Cable Girls: 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 Cable 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Chapter 33: War
Feb 14, 2020
Lidia leaves New York and returns to Madrid in search of Sofía, who has run away to join the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.
Chapter 34: Hate
Feb 14, 2020
Lidia's friends — both old and new — help her attempt to force Carlos to call Sofía back from the front lines. Pablo looks for ways to avoid enlisting.
Chapter 35: Courage
Feb 14, 2020
Óscar and Carlota risk their journalistic integrity in exchange for helping Lidia with Sofía. Marga falls ill while running a dangerous errand.
Chapter 36: Control
Feb 14, 2020
Carlos and Lidia encounter trouble in their search for Sofía. Carlota visits the western front with James, to Óscar's chagrin. Pablo goes missing.
Chapter 37: Insanity
Feb 14, 2020
When Madrid falls to the Nationalists, Lidia and most of her friends must face widespread grief and devastation, with long-term consequences.
Chapter 38: Power
Jul 3, 2020
Lidia's defiance gets her into trouble at the prison camp, while Francisco concocts a plan to free her. Marga confides her secrets to Isidro.
Chapter 39: Patience
Jul 3, 2020
Lidia is desperate to save her imprisoned friend. Elisa discloses Carlos' fate. Marga realizes who betrayed her. Carmen targets Lidia's loved ones.
Chapter 40: Pain
Jul 3, 2020
Elisa reveals a startling secret as more of Lidia's friends are endangered. Sofía turns to an old friend for help protecting the prisoners from Carmen.
Chapter 41: Defeat
Jul 3, 2020
An unexpected ally seeking the ultimate revenge helps Lidia try and enact her plan to free all the prisoners from the women's prison camp.
Chapter 42: The End
Jul 3, 2020
When the final phase of their escape plan is threatened, Lidia, Carlota, Marga and Óscar make a momentous decision together.