Bob and Margaret: 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 Bob and Margaret 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
Bob Gets Wired
Aug 19, 1999 · 30 min
Margaret is accidentally arrested for shop lifting and treated like a terrorist. Bob is enlisted to entrap her.
No Trouble
Aug 26, 1999 · 30 min
Margaret's parents visit. They refuse to answer questions and bring their own toilet paper. They keep thanking Bob for having married their daughter
The Trouble With Mummy
Sep 2, 1999 · 30 min
When Bob's mother's best friend dies, Bob's brother and sister decide that Mummy might be best moved to a home. They are also excited about selling the house for a small fortune.
The Fly on the Wall
Sep 9, 1999 · 30 min
An old school friend of Bob's wants to make a documentary about his dental practice, but it doesn't go as Bob had hoped.
Problems
Sep 16, 1999 · 30 min
Margaret bumps into an old school friend she hasn't seen since she was six. The friend is very successful and this makes Margaret feel inadequate. Meanwhile, Bob agrees to attend a
A Patient Dies in Bob's Chair
Sep 23, 1999 · 30 min
When a patient dies of a heart attack in Bob's chair, Bob is struck off and so hires a flashy lawyer to fight the ruling.
Cuckoo in the Nest
Nov 20, 1999 · 30 min
Margaret takes on a fawning young apprentice at the foot clinic. Meanwhile, Bob and Margaret have an unwanted house guest in the Clive, who tries to interest Bob in hookers. When B
A New Life
Dec 4, 1999 · 30 min
Bob is impressed by a promotional video about living in the brand new town of Wordsworth Shakespeare and considers leaving London for this idyllic place where roads are straight an
Animal Behavior
Nov 27, 1999 · 30 min
The dogs need more excitement in their lives, and so do Bob and Margaret, so they hook up with The Widgeners, a bitchy, artsy couple who live in a converted warehouse. This episode
Party Politics
Jan 8, 2000 · 30 min
Margaret unwittingly hosts a sex toy party, but can only manage to round up a feeble group of guests who include her elderly wheel chair bound aunt and the owner of the Indian rest
Going Dutch
Jan 15, 2000 · 30 min
Margaret wins a cycling holiday in holand, but Bob tries to get out of it because he never learned to ride a bike. Margaret takes Cathy instead.
My Foot Hurts
Feb 1, 2000 · 30 min
Margaret hosts a local radio phone in show called ‘My Foot Hurts'. To celebrate, they go to a new Indian restaurant, but the owners beg for radio support to help them so that the
A Bob or Two
Feb 8, 2000 · 30 min
Bob finds a clown on black velvet painting at a boot sale which ends up potentially worth a small fortune. Features a Godfather pastiche fantasy sequence in which Bob is gunned dow