First Dates: Season 5

4 episodes Premiered Jan 15, 2016 Updated Sep 28, 2026

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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 First Dates 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

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (2): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S5·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 15, 2016 · 50 min

Will TV aerial erector Aaron get a good reception for his cheeky one-liners from nursery worker Darcy? And Will vet Simon see past lawyer Arunima's wheelchair?

S5·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jan 22, 2016 · 50 min

Can Liam put the right foot forward with podiatrist Coryn? Will Gary's karaoke skills impress Nicole? And Bella has swapped boarding school for the fetish world; does Bertie share

S5·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jan 28, 2016 · 50 min

Will hairdresser Lauren fall for party boy Danny's perma-tan chutzpah, or will his Dutch courage put her off? And Paolo returns; can Mario handle his high-heeled alter-ego?

S5·E4 Mytharc

Episode 4

Feb 4, 2016 · 50 min

Three-times-divorced Zina is on the hunt for husband number four. How will undertaker-to-the-stars Chris, who's done the honours for Amy Winehouse and for Shane Ritchie's aunt, mea