Strangers: 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 Strangers 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
A Much Underestimated Man
Sep 8, 1982
Bulman and Willis are assigned to trail an experienced hitman and discover the identity of his next target. But if the man gives them the slip and manages to make his next hit, who
A Swift and Evil Rozzer
Sep 15, 1982
When a group of prominent businessmen decide to choose crime as a short cut to riches, the Inner City Squad are on their trail when they kidnap a prominent politician.
The Tender Trap
Sep 22, 1982
Bulman and Willis set out to investigate corruption in a local government but ultimately are caught breaking and entering. Meanwhile, Bennett meets a jazz musician whose twin broth
The Lost Chord
Sep 29, 1982
A number of extremist politicians die in mysterious circumstances. The squad investigates the academic world of Cambridge and the upper reaches of the law.
A Free Weekend in the Country
Oct 6, 1982
The squad participatr in a weekend seminar on urban terrorism. A hotel full of policemen should be a safe place, but a senior female officer is murdered by a crooked fellow officer
Charlie's Brother's Birthday (Part 1)
Oct 13, 1982
When coffins are stolen but no one informs the police, the squad go undercover in a jazz club to expose an international smuggling ring.
With These Gloves You Can Pass Through Mirrors (Part 2)
Oct 20, 1982
Peter Mollett — aka the Sandman — acts as an agent smuggling stolen art treasures, often in coffins. A rival gang hope to cash in on his lucrative trade, but the squad are also int