Traders: 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 Traders 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
Episode One
Dec 2, 1999 · 60 min
Sally seeks financial backers in the United States, fatherhood stymies Adam, book sales distract author Marty.
Career Opportunities
Dec 9, 1999 · 60 min
To appease a powerful rival, Adam must betray a friend. Sally's job reviews are curt and brutal, financial salvation from a religious business group.
Getting Lucky
Dec 16, 1999 · 60 min
Catherine abandons Adam and their infant son, Sally fights to fund an innovative housing project for homeless people, Marty gets a case of hubris.
Solitary Consignment
Dec 30, 1999 · 60 min
An obsessive fan (Darrin) has Marty rattled, Paul wants to market a child killer's (Max Bowman) invention, Ian proposes a union buy-out of an aging automotive plant.
Budding Prospects
Jan 13, 2000 · 60 min
GRC and Ben sign an agreement and he brings a proposal to fund a medical marijuana project. Chris handles his first investment banking deal to reprint a series of children's books,
It's a Family Affair
Jan 20, 2000 · 60 min
Sally and Adam goad feuding siblings into a merger, conventioneer Marty is tempted to stray, Niko confronts her ex-husband.
Scents and Sensibilities
Jan 27, 2000 · 60 min
Sally arbitrarily reallocates grant funds and MJ finds a US partner to pick up the slack on one that she cuts. Ziggy plays with high rollers. Sally tells Daniel she doesn't want to
Hawks
Feb 3, 2000 · 60 min
Sally brokers the sale of a Canadian hockey team to US interests, Marty's infomercial flops, Paul goes after a teen's invention.
The Running of the Bulls
Feb 10, 2000 · 60 min
Sally and MJ clash over a merger, Adam schemes his way into a business syndicate, personal lives interfere with business.
Someone to Watch over Me
Feb 17, 2000 · 60 min
Adam considers an outside offer, Jansky's mental instability becomes impossible to ignore, Ziggy's high living comes with a price.
Money Shot
Feb 24, 2000 · 60 min
Sally's college friend wants to take her porn film production company public, Marty gambles on Korean stock, Ian's electric car project reaches a road block.
The One You Bury
Mar 2, 2000 · 60 min
Sally's marriage shakes up the bank, Adam accepts an outside offer, the stalker has Marty unnerved.
Nice Guys Finish Last
Mar 9, 2000 · 60 min
The bankers rally to counter a market tailspin as Sally watches from the sidelines; Ziggy and Jansky find Marty lying in a pool of blood.