How It's Made: 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 How It's Made 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
Paving Asphalt, Marshmallow Cookies, Loudspeakers, Electronic Door Locks
Sep 7, 2005 · 21 min
Aggregate and petroleum binder are heated and mixed to make paving asphalt, cookies and marshmallow filling are assembled into chocolate-covered treats, electrical and mechanical c
Wood Burning Stoves, Orthoses, Ballet Slippers, Buses
Sep 14, 2005 · 21 min
Heavy steel panels and fire-resistant components are assembled into wood-burning stoves, custom supports are molded into orthoses, fabric and leather are cut and sewn into ballet s
Robotic Arms, Tattoos, Sanitary Napkins, Concrete Pipes
Sep 20, 2005 · 21 min
Motors, joints and computerized controls are assembled into industrial robotic arms, tattoo designs are transferred to skin and applied with electrically driven needles, absorbent
Hockey Gloves, Snack Cakes, Remolded Tires, Wastewater Treatment
Sep 28, 2005 · 21 min
Protective padding, leather and fabric are assembled into hockey gloves, batter and fillings are baked and packaged as snack cakes, worn tire casings receive new tread through remo
Ambulances, Dining Room Tables, Diatonic Accordions, Acrylic Awards
Oct 5, 2005 · 21 min
Vehicle bodies are modified and equipped with medical systems to create ambulances, prepared lumber is joined and finished into dining room tables, reeds, bellows and keyboards are
Alkaline Batteries, Wheelchairs, Flutes, Cowboy Boots
Oct 11, 2005 · 21 min
Steel casings are filled with chemical components to make alkaline batteries, metal frames and seating systems are assembled into wheelchairs, metal tubing is shaped and fitted wit
Golf Balls, Furniture Handles, Parking Meters, Room Dividers
Oct 18, 2005 · 21 min
Synthetic rubber cores and molded covers are formed into golf balls, metal components are cast and finished into furniture handles, timing and payment mechanisms are installed in p
Suits of Armor, Street Light Poles, Bent Hardwood, Membrane Switches
Oct 26, 2005 · 21 min
Shaped steel plates are fitted together into traditional suits of armour, long sections of metal are formed and finished into street light poles, steamed hardwood is bent around mo
Sulkies, Bagpipes, Yule Logs, Fishing Lures
Nov 2, 2005 · 21 min
Lightweight frames, shafts and wheels are assembled into sulkies for harness racing, wooden pipes and an airtight bag are combined to make bagpipes, sponge cake and filling are for
Goalie Pads, Lapel Pins, Cardboard Boxes, Crystal Wine Glasses
Nov 9, 2005 · 21 min
Foam, synthetic materials and protective reinforcements are assembled into hockey goalie pads, stamped metal is decorated and finished into lapel pins, corrugated board is cut and
Cement, Caskets, Soft Drinks, Glider Rockers
Nov 15, 2005 · 21 min
Limestone and other minerals are processed into cement, wood or metal shells are lined and finished into caskets, flavored syrup is carbonated and bottled as soft drinks, and uphol
Kitchen Knives, Mannequins, Socks, Hypodermic Needles
Nov 22, 2005 · 21 min
Steel blades are stamped, heat-treated and sharpened into kitchen knives, human forms are sculpted and molded into mannequins, yarn is knitted and finished into socks, and stainles
Electrical Panels, Kites, Eyeglass Frames, Toothbrushes
Nov 29, 2005 · 21 min
Metal enclosures, circuit breakers and conductive components are assembled into electrical panels, lightweight frames and fabric are combined into kites, metal or plastic is shaped