The Paper Chase: 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 The Paper Chase 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
Outline Fever
Apr 15, 1983
The second year begins with Hart and Ford moving to an off-campus apartment, while Bell is still at the dorm as the advisor for the 1-L students. Some of the 1-L students hound Har
Birthday Party
May 15, 1983
Kingsfield's friend and former student, now the Attorney General of the United States, asks him if he would accept a nomination to the Supreme Court. Hart decides to celebrate King
Spreading It Thin
Jun 15, 1983
Hart has a feeling that a popular law professor has plagiarized an article for Law Review, and tries to prove it, to the detriment of his schoolwork. Lehman suspects he is just jea
Cinderella
Jul 15, 1983
Connie attempts to help a returning student, now a single mother with no child care, and recruits Hart and Bell for assistance. Ford is assigned to an older woman's case against a
Commitments
Sep 15, 1983
Hart fails to appreciate Connie's heavy workload and turns to another woman for comfort. Bell attempts to help a first-year student who cracks under the pressure of Kingsfield's cl
Plague of Locusts
Oct 15, 1983
Hart has a tough choice when multiple firms offer him internships, while Bell is anxious because all his interviews go badly. Ford considers turning his father in for violating sch
Snow
Nov 15, 1983
As usual, the Law Review is behind schedule, but this time Golden is sidelined with pneumonia. Second-in-command Shaw seizes the opportunity for a power play, but it predictably ba
Mrs. Hart
May 22, 1984
Hart is given a run of the Review for the night when Golden meets a woman who is demanding of his time and attention. For dates a woman whose ambition is to marry a lawyer.
Tempest in a Pothole
May 29, 1984
Hart's girlfriend receives a scholarship offer in England. Hart tries to presuade her to stay with him, she suggests he come to England, which he refuses. Awaiting her decision o
Labor of Love
Jun 5, 1984
Hart and Harriman compete to represent the school in the national moot court competition. First-year student Vivian struggles with speaking up in class.
Burden of Proof
Jun 12, 1984
Bell sues the city for damages and lost wages when he rides over a pothole and breaks his arm. Kingsfield has difficulty coping when Nottingham, his secretary, transfers to another
War of the Wonks (a.k.a.) Machine
Jun 19, 1984
A minor incident between Golden and an engineering student about a parking space causes hostilities between the law students and the engineering students (or ""Wonks"" as they are
Limits
Jun 26, 1984
Ford reaches out to Kingsfield for help when his fellow students seek to force a teacher they suspect is senile in retirement.
Hart Goes Home
Jul 10, 1984
Working in the public defender's office, Hart has to defend the perpetrator who assaulted and robbed Kingsfield. The violence on campus puts student on edge.
Judgement Day
Jul 17, 1984
The students fear they will lose a popular professor when he becomes eligible for tenure but lacks significant publication credits.
My Dinner With Kingsfield
Jul 24, 1984
A snowstorm strands Kingsfield, forcing him to spend the evening with Hart while Ford and Bell get to know Nottingham in a local bar.
The Advocates
Aug 7, 1984
Hart and Harriman compete to represent the school in the national moot court competition. First-year student Vivian struggles with speaking up in class.
Not Prince Hamlet
Aug 14, 1984
A grieving father struggles to understand why his son committed suicide.
Billy Pierce
Aug 21, 1984
Stressed-out first-year students prepare for Kingsfield's final. When the final exam is stolen, Bell is charged with finding the students responsible.