CBS Summer Playhouse: 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 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Real Life
Jun 28, 1988
Comedy about homemaking from the viewpoints of a blue-collar worker's wife and an ex-career woman.
Old Money
Jun 28, 1988
Comedy about a fabulously wealthy family, and the servants who work for them.
The Johnsons Are Home
Jul 19, 1988
Off the wall family finds their version of domestic bliss in Minneapolis.
Limited Partners
Jul 19, 1988
Two pals try to get rich quick by buying a busted burger joint, and serving only British fast food.
Whattley by the Bay
Aug 9, 1988
A big-city newspaper editor decides to return home to the town where he grew up.
Sniff
Aug 9, 1988
An unsuccessful reporter finds his luck changing when he becomes the owner of a talented dog.