The final season of Bump on Stan, and the legacy Claudia Karvan wants to leave behind.

In a farewell that won't leave a dry eye in sight, viewers will bid goodbye to the Chalmers-Davis family as the Stan Original Series Bump airs its final season.

As is tradition, the fifth and final season of the Stan Original hit series Bump will premiere on Boxing Day, marking the end of this beloved Australian comedy-drama.

The season will follow the Chalmers-Davis family as they face Angie's cancer diagnosis while celebrating Oly's second pregnancy. The returning cast includes Nathalie Morris, Carlos Sanson Jr., Claudia Karvan, Angus Sampson, and Ava Cannon, alongside the entire Chalmers-Davis clan.

Co-creators Kelsey Munro and Karvan lead the writers' room, with Morris making her writing debut.

The series, which began in 2021 with the story of a high-achieving teenage girl's surprise pregnancy, has become a staple in Australian households. The final season will oscillate between past and present, promising to deliver bittersweet and hilarious moments.

Bump is one of Stan's most successful original series. Beyond its domestic success, Bump has achieved a huge international reach, with distribution in multiple territories including Canada, the UK and the US.

The series broke ground in Australian television by featuring Latin American culture and characters prominently, becoming one of the first local shows to showcase a South American family as central characters.

Its heartfelt and authentic portrayal of young parenthood has particularly resonated with viewers, earning praise from young parents who feel seen by the show's representation.

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All that being said, it feels way too real to say goodbye to these beloved characters.

To heal part of the wound, I was invited to the Chalmers house — yes, it's an actual house they film at in Sydney's leafy suburb of Glebe — and I got to watch some of the final season being filmed and interview the main cast.

Having watched the show for years, I will just say this was a surreal experience. I expected a stuffy TV set and what I was greeted with was the warmest, most delightful filming environment I've experienced.

The entire cast and crew act like one huge family. When the show wasn't filming (the exact scene I can't share, sorry!), they were all hanging out the back of the house in the courtyard just joking around, snacking and swapping stories.

It's an environment that Claudia Karvan can acknowledge is unique, especially for a show that got to finish on its own terms and air a fifth season.

"There's a lot of tears, a lot of love, a lot of hugs. It feels incredibly gratifying to come to the end, and it hasn't frayed, if you know what I mean? It's not like we're just holding everything together. We're still very connected," she said.

"We still value each other, and we still love the show. We're not saying goodbye to this show and good riddance. We're saying, 'That was beautiful, we're going to kiss you and say goodbye before we overstay our welcome.'"

Claudia Karvan in Bump. Image: Supplied.

Ioane Saula compared the five years he spent with Bump to being at high school. "Season One was the first ever time I was in front of a camera. It feels like the first three or four seasons were kind of like my schooling for acting," he said.

"It kind of feels like this is a graduation."

For the show's leading lady, Nathalie Morris, it hasn't quite hit her yet. "The main emotion is gratitude. I feel like the sadness of it hasn't really hit yet. Maybe it'll hit this time next year," she shared.

"I just feel like, 'Wow, how lucky are we to have done five seasons of a show?' That's such a unique experience."

Karvan agrees that for an Australian series to run for as long as Bump has is a rarity.

"It feels like a privilege, it's very rare, and it probably won't happen again in my career. It's that unusual. And what is funnier is that when we were developing series one, before it was even ordered, we had an idea in the room where we said 'Wouldn't it be great if we got a few seasons and then we could end on this moment, and we named the moment', and that is what we're doing."

Christian Byers agrees that it feels extra special to end the show on their terms. "We've been able to tell a really full story and really get the most out of our characters," he said.

"The themes that we cover over the season are love and life and loss and new beginnings and all this kind of stuff. And it's actually paralleled the journey that I think we've all been on with this show for so long. There's a really beautiful end to the season and it's been quite cathartic."

Christian Buyers (middle in orange) and the cast of Bump. Image: Supplied.

Karvan teased that the final season will be a love letter to the fans who have stayed loyal.

"It feels a bit like it's a novel in that we've got the bookends. The luxury we've got right now is we can go back through the anthology of Bump moments, subtle moments, all the way through the first four series, and pay off on them in this final series. That's been really pleasurable and really good fun and hopefully rewarding as an audience member. Remember when this happened in series one?"

Beyers added that the jacket he was wearing in a scene was "one of Claudia's from season one," he said, adding "It's just little stuff like that, because we know the characters so well."

Bump is a show that audiences have connected with, even overseas, which Karvan contributes to the quality of the work.

"It's essentially pretty life-affirming. Even though we deal with some pretty hard-hitting stuff, we do it in a gentle way," she said.

"I'm hoping that they just respond to the authenticity of it. It's authentic and it's specific. I think people respond to things that are specific and authentic."

For Morris, she feels grateful the series has come to a satisfying conclusion. "It's really cool that we can end with a bang: we can be quite intentional and bold with our ending of the show, and it feels right," she said.

The cast of Bump. Image: Supplied.

As far as the show's legacy, Beyer said that the dream is "to have made a show that people return to, and whether that's something that they rewatch 10 years from now," he said.

For Morris, she hopes viewers take away some life lessons.

"The legacy of Bump is life is so unexpected and surprising. There's a lot of grief, a lot of pain, a lot of changes, but ultimately we can have a sense of humour and make fun of ourselves and each other out of painful experiences," Morris said.

"That's the legacy: sadness and joy are two sides of the same coin."

When pressed on what fans can expect from the final season, Karvan teased a slice of what's to come. "It is still pretty subversive. We tackle pretty significant storylines: we deal with mortality, deal with abortion, deal with the politics of labour, the environment, feminism, they're all there," she offered.

"But I think what I know from audience responses so far, it's really funny, and it's still really warm. The audience will feel very safe."

The brand new season of the Stan Original Series Bump will premiere on Boxing Day, all episodes at once. Every episode of Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 are now streaming, only on Stan.

Feature image: Stan.