Matinee Theater: 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 Matinee Theater 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 House Off Fifth Avenue
Aug 27, 1956 · 60 min
A well-known woman mystery writer believes she has found the way to commit the perfect murder. Unknown to her, a greedy nephew, who stands to inherit her money, plans to make her t
Yankee Doodler
Aug 29, 1956 · 60 min
Halvard Solness a brilliant architect and builder, becomes moody and afraid of life as he grows old. Hilda a girl who represents the younger generation comes into his life at this
The Pink Hippopotamus
Aug 30, 1956 · 60 min
The governess of two motherless children believes they are possessed by the spirits of two deceased servants.
September Tide
Aug 31, 1956 · 60 min
the story of the romance of Jennie Jerome, an American girl, who fell in love with the son of the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Randolph Churchill. Against the wishes of their parents
Are You Listening?
Sep 3, 1956 · 60 min
A 15-year-old boy who suffers from lack of attention tries to get attention from his mother by showing off a watch he has stolen.
Ladies' Maid Bell
Sep 4, 1956 · 60 min
A teenage daughter tries to effect a reconciliation between her divorced parents. The father is a famous author who has never had time for his family.
I Like It Here
Sep 12, 1956 · 60 min
The child star of a TV show has her father convinced she is capable only of angelic behavior. But when the father falls in love with a script girl and decides to marry her, his dau
A Question of Balance
Sep 13, 1956 · 60 min
In 1874 a former New York city policeman walks all the way to Texas to claim a ranch left to him by a relative. He finds that he is unwelcome.
The Marriage Royal
Sep 14, 1956 · 60 min
""A young girl's boy friend is appalled at the way she plays on people's emotions for monetary rewards. She tries to make him understand that her meager salary will not support her
Mad Money
Sep 19, 1956 · 60 min
Harry Parker, a man who has spent his entire life traveling with carivals learns that the granddaughter of a woman he had once loved lives in the small town where the carnival has
The Wisp End
Dec 14, 1956 · 60 min
An aspiring violinist and his father disagree over the son's ability as a musician.
The Brief Candle
Jun 28, 1957 · 60 min
A young man pays a visit to the family mansion in Newport, R.I., now presided over by its sole occupant, his aunt.