School Warrior season 5
| School Warrior | |
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| Season 5 | |
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| Showrunners | Freddie Goodwin Jackson Greene |
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| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original network | HBO Max |
| Original release | October 12, 2028 – present |
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The fifth season of the Australian television series School Warrior, based on characters appearing in DC Comics publications, premiered on October 12, 2028, on HBO Max and consists of 22 episodes. The season continues the story of Miles Porter, a metahuman police officer with superhuman speed, and follows the next major chapter of the Warriorverse. Produced by Mob Productions and SOI Studios, Freddie Goodwin and Jackson Greene return as co-showrunners.
The season was announced in late 2027, with filming beginning in May 2028 and concluding in February 2029. Asa Butterfield stars as Miles Porter / Velocity, alongside returning leads Hailee Steinfeld, Noah Jupe, Emma Myers, John Boyega, Margot Robbie, Melissa Barrera, Malese Jow, Robert Downey Jr., and Nick Creegan. HBO Max renewed the series for a sixth season in December 2028.
Episodes
Season five is divided into multiple “Graphic Novel” arcs, continuing the structure first introduced in the earlier seasons.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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| Graphic Novel #7: Hearts Made of Lightning | ||||||||||||
| 61 | 1 | "Sparks in the Silence" | Sara Case | Freddie Goodwin | October 12, 2028 | T37.01501 | ||||||
| Three months after resetting the timeline, Miles enjoys a fragile peace with Kendra and Grace until strange static flickers, muted distortions across Midvale, and an “itchy spark” sensed by Grace reveal an unseen force stalking him from the void left after defeating Future Miles. When Victor Blackthorn reappears via a hijacked broadcast—alive, altered, and claiming Miles cracked open the Silent Realm during the final battle—“Silent” entities made of living static begin slipping into the city, freezing people and reality itself as they pursue their true target: Miles. With Grace suddenly manifesting Silence energy through physical contact, the team learns the Silent Realm marked both father and daughter during the reset. Realizing the threat won’t stop until he willingly returns to the realm that wants to reclaim him, Miles accepts the horrifying truth that to protect his family and the city, he must lead Team Velocity into the Silent Realm itself to end what he accidentally unleashed. | ||||||||||||
| 62 | 2 | "Echoes of Tomorrow Past" | Damon Rourke | Jackson Greene | October 19, 2028 | T37.01502 | ||||||
| Kendra receives a 1960 classified file left on her doorstep containing photos of a man identical to Miles—Eobard Porter, “Subject Zero,” tied to early metahuman experiments and the Porter bloodline’s secret involvement in Project E-D-0, leading her and Jason into Midvale’s restricted archives where they uncover evidence that Miles’ father wasn’t born in this timeline and that Miles himself may have been engineered through a generational link to the Silence. As Silent entities hunt them through the city, Grace manifests Silence-energy strong enough to destroy one, forcing Kendra to confront the possibility that Grace was marked during the reset. Back at the base, the team realizes Miles’ powers, his family history, and the Silence are deeply connected, and when Blackthorn appears in person—alive and corrupted—he reveals that Eobard Porter discovered the Silence decades ago and made a deal involving Miles’ bloodline, warning that Grace is now the final part of that bargain as the Silent Realm erupts into the room. | ||||||||||||
| 63 | 3 | "The Weight of Lightning" | Mira Silverleaf | Celeste Hart | October 26, 2028 | T37.01503 | ||||||
