The Hour: 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 The Hour 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
May 4, 2009
May 4, 2009
Dr. Waltner-Toews on Swine Flu and Andy Bichlbaum from the Yes Men, high level pranksters.
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Bruce Greenwood on the new Star Trek Movie and Nandan Nilekani on India's super-power potential.
May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009
Award winning Canadian director, Atom Egoyan, and pirate expert, Daniel Sekulich.
May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009
The always controversial Christopher Hitchens and author Joseph Boyden.
May 13, 2009
May 13, 2009
Terry Gould on the most dangerous places to be a reporter and Ricky Jay, one of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand artists.
May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009
Racecar driver, Michael Andretti, and author of 'The Shack', William P. Young.