The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse: 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 Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 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
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I Went to Havana
Oct 24, 1954 · 30 min
An American tourist takes a trip to Cuba to hit the gambling casinos in Havana, convinced he has a surefire way to win at the roulette tables. He runs into two con men, who are equ
Death Rides A Wild Cat
Nov 7, 1954 · 30 min
A group of people start out a cross-country tour by sharing expanses, but the trip soon deteriorates into violence and murder.
The Colonel And His Son
Nov 21, 1954 · 30 min
A colonel returning to his home in an East-West border town discovers his son is missing.
Girl In Distress
Dec 5, 1954 · 30 min
An ex-soldier released from a mental institution inherits a large sum of money and is framed for a murder that his girlfriend was involved in.
The Woman On The Bus
Dec 12, 1954 · 30 min
Fleeing from two gunmen, a desperate woman seeks refuge with a family in a remote desert area. Too late, she realizes that she has endangered the lives of her protectors.
The Vanishing Suitor
Feb 20, 1955 · 30 min
A wealthy woman's trip to the altar is mysteriously sidetracked.
Wait For George
Mar 13, 1955 · 30 min
A woman is terrorized by one of the farmhands who says he must "wait for George" to return.
Woman In The Mine
Jun 12, 1955 · 30 min
The story of an ancient superstition among miners that a woman in a mine brings danger while a rat is the sign of good luck.