‘Trying’ Season 5 Finale Release Date, Time and What Awaits Nikki and Jason in ‘WoodScott’
Apple TV’s family comedy ‘Trying’ is closing out its fifth season, and viewers who have followed Nikki and Jason through eight weeks of new episodes are now counting down to the last chapter. The season has moved at a steady weekly pace since its premiere, and that consistency has made the finale date easy to track for fans planning their viewing schedule.
The show, created by Andy Wolton, has spent this season dealing with the return of Princess and Tyler’s biological mother, and that storyline is expected to come to some kind of resolution as the season wraps. Here is what has been confirmed about when the finale drops, what time it is expected to land, and where the story stands heading into it.
Season 5 Finale Release Date
‘Trying’ Season 5 premiered on Apple TV on July 8, 2026, and has released one new episode every Wednesday since with the first episode landing on premiere day and one new episode following every Wednesday until the finale. That schedule has held throughout the run without any breaks or delays.
The eighth and final episode of the season, titled ‘WoodScott,’ is set to arrive on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. This closes out the season following episode seven, ‘Tuscany,’ which premiered on August 19. The episode order for the season has remained consistent with prior years of the show.
Season 5 of ‘Trying’ features eight all-new episodes in total, matching the structure fans have come to expect from the series. The show is a co-production between Apple TV and BBC Studios, and it first premiered back in May 2020. Reaching a fifth season finale after that run marks a notable milestone for the comedy.
What Time the Finale Is Expected to Drop
Apple TV does not publish a fixed clock time for its weekly episode releases, but there is a pattern viewers can rely on. Apple TV titles typically arrive at midnight Eastern Time on their scheduled release day, which means West Coast viewers can often catch new episodes as early as nine o’clock the previous evening.
That release pattern has generally held across the platform’s other originals as well. For comparison, another Apple TV original has stuck to a release window of three in the morning Eastern Time, or midnight Pacific Time, for its weekly episode drops. Viewers should expect a similar window for the ‘Trying’ finale, though Apple has not issued an official statement pinning down an exact minute.
Apple markets its originals as global releases, meaning new episodes become available simultaneously worldwide rather than premiering at a staggered local midnight in each region. Because of that, fans in different time zones should expect ‘WoodScott’ to land at different local hours depending on where they are, even though the release itself is not staggered by country.
Where Nikki and Jason’s Story Stands
Season five picks up with a major disruption for the family at the center of the show. The season finds Nikki and Jason dealing with the consequences of Princess and Tyler’s biological mother, Kat, turning up at their doorstep, along with the chaos she brings into their previously settled family life.
That plotline has carried through the back half of the season alongside other threads left over from the prior finale. Season 4 ended with several cliffhangers, including Jason deciding to change his profession, Princess meeting Kat for the first time, and Scott ending up somewhere unknown after the finale. Those loose ends have continued to surface as the new season has unfolded.
The ensemble backing Esther Smith and Rafe Spall has also grown for this run. Charlotte Riley returns as Kat, alongside Scarlett Rayner as Princess, Cooper Turner as Tyler, Darren Boyd as Scott, and Sian Brooke as Karen. Colin Morgan joins this season as Kerry, a co-worker of Nikki’s whose presence complicates the marriage at the center of the show, alongside newcomers Celia Imrie, Phil Davis and Gbemisola Ikumelo.
Music has also remained a defining element of the show’s identity heading into the finale. This season’s soundtrack comes from Ivor Novello Award winning artist and producer Orla Gartland, who follows Guy Garvey, Maisie Peters, Bear’s Den and BEKA, who scored seasons one through four respectively.
Critical Reception Heading Into the Finale
‘Trying’ has maintained strong critical support throughout its run, and season five has been no exception. The series holds a 97 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers continuing to call it one of the platform’s most overlooked comedies despite that consistent acclaim.
Critics have pointed to this season specifically as a rebound after a shakier fourth outing. Reviewers have highlighted season five as a return to form, with praise directed at the performances, the show’s continued warmth, and its willingness to let quieter character moments carry the story rather than leaning on big twists.
That read on the season has been echoed elsewhere in the critical conversation. In its review, IndieWire described the season as letting Jason and Nikki actually enjoy their family for once, framing it as the hard won reward after a decade of difficult parenting decisions. Whether that mood carries into ‘WoodScott’ or gives way to a more dramatic send off remains to be seen.
With Kat’s return still unresolved and the Tuscany trip fresh in viewers’ minds, ‘WoodScott’ has plenty of ground to cover in its final stretch. What did you make of Nikki and Jason’s season five journey, and how do you think the show should leave things with Kat before the credits roll?
