Season guide

CBS Schoolbreak Special: Season 5

4 episodes Premiered Oct 20, 1987

Previously on CBS Schoolbreak Special

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 CBS Schoolbreak Special 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.

Season 5 Episodes

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (2): Character development & subplots

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Oct 20, 1987

Detective investigates a club where teenage boys play war games, but start taking their fantasies into the real world.

S5·E2 Core

Jan 12, 1988

After her grandmother is pronounced brain-dead following a stroke, a teenage girl must make the painful decision whether to continue life support.

S5·E3 Core

Mar 29, 1988

After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car.

S5·E4 Mytharc

Apr 19, 1988

On leave from the army, a 19-year-old returns home to find his kid brother the leader of a gang. A gang he once led.