{"id":36567,"date":"2023-09-07T14:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1884033"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T13:42:30","slug":"top-boy-season-5-ending-explained-who-killed-spoiler","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/top-boy-season-5-ending-explained-who-killed-spoiler\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Boy season 5 ending explained: Who killed [SPOILER]?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final scenes of the Netflix crime thriller left us with some huge unanswered questions. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 07 September 2023 at 12:40 PM<\/p>

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Warning: this article contains major spoilers for all six episodes of Top Boy season 5 (labelled as \u2018season 3\u2019 on Netflix)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final season of Top Boy<\/a> was promoted with the tagline \u201cNo Loose Ends\u201d, promising a definitive conclusion to the acclaimed Netflix<\/a> crime thriller. Hyperbole? Sort of\u2026<\/p>\n

The six episodes that make up season 5 (labelled as \u2018season 3\u2019 on Netflix, with the streamer having rebranded the show\u2019s first two Channel 4 seasons as Top Boy: Summerhouse) certainly provide a number of character arcs with a conclusive ending, but several plot threads are left hanging, and the final scene in particular poses one huge question which remains unanswered.<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s very last instalment takes place against a backdrop of Summerhouse at war, the estate having erupted into chaos after a protest against enforced eviction turns violent in the aftermath of disastrous police intervention.<\/p>\n

Below, we explore the fates of each of Top Boy\u2019s biggest players and attempt to unpack that enigmatic final sequence. Spoilers follow!<\/p>\n

What happens to Jaq in Top Boy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Jaq (Jasmine Jobson) in Top Boy.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ali Painter\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The life of formidable drug dealer Jaq (Jasmine Jobson) is rocked by tragedy early in Top Boy\u2019s final season, when her sister Lauryn (Saffron Hocking) dies \u2013 Lauryn drowned in her bathtub after developing postpartum depression and subsequently a heroin addiction.<\/p>\n

Determined to protect her baby nephew from the same destructive forces that cost Lauryn her life, Jaq betrays her boss, drug kingpin Sully (Kane Robinson) \u2013 with the help of friend Kieron (Joshua Blisset), she breaks into Sully\u2019s safe house and steals his sizeable stash of drugs.<\/p>\n

Sully twigs Kieron\u2019s involvement in the robbery and has him killed. Fearing for her own safety and that of her loved ones, Jaq later promises to return the drugs to Sully on the condition that she, her girlfriend Becks (Adwoa Aboah) and Lauryn\u2019s baby are given a \u201cpass\u201d and allowed to start a new life without fear of repercussions.<\/p>\n

Sully promises to consider the bargain, but Jaq is jumped by Dushane (Ashley Walters) on her way to the exchange \u2013 robbed of the drugs, Jaq arrives empty-headed at the meet. A vengeful Sully tells his former lieutenant that the deal is off and he will show her no mercy.<\/p>\n

The last we see of Jaq, she returns home to Bex and the baby, the threat of both Sully and Dushane now neutralised (more on that below). The immediate danger has passed, but will Jaq stay true to her word and get out of the drugs business for the sake of her nephew? Her ultimate fate is left up to the viewer.<\/p>\n

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