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Your Worst Nightmare: Season 5

10 episodes Premiered Jan 1, 2019 Updated Oct 7, 2026
Previously on Your Worst Nightmare

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 Your Worst Nightmare 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.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Locked Away

Jan 1, 2019 · 43 min

After college graduate Anita Wooldridge goes missing from her parents' home, investigators must rely on quick thinking and cunning police work, as they race against the clock to fi

S5·E2 Core

Play Dead

Jan 11, 2019 · 43 min

After 30-year-old single mom Kaye Robinson turns a suspicious late-night stranger away from her door, she has no idea the threat to her family is far from over. But with her young

S5·E3 Core

Run for Your Life

Jan 18, 2019 · 43 min

19-year-old Micah Rine is striking out on her own when she falls for fellow college student Thomas Pate. But when their love takes her far away from family and friends, Micah begin

S5·E4 Core

Never Let Go

Jan 25, 2019 · 43 min

Karen Widdoss thinks she's finally rid of her possessive ex-boyfriend Leonard. But months into dating a new man, she can't shake the feeling she's being watched. When a stalker doe

S5·E5 Core

Come With Me

Feb 1, 2019 · 43 min

After a failed relationship, 22-year-old Jennifer Hitchcock thinks she may have found that special someone when she meets Maurice Mason. But as soon as he moves in, she can't help

S5·E6 Core

One Last Goodbye

Feb 8, 2019 · 43 min

After breaking free from her controlling ex-husband, single mom Tanya Petro meets Ron Gibson and falls helplessly in love. But just a few months into the relationship, Tanya myster

S5·E7 Core

Firestarter

Feb 15, 2019 · 43 min

20-year-old Audrey Mabrey is sure she has found Mr. Right when she connects with NYPD Detective Chris Hanney. But as the couple prepares for a life down in Florida, skeletons from

S5·E8 Core

Behind The Barn

Mar 1, 2019 · 43 min

20-year-old Kristy Ray is living at home and working her way through college until one day she is shockingly abducted. Local law enforcement will need the help of the FBI and commu

S5·E9 Mytharc

A Way Out

Mar 8, 2019 · 43 min

As investigators dive into the missing persons case of 13-year-old Jessyca Mullenberg, they soon realize the meticulous planning that went into her kidnapping. And the lengths that

S5·E10 Mytharc

Cruel Intentions

Mar 15, 2019 · 43 min

It's love at first sight for 19 year old Ashleigh Lindsey when she is introduced to Josh Mahaffey by his roommate, Scott; then, she decides to move in with Josh and Scott, and it s

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