| As Silence energy spreads across Midvale, Blackthorn returns warning that Grace is the first being born with both Speed Force and Silence power, the prophesied “Lightning Between Worlds,” and reveals that the Porter bloodline began when Eobard Porter opened the first doorway to the Silent Realm in 1959 and made a generational deal promising a hybrid child to anchor their dimension. Kendra and the team learn Robert and Miles were never random targets but engineered outcomes of that pact, and that Grace’s inherited Silence-mark now pulls the realm toward her. Miles and Bart investigate an active Silent portal and discover the Silence aren’t hunting power but reclaiming the identity their timeline believes belongs to them, while Grace’s refusal to answer their call triggers a failsafe promising global collapse if the hybrid child rejects the pact. Determined to break the cycle, Miles vows to protect his daughter and sever the Silence’s hold, even as an ancient figure appears from the widening portal demanding the “Child of the Storm,” pulling the world toward the confrontation Miles can no longer avoid. | ||||||||||||
| 64 | 4 | "Runaways of Fate" | Orion Kestrel | Georgiana Valentine | November 2, 2028 | T37.01504 | ||||||
| 65 | 5 | "Lightning Divided" | Freddie Goodwin | Benjamin Knowles | November 9, 2028 | T37.01505 | ||||||
| Interlude V | ||||||||||||
| 66 | 6 | "A Day Without Velocity" | Kael Mirewood | Sara Case | November 16, 2028 | T37.01506 | ||||||
| 67 | 7 | "Midnight in Midvale" | Finnian Hawke | Ethan Morland | November 23, 2028 | T37.01507 | ||||||
| Graphic Novel #8: Storm of the Fallen | ||||||||||||
| 68 | 8 | "The Fallen Return" | Jasper Nightingale | Oliver Greenwood | November 30, 2028 | T37.01508 | ||||||
| 69 | 9 | "Shadows Upon Shadows" | Dorian Ashwood | Clara Redwood | December 7, 2028 | T37.01509 | ||||||
| 70 | 10 | "Stormfront Rising" | Freddie Goodwin | Jackson Greene | December 14, 2028 | T37.01510 | ||||||
| 71 | 11 | "When the World Stood Still" | Celeste Starfall | Isla Sterling | December 21, 2028 | T37.01511 | ||||||
| 72 | 12 | "The Quiet Before the Collapse" | Orion Kestrel | Nathan Bright | January 4, 2029 | T37.01512 | ||||||
| Interlude VI | ||||||||||||
| 73 | 13 | "Stardust Memories" | Mira Silverleaf | Geoffrey Vale | January 11, 2029 | T37.01513 | ||||||
| 74 | 14 | "The Hour Between Heartbeats" | Damon Rourke | Sara Case | January 18, 2029 | T37.01514 | ||||||
| Graphic Novel #9: The Architects of Infinity | ||||||||||||
| 75 | 15 | "The Architect's Hand" | Freddie Goodwin | Benjamin Knowles | January 25, 2029 | T37.01515 | ||||||
| 76 | 16 | "Fractures of Infinity" | Jasper Nightingale | Jackson Greene | February 1, 2029 | T37.01516 | ||||||
| 77 | 17 | "Where Lightning Ends" | Orion Kestrel | Ethan Morland | February 8, 2029 | T37.01517 | ||||||
| 78 | 18 | "Destiny's Collapse" | Finnian Hawke | Celeste Hart | February 15, 2029 | T37.01518 | ||||||
| 79 | 19 | "The Last Horizon, Part 1" | Freddie Goodwin | Freddie Goodwin | February 22, 2029 | T37.01519 | ||||||
| 80 | 20 | "The Last Horizon, Part 2" | Freddie Goodwin | Freddie Goodwin | March 1, 2029 | T37.01520 | ||||||
| 81 | 21 | "The Edge of Infinite Night" | Sara Case | Jackson Greene | March 8, 2029 | T37.01521 | ||||||
| 82 | 22 | "Lightning Without End" | Freddie Goodwin | Freddie Goodwin | March 15, 2029 | T37.01522 | ||||||
Production
Development
In November 2027, HBO Max renewed School Warrior for a fifth season following strong performance of the series’ fourth year. Freddie Goodwin and Jackson Greene returned as co-showrunners. Filming took place from May 2028 to February 2029.
Writing
Season five was designed around three major Graphic Novel arcs, expanding the emotional and cosmic mythology of the Warriorverse. Goodwin and Greene developed the overarching narrative, while individual episodes were written by a mix of returning and new writers.
Release
Season five premiered on October 12, 2028, and is scheduled to conclude in March 2029.
