diff --git a/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs b/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
index 730ef4898..b5705dde0 100644
--- a/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
+++ b/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
@@ -314,20 +314,123 @@ function loadMergedContinueWatching() as object
         end for
     end if
 
+    recentPlayedParams = {
+        includeItemTypes: "Episode",
+        filters: "IsPlayed",
+        recursive: true,
+        sortBy: "DatePlayed",
+        sortOrder: "Descending",
+        limit: 100,
+        fields: "UserData,SeriesId",
+        UserId: m.global.session.user.id
+    }
+    recentPlayedResponse = api.items.get(recentPlayedParams)
+
+ ' Create a lookup map of series LastPlayedDate to populate nextup
+    seriesLastPlayedMap = {}
+    if isChainValid(recentPlayedResponse, "Items")
+        for each item in recentPlayedResponse.Items
+            sId = item.LookupCI("SeriesId")
+            userData = item.LookupCI("UserData")
+            if isValid(sId) and isValid(userData) and seriesLastPlayedMap[sId] = invalid
+                seriesLastPlayedMap[sId] = userData["LastPlayedDate"]
+            end if
+        end for
+    end if
     ' Add Next Up items that aren't already in Continue Watching
     if isChainValid(nextUpData, "Items")
         for each item in nextUpData.Items
             itemId = item.LookupCI("Id")
+            seriesId = item.LookupCI("SeriesId")
+            userData = item.LookupCI("UserData")
+            if not isValid(userData) then userData = {}
+            if userData["LastPlayedDate"] = invalid and isValid(seriesId)
+                userData["LastPlayedDate"] = seriesLastPlayedMap[seriesId]
+            end if
             ' Only add if not already in resume items
             if not resumeItemIds.DoesExist(itemId)
                 tmp = createSGNode("HomeData")
-                tmp.json = item
+                tmp.json = {
+                Id: itemId,
+                name: item.LookupCI("name"),
+                Type: item.LookupCI("Type"),
+                SeriesName: item.LookupCI("SeriesName"),
+                SeriesId: seriesId,
+                SeasonId: item.LookupCI("SeasonId"),
+                ProductionYear: item.LookupCI("ProductionYear"),
+                Status: item.LookupCI("Status"),
+                EndDate: item.LookupCI("EndDate"),
+                ParentIndexNumber: item.LookupCI("ParentIndexNumber"),
+                IndexNumber: item.LookupCI("IndexNumber"),
+                IndexNumberEnd: item.LookupCI("IndexNumberEnd"),
+                OfficialRating: item.LookupCI("OfficialRating"),
+                CollectionType: item.LookupCI("CollectionType"),
+                ImageTags: item.LookupCI("ImageTags"),
+                UserData: userData,
+                ParentThumbItemId: item.LookupCI("ParentThumbItemId"),
+                ParentThumbImageTag: item.LookupCI("ParentThumbImageTag"),
+                ParentBackdropImageTags: item.LookupCI("ParentBackdropImageTags"),
+                ParentBackdropItemId: item.LookupCI("ParentBackdropItemId"),
+                SeriesPrimaryImageTag: item.LookupCI("SeriesPrimaryImageTag"),
+                BackdropImageTags: item.LookupCI("BackdropImageTags")
+            }
                 results.push(tmp)
             end if
         end for
     end if
 
-    return results
+    sortedResults = sortServerResultsByDate(results)
+    return sortedResults
+end function
+
+' sortServerResultsByDate: Sorts multi-server results by a date field (descending)
+'
+' @param {array} results - Array of items from multiple servers
+' @return {array} Sorted array
+function sortServerResultsByDate(results as object) as object
+    if not isValidAndNotEmpty(results) then return []
+
+    ' Convert to array with sortable date values
+    sortableItems = []
+    for each item in results
+        dateValue = invalid
+        if isValid(item.json) and isValid(item.json.UserData)
+            dateValue = item.json.UserData.LastPlayedDate
+        end if
+        sortableItems.push({
+            item: item,
+            sortDate: dateValue
+        })
+    end for
+
+    ' Simple bubble sort (sufficient for small arrays)
+    n = sortableItems.count()
+    for i = 0 to n - 2
+        for j = 0 to n - i - 2
+            ' Compare dates (ISO strings compare correctly alphabetically for descending)
+            date1 = sortableItems[j].sortDate
+            date2 = sortableItems[j + 1].sortDate
+
+            ' Handle invalid dates
+            if not isValid(date1) then date1 = ""
+            if not isValid(date2) then date2 = ""
+
+            ' Swap if date1 < date2 (we want descending order)
+            if date1 < date2
+                temp = sortableItems[j]
+                sortableItems[j] = sortableItems[j + 1]
+                sortableItems[j + 1] = temp
+            end if
+        end for
+    end for
+
+    ' Extract sorted items
+    sortedResults = []
+    for each sortable in sortableItems
+        sortedResults.push(sortable.item)
+    end for
+
+    return sortedResults
 end function
 
 function loadSeasonOfEpisodes() as object