Never the Twain: Series 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 · 30 min
Simon and Oliver are both smitten by Simon's glamourous new assistant Belinda and are pleasantly surprised when she reveals - separately - that she'll spend a weekend away with the
Going, Going, Gone!
Jan 15, 1986 · 30 min
The two dealers plan - separately - to spend a night at a country pub and are surprised to meet there, especially as they have to share a bed in the sole guest room. Each is hoping
Thicker Than Water
Jan 22, 1986 · 30 min
Whilst drinking in the pub with Oliver, Simon reveals that he's adopted, having been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby. Circumstances lead him to believe that his natural parents
Kung Who?
Jan 29, 1986 · 30 min
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 · 30 min
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 · 30 min
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.