The Chosen Season 5 finished its run back in 2025, and you can stream all of it free today. Every episode sits in the show’s own app and at watch.thechosen.tv, and the same eight hours play on Amazon Prime Video. It covers Passover week, from the ride into Jerusalem to the close of the Last Supper.
So the useful question now is not when it lands. It is where to watch, what each episode holds, and how long the wait is for season six.
Season five at a glance
| Detail | Season five |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 8 |
| Theatrical release | March 28, April 4 and April 11, 2025, in three parts |
| Theatrical distributor | Fathom Entertainment, under a deal with Amazon MGM Studios |
| Streaming premiere | June 15, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video |
| Free viewing | Official app and watch.thechosen.tv, from mid September 2025 |
| Episode runtime | 47 to 66 minutes |
| Total runtime | 464 minutes, roughly 7 hours 44 minutes |
| Story covered | Palm Sunday through the end of the Passover meal |
| Season six premiere | November 15, 2026 |
Key takeaways
- All eight episodes are free, with no subscription and no rental fee.
- Amazon Prime Video carries the season too, and so does the official app on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, iOS and Android.
- The theatrical run came first because ticket money helps pay for the show.
- Nothing in season five reaches the trial or the cross. That is season six.
- Season six premieres on November 15, 2026, with its finale reaching theaters in spring 2027.
Where to watch The Chosen Season 5 right now
Free means free. You do not need a login on a paid service, and the episodes are not walled behind a trial. No rental button waits at the end of the first hour.
| Where | What you get | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| The Chosen app on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, iOS and Android | All released seasons, plus roundtables and after-show extras | Free |
| watch.thechosen.tv in a browser | The same catalog with no app install | Free |
| Amazon Prime Video | Every season released so far | Included with Prime |
| Peacock, UPtv and Trinity Broadcasting Network | Earlier seasons, catalog varies by service | Varies |
| The CW | Broadcast reruns of the first four seasons | Free over the air |
| DVD and Blu-ray | Boxed sets from the official store | Paid |
Pick the app if you want everything. Alongside the episodes it holds Bible roundtables and after-show conversations that never reached theaters or Prime Video.
Language is the other reason to start there. Season five went out in roughly 50 languages, and the nonprofit behind the series is working toward dubs in 100 and subtitles in 600. Those tracks live in the app. Third party services rarely carry them all.
Why a free show opened in theaters first
That order looks backwards, and it was deliberate. Fathom Entertainment split the eight episodes into three parts and put them in theaters across two weeks of spring 2025.
Part 1 opened on March 28, 2025 and took $20,257,290 in the United States. A second slice followed on April 4, worth $12,360,095. Then came Part 3 on April 11, at $11,686,132. Totaled up, the three theatrical parts pulled a combined domestic gross of about $44.3 million. That made the run the biggest release in Fathom’s history. Nothing the company had put in theaters before came close.
That money goes straight back into production. Viewers have never been charged for an episode, so ticket sales, the streaming deal and donations carry the budget in their place.
In February 2025 creator Dallas Jenkins announced an agreement with Amazon MGM Studios covering the theatrical releases. Amazon also took 90 days of exclusive streaming, beginning June 15, 2025. Once that exclusive window closed in mid September, the season went free in the app exactly as promised.
A conventional cable drama runs on a different clock, waiting on production schedules and network slots rather than a funding drive. Our Yellowstone Season 6 release timeline shows how unlike that path this one is.
The donations come through the Come and See Foundation, a nonprofit set up in October 2022. Inside the app there is a pay it forward option, where one viewer’s gift covers somebody else’s viewing somewhere in the world. The foundation reported season six fully funded by October 2025, and it is working toward subtitles in 600 languages.
Every episode, and the biblical events behind it
Everything below is drawn from the Gospels, so none of it counts as a spoiler in the ordinary sense. Invented turns are held back for the marked section further down.
| # | Title | Runtime | What it dramatizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entry | 63 min | The ride into Jerusalem and the state of the temple courts, from Matthew 21 and John 12 |
| 2 | House of Cards | 52 min | The high priest’s scheming, and the tables of the money changers overturned |
| 3 | Woes | 59 min | Teaching to the Passover crowd and the seven woes of Matthew 23 |
| 4 | The Same Coin | 55 min | Traps laid in public, including the question about Caesar’s coin in Matthew 22 |
| 5 | Because of Me | 47 min | The argument over a quiet arrest, and Roman soldiers hunting a restless crowd |
| 6 | Reunions | 60 min | Followers gathering for Passover while Judas takes a secret meeting, as in Matthew 26 |
| 7 | The Upper Room Part I | 62 min | Arrival at the meal, the washing of feet from John 13 |
| 8 | The Upper Room Part II | 66 min | Pilate and the Sanhedrin move, and the Passover meal reaches its end |
Add the runtimes and season five is 464 minutes long. That is 7 hours 44 minutes, or four evenings at a comfortable pace.
