Grantchester: 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 Grantchester 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
Episode 1
Jan 10, 2020
When a student from a prestigious all-female college is found dead, Will and Geordie must infiltrate the murky world of campus politics and university societies.
Episode 2
Jan 17, 2020
Will and Leonard witness a deadly and deliberate hit-and-run in Grantchester. Geordie traces the car to a pair of decidedly dysfunctional brothers whose house lies far off the beat
Episode 3
Jan 24, 2020
After a bumpy start to their relationship, Will and journalist Ellie go on their first date with a trip to the ‘flicks'. But a scream from the projection booth cuts the romance sho
Episode 4
Jan 31, 2020
A streaker is found dead, sparking an unusual case for Will and Geordie that draws them into the world of experimental psychotherapy and hallucinogens.
Episode 5
Feb 7, 2020
When two boys are found near death, locked up together in the boxing ring, Will must face up to his own part in the tragedy in his greatest test of faith yet.
Episode 6
Feb 14, 2020
When a woman is found dead, laid out in the shape of a crucifix on Jesus Green, Will and Geordie discover the ring on her finger proves she was married to God.