Netflix’s Money Heist season 5: Release date, cast, plot and everything you need to know
The latest instalment of Netflix’s Money Heist (La casa de papel) ramps up the action and adds in more bloodshed than all three previous seasons combined.
Fans might have expected the season four finale to follow the same format as season two, neatly wrapping up the heist after just two seasons. But nothing seems to have gone to plan this time around, and the gang have been forced to buy themselves a bit more time.
That means season four ends on a cliffhanger, leaving the door wide open for a potential Money Heist season five.
Money Heist season 5 release date: When will Money Heist return to Netflix?
At the moment, Money Heist season five hasn’t technically been greenlit, but as one of the most popular Netflix series in the world – it was ranked #2 in the UK on April 6 – it’s unlikely that the streamer would pull the plug just yet.
Speaking to ABC Spain, creator Álex Pina insinuated that discussions are happening, although no details have been officially released: “Someone knows there will be [a fifth season], but we don’t.”
Fans waited just under nine months between seasons three and four of Money Heist. If season five were to follow the same pattern, we might have been back at the bank by the end of 2020.
But on March 15, Netflix paused production on all its original series for two weeks due to the ongoing world situation, and has yet to announce whether there is a plan to lift the pause. With this interrupting filming across the entertainment industry, it seems highly unlikely we’ll get another Money Heist premiere in 2020.
Money Heist season 5 cast: Who will be in it?
Nairobi’s (Alba Flores) death carved a tragic gap in the group, but Money Heist has always played with flashbacks and non-linear time. Just like we got to catch up with Berlin, Moscow and Oslo via memories, we might get to revisit Nairobi in season five by travelling to a time before her execution.
If that does happen, though, it might be with footage that has already been filmed from previous seasons. In a clip from Money Heist: The Phenomenon, also on Netflix, Flores hinted that her filming days are done for this project: “It’s over, and I have nothing on the horizon. It’s a really liberating feeling. Because…well, I need a rest.”
Other actors who are most likely to return in season five include:
- Úrsula Corberó as Tokio
- Álvaro Morte as El Profesor
- Itziar Ituño as Lisbon
- Miguel Herrán as Río
- Jaime Lorente as Denver
- Esther Acebo as Stockholmo
- Darko Peric as Helsinki
- Enrique Arce as Arturo Román
Money Heist season 5 plot: What will the fifth season be about?
Like every season of Money Heist, season five will catch up with the professor and the gang doing what they do best: armed robbery of the highest degree, with a smattering of political resistance thrown in.
There are a number of loose threads left dangling at the end of season four that future episodes could explore. Lisbon is now inside the bank, but with the professor cornered by Inspectora Alicia Sierra, Lisbon and the others have no way to escape. They’ll have to continue melting gold at top speed, and hope that Sergio can find a way to outsmart Sierra once and for all.
