Summer Streamin' 25 - Bump - Season Five/Series Finale

Bump is one of Australia's most loved and long running series of recent times. Streaming on Channel Nine (mostly) operated Stan. The series is created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro.

Originally streaming New Year's Day 2021. The series concluded Boxing Day 2024. Now I did finish this series last night. However like Karvan in Love My Way, an episode left me shook.

Episode nine of this season had me in tears. Cinders was one of the most beautiful, honest TV episodes I have ever seen. Maybe since Love My Way's unexpected first season episode.

From the first season Bump centres around a high-achieving teenage girl and her boyfriend, both still at school, who have a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for them, their extended families, and friends.

Bump has always been a drama about Nathalie Morris as Olympia 'Oly' Chalmers-Davis who is super ambitious, has a surprise baby; and explores unplanned motherhood, unwelcome new relatives, unintended consequences and the complications that ensue for two families.

Carlos Sanson Jnr as Santiago 'Santi' Hernández and Oly have a wonderful TV romance across all five seasons. From having their first baby whilst still being stuck in school, to a second baby and successful careers.

At next year's AACTA Awards, or this year's Logies Claudia Karvan as Angie Davis (Oly's mum) needs to be win, big.

It is hard with such a quality series landing on Boxing Day and for folks like me getting to it in the New Year. I really don't want this series forgotten when it comes to award season in Australia.

The entire cast did such a brilliant job with the finale season. Angus Sampson as Dom Chalmers, Angie's ex husband even had one of the most heartfelt moments of the season. Usually saved for humour, Sampson stepped up in episode nine, hard.

I was a real wreck watching that episode, lucky episode ten, Rebirth, changed gears again. The season was interesting like that. With a couple of time jumps back and forth, the final few episodes really gave the show a final, swan song.

What will Stan replace this popular, Aussie family comedy-drama with next Boxing Day/NYE/NYD period?

Scrublands is set to return this year. Black Snow's third episode of the (so far) brilliant second season. Apparently C*A*U*G*H*T is returning for a second season. Finally Channel Nine's Human Error will stream at the end of January. Yes I could have watched it with annoying ad's on Channel Nine's catch up service. But yeah-nah. I'll wait, I'm good.

Until next time, get some tissues ready for the beautiful final season of Bump. Already a front runner for my Summer Streamin' 25 RATED list. So early on. I know!