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Backlight: Season 22

10 episodes Premiered Sep 7, 2023 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Backlight

Season 22 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Backlight Season 21.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 22 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 22: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S22·E1 Mytharc

Make it simple!

Sep 7, 2023 · 50 min

Is complexity killing us? Is the Netherlands becoming ungovernable? Name a government file and it is stuck. While most fingers point to politics, the real reason is not often menti

S22·E2 Core

The throwaway society

Oct 5, 2023 · 50 min

As the call for sustainability and the preservation of our planet grows louder, we face a crucial challenge: how do we fix our broken consumer society? A dive into this pressing is

S22·E3 Core

Connecting storytellers

Nov 1, 2023 · 50 min

At a time when depression rates are rising, the need for new stories that restore meaning and promote a sense of belonging is growing. A dive into that search with Dutch people fro

S22·E4 Core

Expedition better Netherlands

Nov 30, 2023 · 50 min

The Netherlands was once a leader in the areas of water, housing and emancipation, but we are dropping in the rankings. Three powerful ideas abroad show how things can be done diff

S22·E5 Core

Planetcoolers

Jan 7, 2024 · 51 min

Are there emergency solutions to reduce global warming? And what risks do they entail? Stephane Kaas travels to the American west coast, the Arctic Circle and the North Sea and spe

S22·E6 Core

You can't kill the story

Feb 4, 2024 · 50 min

It is now very dangerous to be a journalist and journalistic cooperation is the only way to continue practicing the profession. The collective Forbidden Stories, founded for this p

S22·E7 Core

Europe is not on track

Mar 3, 2024 · 50 min

The European borders have been abolished, there is an extensive train network and yet it appears to be very difficult to cross Europe by train. Systems and political ambitions do n

S22·E8 Core

Episode 8

Mar 6, 2024 · 50 min

S22·E9 Mytharc

Episode 9

Mar 7, 2024 · 51 min

S22·E10 Mytharc

Episode 10

Mar 10, 2024 · 50 min

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