Broad City: 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 Broad City 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
Stories
Jan 24, 2019
To celebrate Abbi’s 30th birthday, Abbi and Ilana travel from the top of Manhattan to the bottom, running into old and new friends along the way.
SheWork and S... Bucket
Jan 31, 2019
Ilana embarks upon her latest moneymaking opportunity when she opens an outdoor workspace for New York City smokers; Abbi stands up to her landlord after he refuses to update her p
Bitcoin & the Missing Girl
Feb 7, 2019
Ilana visits an old flame to cash out her share of Bitcoin; Abbi drops off her laundry for the first time and loses her favorite sweatshirt.
Make the Space
Feb 14, 2019
Ilana discovers a terrifying secret about Jaimé; Abbi tries to make the jump from sweater-folder to window artist at Anthropologie.
Artsy Fartsy
Feb 21, 2019
Abbi gets invited to a fancy art event at MoMa; Ilana and Lincoln have their one year relationship check-in.
Lost and Found
Feb 28, 2019
The girls meet Ilana’s 16th cousin – who is a Holocaust survivor – and take him to a drag brunch; Abbi tries out a new look.
Shenanigans
Mar 7, 2019
Ilana gets recruited to be a hair model; Abbi’s new flame tells her that she’s not mature enough.
Sleep No More
Mar 14, 2019
Abbi and Ilana visit "Sleep No More," and Abbi tries to find the right time to tell Ilana some life-changing news.
Along Came Molly
Mar 21, 2019
Abbi, Ilana and Bevers sell Abbi’s New York City belongings; Abbi gets tickets to a Lil Wayne concert, and the girls take a “trip.”