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Falcon Crest: Season 2

22 episodes Premiered Oct 1, 1982
Previously on Falcon Crest

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 Falcon Crest 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.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (16): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Challenge

Oct 1, 1982

Angela resists Chase's claims to half ownership of Falcon Crest. Lance, already bitter over the prospect of sharing his inheritance with Melissa, gladly accepts the assignment of k

S2·E2 Core

The Arrival

Oct 8, 1982

In his new role on the Tuscany Valley County Board of Supervisors, Chase meets resistance in his efforts to break Angela's grip on county water supplies. When Melissa tells Carlo a

S2·E3 Core

Troubled Waters

Oct 15, 1982

When pressured by Richard to sell his winery holdings, Carlo spits in Richard's face, then confronts Angela about Lance's abusiveness toward Melissa and vows that Angela will never

S2·E4 Mytharc

Murder One

Oct 22, 1982

Angela threatens Nick Hogan not to vote with Chase against her at the county supervisor meeting. If Nick votes to redistribute Falcon Crest's water to other vineyards, Angela warns

S2·E5 Core

The Exposé

Nov 5, 1982

Chase and Maggie post Cole's bail, and Cole starts working part-time at the vineyard of a stunningly beautiful single mother, Katherine Demery. Richard's newspaper expose of worker

S2·E6 Core

Home Away From Home

Nov 12, 1982

Against Maggie's wishes, Cole moves in with his new lover, Katherine Demery. Richard finds out and plasters The Globe with clandestine photographs of Cole and Katherine kissing. Ja

S2·E7 Core

The Namesake

Nov 19, 1982

Richard schemes to buy a piece of county property earmarked for a park, on which he plans to build a memorial to Douglas Channing on one small part and plant a vineyard on the rest

S2·E8 Mytharc

Choices

Nov 26, 1982

Doctors give Melissa's premature baby, Joseph, who suffers from a host of health problems, a twenty percent chance of survival. Richard uses a lucrative job offer to entice Tony in

S2·E9 Core

The Vigil

Dec 3, 1982

Melissa is grateful when Richard flies a neo-natal specialist in from Europe to keep her baby alive. Maggie travels to Los Angeles to meet with producer Darryl Clayton about her sc

S2·E10 Core

Confrontations

Dec 10, 1982

Vicky talks Cole into informing their parents that Cole is the father of Melissa's baby, but the opportunity never comes up. Phillip has a romantic dinner with Amanda Croft, a beau

S2·E11 Core

United We Stand...

Dec 17, 1982

At the winery, Angela plays Lance and Cole against each other. Chase finds out that Richard is planning to use a false company front to buy up grapes at twice the going rate. Despi

S2·E12 Mytharc

...Divided We Fall

Dec 31, 1982

Richard rejects Jacqueline's explanation of why she gave him up for adoption. Despite being cleared of charges for Carlo Agretti's murder, Cole is continually harassed by the polic

S2·E13 Core

Pas De Deux

Jan 7, 1983

Angela's Founders' Day Party is in disarray following Richard's announcement that Jacqueline is his mother. When Chase confronts Richard on the veranda, Richard reasons he did not

S2·E14 Core

Above Suspicion

Jan 14, 1983

At Chase's office, Sheriff Robbins warns Chase to stop interfering with the Agretti investigation or he will be charged with obstruction of justice. Chase informs him that he inten

S2·E15 Core

Broken Promises

Jan 21, 1983

Cole's unconscious body is still limp on the floor as deadly exhaust fumes fill the closed Gioberti garage. Inside the house, Chase, in bed with Maggie, is distracted by a distant

S2·E16 Core

Deliberate Disclosure

Jan 28, 1983

During breakfast, Lance presents the paper for Melissa to see and thinks he is off the hook. However, Melissa knows that Richard printed this because she would not sell him her fat

S2·E17 Core

Love, Honor and Obey

Feb 4, 1983

At Lori's, Lance tries to delay Lori from getting out of bed. Lori is irritated that Lance keeps procrastinating in looking for work, since it has been a week since Angela threw La

S2·E18 Core

Separate Hearts

Feb 11, 1983

Early in the morning at the Gioberti house, Chase is cleaning the garage. Vickie appears with a cup of coffee for him, and suggests that he should go see Maggie, but Chase stubborn

S2·E19 Core

The Odyssey

Feb 18, 1983

At Julia's overturned car, as Chase, Cole and Sheriff Robbins help the firemen extinguish the flames, they hear a weak voice calling for help. Chase sees Julia, who was apparently

S2·E20 Core

Ultimatums

Feb 25, 1983

In the morning, Melissa and Lance linger in bed at Falcon Crest. Chao-li enters with breakfast and scolds Lance for wasting time in bed when he should be helping Chase with the inv

S2·E21 Mytharc

Maelstrom

Mar 4, 1983

In the morning, Chase encounters Sheriff Robbins, who is running out of the county building. Robbins has obtained the forensic report on Henri Denault and wants to ask Richard Chan

S2·E22 Mytharc

Climax

Mar 11, 1983

At the Tuscany Hospital, Chase pushes Maggie's wheelchair toward their car. As it has only been a week since Maggie's accident, the doctor orders her to be careful because she had