The Troubleshooters: 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 Troubleshooters 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 Dirty Old Man And A Rare Bird
Jan 6, 1969 · 60 min
Zenith drop a bombshell into the world of Mogul. The repercussions will influence the company for a long time to come.
Twenty Years Is No Time At All
Jan 13, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton is sent to Singapore on a secret mission.
How Much Is One Man Worth?
Jan 20, 1969 · 60 min
How much is one man worth? When Ted Kihi is trapped in a Malaysian cave Peter Thornton turns the whole resources of Mogul, and his own skill as an oil man, to the rescue operation.
If He Hollers, Let Him Go
Jan 27, 1969 · 60 min
The lovely Mrs. Foss, wife of Mogul's founder, turns up in London in the middle of a takeover battle. Inevitably she brings chaos and confusion - particularly to Alec Stewart.
A Very Special Relationship
Feb 3, 1969 · 60 min
Stead's plans for expansion in Europe as part of his fight against Zenith take a knock when a French multi-millionaire marries a film starlet.
There's A Nasty Word - Love
Feb 10, 1969 · 60 min
Alec and Roz Stewart find themselves in the uncomfortable world between east and west when they arrive in Japan, where the traditions of a thousand years conflict with life in the
You're Not Going to Believe This, But...
Feb 17, 1969 · 60 min
Why should the manager of Mogul's Malaysian station insult the local sultan? Why does he not remember things? Why does he turn against Thornton, an old friend, when he tries to hel
Take-Over Is Two Four-Letter Words
Feb 24, 1969 · 60 min
Mogul faces protests and demonstrations when a group of redundant employees occupy a distribution depot. A situation which starts as something small quickly develops into tension a
Everybody Is That Kind Of Man
Mar 3, 1969 · 60 min
Are Stewart and Stead trying to bribe their way to an important refinery project in Scotland? And what part does Zenith play in the attempts to corrupt a Scots official?
So You Think You're One Of Us
Mar 10, 1969 · 60 min
Angola spells trouble for Mogul when Thornton becomes a pawn in the struggle between African rebels and the Portuguese authorities.
They've More Than Their Assets Frozen
Mar 17, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton faces incredible hardship in Alaska. But added to the dangers and difficulties is the knowledge that the whole future of Mogul could depend on his success or failure.
There's This Bird, See...
Mar 24, 1969 · 60 min
A remote island in the Indian Ocean may seem the perfect drilling location. No population, beautiful weather, not even a foreign government to deal with for it is British owned. Bu
You Want A Clockwork Nightingale
Mar 31, 1969 · 60 min
The executives of Mogul's South African subsidiary think their office boy Zeke is only capable of 'totin' barges and liftin' bales', but Willy Izard has other ideas. Zeke has secre
Don't Ask, Take
Apr 14, 1969 · 60 min
Eccentric individualists cannot be successfully absorbed into big organisations, but Brian Stead decides to take up the challenge. He realises that an inventor has got something th
Doctor Liebling, I Presume
Apr 21, 1969 · 60 min
Papuan headhunters are not a common danger to Mogul. But they are only one of the hazards Peter Thornton has to face. Why does the Australian District Commissioner try to stop him
You Can't Trust Women
Apr 28, 1969 · 60 min
Ghislaine Foss's hand is sought by both Zenith and Mogul. Why? Because besides having a young and glamourous millionairess at the end of it it also contains a fistful of Mogul shar
Really. She Did, She Really Did
May 5, 1969 · 60 min
Brian Stead takes the entire board of Mogul International across the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth II. But this is no empty gesture. The moment of decision has arrived in the mer
Some Of The Mud Is Bound To Stick
May 12, 1969 · 60 min
Is Alec Stewart a spy? The Algerian authorities think so. It is possible. He travels all over the world, is accepted everywhere without question and he moves in the highest circles
Lord, What A Tangled Web
May 19, 1969 · 60 min
Memories of 1945 come flooding back to Brian Stead when he revisits Berlin, where Mogul are drilling for natural gas. He served there at the end of the war, and an incident twenty-
And One Wise Man Came Out From The East
Jun 2, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton questions his loyalty when he is lost in the Australian outback without radio and without salt tablets. Struggling to survive he wonders whether Mogul's demands are too gr
Let's All Drop Out Together
Jun 9, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton resigns from Mogul. Lying peacefully on a beach in Fiji he resists attempts from Stead and Izard to change his mind. But Stead has a few tricks to pull before he admits de
She'll Be Right Mate
Jun 16, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton returns to the fold - straight into a row between the New Zealand government and Mogul over the movement of a drilling rig from that country to Indonesia.
It's A Very Bad Day For Travelling
Jun 23, 1969 · 60 min
An important contract can be won in Ceylon. But Mogul's manager there, Henry Burton, doesn't seem to be trying. Thornton must not only find out why but also take the decisions need
This Place Is A Paradise, Mister
Jun 30, 1969 · 60 min
Thornton is taken prisoner on a Caribbean island paradise. 'King' George Watt doesn't want a Mogul invasion and he is supported by French anthropologist Dr. Leduc, who is using the