Outrageous Fortune: 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 Outrageous Fortune 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
All My Sins Remember’d
Jun 2, 2009
If love is a drug, then Loretta is tempted; and Van faces a threat to all he holds most dear. A new day, a new series and there’s a ‘raid’ on the West House - as dangerous thugs b
The Fatness of These Pursy Times
Jun 9, 2009
There is a whole bag of trouble when Cheryl doubts Pascalle, and Judd finds that old is the new young. Munter is a man spent, milked of sperm. The reason is Kasey’s obsession with
A Rat, A Rat
Jun 16, 2009
Van wrestles with being a rat and finds an angel, as Loretta seeks a lab rat and finds a lover. Van is under pressure from Gerard to come up with something on Nicky, and going to
Drive His Purpose
Jun 23, 2009
Van needs a very big plan to save Munter, and Loretta needs to thwart the most unholy alliance. Van is desperate to help Munter, but since Nicky has nothing on, Van has to come up
What Company At What Expense?
Jun 30, 2009
The slings, arrows and infomercials of outrageous fortune cause Cheryl to doubt her offspring, with potentially tragic results.
We Will Our Kingdom Give
Jul 7, 2009
Cheryl is forced to let go, Loretta is forced to take hold and the Mighty Munt is put to the test.
Inform Against Me
Jul 14, 2009
Munter is making final preparations before he goes to jail. Van feels desperate, but Gerard is offering no quarter unless Van lives up to his bargain to inform on Nicky. Van is eve
Some Vicious Mole of Nature
Jul 21, 2009
Pascalle is in peril as Sheree moves to strike, and Loretta finds that trees can also be dangerous.
Honour's at the Stake
Jul 28, 2009
Grandpa and Ngaire play for very high stakes, and Loretta's secret lover is no secret anymore.
O Villany!
Aug 4, 2009
Van has decided once and for all to quit being a nark. Gerard appears to accept this and Van has other important matters to deal with, like showing Cheryl his house. She’s just got
A Serpent Stung Me
Aug 11, 2009
The Wests are stung; catastrophe abounds and no one is safe from a woman on the warpath.
Unpack My Heart
Aug 18, 2009
While Pascalle strives to achieve the beautiful positive, Cheryl finds that Jethro has been messing with her knickers.
Constant to My Purpose
Aug 25, 2009
Pascalle is channelling her grief into visiting Grandpa, who must be miserable. He disagrees and claims to be enjoying the peace and quiet. But in the exercise yard, he meets an an
The Power to Charm
Sep 1, 2009
Judd, Cheryl and Munter are on their way to pick up Van. Munter feels sure that Judd’s old man will be a true koro – as they find two wastrels on a couch with a sign saying ‘you to
Mine Own Room
Sep 8, 2009
Van is called upon to bestow the greatest gift, while Pascalle and Loretta most emphatically refuse to share.
O Wonderful Son, (that can so astonish a mother)
Sep 15, 2009
Cheryl takes the offensive against fashion crimes and a son called Jethro, while Judd fights for family.
They Bleed on Both Sides
Sep 22, 2009
Cheryl seeks solace from an unlikely quarter, and Pascalle decides that Judd may actually be a saint. Cheryl can’t believe that Wolf has appeared at Tutaekuri Bay, but he insists
How Like an Angel!
Sep 29, 2009
Grandpa has a disturbing visit from Eric, aka The Angel of Death, with a message that Grandpa will die in jail. Yes, this is a nightmare, but Grandpa believes the message. So he as
I Have a Daughter
Oct 7, 2009
All’s fair in love and war. Cheryl demands a high price for Jane, and Pascalle is also much wanted . . .