Blindspot: Season 5
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 Blindspot 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
I Came to Sleigh
May 7, 2020
Jane tries to pick up the pieces after the explosive finale in Iceland. She gets a strange message from an unknown ally that allows her to mount a rescue mission to free Rich Dotco
We Didn't Start the Fire
May 14, 2020
Jane and the team reach out to Patterson's father in the hope of gaining access to a high-level conference in Finland where they hope to bring Matthew Weitz to their side.
Existential Ennui
May 28, 2020
When an op goes bad, the team must deal with a proverbial monster in their house before it can take them down one by one. Meanwhile, Director Weitz is forced into a tense game of p
And My Axe!
Jun 4, 2020
In order to stop a terrorist group from procuring a deadly chemical weapon, the team must remember key details from their first days at the FBI. Meanwhile, Weller worries after he
Head Games
Jun 11, 2020
When Jane is shot and Weller is kidnapped, the team must fight to save both of their lives while maintaining the secrecy of their hidden base. Meanwhile, Weller is haunted by some
Fire & Brimstone
Jun 18, 2020
When Ice Cream, the Icelandic fixer, returns to collect his debt, the team is forced into a life and death race around the world to solve a series of puzzles and recover the infamo
Awl In
Jun 25, 2020
In an effort to stop Madeline from shipping two planes full of ZIP to the US, the team splits up into a high-stakes undercover mission where they intercept Madeline's son. Meanwhil
Ghost Train
Jul 2, 2020
The team scrambles to get ahead of Madeline and Ivy as they close in on the bunker's location, but someone on the inside is feeding Madeline information. As her plan takes shape, t
Brass Tacks
Jul 9, 2020
With the surviving members of the team captured and held in FBI custody, Madeline and Ivy are in the final stages of their plan, but a few unlikely allies come out from the woodwor
Love You to Bits and Bytes
Jul 9, 2020
As Ivy races to retrieve the devastating stash of ZIP bombs, the remaining members of the team must rely on the help of a longtime thorn in their side, the very unstable genius Kat
Iunne Ennui
Jul 23, 2020
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream...it is not dying...it is not dying.