This Hour Has 22 Minutes: 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 This Hour Has 22 Minutes 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
Come From Away
Sep 26, 2017 · 22 min
On the Season 25 premiere Mark Critch joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a song at the Come From Away forum in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This week also features Shaun Majumder
Young Peter Mansbridge
Oct 3, 2017 · 22 min
Young Sheldon - America's newest TV show - gets a Canadian update. Meet Young Peter Mansbridge. This week also features the Battle of Alberta: Calgary vs. Edmonton, and tips to hel
Alan Doyle
Oct 10, 2017 · 22 min
Alan Doyle comes face to face with…Alan Doyle (Mark Critch). This week also features PEI Witness News, and Mrs. Enid reflects on the Sears legacy.
First Wives
Oct 17, 2017 · 22 min
Mark Critch sits down with “Melania” and “Ivana” Trump. Plus a new dystopic series “The Hand Man’s Tale,” and the Speaker of the House - the Honourable Geoff Regan - provides prope
Simpsons Trivia With Andrew Scheer
Oct 24, 2017 · 22 min
Mark Critch talks to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in Ottawa, and Shaun Majumder asks Tom Arnold about the alleged Trump tapes in Calgary.
Is That Jagmeet Singh?
Nov 7, 2017 · 22 min
Shaun Majumder talks with Environment Minister Catherine McKenna as the Canada C3 expedition culminates in Victoria. This week's episode also features a new Canadian game show: Is
Trudeau Travels
Nov 14, 2017 · 22 min
On the November 14 episode of 22 Minutes, find your centre and namaste with the return of Angry Yoga. Then fly high with Mark Critch on his travels to southeast Asia with Prime Min
Canada's Back
Nov 21, 2017 · 22 min
This episode of 22 Minutes features exclusive footage of Shoppers Drug Mart's Marijuana Manager job interviews. Has Canada pulled a "She's All That?” on the world stage? "Chrystia
Kitchen Party
Nov 28, 2017 · 22 min
After a WestJet flight from Toronto to St. John's was delayed, an impromptu kitchen party broke out at Pearson International Airport. 22 Minutes has exclusive footage. Has power go
Marg's Back
Dec 5, 2017 · 22 min
22 Minutes sees the return of Marg Delahunty, Warrior Princess (Mary Walsh)! This week's episode also features Melania Trump (Susan Kent) saving Christmas, and a look at the CRA's
State Of The World (Holiday Special)
Dec 12, 2017 · 22 min
In this one hour special 22 Minutes turns its satirical eye to how the world sees Canada, with some surprising answers. Heroes to some, villains to others, you won't ever look at C
Best Of Season 25
Jan 9, 2018 · 22 min
22 Minutes celebrates the best from the first half of their 25th Season.
The Price Of Bread
Jan 16, 2018 · 22 min
22 Minutes features Canada's newest game show: the "Loblaws $25 Supermarket Sweep." Plus exclusive footage from one man's Tim Hortons boycott, and independent Senator "Lynn Beyak"
Hipster Chef Meal Deal
Jan 23, 2018 · 22 min
On the January 23 episode of 22 Minutes, Hipster Chef is back with Canada’s hottest food trend: home-delivered meal kits. This week’s episode also features 22’s Trent McLellan in C
Born to Wynne
Jan 30, 2018 · 22 min
An exclusive look at a Kathleen Wynne (Susan Kent) meet and greet; also a rapping wrap-up of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement: You Down with TPP?
Snow Day
Feb 6, 2018 · 22 min
Everyone loves a snow day, so why don’t we have an anthem to celebrate them? Introducing Canadians to an instant classic. Also features representatives from Canada’s three major po
Blue Jays Audition
Feb 27, 2018 · 22 min
The new episode of 22 Minutes celebrates the unsung heroes of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and reflects on Trudeau’s trip to India, with exclusive footage from the auditions to be
Business In The Front, Party In The Back
Mar 6, 2018 · 22 min
A town in Australia is claiming the mullet as their own invention, and this week's new episode features archival footage proving it's a proud part of Canada's "hair"-itage. Also on
NAFTA Calling
Mar 13, 2018 · 22 min
What does a phone call between Trudeau and Trump discussing NAFTA sound like? Also, the popular HQ trivia app gets a Canadian update, and pot impairment tests.
Carbon Tax Enforcer
Mar 20, 2018 · 22 min
Canadian provinces can't avoid carbon pricing plans while Catherine McKenna (Susan Kent), the Carbon Tax Enforcer is on the case. Also on this week’s new episode of 22 Minutes, bec
The Truck Don't Make The Man
Mar 27, 2018 · 22 min
Country superstar George Canyon guest-stars on this week’s 22 Minutes, reminding everyone that the truck don’t make the man. This week’s episode also looks inside the Conservatives
If I Had A Million Dollars
Apr 3, 2018 · 22 min
The Barenaked Ladies performance with Steven Page at the Junos have Canadians hoping for a reunion, and the former bandmates stop by the 22 Minutes season finale to discuss.