Return to Eden: 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 Return to Eden 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
Episode 1
Feb 10, 1986
The series opens with Stephanie enjoying a relaxing swim with her husband Dan 7 years on from where the mini series ended. Stephanie discovers a box of old documents which could me
Episode 2
Feb 17, 1986
Stephanie is out riding when Jake turns up but Jake is no match on a horse for Stephanie. Jilly hears Dennis bad mouthing her and says she is moving out from Eden. Jake shows up a
Episode 3
Feb 24, 1986
Jake finds Stephanie's body and rushes her to the hospital where its revealed she will be OK. Jilly says she was with Phillip at the time of Stephanie's attempted murder. A recover
Episode 4
Mar 3, 1986
Stephanie goes for a morning swim and comes face to face with the crocodile but Dan shoots it. Stephanie is left traumatized. Jilly is questioned by the police but as there is no e
Episode 5
Mar 10, 1986
Discovering Stephanie is mising Jilly finds her at Tara's and finds Stephanie thinks she is Tara Welles again. Jilly tells Jake Stephanie is in a bad way. Stephanie agrees to unde
Episode 6
Mar 17, 1986
Dan rushes out and Stephanie throws a drink in Jake's face. Dan tells Sarah he thinks he is losing Stephanie. Stephanie agrees to have Jilly and Phillip's wedding at Eden. After th
Episode 7
Mar 17, 1986
The day arrives when Jake will be officially a board member and Jilly insists he must oust Stephanie right away. Jilly urges Stephanie to go after Dan. Bill and Reena agonize over
Episode 8
Mar 24, 1986
On hearing about the boat explosion Jake organizes a search. Bill forbids Tom from seeing Sarah anymore. Jilly is fed up with Jake's obsession with Stephanie and pleads with him t
Episode 9
Mar 31, 1986
Bill is rushed to hospital and a heartbroken Sarah is forced to end her engagement. Jilly tells Jake of the latest news and demands her shares back in Harper Mining. Dan tells Ste
Episode 10
Apr 7, 1986
Jilly finds Phillip's body and the courier receipt for the tape. She goes to Eden where she manages to retrieve the tape before anyone hears it. Jake's lawyer tells Jake he needs t
Episode 11
Apr 14, 1986
Dan is angry when he reads a newspaper report stating Stephanie is prepared to risk everything to get Harper Mining back. Dennis, Sarah and Bill pledge their support to Stephanie a
Episode 12
Apr 21, 1986
Eden is forcibly put up for sale and the Harper's prepare to move out. Ahmal offers to buy it for Stephanie but she knows Dan could never accept it. Jilly comes to gloat, showing h
Episode 13
Apr 28, 1986
A mystery man swims out and rescues Stephanie. Her clothes are found on the beach and everyone presumes she has drowned. Jilly pays Olive off now she has no future use for her. Jak
Episode 14
May 5, 1986
Olive conveniently shows up and saves Jilly's life. When the police arrive they can find no trace of the snake. Tom is in a coma and Sarah sits by his bed side hoping he will recov
Episode 15
May 5, 1986
Dan operates on Jessica like he did on Stephanie 7 years earlier. Stephanie is shocked when Johnno tells her he is Tom's father making him not her son. Jake wants Jilly to get rid
Episode 16
May 12, 1986
Stephanie convinces Ahmal to let his sister Princess Talitha accompany her back to Australia so Stephanie can pose as her. Ahmal reluctantly agrees. Romance begins to blossom betwe
Episode 17
May 12, 1986
Jake kills the snake with a gun and Jilly sends home all the servants for the day. They put the body in the boot of a car and drive it to the pier near Tara's. Cassie spots them mo
Episode 18
May 19, 1986
Stephanie races back to Eden with Jake in pursuit. When they reach Eden, Stephanie rushes to her room, where the real Princess is waiting. Jake insists the Princess is Stephanie, b
Episode 19
May 19, 1986
Jake tries to convince Jilly the land is worthless but Jilly refuses to believe him. Sarah will recover but Jake uses this by saying shes critically ill to try and flush Stephanie
Episode 20
May 26, 1986
Dan is furious everyone knew she was alive apart from him and that she turned to Ahmal for help. Jake tells a shaken Jilly she was never in Stephanie's league. Jilly tells Jake she
Episode 21
Jun 2, 1986
Jake rescues Jilly from the pool and revives her. When Jilly tells him Anton tried to drown her Jake tells her he's paid Anton off to get out of their lives. Jake tries one last ti
Episode 22
Jun 6, 1986
The mystery man leaves a torn photo on a sleeping Stephanie's pillow. Jake and Jilly check out Revenge's form and Jilly urges Jake to forget the bet and leave now but he refuses. J