Faking It: 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 Faking It 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
Faking It Changed My Life (II)
Feb 3, 2004 · 60 min
A look back at the 2002 series of Faking It, following up on some remarkable developments in the lives of the participants.
Bicycle Courier to Polo Player
Feb 3, 2004 · 60 min
Malcolm 'Woody' Woodcock, a bicycle courier from Manchester, has just four weeks in which to pass himself off as a polo player.
Choir Girl to Rock Chick
Feb 10, 2004 · 60 min
Twenty-year-old Christian choirgirl Laura-Jane Foley leaves behind her straight-laced Cambridge university life for London to be transformed into a rock chick.
Management Consultant to Dog Trainer
Feb 17, 2004 · 60 min
Bachelor Rob Archer is a high-flying management consultant in London, but he swaps that role for one of an expert dog trainer - in just four weeks!
Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter
Feb 24, 2004 · 60 min
Twenty-nine-year-old working mum Jatinder Sumal puts her real life on hold and swaps bringing up children and working in the family newsagent for a crash course in TV reporting.
Chess Player to Football Manager
Mar 2, 2004 · 60 min
Former professional chess player Maximillion Devereaux trades his chessboard and rural idyll for the football pitch as he attempts to fake it as a football manager in a month.