Season five is fucking great when you know the circumstances. This was a show with a meticulously planned five year arc. They abruptly got told “yeah nah, we’re cancelling you end of s4”. So a massive, massive rewrite to roll up and finish off the Shadow war and just after they pulled it off “actually the ratings pulled up, you can have your fifth season”

With no more arc.

So they pulled the entire fifth season out of their arses in a very short span of time. With no more story to tell. And you know what? It’s a fuckin’ testament to the skill of those involved it turned out half decent