Dr. Finlay's Casebook: Series 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 Dr. Finlay's Casebook 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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A Time For Laughing
Sep 5, 1963 · 50 min
Meg McBain, the stock-breeder's wife, gives birth to a son. But who is the father? Is it McBain, or could it be the carefree Irish tinker Tim O'Shea?
Clean Sweep
Sep 12, 1963 · 50 min
The 'dirty Fergusons' live like pigs and seem happy to do so. But by doing so they offend against Alan Finlay's strict sense of sanitary propriety. On the other hand Mrs. Elgin a
Cup, Hands Or Cards
Sep 26, 1963 · 50 min
Dr. Cameron is concerned at the sudden increase in the number of women coming to the surgery with serious diseases. Soon he begins to wonder if a newcomer to Tannochbrae could hav
The Face Saver
Nov 8, 1963 · 50 min
Young Elsie comes out in spots, and for Alan Finlay the root cause is quite clear. It must be the unsatisfactory emotional atmosphere in Elsie's family. Dr. Cameron disagrees, in
The Deep End
Dec 20, 1963 · 50 min
To the grocers of Tannochbrae George Harris is simply a commercial traveller who sells biscuits. But to Debbie Wilson he is an unpleasant reminder of the past. When she tries to
A Present From Father
Jan 5, 1964 · 50 min
It's Hogmanay in Tannochbrae. The two doctors at Arden House are busy and have also taken over Dr. Snoddie's practice while the latter is away visiting his sister. Dr. Finlay is
My Late Dear Husband
Jan 26, 1964 · 50 min
Braeside is Tannochbrae's most select residential hotel for elderly gentlefolk. The unexpected arrival of Colonel Cayley, former Indian administrator, threatens to upset the whole
The Whole Truth
Feb 9, 1964 · 50 min
When Denny Drummond loses his eyesight in a rock-blasting accident it appears that the local quarry company is to blame. His mother and father start legal proceedings to claim dam
A Shot In The Arm
Feb 16, 1964 · 50 min
Dr. Cameron is called out urgently to find his patient, Roderick McDougall, unconscious on the floor. He is baffled as to the cause. One curious aspect of the case is that McDoug
A Matter Of Proof
Feb 23, 1964 · 50 min
Tannochbrae's librarian, Thomas Fordyce, has problems of a very personal nature, complicated by an assistant at the library who tipples and a wife who is a member of the Standfast
A Call From Cogger
Mar 1, 1964 · 50 min
Urged on by Dr. Cameron, Dr. Finlay joins the golf club and meets a club member whose chronic hypochondria is matched only by his anxiety for free medical advice.
A Man May Drink
Mar 8, 1964 · 50 min
Local tenant farmer Graham Mackenzie, once considered to be an intelligent and pleasant man, has now taken to drink, to the obvious distress of his wife Nan.
The Big Fight
Mar 15, 1964 · 50 min
Ben Hogan, out of work for a very long time, is offered a job as a sparring partner in a fairground boxing booth - much to Alan Finlay's disapproval, for the doctor has strong view
The Yellow Streak
Mar 29, 1964 · 50 min
When a baby is abandoned outside Arden House it provokes typically different reactions in the household. For Janet the poor wee mite is an unexpected guest; for Dr. Cameron it is
The Spirit Of Dr. McGregor
Apr 26, 1964 · 50 min
Dr Finlay's ideas for smartening up the décor of Arden House include the removal of a picture of Dr McGregor, the late founder of the practice, to the attic. Dr Cameron and Janet a
The Hallelujah Stakes
May 10, 1964 · 50 min
As it is elsewhere in Scotland in the 1920's, the war between the 'wets' and the 'drys' is a hard-fought affair. The local leader of the 'wets' is Dougie Mumford, a tough veteran
Short Of A Miracle
May 17, 1964 · 50 min
Doctors Finlay and Cameron are not burying their heads in the sand when it comes to new techniques, but they reserve their enthusiasm over the success of a certain Dr. Stephens. T
The Red Herring
Jun 7, 1964 · 50 min
A suspected case of salmonella leads Dr. Snoddie, as local Medical Officer of Health, to seal up a well used by a number of local residents. Dr. Finlay protests at the delay in cl
The Doctor Cried
Jun 28, 1964 · 50 min
Dr. Finlay is sorely troubled by a situation that runs out of control. Two boys inquisitively exploring his car, the disappearance of an opthalmoscope - and Finlay finds himself p