Southland Season 5

Southland Season 5 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 217 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Ben McKenzie leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Southland Season 5 keeps coming up in conversation. Southland Season 5 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 5 of Southland includes 10 episodes. It aired from February 2013 to April 2013. This season stars Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz and Regina King. Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2013. What elevates Southland Season 5 is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Southland Season 5. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Ben McKenzie is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

🎬 Southland Season 5 — Episode Guide

Hats and Bats

2013-02-13

Officer John Cooper clashes with his new boot, Gary Steele, a vet from Afghanistan. Lydia struggles to balance detective work and motherhood. Ben Sherman falls in with a sketchy crowd of cops, while Sammy Bryant is trapped in a hellish custody battle with Tammi.

Heat

2013-02-20

After Mendoza is injured in a drive-by, Ben takes it upon himself to solve the case, much to Sammy's dismay. Lydia regains her footing as a detective while investigating the murder of a female boxer's husband. Tensions between Cooper and Steele finally come to a head during a traffic stop-gone-sidew...

Babel

2013-02-27

A breakdown in the LAPD's dispatch system makes a difficult job even harder for the cops, all of whom are already grappling with communication issues. Lydia, in a moment of weakness, reaches out to her old flame, Terrell. John is assigned a new partner; Ben and Sammy's partnership is strained just a...

Under the Big Top

2013-03-06

Lydia and Reuben track the killer of a man whose body was slow cooked down to the bone. John and Lucero settle into their new friendship during a day filled with strange calls. Ben and Sammy respond to an insane bank robbery in which the suspects throw cash out into the streets as they make their es...

Off Duty

2013-03-13

John is forced to think about what life will hold for him once he leaves the LAPD. Lydia connects with a man she sent to death row earlier in her career. Much to his chagrin, Sammy becomes a tabloid celebrity for the day after a very public act of heroism. Ben makes a dubious decision to get a drug ...

Bleed Out

2013-03-20

The day’s events bring all of our cops face to face with some of their greatest fears. The death of a baby shakes Lydia to her core. Sammy is questioned by I.A. about his altercation with Tammi. A difficult day on the job causes Cooper to seek solace in Hicks but finds none. Ben becomes more deeply ...

Heroes

2013-03-27

John takes drastic measures to try to save Hicks while being confronted with demons from his past. Sammy’s lie about the tape weighs heavily on his conscious. Lydia and Ruben track down a John Doe. Ben’s relationship with Elena becomes more serious.

The Felix Paradox

2013-04-03

The funeral of a major drug dealer brings gangsters of all kinds out of the woodwork, there is chaos in the streets but as our cops learn sometimes the greatest threats come from within. Lydia and Ruben investigate the drug related murder of Sgt. Hill’s son; they discover police corruption in the pr...

Chaos

2013-04-10

Chaos prevails in the city of angels when Cooper and Lucero are kidnapped and held hostage by a pair of tweakers. All of our cops join the frantic search to find their brothers in blue before it is too late. Sammy searches for Strokeface. Ben tries to throw Sammy off the trail while simultaneously d...

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Reckoning

2013-04-17

John copes with the aftermath of his kidnapping. Sammy closes in on the real robbers. Lydia continues to pursue John’s kidnappers and becomes more intimate with Russell.

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