Unforgotten: 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 Unforgotten 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 1
Feb 27, 2023
When a severed leg is discovered in a bricked-up chimney flue the team get to work identifying the victim and cause of death. Cassie’s replacement on the force, DCI Jess James, has
Episode 2
Mar 6, 2023
The team work to identify the body found in the chimney flue as forensics reveal the cause of death. Jess and Sunny visit the victim’s mother to break the devastating news. They fi
Episode 3
Mar 13, 2023
The victim’s turbulent past comes to light. While Sunny takes a trip to Paris and Jess drops in on an unsuspecting Lord, the pair continue to butt heads.
Episode 4
Mar 20, 2023
Sunny and Jess’s personal lives go from bad to worse while they struggle to keep focused. Meanwhile, the suspect list grows and a mother and son are put under the microscope.
Episode 5
Mar 27, 2023
Despite the trouble in their personal lives, Sunny and Jess attempt a reset as they follow the clues in the case.
Episode 6
Apr 3, 2023
Can Sunny, Jess and the team bring the clues in the case together and unravel the secrets to solve it?