Animal Kingdom Renewed: The Codys are Here to Stay

The Cody family saga is not over yet.

TNT has renewed Animal Kingdom for a fifth season the network announced today.

The series is currently in its fourth season, and the big question plaguing fans has been if Smurf (played by Ellen Barkin) will survive her battle with cancer.

The network didn't offer any details on Ellen Barkin's character, so let's just speculate that the seemingly indestructible Smurf will triumph once again.

That's a huge relief, right?

But now the question is how will she beat the beast, and how will this affect the final job she has planned with her boys?

On Animal Kingdom Season 4 Episode 9, Smurf had returned from visiting Jed's farm where she was very interested in what he had hiding behind a locked door.

Although, it's not clear that the job she has in mind is a hit on Jed's bunker, it seems more probable than not.

Through flashbacks we learned that Jed is a survivalist who also had a mean streak as well as issues with his brother, Colin.

As you know, Colin is the love of Janine's life yet he's nowhere to be found in the current day.

So one can suppose that Jed had something to do with Colin's death (because that's what we're all thinking, right?).

And this hit on his bunker is maybe not only a form of revenge but also a way for Smurf to take care of her kids when she's gone.

Gold, guns, and a ton of canned food will help her boys for quite some time.

But there's trouble brewing in Cody family of which Smurf isn't aware. J has a dark side he's keeping secret. Pope is more involved with Angela than ever.

Angela has some questionalble ulterior motives -- though J might've put an end to her, hopefully.

Craig's focus is going to be elsewhere now that he's a new daddy.

But the biggest trouble is with Deran.

How far is Deran willing to go to protect Adrian? Will he cooperate with Detecive Pierce? Or will he throw his boyfriend to the wolves and stay loyal to his family?