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Season guide

Life Goes On: Season 2

22 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1990
Previously on Life Goes On

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 Life Goes On 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.
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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
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S2·E1 Mytharc

Honeymoon from Hell

Sep 16, 1990

The Thatchers win a problem-plagued church raffle trip to Hawaii.

S2·E2 Core

Corky and the Dolphins

Sep 23, 1990

While in Hawaii, Corky goes dolphin-riding and Becca falls for a surfer. (Part 2 of 2)

S2·E3 Core

The Visitor

Sep 30, 1990

Libby discovers she's expecting again, and the family fears the consequences of a pregnancy at her age.

S2·E4 Core

Becca and the Band

Oct 7, 1990

Rona and Tyler break up because Rona lied to him and went to a frat party. Becca becomes manager of Tyler's band and sets up a gig for them at the opening of the new mall with the

S2·E5 Core

The Banquet Room Renovation

Oct 14, 1990

Drew decides to turn the back room of the restaurant into a banquet room in hopes of bringing in more money. He gets funding from Farmer Jack on the condition that Drew use his son

S2·E6 Core

Halloween

Oct 28, 1990

Halloween scares up a bad time for all: Libby and Drew at Jerry's big party, Corky at the school masquerade, and Becca who is home alone. The horror movies she's watching start to

S2·E7 Core

Chicken Pox

Nov 4, 1990

Becca dreams about figure skating with a man. She wakes up with the chicken pox and has to stay home sick. Tyler comes to visit her several times to tell her about his problems wi

S2·E8 Filler

La Dolce Becca

Nov 11, 1990

Becca gets a crush on a French student and Maxi with this French guy's friend. They have high hope of getting in with this ""mature"" crowd. She and Maxi go to a bar with these bo

S2·E9 Core

A Thacher Thanksgiving

Nov 18, 1990

Corky pictures the family at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving; Drew, opening the restaurant for the holiday, meets an old classmate who is homeless.

S2·E10 Core

Libby's Sister

Nov 25, 1990

Tension between Becca and Drew isn't helped by the arrival of Libby's sister Gina (Mary Page Keller) and neice Zoe ( Leigh Ann Orsi).

S2·E11 Core

The Buddy

Dec 9, 1990

A fun-loving old buddy brightens up Drew's life, but the man has a shady side. Meanwhile, Becca and Zoe squabble over room sharing.

S2·E12 Core

The Bicycle Thief

Dec 16, 1990

Corky resolves to enter a 50k bike race despite his father's objections, and makes friends with another biker who is epileptic. He bought a brand-spanking new bike from a guy in th

S2·E13 Core

Isn't It Romantic

Jan 6, 1991

Cupid is shooting arrows at almost everyone. First Hans gets a crush on a lady that delivers newspapers whose husband just died. Kent, Paige's motorcycle man returns and aings ""Wi

S2·E14 Core

The Bigger Picture

Jan 13, 1991

Gina despairs when nothing she does is right in the eye of her mother, and Corky despairs when his special-ed substitute suddenly takes leave.

S2·E15 Core

Last Stand in Glen Brook

Feb 3, 1991

Becca organizes a '60s-style protest in support of a record store owner (Quincy Jones) arrested for selling allegedly obscene material. She begins having nightmares of ""Thought Po

S2·E16 Core

Head over Heels

Feb 10, 1991

Becca does a double flip over her gymnastics coach-as does Gina over a handyman (Michael St. Gerard) several years her junior.

S2·E17 Core

Corky's Travels

Mar 10, 1991

Corky gets lost and wanders around the mean streets of Chicago. He meets a kindhearted, young hooker who gives him his first sexual experience-essentially a few long kisses. ( The

S2·E18 Core

Thanks a Bunch, Dr. Lamaze

Mar 17, 1991

Drew confronts his feelings about them having yet another child. He comes through in the end when another woman goes into labor early. Becca makes muck over athlete's unearned grad

S2·E19 Core

Ghost of Grandpa Past

Mar 31, 1991

Drew is having doubts about the restaurant and keeps having conversations with his Grandfather. I think in the end he decides on the new look for the restaurant.

S2·E20 Core

Arthur

Apr 7, 1991

Corky befriends an older man with Down Syndrome who leads a kind of life that Corky would like to lead.

S2·E21 Mytharc

Lighter Than Air

Apr 28, 1991

Libby cooks up a great ad for a line of diet frozen foods; Corky and Zoe paly Sherlock Holmes and snoop into Tyler's furtive behavior.

S2·E22 Mytharc

Proms and Prams

May 5, 1991

Expectations run high as Becca awaits Tyler's invitation to the prom, and Libby expects her baby. Patti Lupone sings ""More Than You Know"".

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