I (Almost) Got Away With It
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Season 5

Air Date

April 11, 2012

Episodes

13 episodes

I (Almost) Got Away With It

Season 5

Episodes

1. Got to Hide Out in Suburbia

April 11, 2012
45 min

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.

2. Got to Murder My Own Family

April 18, 2012
45 min

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.

3. Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom

April 24, 2012
45 min

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.

4. Got to Build a Meth Lab

May 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.

5. Got to Run with My Brother

May 9, 2012
45 min

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.

6. Got to Break Into Vacation Homes

May 16, 2012
45 min

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.

7. Got to Run to Costa Rica

May 23, 2012
45 min

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.

8. Got to Prey on Tourists

May 30, 2012
45 min

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.

9. Got to Make It in the Big Easy

June 6, 2012

10. Got to Become a Neo-Nazi

June 13, 2012

11. Got to Take Down My Ex-Boyfriend

June 20, 2012
45 min

12. Got Hammered on a Sailboat

June 27, 2012

13. Got to Make You A Superstar

July 31, 2012
45 min

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.