# Five Points (TV series)

Five Points is an American teen drama web series that premiered on June 4, 2018, on Facebook Watch. The series was created and written by Adam Giaudrone and directed by Thomas Carter, both of whom also executive produce alongside Kerry Washington, Jon Avnet, Rodrigo García, and Jake Avnet. On December 13, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on August 5, 2019.

## Premise

Five Points follows "five students at a South Side, Chicago high school who experience a life-changing event from different points of view, with each perspective being necessary to help understand the truth."

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Hayley Kiyoko as Lexi Himitsu
* Madison Pettis as Natasha "Tosh" Bennett
* Polo G as Kelvin Williams
* Ray Cham Jr. as Cameron "CJ" Jin
* Spence Moore II as Eric Harper (season 1)
* Nathaniel Potvin as Wallace Marks
* Jake Austin Walker as Alex Baker
* Trey Curtis as Jonathan
* Daniela Nieves as Ananda (season 2)

### Recurring

* Coco Jones as Jayla
* Bryan Petty as Jock
* Jahking Guillory as Ronnie Martin
* Moe Irvin as Frank Bennett
* Noah Weisberg as Mr. Delph
* Milt Kogan as Mr. Saroyan
* Hilary Ward as Detective Waters
* Michael Broderick as Detective Shaw
* James Black as Coach Magee
* Matthew Hancock as Mr. Saunders
* Kelly Sullivan as Victoria "Vickie" Bennett
* Jordyn James as Mimi

### Guest

* Ani Sava as Mrs. Luisine ("And Yet Here We Are")
* Matt Gottlieb as Gino ("And Yet Here We Are")
* Jully Lee as Miss Kincaid ("Maybe I Like Eyeliner")
* Troy Winbush as Paul Harper ("Top Of The Food Chain")
* Jason Isaacs as Kenneth Himitsu ("We Started This")
* Felice Heather Monteith as Barbara Baker ("Not Afraid Of Anything")

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) | July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05) | September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) |

### Season 1 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Featured character | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "And Yet Here We Are" | CJ | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) |
| 2 | 2 | "Everybody Knows" | Tosh Kelvin Eric | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) |
| 3 | 3 | "Too Soon To Tell" | Kelvin Wallace | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) |
| 4 | 4 | "Maybe I Like Eyeliner" | Lexi | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11) |
| 5 | 5 | "Top Of The Food Chain" | Eric | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18) |
| 6 | 6 | "You Were My Friend" | Tosh | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) |
| 7 | 7 | "We Started This" | CJ | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) |
| 8 | 8 | "I Saw The Tape" | Wallace | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) |
| 9 | 9 | "That Can't Be Good" | Lexi | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) |
| 10 | 10 | "Not Afraid Of Anything" | Alex | Thomas Carter | Adam Giaudrone | July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) |

### Season 2 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Featured character | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 11 | 1 | "Am I A Suspect?" | CJ | Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Sonja Perryman | August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05) |
| 12 | 2 | "Who Threatened You?" | Lexi | Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Katie Elmore Mota | August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05) |
| 13 | 3 | "You Don't Know The Whole Story" | Ananda | Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Brandon Zuck | August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05) |
| 14 | 4 | "I'm Not Psycho" | Tosh Kelvin | Thomas Carter | Sonja Perryman | August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12) |
| 15 | 5 | "No One Else Has to Know" | Kelvin Wallace | Thomas Carter | Brandon Zuck | August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12) |
| 16 | 6 | "Not a Normal Couple" | Ananda | Thomas Carter | Brandon Zuck | August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19) |
| 17 | 7 | "A Crime Against Humanity" | Tosh Kelvin | Thomas Carter | Sonja Perryman | August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19) |
| 18 | 8 | "You Actually Believe That?" | CJ | Thomas Carter | Sonja Perryman | August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26) |
| 19 | 9 | "It's Not What You Think" | Lexi | Thomas Carter | Brandon Zuck | August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26) |
| 20 | 10 | "This Ends With Me" | Ananda | Thomas Carter | Katie Elmore Mota | September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) |

## Production
### Development

On October 17, 2017, Facebook announced that it had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Adam Giaudrone who is set to executive produce alongside Jon Avnet, Rodrigo García, Jake Avnet, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone, and Thomas Carter. Giaudrone is also expected to act as a writer for the series as Carter is as a director. Production companies involved with the series include Simpson Street and Indigenous Media.
On January 9, 2018, Washington discussed the series at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saying, "What I'm thrilled about is not only the content itself — the story, the acting, how its a shot." She continued, "There are some really important coming-of-age issues that we deal with. It's the LGBT community. It's gun violence. Drug use. Bullying." On May 16, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on June 4, 2018. On December 13, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.

### Casting

Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Madison Pettis and Hayley Kiyoko had been cast in the series' lead female roles. A month later, it was reported that Polo G, Ray Cham Jr., Trey Curtis, Nathaniel Potvin, Jake Walker, and Spence Moore II had been added to the main cast.

### Marketing

On January 30, 2018, Facebook released the first promotional video for the series. On May 16, 2018, the first official trailer for the series was released.

## Reception
### Critical response

In an overall positive review, Decider's Joel Keller recommended audiences stream the series saying, "Stream It, because the performances are good, the characters are well-drawn given the time constraints and the time commitment isn't that big. But don't expect a satisfying teen drama."

### Viewership

In its first eight days of release, the first episode of the series garnered over two million views. However, from episode one to episode three, viewership reportedly went down by more than 80%, dropping to 190,000 views.