The Play on One: 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 Play on One 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
Heartland
Feb 21, 1989
In West Wales, Jack and his farming family have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. Th
These Foolish Things
Feb 28, 1989
Gutrune's hunt for a husband among the wealthy and aristocratic circles of London is hampered by the fact that her chosen man Nick, a London newspaper editor, is still in love with
Govan Ghost Story
Mar 7, 1989
Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock encounters a strange little girl in the high-rise block of flats where he lives. Who is she? What does she wan
The Shawl
Mar 14, 1989
John performs as a spiritual medium, using the visits of a troubled woman to introduce a young man to the mysteries and skills of the clairvoyant. The young man threatens to leave
A View of Harry Clark
Mar 21, 1989
Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people but who's there to help him?
The Gift
Mar 28, 1989
Robert and Gordon, two talented teenage footballers from Wick, are invited to Glasgow for a week's trial with a big club. It is their first taste of professional football, but both
Clowns
Apr 4, 1989
Arthur is about to celebrate his 80th birthday and his family is gathering for a party. It is a time for celebration, but also for family tensions and a reassessment of how we all
Biting the Hands
Apr 11, 1989
Two Scottish women doing a feminist cabaret act in a seedy pub have to choose between principle and profit when success on the alternative cabaret circuit beckons.
A Master of the Marionettes
Apr 18, 1989
Teddy Rose is a committed and successful salesman, allaying suburban insecurity with domestic alarm systems. But one evening, violence confronts him face to face.
Unexplained Laughter
Apr 25, 1989
Unlucky in love Lydia retreats to the Welsh hills for a consoling visit to her old friend Betty. But things may not be as amiable as they seem.