1990

S2.E1 ∙ Counselling for the Dying

Wed, Sep 04, 1991

After a resident dies alone, Tom puts himself forward as a counsellor to aid and comfort the terminally ill. A new female resident arrives and has afternoon delight with Basil; some time later, Basil seems to be dying and Tom rushes to counsel him, but he is merely suffering from exertion after his interlude with the lady. However, the lady dies and Tom organizes a splendid send-off for her.

7.2 /10

S2.E2 ∙ The Partition

Wed, Sep 11, 1991

Tom is depressed because he is missing his late wife, but Marion and Geoffrey are not keen to have him home on respite. He turns his attentions to Diana and suggests that they shack up together, a proposition that offends her so much that she has a partition built between their shared veranda. Her mood is not helped by the arrival of new resident Daisy, who has a strong personality like herself. The two women soon clash, though Tom gets on well with the new arrival.

7.2 /10

S2.E3 ∙ Daisy Takes Charge

Wed, Sep 18, 1991

Harvey threatens Diana with expulsion unless she removes the partition, but they both have more pressing matters to consider as Daisy becomes completely domineering, taking over the home with her ideas and threatening to get current staff sacked. Tom finally organizes a revolt against her, causing her to leave--and Diana to remove the partition.

8 /10

S2.E4 ∙ The Thief

Wed, Sep 25, 1991

Resident Betty claims that her sewing basket has gone missing and Tom and Diana decide to investigate. Not fully believing Betty's story, they follow her, and Tom intervenes when they see her apparently shoplifting. Tom is arrested and conducts his own court case; he's found not guilty of theft, but guilty of contempt of court. Later, Diana finds that she had the sewing basket all along; she had forgotten she had it after borrowing it from Betty.

7.9 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Tell the Truth

Wed, Oct 02, 1991

Tom's belief that one should always tell the truth offends Jane, who has made herself look glamorous to appeal to Harvey and Tom says she looks hideous. He also upsets Marion by telling her what he thinks of her, leading to a big row. Sarah introduces her boyfriend Sam, who is seeking investors for his proposed beauty-salon franchise, but Diana and Tom suspect that he is a conman--and to make peace with Marion, Tom "persuades" Sam to let his daughter-in-law run her own beauty salon for free.

7.3 /10

S2.E6 ∙ The Hip Operation

Wed, Oct 09, 1991

Diana falls and breaks her hip while throwing a brick at Bayview's incompetent South American gardener, Antonio. She is taken to hospital where she rows with the Welsh doctor over a hip-replacement operation and Sarah, about to marry Sam, visits. Sarah knows that Diana dislikes Sam and wonders if she will try to stop the wedding--or if she will even attend. In the end Diana turns up for her niece's big day, using a Zimmer frame. Meanwhile, Marion is not making a success of the beauty shop, and Tom suggests that Sam take back the franchise.

7.7 /10

S2.E7 ∙ Glamorous Grannies

Wed, Oct 16, 1991

Tom has a bet with Diana that she can't be nice to people for a week. Such untypical actions only lead to confusion. Harvey wants to organize a glamorous-grandmother contest for the old ladies of Bayview, the prize being a cruise for two. Since Basil wants to marry Betty, Tom approaches Geoffrey, whose firm is sponsoring the contest, to let Betty win, but when Betty gets cold feet and refuses to enter, Diana, having made sure a journalist friend is present to expose any "fixing" of the contest, replaces her, wins, and lets Betty and Basil have the prize cruise.

7.6 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Foreign Workers

Wed, Oct 23, 1991

Harvey decides to cut costs by employing illegal immigrant workers at Bayview. To Diana, one incompetent foreigner, Antonio the gardener, is enough; the residents stage a protest, and order is restored. Meanwhile, Tom has been overdoing physical exercise in his efforts to get as fit as Linford Christie, and his collapse leads Diana to persuade him to slow down.

7.2 /10

S2.E9 ∙ Young People

Wed, Oct 30, 1991

A group of students comes to Bayview and Harvey bribes one of them, Bob, into being seen in a compromising situation with Diana. Under an old Church covenant from the 1600s which was bestowed upon the home, this will enable him to have her thrown out for immoral actions. But it happens that Bob much prefers Marion and goes off with her instead. Bob, one of them, into being seen in a compromising situation with Diana.

7.5 /10

S2.E10 ∙ The Boring Son

Wed, Nov 06, 1991

Marion's fling with Bob becomes the last straw for Geoffrey, who finally decides to leave her. But where can he go? Answer: move in with his father at Bayview. But Geoffrey is so boring that it is not long before Diana and Tom are planning to get him back with Marion.

7.3 /10