Boston Common: 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 Boston Common 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
Everything's Coming Up Sub-Rosas
Sep 29, 1996
Wyleen discovers a there is a secret woman's society on campus and decides she needs to join them. Butterfield schedules to meet with Leonard about something.
Conspiracy of Dunces
Oct 6, 1996
Tasha detects that Joy might be a bit jealous of Boyd. Wyleen learns about conspiracy theories and hidden agendas from Professor Reed. Leonard gives up his job at the cafeteria to
This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco ...
Oct 13, 1996
Tasha suggests to Jack that he recruit Boyd to organize a surprise party for Joy's birthday, a date he'd forgotten. President Butterfield tries to inform Leonard that his funding h
Mercury Retrograde
Oct 20, 1996
Tasha sets Boyd up on a blind date. Joy accidentally calls Jack "Boyd". Leonard helps Tasha move into her newly painted office. Wyleen, still working for Professor Reed, must liste
Trustee and Sympathy
Nov 3, 1996
Boyd searches for the name of the landlord of their building, since the heat has been off for the past two days. The college entertains an obnoxious alumnus, who is funding the est
A Triage Grows in Boston
Nov 10, 1996
Boyd and Wyleen host the Pritchett family barbecue. Joy seems to get very tired, every time her pending wedding to Jack is mentioned. Leonard has a part-time job delivering meals t
Gobble, Gobble, Aggch!
Nov 17, 1996
Wyleen and Boyd decide to hold a get-together for Thanksgiving. Wyleen invites Cookie in hopes of getting a part in the spring play. Jack and Joy try to spend their holiday working
Coming Clean
Nov 20, 1996
Boyd struggles to pay Wyleen's tuition for next semester. To raise funds, he gets a part time job working as a janitor. Leonard and Wyleen also take janitorial positions. Jack lear
Arts and Craftiness
Dec 8, 1996
Leonard is traveling home to his mother's for the holidays and his joke about a bomb at airport security gets him and Wyleen held for questioning. Tasha performance review is comin
The Finals Curtain
Dec 15, 1996
Trying to study for her finals, Wyleen is fighting a cold, Boyd's interruptions and Jack's cryptic messages about the content of the final. Boyd cons the campus radio station manag
Soup to Nuts
Jan 5, 1997
Everybody wants to have lunch with Boyd so they can get his advice. Wyleen wants to him to be there when she has lunch with the newly reformed Cookie. Joy wants advice about her pe
A Night in Camelot
Feb 16, 1997
Boyd and Jack discover a pair of shoes that might have once belonged to JFK. After displaying their lack of knowledge, Tasha tells Boyd they should try to get some culture. Everyon
Commander-in-Grief
Mar 9, 1997
When a new president is selected for the college, Boyd loses a job. Cookie expresses an interest in Leonard.
His and Herpes
Mar 16, 1997
Wyleen develops a large cold sore on her upper lip. Boyd frets over the color of his teeth as he begins to work his new job. The crisis center is in danger of losing its funding, B
Extra Credit
Mar 23, 1997
The college rolls out a new credit card program that it locates in the student union. Wyleen's been approved and begins to spend and spend. Leonard is caught in the middle of Jack
The Occidental Purists
Apr 6, 1997
Wyleen gets the lead in the play The Tea Ceremony. Joy arranges a date for Tasha and also tries to fix her hair. Leonard reluctantly agrees to become the editor for Jack's new book
Heres to You, Mrs. Byrnes
Apr 7, 1997
Joy's mother comes for a visit and takes more of a liking to Boyd than is comfortable for him. Leonard needs an insurance physical and gets an appointment with Tasha's gynecologist
I.D. Endow
Apr 13, 1997
Boyd and others are against a tuition increase proposed by Cross. Wyleen wants to borrow money to obtain a fake ID. Leonard's guest for his radio show is Tasha's estranged grandfat
To Bare is Human
Apr 14, 1997
A men's magazine want to do a layout featuring the women of Harrington. Leonard gets a date with a former centerfold. Cross takes Joy out to dinner at the same time Jack takes the
A Cross to Bear
Apr 20, 1997
Cross is going to be featured on a public television program called American Mind as a prominent educator. Boyd is tired of paying for everything and wants Wyleen to get a job.
Sophomore's Choice
Apr 27, 1997
Cross gets on Tasha for disciplining the son of a major college benefactor. Wyleen tells Boyd it is time for him to move out. He looks for a place to stay and winds up with Tasha.