Rooster Episode 5, or Family Ties, will release on Sunday, April 5, 2026, on HBO and HBO Max.In Episode 4, Greg attends a frat party and later spends his night with Walt's assistant. In short, he gets to live a night as a college student, which he never experienced before. He ditches Walt's boring party and has an absolute blast with Tommy and his friends. He sings aloud and gets two bottles duct-taped to his hands. Katie's friends insist that she move on from Archie and explore other options, which she finally agrees to do.Previously, we saw how Katie was still obsessed with Archie and turned into a stalker. After Katie fails to impress a bartender, she ends up spending the night with her estranged husband, Archie. Yes, it might be hard to believe, especially after she burned down Archie's college residence upon finding out that the grad student he was seeing was pregnant.Katie was suspended from college, and Greg had to take up a position at the college to help save her job. Elsewhere, Walt influences Sunny, and she decides to announce her pregnancy on social media. She sort of forces Archie to like the post, and her flatmate, who hates Archie, also supports her.In short, it gets chaotic, fun, and more awkward than ever.Rooster Episode 5 release date and streaming details View this post on Instagram Instagram PostRooster Episode 5 is all set to release next Sunday, i.e., April 5, 2026. It will release at 10 PM ET in the US on HBO. You can stream it later on HBO Max. Four out of ten episodes are currently available to stream on HBO Max.Rooster Episode 4: A quick recapRooster Episode 4 begins with Greg walking towards college in a happy mood. However, as soon as he sits down, Walt appears and greets him. Walt invites him to a faculty bar party that he has decided to throw since his wife, Joanie, is back from Japan. Greg is clearly not interested in the party, but Walt keeps insisting. Elsewhere, Greg decides to help Tommy when he finds out that he's stuck with a writing assignment, and Archie thinks he might use AI to complete it. It turns out Tommy wants to write about Greg in his assignment. Even though Greg initially discourages him, he later agrees to help him. Tommy invites Greg to hang out with his friends.Greg visits Walt's party for a while, but he's clearly bored. He mistakenly makes fun of Joanie's kimono and leaves the party midway out of embarrassment. He joins Tommy and his friends, and they have an absolute blast at the frat-themed party. Tommy reveals that he now feels motivated to finish his essay and compliments Greg, saying that he no longer feels like an outsider.With fresh encouragement from Tommy, Greg attends Walt's party with confidence. Greg later spends his night with Walt's assistant. Meanwhile, Katie finally decides to see other people. However, she fails to impress a bartender. She ends up reconnecting with Archie, her estranged husband, who was cheating on her with Sunny, a graduate student. Elsewhere, Sunny forces Archie to like her pregnancy announcement post.What to expect from Rooster Episode 5?The synopsis for Episode 5 reads (via HBO Max):"While Greg deals with his ex-wife’s visit to campus, Katie reconnects with Archie, and Dylan thrives in her new role."In the upcoming episode, Greg's ex-wife and Katie's mother will be visiting Ludlow. Elsewhere, Katie might try to reconnect with Archie, especially after they spent the night together. Will Katie forgive Archie? How will Sunny react to Archie spending the night with Katie? Watch Rooster every Sunday at 10 PM ET on HBO.Follow SoapCentral for more such updates.