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The Brokenwood Mysteries: Season 5

4 episodes Premiered Oct 28, 2018 Updated Oct 30, 2026
Previously on The Brokenwood Mysteries

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 4.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (1): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Scared To Death

Oct 28, 2018 · 92 min

It's the annual Brokenwood A&P show, time for that special kind of Kiwi carnival! Amidst the shearing displays, the ‘Calf Day' competition and wood chopping, is the usual assortmen

S5·E2 Core

Bride Not To Be

Nov 4, 2018 · 92 min

The Cream Boat is a charming vessel that chugs its way up the scenic Brokenwood waterways. It carries sightseers and Christmas parties and often Hen Parties. Professional tennis pl

S5·E3 Mytharc

Tontine

Nov 11, 2018 · 91 min

Cycling is very de rigour around the globe and no less in Brokenwood. When one such MAMIL, (Middle Aged Man In Lycra), Lester Nyman, reaches the top of a local mountain after a gru

S5·E4 Mytharc

The Dark Angel

Nov 18, 2018 · 93 min

On the edge of Brokenwood sits an abandoned mental health facility, an asylum named Brokenwood Downes. Now derelict, the spooky buildings provide a great hideout for local teenager

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