Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Over the course of five seasons, Apple TV’s greatest hidden gem, Trying, has evolved from a couple wanting to start a family to now navigating the challenges of keeping them all together. While Season 5 throws Esther Smith’s Nikki and Rafe Spall’s Jason into some of their toughest emotional territory yet with the return of their children’s biological mother, Kat (Charlotte Riley), the striking chapter forces everyone to rethink where they fit into each other’s lives.
Along the way, Nikki admits she was really digging her new coworker Kerry (Colin Morgan), Jason begins questioning whether he’s really cut out to become a social worker, and their daughter Princess (Scarlett Rayner) finally confronts the questions she’s carried with her since foster care. Yet somehow, Trying still finds room for bad rap songs, mistaken identities, and a festival centered around Scott’s (Darren Boyd) latest bizarre idea.
Ahead of the Season 5 finale, Collider spoke with Smith and Spall about the biggest turning points of Episode 8’s “WoodScott,” and why the ending feels less like a goodbye than the start of another chapter for the family. As Smith puts it, the finale “gives opportunity for them to go in any direction now,” while Spall sees a future in which Trying continues moving beyond its original adoption story: “Now it’s kind of a family show. It’s about family.”
In an exclusive with Collider, Smith and Spall together unpack how the finale brings several long-running stories to a close, including Kat’s heartbreaking farewell to Princess and Tyler (Cooper Turner), while leaving Nikki, Jason, and their family with plenty of room to keep growing.
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Over the course of five seasons, Apple TV’s greatest hidden gem, Trying, has evolved from a couple wanting to start a family to now navigating the challenges of keeping them all together. While Season 5 throws Esther Smith’s Nikki and Rafe Spall’s Jason into some of their toughest emotional territory yet with the return of their children’s biological mother, Kat (Charlotte Riley), the striking chapter forces everyone to rethink where they fit into each other’s lives.
Along the way, Nikki admits she was really digging her new coworker Kerry (Colin Morgan), Jason begins questioning whether he’s really cut out to become a social worker, and their daughter Princess (Scarlett Rayner) finally confronts the questions she’s carried with her since foster care. Yet somehow, Trying still finds room for bad rap songs, mistaken identities, and a festival centered around Scott’s (Darren Boyd) latest bizarre idea.
Ahead of the Season 5 finale, Collider spoke with Smith and Spall about the biggest turning points of Episode 8’s “WoodScott,” and why the ending feels less like a goodbye than the start of another chapter for the family. As Smith puts it, the finale “gives opportunity for them to go in any direction now,” while Spall sees a future in which Trying continues moving beyond its original adoption story: “Now it’s kind of a family show. It’s about family.”
In an exclusive with Collider, Smith and Spall together unpack how the finale brings several long-running stories to a close, including Kat’s heartbreaking farewell to Princess and Tyler (Cooper Turner), while leaving Nikki, Jason, and their family with plenty of room to keep growing.
#appletv #trying #esthersmith #rafespall #adoption
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