Netflix Renews The Diplomat for a Fifth Season, Leaving Its Finale in Focus

Cahn’s focus beyond the presidency

Creator Debora Cahn said she is interested in the federal employees around a president, including people who may have power but feel unable to use it. She told Town & Country that she wants to write about what those workers do when they believe something is wrong.

Cahn said she finds reassurance in the possibility that people may be guiding events out of public view. While preparing the season, the team asked people working in the field how they would respond to an illegal order.

A likely continuation

Cahn did not discuss the story she hopes to tell in a fifth season. She suggested it will probably begin where the fourth season concluded. She said the team often considers skipping ahead, but has not done so. Cahn explained that a finale’s intense events leave viewers wanting to see what happens next.

More details to come

Further information about the fifth season was not included in Cahn’s comments. The report said it would be updated when more is known about the series.