History Bites: 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 History Bites 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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Gutenberg's Laptop
Johannes Gutenberg was recently hailed as the most important man of the Millennium. After years of painstaking development he perfected his printing press, and then lost his life's
Cartier Does Canada
After this triumphant return from the new world Jacques Cartier does Larry King and Barbara Walters to show of his native hostages, explain how the St. Lawrence River leads to Indi
Ransomed By Vikings
It's the hostage crisis of century, as the Scandinavian Mafia demand tons of silver for the Archbishop of Canterbury. In medieval Britain, Anglo-Saxons react with fear, terror and
Operation Desert Crusade
Live News coverage as the first Crusaders reach Jerusalem and send everyone straight to a Christian heaven. Barbara Walters gets up close and personal with a marauding murderer, th
The Celibate Celebrity Of 1429
The famous French maiden Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) opens up to Barbara Walters, before heading off to rally the French army to victory against the English invaders. On 'Seinfeld'
The Big Sex Scandal
The leader of the world's most powerful nation is caught dallying with a woman half is age. Yes, it's King David and Bathsheba in ancient Israel. This sex scandal ends with murder,
The Sistine Ceiling
Michelangelo's biblical epic, a full-colour, wide-ceiling painting, premieres to astounded audiences and delighted critics. But there's controversy as this big picture has been fou
Saying No To Terrorism
It's live news coverage of a breaking story. Mideast leader Moses threatens to bring plagues on the Egyptians until they let his people go, but the Pharaoh vows not to give in to "
Galileo Cops A Plea
Renaissance thinker Galileo Galilei is on trial for suggesting the sun is the center of the universe. And the old geezer cuts a deal with the DA (District Archbishop). We've got li
Worse Than Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes are legendary. Yet few people today know about Tamerlane, the last and by far the worst of the horseback barbarians. Tune in to the news as his m
The Commander In Chief Is A Eunuch
In the fifteenth century, as Europe emerged from the Dark Ages, the world's biggest superpower was a world away, China. Their navy, the largest fleet in history, was showing the Ch
A Woman For All Seasons
Hildegarde Von Bingen is one of the bright lights of the Dark Ages. She even sees bright lights. Barbara Walters interviews with multi-talented church woman about her life and her
Bulbs, Boom & Bust!
Do you think investing is risky these days? In the 1730's the Dutch freaked for flowers, and tulip bulbs became the hottest investment in the Netherlands. At the height of the madn
Cleo Can Kiss My Asp
It's live coverage of the most infamous leadership race of the Roman Empire. Who will win the office of Emperor and power over the Empire? Will it be the power couple of Antony & C
My Canada Includes Quebec
Canada's French/English debate heats up on the Plains of Abraham, as Montcalm and Wolfe try to prove who's more incompetent. Elsewhere, 18th century nerds show how to upgrade your
The Not-So-Great Wall Of China
The original Great Wall of China was not built with stone, but with dirt. Dirt and the dead bodies of a lot of workers, according to an ancient Oriental TV expose! It's 240 BC, and
Invasion U.S.A.!
If you've seen the movie ""Independence Day"" you know how vulnerable Washington and the White House are to alien invaders. Well it's happened before, during the War of 1812 when,
Spartans, Get Ready To Rumble!
The first Battle of Thermopylae may well be the most lopsided confrontation in history. Tens of thousands of invading Persians run against 300 Spartans! Who will win? The answer ma
Welcome To Oz
A crime wave, gangs of criminals, Oz, incarceration. No, it's not the TV drama ""Oz"", it's England in the 1780s! Crime is rampant, no one feels safe, and authorities are desperate
The Tiananmen Square Of 532 A.D.
The western half of the Roman Empire has fallen a century before. But the eastern half, with it's capital in Constantinople, lived on for another thousand years. Emperor Justinian
The Pregnant Pirates
There are many wild tales involving the buccaneers of the high seas, but the capture and trial of two women pirates, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, has to be the most bizarre. Their tr
The King Has Left The Building
Catherine the Great ruled Russia with an firm hand. However she faced a lot of opposition from her dead husband, who kept reappearing, claiming he was still alive and ready to lead
Shakespeare In Love - Drake In Battle
The true story of Sir Francis Drake's famous victory over the Spanish Armada. As life coverage of the battle reveals, it's a combination of luck, strategy, and timing. It's covered
Everything You Need To Know About God
In the fourth century both Christianity and the traditionally pagan Roman Empire are wracked by arguments over beliefs and dogma. Roman Emperor Constantine takes time out from reor
The Gods Must Be Angry
The breaking story of one of the great disasters in History, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried, and ultimatley preserved, the city of Pompeii. The historical facts are pre
The End Of The World
If you think people are over reacting to the year 2000, wait till you see the terror of the original Millennium. There's something for everyone: Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, M