第5个故事由4集组成，Tom Edge编剧，Sue Tully执导。BBC负责英国播出，HBO负责北美，华纳兄弟负责全球发行。

Inspired by E. M. Forster's novel Howards End, and set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to be a gay man today, exploring relationships and connections across age and social class and asking what one generation's responsibilities may be to the next.

潘茜的人生如同困兽之斗，身心双重煎熬将她异化为戾气横生的刺猬——与家人争执不休、在牙医诊所爆发冲突、对主治医师怒吼、甚至与超市收银台的女孩剑拔弩张。丈夫科特利长久以来束手无策，儿子摩西终日缄默地游荡在街头，仿佛活在平行世界。唯有胞妹尚特尔以温柔织就的救赎之网，成为这个濒临崩解的家庭中最后的锚点。