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2 Broke Girls: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Nov 12, 2015
Previously on 2 Broke Girls

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of 2 Broke Girls Season 4.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S5·E1 Mytharc

And The Wrecking Ball

Nov 12, 2015

Max and Caroline team up with the diner staff in a frantic attempt to keep their businesses open when the city targets Han's diner and their cupcake window for destruction. Also, S

S5·E2 Core

And The Gym And Juice

Nov 19, 2015

When the shower at Max and Caroline's apartment breaks, they get part-time jobs at a fancy gym's juice bar and enjoy free use of the locker room. However, their jobs and free showe

S5·E3 Core

And The Maybe Baby

Nov 26, 2015

When the girls run into Caroline's newly engaged ex, Candy Andy, Caroline wonders if she made a mistake when she sees how much he supports his fiancé's career.

S5·E4 Core

And The Inside Outside Situation

Dec 10, 2015

Max and Caroline's cupcake shop is boycotted after they refuse to sell cupcakes to "I", an artist who wants to put cocktail weenies in them.

S5·E5 Core

And The Escape Room

Dec 17, 2015

Han insists the diner gang attends a mandatory night out in an "Escape Room Club" when he feels they aren't working together as a team. However, once they're locked inside the "Ali

S5·E6 Core

And The Not Regular Down There

Jan 6, 2016

Max is both puzzled and curious when the new guy she is dating expresses hesitations about intimacy because he is "not regular down there." Also, Sophie and Oleg struggle to get pr

S5·E7 Core

And The Coming Out Party

Jan 13, 2016

When Caroline's grandmother Astrid awakens from a coma with no knowledge of her family's massive money scandal, Caroline attempts to keep the truth hidden for a bit longer by givin

S5·E8 Core

And The Basketball Jones

Jan 20, 2016

Oleg's pro-basketball playing cousin comes to town to play a game against Max's favorite team and gifts her with two free tickets, but chaos ensues when the girls interfere with th

S5·E9 Core

And The Sax Problem

Jan 27, 2016

When Earl is not invited to play with his old jazz band at their reunion show, Max and the diner gang join forces in order to get him back on stage performing.

S5·E10 Core

And The No New Friends

Feb 3, 2016

When Max reconnects with an old friend, Caroline’s jealousy inspires her to try to make some new friends of her own.

S5·E11 Core

And The Booth Babes

Feb 10, 2016

Max and Caroline sign up to be "booth babes" in order to get into a huge gaming convention for free. Once inside, they're shocked to see that Han's friend has created video game ch

S5·E12 Core

And The Story Telling Show

Feb 18, 2016

Caroline shares her riches-to-rags life story on stage at a storytelling night and captures the attention of a Hollywood studio executive. Meanwhile, Sophie and Oleg search for a s

S5·E13 Core

And The Lost Baggage

Feb 25, 2016

Max tags along with Caroline as she travels to Los Angeles on a film studio’s dime to discuss the idea of making her riches-to-rags life story into a movie. While there, Max loses

S5·E14 Core

And You Bet Your Ass

Mar 3, 2016

Caroline continues meeting with studio writers in an effort to make her life story into a movie, but she is torn when they reveal they would not portray Max in the project. Also,

S5·E15 Core

And The Great Escape

Mar 10, 2016

As Max pet-sits Randy’s dog, Bruno, and Caroline sets up meetings with actresses who are interested in playing her in the potential biopic, Bruno escapes while a cannibalistic se

S5·E16 Core

And The Pity Party Bus

Mar 31, 2016

The girls’ Hollywood adventure continues as Caroline signs away the rights to her life story so it can be turned a movie. Also, Max is heartbroken when Randy breaks up with her via

S5·E17 Core

And The Show and Don’t Tell

Apr 7, 2016

When the girls go to prison to see Caroline’s father, Martin, perform in a musical, they tell him their plan to use Caroline’s movie money to convert their cupcake window into a de

S5·E18 Core

And The Loophole

Apr 14, 2016

When the girls decide to look for a larger space for their dessert bar, Han sets them up with Evie, a real estate agent who has a crush on him. Also, Max is on the fence when Randy

S5·E19 Core

And The Attack of the Killer Apartment

Apr 21, 2016

In an attempt to get to know Max’s world better, her boyfriend Randy asks to spend a night at her apartment. Also, Caroline works on getting a liquor license for their dessert bar.

S5·E20 Core

And The Partnership Hits The Fan

Apr 28, 2016

When a law firm courting Randy for a job invites Randy and Max to dinner at a hip new restaurant, the evening veers off course when their eclectic cuisine doesn’t sit well with Max

S5·E21 Mytharc

And The Ten Inches

May 5, 2016

When Max and Caroline need more space for their renovated dessert bar, they’re willing to do just about anything to convince Angie, the brash owner of the pizza place next door, to

S5·E22 Mytharc

And The Big Gamble

May 12, 2016

When Max and Caroline discover that Han is in hot water after amassing substantial debt that he cannot repay from gambling on women’s tennis, the diner gang rallies to help him.