Season 5 (13 episodes)

1. Season 5 - Episode 1 Wonderful Wonderful

2. Season 5 - Episode 2 Machetes Up Top

3. Season 5 - Episode 3 Su-Su-Sucio

4. Season 5 - Episode 4 Super Lucky Happy

5. Season 5 - Episode 5 Van Nuys

6. Season 5 - Episode 6 A Modest Proposal

7. Season 5 - Episode 7 Where the Sidewalk Ends

8. Season 5 - Episode 8 A Distinctive Horn

9. Season 5 - Episode 9 Suck 'n' Spit

10. Season 5 - Episode 10 Perro Insano

11. Season 5 - Episode 11 Ducks and Tigers

12. Season 5 - Episode 12 Glue

13. Season 5 - Episode 13 All About My Mom


The Season 5 debut attracted 1.2 million viewers, with a rerun on the same night adding another 500,000 viewers for a cumulative 1.7 million.

After Nancy informs Esteban that she is pregnant, she is allowed to live. Nancy, panicking, sends Shane to live with her sister, Jill Price-Gray (Jennifer Jason Leigh), for his own safety. Esteban sends various bodyguards to follow Nancy. Silas draws up a new plan to start a legal medical marijuana business. When Andy receives $180,000 from Judah's bank accounts, he funds Silas's business. Celia is released from the hostage situation, and with no where to go, she ends up squatting in Nancy's garage. Andy suggests that they flee as the situation has become too dangerous, proposing Nancy leaves Esteban a note before leaving. Nancy instead leaves Andy a note informing him she has moved in with Esteban.

Six months later, Nancy is happily living with Esteban. Esteban proposes, and Nancy accepts. A woman visits Esteban and they have a heated debate about his political career being affected by Nancy, after which Esteban calls off the engagement but promises it is only postponed. Nancy sees Cesar arranging a "birthing room" in Esteban's house, and realizes that Esteban plans for her to have the child without any official records or birth certificates. Shane reminds Nancy that this means he could take the baby to Mexico, and even have her killed, and no one would know the baby was hers, or that it even exists. Nancy recruits Andy to help her escape Esteban's house, and he takes Nancy to her obstetrician, Dr. Audra Kitson (Alanis Morissette), who takes her to the hospital and delivers the baby.

Esteban goes to Nancy's house to ask her to marry him again. A gangster walks up the path outside the Botwin house and attempts an assassination, but misses his target and the bullet hits Shane. Nancy confronts Cesar, who admits he was involved in the assassination attempt at the house in Ren Mar, which was organized by Pilar. He confirms that she was the intended target. Esteban is replaced as candidate for governor, but on Nancy's encouragement he decides to run for election independently. Celia and Dean begin using the marijuana recovered from the raid of Silas and Doug's shop in a money-making scheme to sell Celia's unwanted cosmetics. Celia freezes out Dean from her business venture. Meanwhile Andy begins a relationship with Audra. Silas moves into Esteban's house. Nancy and Esteban get married at the house. Nancy visits Guillermo in prison, requesting that he organize an assassination of Pilar. Esteban is arrested in Mexico for suspicion of conspiracy, racketeering and tax evasion. Nancy and Cesar go to get Esteban from jail, but they learn Esteban was released. They later see Esteban on television alongside Pilar running for governor. Andy announces that he is going to propose to Audra, with Nancy's ring.

Doug and Celia work out an agreement to make a team similar to Nancy's in previous seasons. Andy proposes marriage to Audra, but leaves her when her stalker attacks her. At a fundraiser, Pilar informs Nancy that she knows Nancy hired Guillermo to kill her and that Guillermo works for Pilar. Pilar threatens to kill Shane and Silas to enhance Esteban's campaign with a 'sympathy' vote. Shane then suddenly hits Pilar in the head with a croquet mallet. Pilar dies and lands in the pool face-down, bleeding from the head.