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This Hour Has 22 Minutes: Season 21

20 episodes Premiered Oct 8, 2013 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Season 21 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 This Hour Has 22 Minutes Season 20.
  • ⚡ 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 21 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 21: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S21·E1 Mytharc

October 8, 2013

Oct 8, 2013

22 Minutes launches its 21st season with a few choice words about the Senate scandal, a PEI Witness News report from the Island's film festival 'red' carpet, a farewell tribute to

S21·E2 Core

October 15, 2013

Oct 15, 2013

This week on 22 Minutes: Margaret Atwood (Cathy Jones) “congratulates” Alice Munro on her Nobel Prize Award and Hockey Night in Canada’s Song Quest heats up with new tunes from “Bu

S21·E3 Core

October 22, 2013

Oct 22, 2013

Mark Critch covers the Throne Speech on Parliament Hill, Sam Roberts guests in "Copps & Roberts" Canada's new hit cop show parody, and Susan Kent learns to be a Vancouver Canucks "

S21·E4 Core

October 29, 2013

Oct 29, 2013

Details behind the senate scandal revealed; A successful 4-year old Mayor gives strong advice for Rob Ford and other Canadian mayors; Flashback to the 80's with musician, Gowan and

S21·E5 Core

November 5, 2013

Nov 5, 2013

Unique perspective on Mayor Rob Ford's crack video; Thomas Mulcair faces off with "Thomas Mulcair"; and beleaguered senators take a walk down the Yellow Brick Road.

S21·E6 Core

November 12, 2013

Nov 12, 2013

22 Minutes presents a best of Rob Ford special highlighting past clips about Toronto's eccentric mayor

S21·E7 Core

November 19, 2013

Nov 19, 2013

The popular song "What Does The Fox Say" gets a Rob Ford-themed spoof, a trendier version of the movie "Captain Phillips" is revealed, ejected Senators audition for Amazing Race Ca

S21·E8 Core

November 26, 2013

Nov 26, 2013

Mary Walsh returns as guest star; our Canada-U.S. relations expert tries to initiate relations with Mayor Rob Ford; and this week's Senate scandal developments come under scrutiny.

S21·E9 Mytharc

December 3, 2013

Dec 3, 2013

22 Minutes presents "Coronation Street" with insightful English subtitles, Thomas Mulcair (Mark Critch) spins recent polling numbers into an NDP victory, and illusionist, David Bla

S21·E10 Core

December 10, 2013

Dec 10, 2013

22 Minutes turns on the fireplace and heats up the laughs for its annual hour-long holiday special.

S21·E11 Core

January 14, 2014

Jan 14, 2014

This week 22 Minutes senior correspondent Mrs. Enid resolves the question of New Year's resolutions; Jamie Oliver's Sobey's ads get a remake and "Justin Bieber" (Susan Kent) speaks

S21·E12 Core

January 21, 2014

Jan 21, 2014

Robocall investigation goes to trail, and a surprise act opens Neil Young's "Honour The Treaties" tour.

S21·E13 Mytharc

January 28, 2014

Jan 28, 2014

Rex Murphy (Mark Critch) talks provincial leadership debacles, a Conservative 'spokesperson' reveals the scope of the PM's Israel delegation

S21·E14 Core

February 2, 2014

Feb 2, 2014

Famed gold medalist, Ross Rebagliati joins the 22 Minutes cast for a countdown to the Sochi Olympics, and, newly-orphaned Liberal Senators cry out for attention.

S21·E16 Core

March 4, 2014

The Harper Government's proposal for income splitting comes under scrutiny; Wendy's new ciabatta ads get a comic spoof

S21·E17 Core

March 11, 2014

A game of Risk becomes eerily realistic when 'Putin' joins the play; 'Governor General David Johnston' defends the Government's distribution of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medals

S21·E18 Core

March 18, 2014

Don Cherry expands his professional horizons with entertainment reporting; Quebec Premier Pauline Marois responds in prose to an English debate request;

S21·E19 Mytharc

March 25, 2014

Two prominent Canadian politicians resign, and, ironically, neither one of them is Rob Ford.

S21·E20 Mytharc

April 1, 2014

The Season Finale episode has Mark McKinney and Sam Roberts making guest appearances; Rex Murphy reviews the PM's weekly documentary '24/7'

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