Hack: 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 Hack 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
Season 2 Progress Shield
See No Evil
Sep 27, 2003
While setting up his new life, Mike helps a young blind man who is being chased by dirty cops.
Hidden Agenda
Oct 4, 2003
Olshansky checks into the case of a man accused of being a terrorist by the FBI.
Presumed Guilty
Oct 11, 2003
A man who claims to have been faksely accused, but got off on a technicality, still wants to be exonerated with the public so he can get his life back.
Collateral Damage
Oct 18, 2003
While Mike identifies the man who shot Marcellus as someone who escaped from a drug dealer take-down long ago, a second attempt on Marcellus's life points to the possibility of two
Out of the Ashes
Oct 25, 2003
A woman that Olshansky rescued from attackers later decides to kill her assailants.
My Fare Lady
Nov 1, 2003
Someone is trying to kill an amnesia victim. Mike protects her while trying to help her find her identity.
The Looking Glass
Nov 8, 2003
Jamie's father's mistress is murdered. Olshansky investigates.
Blind Faith
Nov 15, 2003
Mike gets ripped off by an apparently mentally unstable woman, but ends up trying to help her.
To Have and Have Not
Nov 22, 2003
Washington is upset that the life of a 12 year-old placed in a shelter hasn't improved, while Jamie catches a grisly discovery regarding a friend's sister.
Dial O For Murder
Dec 13, 2003
Olshansky's telephone number written on her hand is the only clue in the naked murder victim's case.
Gone
Dec 20, 2003
Olshansky's son, Mikey, is kidnapped by an assassin in order to make Mike find and turn over a Russian mobster that he drives around.
Calibrated Arguments
Jan 17, 2004
Olshansky is being sued by the mother of the thief who was killed as Mike tried to get his money back.
Double Exposure
Jan 24, 2004
Jamie and a friend with a secret get beaten up. His friend asks Jamie not to report it to the police, so Olshansky does.
Fog of War
Feb 7, 2004
Mike steps in to help his cousin who's caught a downward spiral of addiction and suicidal urges as he combats post-traumatic stress after serving in Iraq.
Extreme Commerce
Feb 14, 2004
Mike uncovers an illicit adoption ring trafficking in stolen babies when he grudgingly agrees to help one of Liz's clients, a former addict who's turned her life around, in the sea
Misty Blue
Feb 28, 2004
Mike attempts to return a cellphone to a stripper who left the device in his cab. He discovers that the woman has disappeared and fears she's been abducted.
One For My Baby
Mar 6, 2004
Olshansky engages in a reverie, reflecting on the time he crossed paths with a gorgeous, rich woman he encountered after saving her husband from a paid assassin.
The Reckoning
Mar 13, 2004
Olshansky's life as a cop plagues him when a drug-dealer he sent away threatens Olanshky and anyone close to him.