Those theatrical parts mapped onto the list neatly. Part 1 held the first two episodes. Part 2 carried episodes three through five. The closing part took the last three. Prime Video kept the same grouping in June 2025, posting two episodes on the fifteenth, three more on the twenty-second and the remainder on the twenty-ninth.
The cast, and the roles that changed
Most of the ensemble carries over untouched. Season five is where the Roman side of the story finally gets a face, and where one long-running Pharisee subplot pushes toward its breaking point.
- Jonathan Roumie returns as Jesus, a part he has held since the pilot.
- Andrew James Allen joins as Pontius Pilate, a first for the series.
- Erick Avari is back as Nicodemus, recurring again after his season one arc.
- Luke Dimyan plays Judas Iscariot, as he has since season three.
- Reza Diako takes a second season as Philip, having replaced Yoshi Barrigas in season four.
- Abe Bueno-Jallad stays on as Big James, the third actor to hold that role.
- Yasmine Al-Bustami appears again as Ramah in a guest capacity.
- Shahar Isaac, Elizabeth Tabish and Paras Patel continue as Simon Peter, Mary Magdalene and Matthew.
What the Gospels say, and what the writers add
Every episode opens with the show’s own disclaimer. Locations and timelines are combined or condensed, and backstories, characters and dialogue are added around the recorded events.
Several people on screen in season five are not named anywhere in the Gospels. Shmuel the Pharisee, the Roman investigator Atticus Aemilius Pulcher, the praetor Quintus, the disciple Ramah and Zohara were all created for the show. Eden, wife of Simon Peter, is another: the Gospels mention Peter’s mother-in-law, but never give his wife a name.
One structural choice is worth knowing about. Season five puts the cleansing of the temple in Passover week, which follows Matthew, Mark and Luke. John’s Gospel places a temple scene near the start of the ministry instead. Neither reading is invented by the show, and the writers simply picked one.
Spoiler section: how season five ends
Skip ahead if you have not watched.
The finale stops at the end of the meal. There is no trial, no Golgotha and no tomb, so the season closes on a table being cleared rather than on the events most viewers are bracing for.
Judas leaves the room. Matthew 26 sets the betrayal in motion. The show spends much of episodes four through six building his reasoning rather than presenting it as one snap decision.
Around that, the invented threads land hard. Shmuel’s crisis of certainty, Pilate’s fresh arrival and Atticus watching everything from the edge of the frame all reach a pitch in the last hour. None of those beats come from scripture, and each exists to give the political pressure a shape a camera can follow.
Season six, and how much story is left
Filming on season six began on April 14, 2025 and wrapped that September. Crews shot the crucifixion sequences in Matera, Italy, the same stone city Mel Gibson used a generation earlier.
Season six premieres on November 15, 2026, and its finale reaches theaters in spring 2027. Notice the flip: season five went to theaters first and streamed later, while season six premieres first and saves the big screen for its ending.
Season seven, the last one, started filming on April 27, 2026 and is planned for 2028. Release calendars slide. Fans chase them the same way whether the subject is a prestige drama or when the new Fortnite season starts. Treat both dates as firm rather than final.
What season six has to cover is no mystery. The arrest, the questioning before the high priest, Pilate’s judgment, the cross and the empty tomb are all still ahead. That is a great deal of story for one season, and it explains why the finale gets its own theatrical run.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Chosen Season 5 free to watch?
Yes. All eight episodes stream free in the official app and at watch.thechosen.tv, with no subscription. The free model runs on donations through the Come and See Foundation, plus ticket sales and licensing income.
Where can I watch season five on my TV?
Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV all carry the app. Amazon Prime Video carries every season released so far, and The CW has broadcast the first four seasons over the air.
How many episodes are there and how long are they?
Eight episodes, running between 47 and 66 minutes each. All eight add up to 464 minutes, about 7 hours 44 minutes.
Do I need to watch the earlier seasons first?
Yes, and it is not a close call. Season five pays off relationships built over four earlier seasons, and several storylines will read as noise without them.
Why did season five play in theaters before streaming?
Fathom Entertainment released it in three parts across spring 2025 under a deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon then held a 90 day exclusive streaming window before the season went free.
When does season six come out?
November 15, 2026, with the season finale arriving in theaters in spring 2027.
What to do next
Open the app, start at episode one and give yourself four evenings. If you have already finished, put November 15 in your calendar and use the gap to rewatch season four, because season six starts where the meal ended.
