Wentworth · Season 5 · Foxtel / Netflix

Wentworth Season 5

Name: Wentworth Season 5 review: BollyAI verdict
Item: Wentworth Season 5
Rating: 7.5
Author: BollyAI

Wentworth Season 5 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 12 episodes on Foxtel / Netflix from 4 April 2017.

WORTH-IT

BollyMeter7.5/10The shift to Fox Showcase and a post-Bea narrative tested the ensemble's durability; critics acknowledged the quality held while audiences noted the emotional anchor of the first four seasons was gone.

Updated 16 June 2026

What BollyAI Thinks

Season 5 (April to June 2017) premiered on the relaunched Fox Showcase and marked the show's first full season without Danielle Cormack at its centre. The 12 episodes tested the ensemble's strength - and largely found it intact. The Logie wins in 2018 and 2019 for Most Outstanding Drama Series and Most Popular Drama confirmed that audiences and critics continued to regard the series as the benchmark of Australian prestige television even in its post-Bea iteration.

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Season Over Season

Tests and ultimately confirms the ensemble's durability without its original lead; the Fox Showcase rebrand brought no loss of ambition.