Monsters: 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 Monsters 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 Face
Oct 1, 1989
Two burgling brothers try to rob an old woman and the more ruthless of the two ends up killing her by accident after she bites him. Soon, the infected wound starts to turn into a f
Portrait of the Artist
Oct 8, 1989
The art being displayed in a local exhibit may not be what it appears to be as the haunting figures hanging in the gallery resemble those of recent missing persons.
A Bond of Silk
Oct 15, 1989
A newlywed couple book the basement suite of a fancy hotel which turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.
Rerun
Oct 22, 1989
A teenage girl resurrects a recently deceased movie star that pledges his undying love for her. Her best friend enlists the formerly late actor's agent for help.
Love Hurts
Oct 29, 1989
A DMV employee begins an affair with his wife and father-in-law being the only thing holding him back. However, the seductress taps into her learned dark magic to make him all hers
The Farmer's Daughter
Nov 5, 1989
A man takes shelter at a farm for the evening, where he's surprised to be sharing a room with the farmer's pretty daughter.
Jar
Nov 12, 1989
While managing a remote inn near a wilderness swamp, an innkeeper makes ends meet by selling jars of items from the swamp. One particular item helps others to 'meet ends'. A curiou
The Demons
Nov 19, 1989
Greedy alien Arcturus tries to enslave a demon to grant his wishes, but instead gets a Chicago insurance agent named Arthur Gammet. Poor Arthur must fulfill the alien's wishes, eve
Reaper
Nov 26, 1989
An elderly man in a nursing home, terrified of death, makes a deal with the Grim Reaper — if he gets more souls for Death, he gets to live a bit longer. Things complicate when he f
The Mandrake Root
Dec 10, 1989
In her basement, a married woman finds her late grandmother's exotic plant: the mythical mandrake root, an ingredient used in black magic to create the perfect lover that unfortuna
Half As Old As Time
Dec 17, 1989
Ready to pay any price to stay young, a dying old man asks his archaeologist daughter to reveal the secret location of a forbidden Native American Fountain of Youth supposedly prot
Museum Hearts
Jan 7, 1990
A lothario and two women he cheated on are trapped in a museum basement with the ancient bog body of a man-hating druid priestess, who worshiped Ceridwen.
Habitat
Jan 14, 1990
A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.
Bed and Boar
Jan 21, 1990
A traveling salesman spends the night in a hotel next door to a beautiful woman and her husband, who hides a dark secret.
Mr. Swlabr
Jan 28, 1990
Roy Barton lives a life of misery. Since his dad left, he has been made into a slave, serving his mother and sister hand and foot. Hope comes in the form of a creature who calls hi
Perchance to Dream
Feb 4, 1990
Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend seeks a psychologist's help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face
One Wolf's Family
Feb 11, 1990
Anya, a girl from a family of wolves, plans to marry Stanley, but her father objects as Stanley is a were-hyena.
The Offering
Feb 18, 1990
After receiving a head injury in a car crash, Lewis, recovering in the hospital, finds that he can see a strange creature that he believes is the source of cancer.
Far Below
Feb 25, 1990
Sent to investigate why a subway maintenance crew is paid so highly, a nosy city official gets far more than he bargained for.
Micro Minds
Mar 4, 1990
An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.
Refugee
May 13, 1990
A retiring disillusioned top American spy is enlisted one last time to retrieve a defecting female Soviet physicist, but an unexpected visit from the agents of Hell to the safehous
The Gift
May 20, 1990
A rich kid is kidnapped for ransom by two ruthless criminals and taken to a remote cabin. In its basement, he finds a mysterious but benevolent beast-man who offers him a supernatu
The Bargain
May 27, 1990
A lonely bookstore owner goes to extreme lengths to transform her appearance in order to woo a handsome customer.
The Family Man
Jun 3, 1990
A young boy tries to protect his family from his mother's new boyfriend, who is in fact an alien, but the lad can only see the true reptile using his dead father's glasses.