‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch & Trailer

‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is heading back into a season that arrives with more real world weight than usual. After months of speculation about whether the show would return at all, Hulu has locked in a premiere window and released a trailer that leans directly into the controversy surrounding one of its central cast members.

The new season follows the #MomTok collective through a stretch defined by legal drama, a paused production, and a noticeably shorter episode count. Here is what has been confirmed so far about when ‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5 arrives, where to stream it, and what the trailer reveals.

‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5 Release Date

Hulu has set The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 5 to return on Sept. 10, ending a long stretch of uncertainty for fans of the Utah based reality series. The streamer confirmed the premiere date alongside the release of a new trailer previewing the season.

Unlike the show’s earlier runs, Season 5 will consist of only five episodes rather than the ten episode seasons that came before it. This makes it the shortest season in the show’s two years on the air.

All five episodes are expected to be released together on Sept. 10, rather than rolling out weekly. That structure gives viewers a full binge rather than a drawn out weekly release, which tracks with how compressed the season’s production timeline ended up being.

The truncated count is tied directly to real events. People previously reported that filming paused in March, and a source later said production resumed only to capture cast confessionals rather than new scenes, with no additional footage shot for the season.

Where to Watch ‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5

‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ remains a Hulu exclusive. Season 5 will stream on Hulu, and it will also be accessible through Hulu on Disney Plus for viewers with a bundled subscription.

There is no indication that the season will air on traditional cable or through any other platform, consistent with how the previous four seasons were distributed. Viewers who already follow the series through Hulu will not need to change how they access new episodes.

The show first premiered in 2024 and has continued to draw a large audience through its ongoing coverage of the #MomTok group. That consistency in platform has helped the franchise build a loyal following heading into its shortest season yet.

‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5 Trailer Breakdown

The trailer centers heavily on the fallout between cast member Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen. Mayci Neeley opens the trailer saying there is so much the public does not know, before the footage teases the events leading up to Paul’s Bachelorette season being shelved amid the conflict with Mortensen.

The exchange between the two former partners is a focal point. In one moment captured on FaceTime, Taylor asks Dakota why he got her initials tattooed on his lips, calling it obsessed, to which he appears to respond that he is obsessed.

Beyond the Taylor and Dakota storyline, the trailer widens out to the group’s internal tensions. Whitney Leavitt’s castmates visit her in New York during her run in a Chicago Broadway production, where she questions whether the group genuinely wants each other to succeed, a doubt tied to her ongoing rift with Jen Affleck.

Other cast members voice their own uncertainty about where the friendships stand. Paul says the group got pulled in different directions and asks where they stand now that they are back together, while Neeley questions how the women are behaving, Layla Taylor calls something unforgivable in a confessional, and Jessi Draper says it feels like there are no friendships left in MomTok.

What to Expect From the ‘Mormon Wives’ Season 5 Cast

The core cast returns largely intact for this shortened run. Paul, Leavitt, Affleck, Draper, Layla Taylor, Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, and Miranda Hope all return for Season 5 and also serve as executive producers on the season.

Several cast changes are already locked in for beyond this season. Demi Engemann, who was largely absent from Season 4, has confirmed she has left the show entirely, while Whitney Leavitt has revealed that Season 5 will be her final season on ‘Mormon Wives.’

Jen Affleck’s future with the flagship series is also shifting. Affleck has begun filming for the franchise’s first spinoff, ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County,’ after relocating for the project, and she is expected to depart the original series after this season due to her move to Los Angeles.

Despite the shorter season and the cast turnover, the franchise’s future looks secure. Deadline has reported that ‘Mormon Wives’ has been renewed for at least 20 more episodes expected to span a sixth and seventh season, and Taylor Frankie Paul has said on social media that she will be back for Season 6 as well.

The custody and legal matters tied to Paul’s storyline remain unresolved off screen even as the show heads into release. Paul is still involved in custody battles over her shared son with Mortensen and her two children with her ex-husband, Tate Paul, even though she was not charged with domestic violence. With the season arriving just five episodes deep into one of the group’s most publicly scrutinized stretches, it is worth asking how much MomTok’s audience believes these friendships can actually survive what Season 5 is about to show.