The Tracey Ullman Show: 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 Tracey Ullman Show 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
4W17
Oct 4, 1987
KAY'S OLD LOVE; Kay meets Derrick, her old high school boyfriend who visits from England with his wife and children. DRUGS AND GUNS; Becky (Julie Kavner), a suicidal pharmacist,
4W14
Oct 11, 1987
FRANCESCA'S FIRST JOB; Francesca gets a summer job at a Taco Bell fast-food place to try it out, and must deal with the stern boss and cynic co-workers. THE LITTLE NEUROTIC FROM D
4W24
Oct 18, 1987
THE AFFAIR; Greg reveals that he is considering an affair with his secretary to Sara which sets off a night long wave of talk, arguments, and hostility in their bedroom. WHEN IN
4W15
Oct 25, 1987
THE GARDENER ON THE FLOOR; A theater producer (Julie Kavner) looks over a recreation of a play written by Mrs. Putney (Tracey Ullman), a retired mystery novelist and her house sta
4W05
Nov 1, 1987
MONKEY WENCH; Ceci Beckwith (Tracey Ullman), an anthropologist living with the apes in the wilds of Borneo, gets a visit from her sister, Peg (Julie Kavner), who takes her home to
4W18
Nov 8, 1987
MAX'S BIRTHDAY PARTY; Sara and Greg hire a drunkard in a Teddy bear costume for Max's 4th birthday party. TWO TOO GOOD PEOPLE; Real estate agent Judy (Julie Kavner), recovering
4W13
Nov 15, 1987
ROMANTIC MOMMY; Francesca's drifter mother Marina (Julie Kavner), pays a visit to Francesca and family. K-AIR; Summer Storm (Tracey Ullman), a stoned, former 1960s punk rocker,
4W22
Nov 22, 1987
MEG'S SHOWER; Tina throws a bridal shower for Meg which brings growing hostility from Tina that Meg is getting married and not her. FOREIGN EXCHANGE; Pakistani convenience store
4W19
Dec 13, 1987
KAY'S ADVENTURE; Kay wins a free weekend in Atlantic City and goes to see a famous singer, named Gulliver Dark (Sam McMurry), in concert. TOM NODDY blows unusual bubbles during h
4W21
Dec 20, 1987
ROCK BOTTOM; At her studio producer Keith's urging (Dan Castellaneta), Summer Storm gets admitted into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic and tries to adjust to a different
4W23
Jan 10, 1988
KAY'S LAST STAND; Kay must face Elizabeth Phelps (Julie Kavner), the shadowy CEO of a major insurance company, to ask her to put Kay's invalid mother back on her medical plan. AUT
4W20
Jan 24, 1988
ON HER TOES; After the lead ballerina Cristina drops out, the understudy Stacey Duncan (Tracey Ullman) goes through weeks of grueling training to star in the lead role in ""The Nu
5W01
Feb 7, 1988
VALET; A lonely, drunken middle-aged woman (Tracey Ullman) asks a young hotel parking valet (Dan Castellaneta) to spent some time with her in her room. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1988; At
5W02
Feb 14, 1988
CHAINED MELODIES; Angel and Marty Tish, a husband and wife singing duo named ""America's Sweethearts,"" go to Sing-Sing to perform for the prisoners while trying to mend their lon
5W03
Feb 21, 1988
STORM AT SEA; Summer Storm with her friends Keith, Jerry and Freddy, open a pirated radio station on a boat in the Pacific for a little adventure. A LITTLE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNES
5W04
Feb 28, 1988
CHANGING LANES; After learning that she has a few months to live, world traveler Samantha (Tracey Ullman) spends some time with her boring sister Jill (Miriam Flynn) and her famil
5W05
Mar 6, 1988
FRANCESCA ALONE; After Dave and William leave town for the night, Francesca invites Scott, a spoiled rich boy, over at her apartment for dinner. PEOPLE AT WORK; After being insu
5W06
Mar 13, 1988
GINNY REDUX; Ginny Tilman goes out on her first date since her divorce with a black man named David Black (Harold Sylvester), a teacher from her teenage daughter Pamela's school w
5W07
Mar 20, 1988
KAY: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.; Kay is invited over for dinner at co-worker Polly's (Julie Kavner) apartment and causes friction when she finds out that Polly is stealing office supplies whi
5W09
May 1, 1988
THE SLEEPOVER; Francesca invites three friends over for a slumber party and they spend the night talking, playing games and making prank phone calls on the high school stud, Jerom
5W08
May 8, 1988
DINNER THEATER; While acting in the play, ""Butterflies are Free"" before a live audience at a restaurant, the lead actress (Tracey Ullman) tries to convince a fat man in the audi