1977

S2The Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter?

Wed, Aug 30, 1978

Chester tries to commit suicide, Jodie moves in with Carol, Mary suspects Burt of having an affair, Mother Flotsky puts a curse on Tim and Corinne, Jessica is sentenced to 50 years for killing Peter, and Chester confesses that he's the real murderer and meets Dutch, his new cellmate.

8.5 /10

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Wed, Sep 13, 1978

Chester saves Jessica by confessing to Peter's murder, which lands him in a cell with convicted killer Dutch Leitner; Carol cannot bring herself to tell Jodie he's going to be a father.

7.8 /10

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Wed, Sep 20, 1978

Danny marries Elaine; Jodie returns home from a date with Dennis to hear Carol reveal that she's pregnant; Dutch and Chester escape from prison and hide out in the Tate cellar.

7.6 /10

S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Wed, Sep 27, 1978

Dutch and Eunice spend the night together; Tim's mother makes an unexpected appearance at his wedding to Corinne; Mary's problems just can't seem to top Jessica's.

7.8 /10

S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Wed, Oct 04, 1978

As Corinne works her charms on her new husband, Tim's vengeful mother interrupts the honeymoon; Danny tries to curb his wife's expensive tastes by killing her with kindness; Mary decides to go to college; and Chester's birthday celebration abruptly ends when he suffers another blackout.

7.7 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Wed, Oct 11, 1978

Chester's doctor reveals how he was able to commit murder, requiring a delicate brain operation; Danny refuses to allow Elaine to eat or sleep because nothing is good enough for her; and Tim's mother has the temerity to place a curse upon her 'fallen priest' son with her dying breath.

7.9 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Wed, Oct 18, 1978

Jodie tells Dennis about his impending marriage to Carol; Mary convinces Danny to try being nice to Elaine; no one is more surprised than the doctor to find that Chester survived the operation.

7.8 /10

S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Wed, Nov 01, 1978

Carol introduces Jodie to her overprotective father; Elaine confesses her love to Danny; Burt's secretary Sally reveals her love for him.

7.9 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Wed, Nov 08, 1978

The amnesiac Chester returns home; Eunice wants to join Dutch at his grandmother's farm; Corinne reveals that she's pregnant; and Burt spies his wife on the couch with her English professor, reaches the wrong conclusion, then spends the night in bed with Sally.

7.7 /10

S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9

Wed, Nov 22, 1978

Burt must concoct a wild story to explain to Mary why he never came home the previous night; Jessica confides that Chester might have started cheating on her on their wedding night, which explains how the chambermaid's underwear got into her suitcase.

8 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10

Wed, Nov 29, 1978

Dutch tells Jessica how he killed an extortionist in self defense; an amnesiac Chester has vanished; and Elaine's loving new relationship with her husband is interrupted when she gets kidnapped by two masked men.

7.9 /10

S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11

Wed, Dec 06, 1978

Detective Donohue is hired to find the missing Chester; Corinne, married for one month, finds out that she's five months pregnant; Jodie directs a TV commercial featuring Mr. Peppy Flake and Rodney Raisin; and Elaine's kidnappers demand a huge ransom for her safe return.

8 /10

S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12

Wed, Dec 13, 1978

Danny negotiates with Elaine's kidnappers; Detective Donohue confesses his love for Jessica; and Jodie's marriage to Carol is called off by the absent bride.

8 /10

S2.E13 ∙ Episode #2.13

Wed, Dec 20, 1978

Tim refuses to believe that Corinne's baby is his; Burt lies to Mary about his partner of that wayward night; Elaine escapes from her kidnappers, only to die in her husband's arms.

8.3 /10

S2.E14 ∙ Episode #2.14

Wed, Jan 03, 1979

Burt tries to end his relationship with Sally; Eunice and Dutch have visitors at the farmhouse; Detective Donahue reports Chester's death, unaware that he's now a stranded hobo still suffering from amnesia.

8.2 /10

S2.E15 ∙ Episode #2.15

Wed, Jan 10, 1979

Sally reveals to Mary that she's the one who's been sleeping with Burt and that he's now cheating on them both; Jodie journeys to Texas to visit Carol and assure her that he has no intention of being a negligent father.

7.8 /10

S2.E16 ∙ Episode #2.16

Wed, Jan 17, 1979

The police catch up with Dutch; Tim decides to make his peace with God by going off to live in a cave; Jodie meets a suicidal girl who reveals that she too is gay (her father's secretary was dating them both); Burt finds a note from Mary, saying that she's left him; despite being pregnant only a few weeks, Corinne suddenly goes into labor.

8.1 /10

S2.E17 ∙ Episode #2.17

Wed, Jan 31, 1979

Corinne gives birth to a gorgeous baby boy; at Jodie's apartment, Alice shows herself to be a Jewish mother; Burt vows to prove his innocence to the disbelieving Mary; Chester finally regains his memory and heads home to his 'loving wife named Jessica, and a fine young son named Benson.'

7.8 /10

S2.E18 ∙ Episode #2.18

Wed, Feb 07, 1979

Burt discovers that Sally lied to Mary about everything because she was being blackmailed by Ingrid Svenson, Corinne's vengeful natural mother; Jessica finally sleeps with Detective Donahue, only to return home to find her supposedly dead husband at the front door.

8 /10

S2.E19 ∙ Episode #2.19

Wed, Feb 14, 1979

Sally reveals her lies--and the porno film that proves how she was being blackmailed--to a relieved Mary; Chester again shows amusement at the thought of his wife having an affair; Billy falls for a member of a religious cult called The Sunnies; and strange sounds emanate from Corinne's baby's nursery.

8.1 /10

S2.E20 ∙ Episode #2.20

Wed, Feb 28, 1979

Corinne visits Tim in his cave to convince him to make his peace with God by saving his possessed son; Danny's quest to find the kidnappers who murdered his wife result in Burt spotting a flying saucer that no one else sees.

8.1 /10

S2.E21 ∙ Episode #2.21

Wed, Mar 07, 1979

No one believes Burt has seen a flying saucer; Benson worries that Billy is spending too much time with The Sunnies; jealous about their respective dates, Jodie and Alice compromise by dating each other.

7.9 /10

S2.E22 ∙ Episode #2.22

Wed, Mar 14, 1979

Jessica drives The Devil out of her grandson but cannot choose between Chester and Detective Donahue; Danny is captured by his wife's kidnapper, whose girlfriend Millie takes a shine to him; Billy finds himself a prisoner of The Sunnies; and Burt returns to the site where he saw the flying saucer--and vanishes in a flash of light.

7.9 /10