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Alone: Season 5

10 episodes Premiered Jun 14, 2018 Updated Sep 21, 2026

Alone Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 10 episodes.

Previously on Alone

Season 5 Lore Primer

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

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Alone Season 4.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Alone Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 10 episodes.

Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Redemption

Jun 14, 2018

Ten survivalists from previous seasons return for a chance at redemption and a second chance to win the $500,000 prize; this time, survivalists face the dangers of Northern Mongoli

S5·E2 Core

The Haunting

Jun 21, 2018

Participants explore new - and risky - food sources in Mongolia. As the survivalists begin to settle into their new remote surroundings, they realize they're not the only predators

S5·E3 Core

The Serpent

Jun 28, 2018

The survivalists begin to face external and internal threats as they work to secure food and complete their shelters. One participant comes face-to-face with one of Mongolia's dead

S5·E4 Core

Mongolia’s Wrath

Jul 5, 2018

Mongolia shows how devastating its climate can be as a monstrous storm assails the remaining survivalists. The participants are forced into their shelters and can only hope they’ll

S5·E5 Core

The Bowels of Hell

Jul 12, 2018

The seven remaining survivalists are pushed to their limits as the weather worsens in Mongolia; one participant turns to tree bark for sustenance, another questions his ability to

S5·E6 Core

Of Mice And Men

Jul 19, 2018

After almost a month of solitude, the remaining participants begin to crack. One survivalist’s shelter turns into an unbearable “green monster,” while another takes extreme measure

S5·E7 Core

Desperate Measures

Jul 26, 2018

Some of the survivalists enjoy a bonanza of food, and others are driven to desperate measures to sustain themselves. A hunter braves dangerous heights to stalk his prey, and anothe

S5·E8 Core

Slayer II

Aug 2, 2018

The survivalists must catch any game that comes their way, no matter the size, since winter draws near and food becomes scarce. However, the lack of food isn’t the only challenge,

S5·E9 Mytharc

Starvation's Shadow

Aug 9, 2018

As food sources disappear, hunger drives the remaining participants to a new low; one attempts a risky climb into wolf territory in search of food and another contends with a poten

S5·E10 Mytharc

Cold War

Aug 16, 2018

The final remaining participants face the onslaught of Mongolia’s brutal winter. Relentless hunger and savage cold test them like never before and in the end, only one will walk aw