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 · 60 min
Dr. Waltner-Toews on Swine Flu and Andy Bichlbaum from the Yes Men, high level pranksters.
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009 · 60 min
Bruce Greenwood on the new Star Trek Movie and Nandan Nilekani on India's super-power potential.
May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009 · 60 min
Award winning Canadian director, Atom Egoyan, and pirate expert, Daniel Sekulich.
May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009 · 60 min
The always controversial Christopher Hitchens and author Joseph Boyden.
May 13, 2009
May 13, 2009 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
Racecar driver, Michael Andretti, and author of 'The Shack', William P. Young.