Life Goes On: 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 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Honeymoon from Hell
Sep 16, 1990 · 60 min
The Thatchers win a problem-plagued church raffle trip to Hawaii.
Corky and the Dolphins
Sep 23, 1990 · 60 min
While in Hawaii, Corky goes dolphin-riding and Becca falls for a surfer. (Part 2 of 2)
The Visitor
Sep 30, 1990 · 60 min
Libby discovers she's expecting again, and the family fears the consequences of a pregnancy at her age.
Becca and the Band
Oct 7, 1990 · 60 min
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
The Banquet Room Renovation
Oct 14, 1990 · 60 min
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
Halloween
Oct 28, 1990 · 60 min
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
Chicken Pox
Nov 4, 1990 · 60 min
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
La Dolce Becca
Nov 11, 1990 · 60 min
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
A Thacher Thanksgiving
Nov 18, 1990 · 60 min
Corky pictures the family at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving; Drew, opening the restaurant for the holiday, meets an old classmate who is homeless.
Libby's Sister
Nov 25, 1990 · 60 min
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).
The Buddy
Dec 9, 1990 · 60 min
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.
The Bicycle Thief
Dec 16, 1990 · 60 min
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
Isn't It Romantic
Jan 6, 1991 · 60 min
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
The Bigger Picture
Jan 13, 1991 · 60 min
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.
Last Stand in Glen Brook
Feb 3, 1991 · 60 min
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
Head over Heels
Feb 10, 1991 · 60 min
Becca does a double flip over her gymnastics coach-as does Gina over a handyman (Michael St. Gerard) several years her junior.
Corky's Travels
Mar 10, 1991 · 60 min
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
Thanks a Bunch, Dr. Lamaze
Mar 17, 1991 · 60 min
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
Ghost of Grandpa Past
Mar 31, 1991 · 60 min
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.
Arthur
Apr 7, 1991 · 60 min
Corky befriends an older man with Down Syndrome who leads a kind of life that Corky would like to lead.
Lighter Than Air
Apr 28, 1991 · 60 min
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.
Proms and Prams
May 5, 1991 · 60 min
Expectations run high as Becca awaits Tyler's invitation to the prom, and Libby expects her baby. Patti Lupone sings ""More Than You Know"".