Backlight: Season 22
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.
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
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
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
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
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
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
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
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