Almost Perfect: Season 2
Season 2 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 Almost Perfect Season 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
The Break-Up
Oct 9, 1996
After Gary shares his theory of relationships with Kim and Mike -- how every couple is five sentences away from a break-up -- his words set the gears in motion.
Shelf Doubt
Oct 16, 1996
Kim plays matchmaker after Rob offers his services helping her build shelves, but then doesn't like the outcome.
Good Grief
Oct 23, 1996
Kim wants to grieve over her breakup with Mike, but can't bring herself to do so. Meanwhile, the guys can't bring themselves to put up with her.
Heaven's Helper
Oct 30, 1996
Kim is friends with Marie Osmond, who pays a visit to Los Angeles to lure Kim away from Blue Justice and onto her own show. When Gary pleads for -- and wins -- the job producing Ma
Dating for Ratings
Dec 20, 1997
Blue Justice is again on the brink of cancellation when the network puts it up against ER. Meanwhile, Kim gets stuck with a loser of a blind date, Ray, whom she soon discovers is a
Where No Woman Has Gone Before
Dec 20, 1997
Kim hires psychic Lindsay Wolf as a creative consultant, and the staff gets free readings. Kim is excited to hear that she'll be meeting a distinctive man in a place full of men wi
K.I.S.S.
Dec 29, 1997
Kim is upset when she learns the production company has been bought out by Jack Chenault, a man she had a steamy one-night-stand with twelve years ago -- and now doesn't remember h
Gimme Shelter
Dec 24, 1997
As Christmas approaches, Kim volunteers to help out in a soup kitchen for the homeless, only to be invited to Jack's prestigious Hollywood party on the same day.
The Laws
Dec 30, 1997
When intern Denise announces how she owes her impending marriage to the advice in a book, Gary bets Kim that she can't follow said advice.
This Is What Happens When You Don't Watch PBS
Dec 31, 1997
A case of mistaken identity finds Kim inviting a porn star to the Emmys.