Palm Royale season 2 episode 5, titled Maxine Is Ready to Single Mingle, premiered on December 10, 2025, exclusively on Apple TV+. The episode centered on Douglas's disappearance, with Mitzi, Dinah, and Perry searching for the missing Dellacorte. Meanwhile, Maxine goes on a date with Dr. Dusty Magic, although things end on a bad note for the couple.Disclaimer: The following article contains spoilers from Palm Royale season 2 episode 5. Reader's discretion is advised.After realising that Douglas was missing in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5, Mitzi goes to Dinah and Perry, who immediately suspect that Pinky and Raquel are behind it. Their suspicions are raised even further after paying a visit to their house, where the trio hears concerning noises. This leads them to hatch a plan to free Douglas from captivity during an event held at Pinky’s house.However, while the plan works, Perry, Dinah, and Mitzi soon figure out that Pinky and Raquel don’t have Douglas. This is further confirmed when Maxine confronts the two of them. Pinky laughs and tells her that they don’t have Douglas, which is when the kidnapped Dellacorte arrives back home. It turns out that none other than the FBI had kidnapped Douglas because they knew he had helped Linda escape.Douglas was indeed kidnapped by the FBI in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations - "Palm Royale" (Image via Getty)At the end of episode 4, Douglas had vanished from Palm Beach, leaving Mitzi in a panic, as her husband had disappeared on the very day they got married. She tells Dinah and Perry, who take her to Pinky and Raquel’s place. They assume that the two kidnapped Douglas over the money he owes them.Later, their suspicions are confirmed when Dinah goes in to talk to them and hears some questionable thumping and noises coming from downstairs. That’s when one of Raquel’s men walks up and complains how ‘he’s’ too clever and has chewed through his ropes already in an attempt to escape. Raquel simply tells the man to throw some food down as they plan to kill the pig in a few days.Dinah, who understands Spanish and overheard the whole conversation, quickly goes to break the news to the other two. Mitzi immediately wants to tell the FBI, but Perry offers an alternative solution: that they break in and rescue Douglas in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5. The plan unfolds during a square-dancing event that Pinky and Raquel are attending. This provided an opportunity for someone to break into the house and free the captured “pig.”Perry takes the responsibility for that, rushes to the house during the dance, and instead finds an actual pig that Pinky and Raquel were planning on slaughtering. Meanwhile, Maxine, having learnt about Douglas being kidnapped, offers the Dellacorte house to Pinky, only to be laughed at. It turns out that he had never kidnapped Douglas, and Maxine goes home instead, where Douglas is waiting for her in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5.He then tells her that the FBI had detained him for helping Linda escape, but they released him because they were actually after Pinky, since Linda had escaped on his plane.Maxine and Dr Dusty Magic go out on a date but things quickly become complicated View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAfter agreeing to go on a date with Dr Dusty Magic in episode 4, Maxine keeps her word and goes on the date to the movie theater with the doctor in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5. The interactions between the two suggest a developing closeness that may indicate mutual interest.However, Maxine keeps stopping Magic from kissing her, using all sorts of weird excuses to do so, but in the end, she tells him the truth. She explains that she likes him and was having a great time. But they won’t kiss until they have three more dates, to which Dr Dusty agrees. That’s when Mary arrives with a message from Linda, which leaves Maxine and Evelyn looking for a way to send Linda money.She mentions a courier guy in her message, but since they have no money, the two are in trouble, although they do have gold. However, due to a scandal related to the gold, the price drops from $6 million to pennies, which leaves them broke and unable to give Linda any money. In Palm Royale season 2 episode 5, Dr Dusty then steps in and tells Maxine to attend the square-dance party, talk to Magde Post, and sell her the gold.That way, they could get money to send Linda and buy the Palm Royale at the same time. This plan was executed well. Later, Maxine hands over the money to the courier guy, who turns out to be Dusty. Using the code word, the cash is eventually handed over to Linda.However, the two decide to continue their date. But when Dr Dusty Magic arrives to meet Maxine at her house, he sees her on top of Douglas, not knowing that she had fallen while pushing him out of the house. Instead, he leaves heartbroken after simply saying goodbye to Maxine, leaving her confused and equally heartbroken in Palm Royale season 2 episode 5.Interested viewers can watch Palm Royale season 2 episode 5 on Apple TV+.