Context
Upcoming Prime Video series set decades after 2049.
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Historical Record
The 2090s arrive with institutions built atop half a century of improvisation. Off‑world expansion continues to siphon talent and hope from Earth while cities refine their methods of managing scarcity. A new initiative in the late century suggests another turn of the wheel—fresh oversight, fresh ambitions, and fresh disputes over the definition of personhood.
For historians, the significance of the 2090s lies in continuity. Each earlier epoch—2019, 2022, 2032, 2036, 2048, 2049—feeds policy assumptions that the new decade inherits. The period is poised between consolidation and rupture, a reminder that timelines are living documents revised every time a city chooses efficiency over empathy or vice versa.
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Q: When does Blade Runner 2099 take place?
A: Blade Runner 2099 happens in 2099 .