on the job.
Episode 4
Under the Big Top
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 60 mins
Lydia pursues a killer who cooked a victim; John and Lucero bond as they respond to bizarre calls and challenges; Ben and Sammy track bank robbers.
Episode 5
Off Duty
Wed, Mar 13, 2013 60 mins
John mulls over the life he'll have once he leaves the LAPD; Lydia bonds with a man she sent to death row in the past; an annoyed Sammy becomes a tabloid celebrity in the wake of a heroic act; Ben makes a questionable decision while tracking a drug dealer.
Episode 6
Bleed Out
Wed, Mar 20, 2013 60 mins
The cops confront their greatest fears. Elsewhere, Lydia is shattered by the death of a baby; Sammy's altercation with Tammi is scrutinized; Cooper seeks comfort in Hicks; and Ben inches closer to Brooke all while continuing a relationship with Elena.
Episode 7
Heroes
Wed, Mar 27, 2013 60 mins
John desperately tries to save Hicks while facing dark truths from his past. Meanwhile, Sammy is haunted by a lie he told; Lydia and Ruben search for a John Doe; and Ben takes his relationship with Elena to the next level.
Episode 8
The Felix Paradox
Wed, Apr 3, 2013 60 mins
Gangsters emerge for the funeral of a high-level drug dealer, leading to chaos on the streets. Meanwhile, Lydia and Ruben unearth police corruption while probing a murder; Ben has suspicions about Sammy; John spirals deeper into loneliness.
Episode 9
Chaos
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 60 mins
Cooper and Lucero are kidnapped and held hostage, and all the cops are on the case in a desperate scramble to rescue them. Elsewhere, Ben deals with an increasingly erratic Brooke.
Episode 10
Reckoning
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 60 mins
John deals with fallout from his kidnapping in the Season 5 finale. Also: Sammy draws closer to robbers; and Lydia tracks John's kidnappers while becoming more intimate with an old friend.
