Season guide
Frontline: Season 16
16 episodes
Premiered Oct 6, 1997 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Frontline
Season 16 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 Frontline Season 15.
- 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 16 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S16·E9
Core
The Two Nations of Black America
Feb 10, 1998 · 57 min
Thiry years after Martin Luther King, Jr's death, how have we reached this point where we have both the largest black middle class and the largest underclass in history. --Henry Lo
S16·E10
Core
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
Apr 6, 1998 · 224 min
FRONTLINE presents the epic story of the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence, the series transports the viewer back two thousand