Climax!: 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 Climax! 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
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sep 1, 1955
Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .
Public Pigeon #1
Sep 8, 1955
Cafeteria worker Rusty is cheated by stock swindlers and winds up in jail, but the crooks have to break him out in order to recover their loot, which was stashed in Rusty's safety
Silent Decision
Sep 15, 1955
A surgeon finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and takes matters into his own hands.
Night of Execution
Sep 22, 1955
A mother watches her cruel and destructive husband continually expose their young son to all kinds of violence. Finally she feels she must take steps to save her son from this sini
Sailor on Horseback
Sep 29, 1955
As Jack London's reputation as a writer grows, his fame causes conflicts with his sister Eliza and his wife Charmain.
Thin Air
Oct 13, 1955
An advertising executive's wife disappears during a summer vacation.
House of Shadows
Oct 20, 1955
A woman keeps her elderly uncle locked up as a prisoner in his own home when a man decides to investigate the story himself.
The Pink Cloud
Oct 27, 1955
An ex-con returns to New York looking for the man responsible for the crime he did time for.
Scheme to Defraud
Nov 10, 1955
An insurance underwriter and his secretary are both disgruntled over their dull, monotonous routine. They fall in love, and then discover a way to cash in on a $70,000 insurance cl
A Promise to Murder
Nov 17, 1955
At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.
Portrait in Celluloid
Nov 24, 1955
Art Shaddick, formerly a writer, now a writer's agent, sits in his gaudy, pretentious office, on the bookcase reposes an Oscar, won by Art for his last picture. That was in 1929. S
A Man of Taste
Dec 1, 1955
A cultured Englishman, living in Paris, becomes interested in art for purely mercenary reasons. He sponsors a young artist and goes to great lengths to keep his protege's canvases
The Passport
Dec 8, 1955
An American correspondent, assigned to Europe shortly after World War II, is offered part of a fortune in confiscated gems in return for letting a former Nazi officer use his passp
The Day They Gave the Babies Away
Dec 22, 1955
While decorating a Christmas tree, narrator Joan Evans recalls the story of the Christmas of her ancestors during the 1860s in Wisconsin. A 12-year old boy becomes the head of his
Bailout at 43,000 Feet
Dec 29, 1955
Three men prepare to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber. As they wait for favorable weather conditions, each reacts differently.
The Prowler
Jan 5, 1956
A rancher's wife is bored with her monotonous life. One night when her husband is away, her mother-in-law inadvertently suggest the "perfect escape" .
The Hanging Judge
Jan 12, 1956
One of the most despised men in the legal profession clings tenaciously to the belief that English law is infallible. Because of his fixation he even stands trial for a murder he d
The Secret of River Lane
Jan 26, 1956
The son of a respected lawyer is involved in a case of homicide over the shooting of a schoolmate. Even though the father suspects his son's guilt, he tries to protect him. The ent
Gamble on a Thief
Feb 2, 1956
A dedicated parole officer makes a daring effort to help a two-time loser who has violated the conditions of his parole.
The Fifth Wheel
Feb 9, 1956
Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!
Nightmare by Day
Feb 23, 1956
The parents of a recently married young woman, whose husband claims she's taken a trip to New York, slowly become convinced she's been murdered.
The Sound of Silence
Mar 1, 1956
A priest becomes involved in murder when the killer confesses his crime to him.
The Louella Parsons Story
Mar 8, 1956
The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Mar 22, 1956
A young woman lives in fear that a recurring dream foretells real tragedy. The premonition persists when she falls in love with a young soldier about to leave for overseas duty.
An Episode of Sparrows
Mar 29, 1956
An 11-year old girl whose home has always been the slums, steals a packet of flower seeds from a playmate. In her search for a small bit of earth in which to grow flowers, she is b
Spin into Darkness
Apr 5, 1956
After gambling away the money her pilot husband gave her for the down payment on a plane, a woman takes a job as nurse to an alcoholic, who in a drunken stupor gives her $5,000 to
The Lou Gehrig Story
Apr 19, 1956
Baseball's ""Iron Horse,"" whose brilliant career was ended by a terminal illness, and who struggled valiantly against adversity.
Sit Down with Death
Apr 26, 1956
A dinner party turns into a guest's nightmare as a murder plot is uncovered.
The Empty Room Blues
May 3, 1956
When her husband disappears with their savings and their son, a woman fears for the child's life. But she can't convince her friends or the police that the man is a pathological li
Flame-Out on T-6
May 17, 1956
Ten men are assigned to a drifting ice floe near the North Pole to test the effect of subzero weather on men supplied only with tents and meager rations. One of the men goes berser
The Shadow of Evil
May 24, 1956
The unsuspecting girlfriend of a young man whose brother is the head of a Rome narcotics ring arrives from the United States with an investigator at her heels.
Figures in Clay
May 31, 1956
After agreeing to defend an irrational old man charged with murder, an attorney finds that his partner believes he took the case for publicity reasons.
Faceless Adversary
Jun 7, 1956
A man suspected of a young woman's murder denies even knowing her and claims he's being framed.
To Scream at Midnight
Jun 14, 1956
A wealthy young woman breaks down and is placed in a sanitarium after being thrown over by the man she loves. Her psychiatrist becomes suspicious when the man reappears and claims
The Circular Staircase
Jun 21, 1956
A middle aged spinster decides to go to the country for the summer with her friend. They end up becoming involved in a murder mystery.
A Trophy for Howard Davenport
Jun 28, 1956
A Babe Ruth League team is perpetually in last place, because its compassionate manager tends to pick youngsters no other team wants. When the team has a chance to place in the fin
Phone Call for Matthew Quade
Jul 5, 1956
A retired construction firm executive seeks a respite from enforced idleness and oncoming old age. While waiting for a phone call that will confirm or deny his request for a job ba
Fear is the Hunter
Jul 12, 1956
A young man comes to the town of Brewster, his car in need of repairs, and is ordered to leave at once. He soon learns that the ruthless man after whom the town is named looks on a
Fury at Dawn
Jul 19, 1956
When an atomic bomb mounted on a 200-foot-tall steel tower fails to detonate, a veteran nuclear physicist and his aides have to climb the rickety tower to disarm the bomb.
The Man Who Lost His Head
Jul 26, 1956
A young sailor collapses on the estate of a wealthy Englishman in the Orient and, upon reviving, is offered a strange bargain in exchange for his life.
No Right to Kill
Aug 9, 1956
A starving author tests his theory about people who think they are above the law by killing a pawnbroker.
The 78th Floor
Aug 16, 1956
On a foggy afternoon just before a plane strikes the Empire State Building, a businessman recently gone blind is in one office dictating a suicide note to his wife, while in anothe
Throw Away the Cane
Aug 23, 1956
A popular singer whose earnings are supporting his entire family returns to his home town for a visit and proceeds to make a play for the girlfriend of his twin brother, an aspirin
Dark Wall
Aug 30, 1956
An extreme form of disassociative reaction to stress in which two or more separate personalities exist. The person may shift from one personality to another, which is often very di