Loaded for Bear
Alaska State Troopers - S5 - E2
A man who recently escaped from a mental-health facility poses a threat in the Mat-Su Valley; an injured hiker is in need of rescue; hunters take more than their share of resources along Alaska's Inside Passage.
Alaska State Troopers: Season 5 - 17 Episode s
5x1 - Trail of Blood
September 15, 2013
Spring approaches and the Iditarod sled race heats up in the Season 5 opener. Also: Troopers go head-to-head with a suspicious man at a gas station; and a woman escapes an alleged abuser by running down the highway.
5x2 - Loaded for Bear
September 22, 2013
A man who recently escaped from a mental-health facility poses a threat in the Mat-Su Valley; an injured hiker is in need of rescue; hunters take more than their share of resources along Alaska's Inside Passage.
5x3 - Bear Aware
September 29, 2013
Troopers work through the spring to prevent bear attacks; a man chases campers with a knife; and two troopers track a wanted criminal to a suspicious-looking shed.
5x4 - Lock'N'Load Neighbors
October 6, 2013
An intoxicated man starts trouble with troopers in Butte; arrests are made after a fight in a Fairbanks hotel; an altercation between neighbors involves guns; and brown bears settle into a village dump.
5x5 - Smell of Death
October 13, 2013
Troopers search for a dead body near an abandoned campsite; a suspicious car crash might be linked to a dangerous perpetrator.
5x6 - Burglars & Bears
October 20, 2013
Troopers chase a getaway car containing a stolen firearm; campers are rescued from rivers.
5x7 - Hammered on the Holiday
November 3, 2013
A trooper searches for missing hunters. Also: an off-road chase; Independence Day celebrations.
5x8 - Carnival Chaos
November 24, 2013
Two wildlife troopers navigate their patrol boat out of troubled waters before a gale threatens to sink it.
5x9 - Wildest Calls
December 1, 2013
Two troopers find themselves in a showdown with a heavily-armed man who has barricaded himself inside a home. Also: Troopers respond to calls during the dead of winter.
5x10 - Battling Demons
December 1, 2013
A man beats a car's windshield with his bare hands; troopers respond to an arson call that turns into a knife and Taser fight; a trooper looks for teens who are poaching birds in migration.
5x11 - Frozen Justice
December 2, 2013
A trooper rushes to a fire to save a disabled man.
5x12 - Shotgun Standoff
December 8, 2013
A high-intensity situation unfolds when shots are fired at the Troopers. In Soldotna, Trooper Hunter Hull and Alaskan police are in a standoff with a man with a shotgun. The standoff escalates when the armed man fires right through the door! In Kenai, Trooper Maggie Stang is on a wildlife patrol near the salmon fisheries when she corners a group of fisherman illegally snagging fish. In Kodiak, a resident calls Troopers when she spots tourists wandering close to a family of brown bears.
5x13 - Guns, Cash, & Coke
April 10, 2014
Troopers track down a criminal who crashed his car into a hotel. Also: a bootlegger bust; a bear removal; a moose-protection service.
5x14 - Meth, Knives, & Spears
April 17, 2014
Officers conduct traffic stops to look for drugs before setting up decoys to catch illegal hunters. Later, they tangle with a drunken bicycler and a shady suspect.
5x15 - Burning Alaska
April 24, 2014
A trooper attempts to reason with an armed man in order to avoid a violent end to a tense showdown. Later, a forest fire moves close to Fairbanks, forcing law-enforcement officials to organize an evacuation of the city.
5x16 - One in the Chamber
May 1, 2014
Troopers come across a grizzly bear while on the hunt for illegal moose hunters. Later, a stolen gun leads to a standoff with police, and a fisherman with a suspected drug problem is detained.
5x17 - Crawl Space Capture
May 8, 2014
Troopers track down a suspect in a domestic-violence case. Also: an intruder; a camping trip; a stolen car.