It's a Living: 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 It's a Living 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
Boys of Summer
Oct 24, 1981
The staff becomes infected with baseball fever, after a baseball team invades the restaurant.
All My Son
Oct 31, 1981
Sonny is surprised when a woman from his past surprises him with news that she's been thinking about him for the past 10 years. However, he is flabbergasted to learn the reason sh
Of Mace and Men
Nov 7, 1981
After Maggie is mugged, the waitress go to lengths to protect themselves and begin carrying mace. However, after Dot is targeted in the parking garage, she defends herself, but th
The Wedding
Nov 14, 1981
A wedding being held at the restaurant is interrupted when the groom spots an old flame across the room, Cassie.
Second Time Around, Almost
Nov 28, 1981
Jan's ex-husband re-enters her life and fans an old flame in Jan, that she thought went out years ago.
Off the Top
Dec 5, 1981
The entire staff gets disheartening news when it is announced that the restaurant has been sold and will be turned into a fitness center. This leads everyone to face the reality a
Mann is Mann
Dec 12, 1981
Sonny's brother, Buddy, flies into town and instantly disrupts Sonny's life when he moves in with him. Buddy quickly becomes an unwelcome houseguest, one whom Sonny is hesitant to
Jealousy or Mildred Fierce
Jan 2, 1982
The girls and especially Nancy make strenuous efforts to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wife leaves him.
Young Love
Jan 9, 1982
A romance develops between 33 year old Jan and Maggie's 23 year old brother.
The Garden of Countess Natasha
Feb 12, 1982
Dot's new play opens and the rest of the staff have no good reviews to give her.
Falling in Love Again
Feb 19, 1982
Maggie is consumed with guilt after she begins a romance with a man, who happens to be the first man she's dated since her husband died. Meanwhile, cops stakeout the restaurant fo
Horsing Around
Feb 26, 1982
Gambling fever strikes after Jan overhears a tip from a jockey eating at the restaurant and her and Maggie begin betting. The others quickly become miffed at not being let in. Late
Strange Bedfellows
Jun 4, 1982
Dot's in the hospital with a relentless cheery roommate while the hotel is swamped with WWII veterans.
A Farewell to Arm
Jun 11, 1982
On the day of the biggest date of her life, Jan literally gets stuck at Maggie's garage sale.