Lux Video Theatre: 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 Lux Video Theatre 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
The Pacing Goose
Aug 27, 1951 · 60 min
A farm woman would rather raise a goose as a pet than a cat.
Forever Walking Free
Sep 3, 1951 · 60 min
The story takes place in London during the height of the "Battle of Britain" when the Luftwaffe was bombing the populace. Joan Warrock's home has been bombed. She meets an American
It's a Promise
Sep 10, 1951 · 60 min
A young roomer's life is unexpectedly altered by a seven-year-old child.
A Family Affair
Sep 17, 1951 · 60 min
An outwardly weak-kneed, henpecked member of Philadelphia's elite, Sumner Scofield II is constantly reminded by his wife that he must look down his bank-roll at anyone not in the s
A Matter of Life
Sep 24, 1951 · 60 min
A widower, realizes to his astonishment that his daughter, a typical wholesome American girl, begins to act strangely almost overnight, stealing and disobeying him. When he shadows
Grandma Was an Actress
Oct 1, 1951 · 60 min
An old woman seeks to persuade her granddaughter to go on the stage against her son's opposition.
Route 19
Oct 8, 1951 · 60 min
Maryjane finds herself in a lonely bus station on a desolate highway one rainy night shortly after it is reported that a homicidal maniac is at large in the area. There are only tw
Cafe Ami
Oct 15, 1951 · 60 min
In Western Germany an Army sergeant feels there is something strange about the proprietor of a cafe, but doesn't believe a German girl who says the man is an exNazi concentration c
The Twinkle in Her Eye
Oct 22, 1951 · 60 min
A bachelor's sister believes he should get married. She hires a housekeeper for him and he refuses to have the girl in the house until he meets her.
The Doctor's Wife
Oct 29, 1951 · 60 min
A young wife of a doctor tries to help him by learning his profession. She learns far too well and nearly causes her husband to lose his medical license.
Confession
Nov 5, 1951 · 60 min
Story of a small town bank cashier dismissed from his job, after the bank's president John Gresham is indicted for embezzlement. The bank trustees suspect that Baldwin is involved
No Will of His Own
Nov 12, 1951 · 60 min
An excavation inspector finds an original play by William Shakespear in the ruins of an old London house and connives to pass it off as a creation of his own.
Stolen Years
Nov 19, 1951 · 60 min
The easy-going life on a Chinese river port of four foreign agents for American firms is unexpectedly interrupted by Detective Yates of the San Francisco police department, who ann
Dames are Poison
Nov 26, 1951 · 60 min
A nurse is forced to make a shrewd real estate deal when five roommates leave her with a lease for a huge house.
Tin Badge
Dec 3, 1951 · 60 min
A beat cop finds that making the arrest of a wanted killer has its aftermath - attacks by vengeful henchmen.
Second Sight
Dec 10, 1951 · 60 min
Story of a secretary hired by a blinded foreign correspondent to take down his memories and in so doing proves a fateful influence on his life.
The Blues Street
Dec 17, 1951 · 60 min
Pete Cornelius the 19-year-old son of a wealthy businessman is on his way to college for his first year's studies but when he stops off in New Orleans on the way to the school Pete
A Child is Born
Dec 24, 1951 · 60 min
The story of the Innkeeper and his wife in the town of Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod.
The Jest of Hahalaba
Dec 31, 1951 · 60 min
A British business man whose clairvoyance plays tricks on him on New Year's Eve.
Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb
Jan 7, 1952 · 60 min
Finchley refuses to move from an old ghost town he calls home. The Army has planned to test the atom bomb at the site but Finchley will not budge.
Ceylon Treasure
Jan 14, 1952 · 60 min
Adventurer Dave Rorsford arrives at a hotel in Ceylon carrying a gem worth a fortune, an international band of thieves immediately find out about it and make plans to steal it. A b
The Sound of Waves Breaking
Jan 21, 1952 · 60 min
Mike Brackauer shrugs off his success as an artist, feeling that his rise to fame has been based on technical proficiency without any deep creative talent. He becomes increasingly
For Goodness Sake
Jan 28, 1952 · 60 min
A Boston waterfront roughneck is hounded by a beautiful evangelist who tries to convert him.
