Frontline: Season 25
Season 25 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 24.
- 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 25 Progress Shield
Return of the Taliban
Oct 3, 2006 · 115 min
Nearly seven years after the Taliban were toppled, Al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to use Pakistan as a de facto base, virtually unchallenged and far out of America’s reach.
The Enemy Within
Oct 10, 2006
Soon after 9/11, an FBI informant made an alarming claim: Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had visited the town of Lodi, Calif. in the late 1990s and attended a mosque
The Lost Year in Iraq
Oct 17, 2006 · 55 min
Today, as America looks for an exit strategy, FRONTLINE examines the initial, critical decisions of the U.S.-led regime in Baghdad in The Lost Year in Iraq. From the same team that
A Hidden Life
Nov 14, 2006
In May 2005, Jim West, the once-popular mayor of Spokane, Wash., made headlines with rampant accusations of abuse. FRONTLINE takes a look at West’s two lives: the public and the pr
News War (4): Stories From A Small Planet
Mar 27, 2007
The fourth hour of News War looks at media around the globe to reveal the international forces that influence journalism and politics in the United States. The lead story focuses o
Gangs of Iraq
Apr 17, 2007
Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the U.S. has spent billions to "stand up" the Iraqi forces. In Gangs of Iraq, a joint product
The Mormons (1)
Apr 30, 2007
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest growing religions, and its influence circles the globe. The church has 12 million members today and over
The Mormons (2)
May 1, 2007
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest growing religions, and its influence circles the globe. The church has 12 million members today and over
When Kids Get Life
May 8, 2007
It’s often said that kids have their whole lives ahead of them. What happens when, early on, that life becomes a life in prison? FRONTLINE examines the convictions of the children
Living Old
Nov 21, 2006 · 60 min
With 35 million elderly people in America, “the old, old” — those over 85 — are now considered the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. While medical advances have enabl