Season guide

How Not to Live Your Life: Series 2

6 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 2009 Updated Oct 19, 2026

Previously on How Not to Live Your Life

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 How Not to Live Your Life 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

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Sep 14, 2009 · 30 min

With Abby gone for six months, Don wants a stripper to move into the spare room.

S2·E2 Core

Sep 22, 2009 · 30 min

Don starts dating an older woman but can't handle the grown-up world she lives in.

S2·E3 Core

Sep 29, 2009 · 30 min

Samantha's singer-songwriter boyfriend Jackson invites Don to play at his open mic night.

S2·E4 Core

Oct 6, 2009 · 30 min

Don thinks he might be a bit gay after Samantha's brother gets into bed with him.

S2·E5 Mytharc

Oct 13, 2009 · 30 min

Don joins a gym, but fails to get beyond the running machine without passing out.

S2·E6 Mytharc

Oct 20, 2009 · 30 min

Don is asked to be the best man at his old school friend's wedding.