Kelly
Feb 4, 1952 · 60 min
A romantic comedy about the member of a three-man army team which followed the invading Allied Forces to Normandy in 1944 to liberate American prisoners of war and other Nazi capti
The Game of Chess
Feb 11, 1952 · 60 min
A foreign ruler, unarmed and without guards or servants, plays a game of wits with a would-be assassin.
Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley
Feb 18, 1952 · 60 min
A veteran uses his GI allotment to further his education and win the love of the school teacher.
The Bargain
Feb 25, 1952 · 60 min
The wife of a mining engineer, gains the money needed to save her husband's business.
Night, Be Quiet
Mar 3, 1952 · 60 min
A young wife becomes involved in a triangle with her husband and his youthful brother, a guest in their home.
The Promotion
Mar 10, 1952 · 60 min
A hapless employee finds the proverbial silver lining in the dreaded pink slip after a long career as a salesman.
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Mar 17, 1952 · 60 min
Kyle had been brought up by foster parents. On a hunting trip he meets his biological father, a strange looking drifter with a guitar.
Julie
Mar 24, 1952 · 60 min
A temperamental actress gets entangled in a struggle with her daughter over the love of the same man.
Taste
Mar 31, 1952 · 60 min
A sinister gourmet and wine authority makes a cunning bet to win a reluctant young lady. The wager: his town and country houses against the girl's hand that he can guess the date a
Man at Bay
Apr 7, 1952 · 60 min
A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail to expose the real killer.
Decision
Apr 14, 1952 · 60 min
The story of a man's inner conflict between his self-respect and his worldly desires.
Operation Weekend
Apr 21, 1952 · 60 min
Concerning a clash between a young medical student and a famous brain specialist.
Salad Days
Apr 28, 1952 · 60 min
The adventures of law student Bellamy Partridge's at school and his quest to wed Judy Dwinelle.
Masquerade
May 5, 1952 · 60 min
A French dramatist is in quest of a young actress to star in his latest play.
Marriage in the Beginning
May 12, 1952 · 60 min
Story of a young wife who is jealous of her husband's political activities.
Ferry Crisis at Friday Point
May 19, 1952 · 60 min
An old man has a small ferry boat on which he takes goods and passengers back and forth across the river of a small Midwestern town. One day the town's leaders decide that they'll
Pattern for Glory
May 26, 1952 · 60 min
The story of a young dramatist torn between love for his sweetheart and his devotion to an older film star with whom he shares his first success.
Garneau '83
Jun 2, 1952 · 60 min
The plot concerns an art patron whose name is mysteriously linked with that of her young protege.
Gilia
Jun 16, 1952 · 60 min
A young wife sacrifices her career as a novelist rather than stand in the way of her husband's ambitions as a musician.
Welcome Home, Lefty
Jun 23, 1952 · 60 min
A washed up major league baseball player is put to the test by his hometown regarding his sportsmanship.
I Can't Remember
Jun 30, 1952 · 60 min
A story about a detective accused of the homicide of a beautiful girl.
The Lady from Washington
Jul 7, 1952 · 60 min
A political career woman is forced to choose between marriage or becoming the first woman to run for the vice-presidency.
Son Wanted
Jul 14, 1952 · 60 min
A movie-struck youngster tries to palm off a youthful vagabond as the missing son of an aged woman.
The Brigadier
Jul 21, 1952 · 60 min
The play deals with a spy in Northern ranks during Sherman's march thru Georgia.
Two Pale Horsemen
Jul 28, 1952 · 60 min
Story about a cynical artist and a lonesome teacher who seek to escape from reality by going to an Arctic village.
The Orchard
Aug 11, 1952 · 60 min
A tragic rural American life involving a family of itinerant cherry pickers.
You Be the Bad Guy
Aug 18, 1952 · 60 min
Detective lieutenant Dan Shelvin is torn between the sense of duty and justice and his devotion to his family after discovering his younger brother in a hijacking racket.
The Magnolia Touch
Aug 25, 1952 · 60 min
A married Dixie gentleman smitten by a young Southern belle now living in Manhattan invites him to her apartment for an old homestyle dinner.