Catfish: The TV Show: 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 Catfish: The TV Show 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
Dejay, Malik & Josiah
Feb 24, 2016
Nev and Max get two catfishes for the price of one when they discover that Dejay and Malik are being played by the same guy. Sparks fly as they discover just how explosive a love t
Jeanette & Derick
Mar 2, 2016
A concerned daughter asks for help when her mother begins contemplating marriage to a man she met online.
Leuh & Justin
Mar 9, 2016
After two failed attempts to meet up with a surfer, a woman wants to find out if he is actually the man of her dreams.
Brandon & McKenna
Mar 17, 2016
Karrueche Tran helps track down the truth when Brandon wonders whether his online love is real.
Jaylin & Ja’la
Mar 23, 2016
Jaylin is prepared to sacrifice a lifelong friendship and promising videogame career to be with a woman he’s never even spoken to on the phone. Nev and Max help him discover that s
Michael & Chanelle
Mar 30, 2016
Michael felt he had no time for a relationship, but love appeared in a DM. Chanelle is the light he’s needed in his life, but out of the blue she's disappeared, leaving only Nev an
Ray & Lexi
Apr 6, 2016
Ray is determined to finally meet his online love of four years, Lexi. But after learning that Lexi’s sister has meddled in the relationship in the past, Nev and Max soon find them
Joanna & Bo
Apr 13, 2016
Tattoo model, Joanna, was about to meet her online love in the flesh, but a crazy night in Vegas caused the whole relationship to go sour. Now she's enlisted Nev and Max to help tr
Tyreme & Tomorrow
Apr 20, 2016
Tyreme met the beautiful Tomorrow online over 9 months ago. They share a deep bond and Tyreme is ready to uproot his life to be with her. Will Nev and Max be able help Tyreme final
Kayla & Courtney
Apr 27, 2016
When Kayla was two, her father killed her mother and then later committed suicide. Years later, Kayla is sent a message from Courtney, a woman claiming to be channeling her dead fa
Paris & Tara
May 4, 2016
Paris enlists Nev and Max to help her figure out who has been catfishing her for the past four years. But as the guys investigate, they make a shocking discovery that casts suspici
Vince & Alyssa
May 11, 2016
Vince can’t seem to escape his online-ex, Alyssa, whose stalking has caused his real life girlfriend, Liz, to break up with him. Nev and Max help Vince confront Alyssa so he can tr
Lucas & Many
Aug 10, 2016
When Jayme learns that her online boyfriend is fake and that he is catfishing other women as well, she enlists the help of Nev and Max to stop him.
Larissa & Anthony
Aug 10, 2016
After being catfished by her best friend from high school, Larissa turns to another online friend for support.
Spencer & Katy
Aug 17, 2016
Spencer reveals that he has been having a relationship with a pop star, and the Catfish team sets out to find the truth.
Candic & Titus
Aug 24, 2016
After months of intimate text exchanges with a man she met online, named Titus, Candic has decided to finally stop and fess up to her husband. But before she does, she needs Nev an
Andrea, Alex & Andrea
Aug 31, 2016
Fans of popular YouTube star, Andrea Russett, summon Nev and Max to help catch a potential stalker who is impersonating Andrea's family online. The guys soon uncover a web of fake
Catherine & Graham
Sep 7, 2016
Long Islander Catherine has fallen deeply in love with country boy Graham from Tennessee. She's ready to uproot her life to be a country girl with him, but Nev and Max uncover that
Luis & Sydney
Sep 14, 2016
Luis has fallen in love with a single mom who is down on her luck and now he's ready to take their online relationship to the next level. But first, Nev and Max must help investiga
Andrew & Zac
Sep 21, 2016
Andrew thought he met the perfect match on Tinder in Zac until he received a text message from a friend revealing shocking new information. As Nev and Max look into the case, they