Top Boy season 5 potential release date, cast, and more

Top Boy season 4 spoilers follow.

If you've made it to the end of season four (or season two, as Netflix would have us think) then your heart's probably racing, your head's spinning and you definitely have some questions. Questions only a follow-up season can satisfy. Well come on then, let's get to it.

Here's everything you need to know about what to expect from Top Boy season five.

Top Boy season 5 potential release date: When's it on?

There is no news just yet on whether or not Top Boy will be renewed for another season, but given its success and celebrity backing (ahem, Drake) we would definitely expect a return. Besides, that juicy cliffhanger (you know the one) deserves a follow up or fans won't rest easy.

Assuming a year-long production schedule, it's not unreasonable to expect season five to arrive in March 2023, but then there were two and a half years between seasons three and four, so…

Top Boy Season 5 cast: Who will be coming back?

Ashley Walter's Dushane and Kane Robinson's Sully made it through another season unscathed… or pretty much unscathed. Neither died, so we expect them to make a return.

It's highly unlikely that Jamie (Micheal Ward) survived a shot to the head by Sully so it's pretty safe to say we've seen the last of him.

Jamie's best friend Kit (Kadeem Ramsay) will also not be joining the cast for another season after being shot by Jamie.

It seems a bad time for best friends as Ats (Keiyon Cook), Stef's best friend, turned up dead midway through season four as well.

We do, however, expect to see a return of the following:

• Shelly (Little Simz)• Jaqs (Jasmine Jobson)• Aaron (Hope Ikpoku)• Stef (Araloyin Oshunremi)• Lauryn (Saffron Hocking)• Becks (Adwoa Aboa)• Lizze (Lis Dawson)• Ruben (Theo Ogundipe)

Newbies Pebbles (Erin Kellyman) and Vee (Ava Brennan) will likely be back.

Top Boy season 5 plot: What will happen?

Well, one thing's for certain, someone's going to catch some smoke. There was too much betrayal floating around last season for there not to be any repercussions.

Sully's actions have most likely torn a new rift between him and Dushane. Handing over the drug reins to Jamie was supposed to be Dushane's path to retirement. Now Sully has axed that plan we can imagine Dushane won't take it lying down.

Unless of course, he is lying down, paralysed by the anxiety he seems to have developed throughout season four. Dushane's mental wellbeing could be a touchpoint going forward, which will be a different problem for him to tackle.

Speaking of revenge, the look that transpired between Sully and Jamie's youngest brother Stef was telling – a long stare in which Stef's confusion and shock was exchanged for sorrow, a touch of guilt and maybe resolution on Sully's part. It wouldn't be a far leap to assume that schoolboy Stef and bookworm Aaron (Jamie's other brother) may want to settle that score.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Aaron now that he is the breadwinner, responsible for the guardianship of Stef. Will he give up on his university career and take to the streets like Jamie? Only season five will tell.

Jamie's brother's aren't the only scorned siblings and it's likely that Jaq's sister Lauryn will have to watch her back. You'd think killing her controlling, abusive ex-boyfriend Curtis (Howard Charles) would see her out of the woods where danger is concerned.

Not a chance: his sister Vee makes Curtis look like a lapdog by comparison. A deranged lapdog, but still. There isn't a universe where she wouldn't avenge the death of the brother she fiercely loved. Looks Lauryn's newborn baby isn't the only thing she'll have to watch out for.

Dushane's girlfriend Shelly has at least one skeleton that we know of in her closet and it could potentially burst out. For now she's been able to cover up the murderous actions of her ex-boyfriend by digging up the body and getting rid of it. However her blackmailer (who happens to be the victim's ex-girlfriend) could blow things up for her in the following season by exposing her secret.

So many tangled strings to unknot. Hurry up season five. We can't wait!

Top Boy season 5 trailer: When can I watch it?

At the time of writing season four has just landed, so there'll be no sign of a trailer for some time yet, but we'll keep you in the loop!

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