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Season guide

CBS Summer Playhouse: Season 2

17 episodes Premiered Jun 21, 1988
Previously on CBS Summer Playhouse

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 CBS Summer Playhouse 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.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (14): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E2 Core

Real Life

Jun 28, 1988

Comedy about homemaking from the viewpoints of a blue-collar worker's wife and an ex-career woman.

S2·E3 Core

Old Money

Jun 28, 1988

Comedy about a fabulously wealthy family, and the servants who work for them.

S2·E7 Core

The Johnsons Are Home

Jul 19, 1988

Off the wall family finds their version of domestic bliss in Minneapolis.

S2·E8 Core

Limited Partners

Jul 19, 1988

Two pals try to get rich quick by buying a busted burger joint, and serving only British fast food.

S2·E11 Core

Whattley by the Bay

Aug 9, 1988

A big-city newspaper editor decides to return home to the town where he grew up.

S2·E12 Core

Sniff

Aug 9, 1988

An unsuccessful reporter finds his luck changing when he becomes the owner of a talented dog.

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