| Season Number: | 5 |
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| Num Episodes: | 22 |
| Network: | Freeform |
| Episode List: | List of The Fosters episodes |
| Prev Season: | Season 4 |
The fifth and final season of The Fosters premiered on July 11, 2017.[1] [2] [3] The season consisted of 22 episodes[4] and stars Teri Polo and Sherri Saum as Stef Foster and Lena Adams, an interracial lesbian couple, who have adopted a girl (Maia Mitchell) and her younger brother (Hayden Byerly) while also trying to juggle raising Latino twin teenagers (Cierra Ramirez and Noah Centineo) and Stef's biological son (David Lambert). Danny Nucci also returns as Mike Foster in a recurring role.
After 5 years of highs and lows, love, heart break, and secrets, the Adam-Foster family says goodbye in a final farewell season that welcomes new hopes, challenges and dangers.
Callie escapes from the pimp and finally listens to her parents. She applies for art school but gets caught up in progressive student politics and will see a new career path materialise in front of her. Her friendship with DACA sisters lead her in a crusade to fight for the rights of undocumented persons.
When developers want to take over the school Mariana and Jude rally the students to their cause. A power struggle over the control of Anchor Beach leads to the school being saved and Lena as the principal.
Stef succumbs to the pressure from work and from an old school friend that moved in next door. The emotion of dealing with 5 teenagers and her lesbian friends causes her to have panic attacks so she has therapy to cope with it all.
Brandon goes through misery and heartache when his new girlfriend Grace gets sick with leukaemia and eventually dies. Grace teaches Brandon valuable lessons on not wasting time and trying something new every day.
Jesus continues his rehab and finally returns to his studies. His on again, off again relationship with Emma has some highs and lows. He later helps out with the local roller derby girls team. His girlfriend Emma successfully tries out for the team.
Mariana has several boys interested in being her boyfriend, she must make a hard choice in the end. She takes roller derby and later has Jesus manage the team.
Judes decides to clean up his act by not consuming medicinal marijuana he was getting off his boyfriend, Noah. He starts a webcast with his friend Taylor and it leads to online gaming and royalties. His parents put a stop to it when what he thought was playful banter could be considered softcore.
The family returns to celebrate Brandon's wedding. Brandon met Eliza when he wanted some musicians for a piece he was conducting. Eliza's older brother Jamie is a corporate lawyer with charm but it doesn't thaw Callie's heart. She's been on a relationship freeze since she broke up with Aaron all those years ago. She has a job offer with a conservative judge but she is holding out for a more progressive judge offer.
See main article: List of The Fosters characters.
Danny Nucci is only credited as a series regular for the episodes he appears in.
See also: List of The Fosters episodes.