Never the Twain: 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 Never the Twain 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
In Whom We Tryst
Jan 8, 1986
Peel and Smallbridge become attracted to the same shop assistant.
Going, Going, Gone!
Jan 15, 1986
Peel and Smallbridge have to share a room in a country pub.
Thicker Than Water
Jan 22, 1986
Simon reveals that he was left at an orphanage as a baby.
Kung Who?
Jan 29, 1986
Simon takes up judo to defend himself against likely muggers and invites Oliver to accompany him to his class at the gym.
Reading Between the Lines
Feb 5, 1986
Simon is aghast to learn that oily solicitor Brimley, with whom he was at school, is handling the property next to the antique shops and plans to sell it to a fast food chain in re
Definitely Not Cricket!
Feb 12, 1986
Lady Devereaux offers Simon some sporting memorabilia at knock-down prices provided he captains her staff cricket team against the rival side led by parvenu bookie Bernie Miller.