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Season guide

Father Dowling Mysteries: Season 2

13 episodes Premiered Jan 4, 1990
Previously on Father Dowling Mysteries

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 Father Dowling Mysteries 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 (10): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Visiting Priest Mystery

Jan 4, 1990

Father Dowling and Sister Steve are taken in by a fake priest. It turns out ""Father"" Damon is actually a hit man sent to kill aging gang-leader, Victor Malko. Father Dowling trie

S2·E2 Core

The Exotic Dancer Mystery

Jan 11, 1990

Sister Steve heads undercover as a crooked card dealer at a high stakes poker game. It turns out the game is really nothing more than a ploy to cover up a robbery. Meanwhile, Fathe

S2·E3 Core

The Sanctuary Mystery

Jan 18, 1990

Sister, Father and a brother find themselves in a life and death situation when Sister Steve's younger brother, Mark, finds himself in the middle of a street gang battle. Someone e

S2·E4 Core

The Stone Killer Mystery

Jan 25, 1990

Someone is using Father Dowling for target practice and the marksman appears to be an angry ex-con the Father sent up river on a murder rap. Full police protection is offered but h

S2·E5 Core

The Woman Scorned Mystery

Feb 1, 1990

Is Father Dowling serving up a stew of lechery, larceny and murder? No, it's the work of his evil twin brother, Blaine, who is trying to lure lonely matrons into a phony investment

S2·E6 Core

The Ghost Of A Chance Mystery

Feb 8, 1990

Father Dowling is more than a little skeptical when a young woman insists that her house is haunted. He agrees to investigate just the same after Sister Steve confesses that she ha

S2·E7 Core

The Blind Man's Bluff Mystery

Feb 15, 1990

Sister Steve has always been a trusting soul. It's part of her job, of course. So it is no surprise when she opens her heart to a blind man who seems to be in need of assistance. B

S2·E8 Core

The Falling Angel Mystery

Feb 22, 1990

An ""angel"" visits Father Dowling and Sister Steve at the parish and delivers a stern warning that big trouble is hiding just around the next corner. One of the parishioners is ab

S2·E9 Core

The Perfect Couple Mystery

Mar 8, 1990

Talk about security clearance. Father Dowling and Sister Steve find themselves smack dab in the middle of a top secret security investigation when one of the parishioners is suspec

S2·E10 Core

The Confidence Mystery

Mar 15, 1990

A flim flam con-man has his eye on a valuable church receptacle that Father Prestwick is taking to Romania. He'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the monstrance, even if he has

S2·E11 Core

The Solid Gold Headache Mystery

Mar 29, 1990

Sister Steve knows better than to look a gift horse in the mouth, but why would anyone name her as administrator of a six million dollar trust fund? And if you think she is puzzled

S2·E12 Mytharc

The Legacy Mystery

Apr 12, 1990

Father Dowling has always enjoyed fine art, but someone is going overboard in their role as freelance art critic. A mystery thief is methodically stealing the art treasures that on

S2·E13 Mytharc

The Passionate Painter Mystery

Apr 26, 1990

Suffering for the sake of one's art is one thing, but this temperamental artist's talent might soon be hidden beneath a sad addiction to drugs and alcohol. And that's just the star

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