First Dates: Season 2

8 episodes Premiered Feb 12, 2014 Updated Sep 28, 2026

Previously on First Dates

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 First Dates 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 (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (5): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Feb 12, 2014 · 50 min

Paul is desperate for love and also heart-wrenchingly worried that fear makes his stutter worse. And do chat-up lines work in modern dating?

S2·E2 Core

Episode 2

Feb 19, 2014 · 50 min

Ed is young and well-spoken and is meeting the equally inexperienced Purdey, who tries to hide her 'crazy' personality. Could this be first love for the pair of them?

S2·E3 Core

Episode 3

Feb 26, 2014 · 50 min

Series one favourite Rajan returns to the First Dates restaurant, hoping to be fourth time lucky. Will his chat-up lines impress Corinne, who has a history of meeting all the wrong

S2·E4 Core

Episode 4

Mar 5, 2014 · 50 min

Can metrosexual Jon find headstrong Mancunian Regan's soft side? Playboy Mostafa believes every girl would like to marry him. And opinionated heavy metal fan Dan returns to the res

S2·E5 Core

Episode 5

Mar 12, 2014 · 50 min

There's a theme of second chances in this episode, with diners returning to the First Dates restaurant hoping not to repeat past mistakes

S2·E6 Core

Episode 6

Mar 19, 2014 · 50 min

Talkative primary school teacher Sarah-Jayne is looking for her Prince Charming, but would Martin shave off his beard for her?

S2·E7 Mytharc

Episode 7

Mar 26, 2014 · 50 min

DJ Terry Turbo is back and he says he's changed his Jack-the-lad ways. Are Ben and Gary's dates more interested in each other? Model Rochelle's looking for love that's more than sk

S2·E8 Mytharc

Episode 8

Apr 2, 2014 · 50 min

Computer programmer Andrew has been single for over a decade. Will he click with old-fashioned romantic Sarah? And Kenny and his biceps James and Andrew are back in the restaurant.