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That's Life: Season 2

17 episodes Premiered Sep 28, 2001

Previously on That's Life

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 That's Life 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.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Larva

Sep 28, 2001

A sprained thumb motivates Lydia to choose a major and inspire others; Jackie is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and a marriage proposal.

S2·E2 Core

Something Battered, Something Blue

Oct 5, 2001

Lydia learns that a physical-therapy aid is assisting the football coach in getting an edge over the competition; Jackie has an unpleasant encounter with Victor's mother; Paulie an

S2·E3 Core

The Devil and Miss DeLucca

Oct 12, 2001

Lydia dates a hockey player and gets a false impression about him as well as Eric; a new employee starts working at the restaurant; jealousy gets the better of Paulie.

S2·E4 Core

M.Y.O.B.

Oct 19, 2001

Lydia discovers that Eric's wife is having an affair; fed up with municipal bureaucracy, Dolly takes matters into her own hands.

S2·E5 Core

Bad Chemistry

Oct 26, 2001

Secrets continue to weigh down Lydia, who continues to keep mum about Paulie's marriage and Karen's affair; Dolly gets depressed when she learns a sordid secret about her father's

S2·E6 Core

Boo!

Nov 2, 2001

Paulie is frantic when Plum is reported missing on Halloween; Dolly is forced to entertain Plum's neurotic mother; Jackie receives a lesson in parenting from a lost trick or treate

S2·E7 Core

Plus One

Nov 9, 2001

Lydia's romantic advances toward Eric fall on deaf ears; Paulie is worried by the arrival of Plum's old boyfriend; Jackie gets in touch with Ray's sensitive side.

S2·E8 Core

Idiots

Nov 16, 2001

Days before their official church wedding, Plum and Paulie reconsider the wisdom of being married; Lydia asks a hockey player to be her date for the wedding.

S2·E9 Core

Oh, Baby

Dec 7, 2001

Scandal rocks Dolly's campaign thanks to a protest striptease by Lydia, and Paulie's decision to have sex with Plum in the park.

S2·E10 Core

Sex in the Suburbs

Dec 21, 2001

Lydia reconsiders a romance with Eric, who begins to rethink his relationship with Samantha; Dolly tends to the needs of a lonely voter.

S2·E11 Core

All About Lydia

Jan 11, 2002

Lydia helps an actor bring authenticity to the role of an Italian-American from New Jersey; Jackie's romance with Ray is threatened when his past catches up with him; Lydia has her

S2·E12 Core

What's Family Got To Do With It?

Jan 12, 2002

Jackie's conflict over leaving for Mexico with Ray or staying in New Jersey with a visiting Abigail puts a strain on her friendship with Lydia; Frank has difficulty in accepting a

S2·E13 Core

Momento

Jan 26, 2002

Cucina DeLucca silent partner Paulie doesn't stay quiet for very long after distant cousin Lorenzo arrives from Italy to help in the kitchen and ends up making drastic changes to t

S2·E14 Core