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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: Season 5

3 episodes Premiered Jan 3, 2017
Previously on Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

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 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 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.
Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S5·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 3, 2017

This episode features Viola Davis (Fences) and Tom Hanks (Sully), Emma Stone (La La Land) and Molly Shannon (Other People), Nicole Kidman (Lion) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by th

S5·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jan 4, 2017

This episode features Natalie Portman (Jackie) and Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Amy Adams (Arrival, Nocturnal Animals) and Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge), T

S5·E3 Mytharc

Episode 3

Jan 4, 2017

This episode features Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins), Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Sally Field (Hello, My Name is