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Vicious Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2015 - 2016
Episode 1
Sister
Sun, Aug 30, 201523 mins
Violet confides in Freddie and Stuart that she believes her husband, Jasper, has abandoned her, she not having seen him in a few weeks since they returned from their honeymoon. What's worse is that Violet's somewhat estranged sister, Lillian Haverfield-Wickham, about who Violet has previously not told anyone and who Violet has not seen in years, is coming for a visit. As Lillian has always gloated that she married into money and thus has had a wonderful life, Violet, to even the balance of power in their relationship, told her that Jasper is also from money, and that they live in a lavish flat with servants. To help Violet on both fronts, Freddie and Stuart devise a plan, which also requires Penelope's help, to impersonate Jasper and the servants, using their own much nicer and well-appointed flat as Violet and Jasper's. Playing against type as Freddie treats Stuart as a servant in their day-to-day lives, flamboyant Stuart takes the role of butch straight Jasper, while domineering Freddie takes the role of Freddie the butler. Pulling off the scheme gets even more complicated when Ash drops by unexpectedly with his new serious girlfriend, Jess - not "Jessica" - as Ash is trying to impress her with the people closest to him in his life, they who he described to her as "authentic".
Episode 2
Gym
Sun, Aug 30, 201522 mins
Feeling unfit Freddie and Stuart join Ash at the gym, where they are persuaded by handsome young trainer Theo to sign up for a three month 'special' course. In fact they are so taken by Theo that they invite him home - to the exclusion of Ash. Ash however realizes that Theo is exploiting his friends and takes appropriate action, reconciling him with the pair. Meanwhile Violet and Penelope take advantage of the couple's absence from their flat to eat all their food.
Episode 3
Ballroom
Sun, Sep 6, 201522 mins
Stuart wants to do more fun things with Freddie as a couple. So when Ash and Jess, who have moved in together, invite Stuart and Freddie to join them in their ballroom dance class, Stuart gladly accepts, inviting Violet - who still does not know husband Jasper's whereabouts - Mason and Penelope, while being able to drag along Freddie. Stuart and Freddie have different views of the class, their differing perspectives which may threaten if they continue taking the class, or if they continue taking the class together. While Penelope has flashbacks to her past in the class, Violet may get a glimpse into her romantic future. And Ash believes he is falling in love with Jess, and beyond seeing if he will survive the minor accidental injuries she seems to inflict on him every time he is about to tell her, he asks Freddie for advice on what he should do. The issues facing the seven students as well as that of the dance instructor, Antonio St. Alexis, all come to a head during the class' culminating non-competition competition.
Episode 4
Stag Do
Sun, Sep 13, 201522 mins
While Freddie and Stuart move toward being husband and husband, Ash and Violet, who has been dumped by Jess and is still without Jasper probably forever respectively, and who are standing up for Freddie and Stuart at their nuptials, decide to move on with their romantic lives. Ash and Violet take different tacts in exactly how they will do so. In Ash's case, he reconnects with old girlfriend Chloe as she is now a wedding planner and he believes that her getting the job planning Freddie and Stuart's wedding would jump start her career, especially if the guest list includes Freddie's celebrity "friends" as he wants. Beyond reconnecting with Ash, sensitive and nervous Chloe may regret this reunion, specifically in having to deal with demanding Stuart, especially as how lavish the affair can actually be is dependent on if Freddie gets a job for which he is auditioning. Ash too may have a difficult time living up to Freddie's expectations of his best man duties, especially in hosting Freddie's stag.
Episode 5
Flatmates
Sun, Sep 20, 201522 mins
Depending on whose perspective, Freddie has requested Stuart leave their apartment or Stuart has moved out on his own volition following their break-up the result of their argument at the stag party. Stuart invites himself to stay with Ash, while Violet, needing a temporary place to stay as renovation work is being done on her own apartment, decides to ask Freddie if she can stay with him, to which he agrees. While Freddie and Stuart continue on with their own lives as if nothing has changed, Violet and Ash end up not appreciating their new roles as the substitute "Stuart" and "Freddie" respectively. So, Violet and Ash decide they need to join forces to see if they can help erase the memory of one argument so that Freddie and Stuart can continue on with their fifty year life together and imminent marriage in loving bitchiness. If Violet and Ash are able to do so, they will have to address the issue of the morning after the drunken stag, when Violet awoke in Ash's bed next to him. Ash, who has no recollection of what happened, may not be able to handle the truth.
Episode 6
Wedding
Sun, Sep 27, 201522 mins
The wedding day dawns, not without setbacks as Mason and Penelope manage to destroy the cake and Violet forgets to order the car. Her bullying husband Jasper reappears but is sent packing by Ash whilst Stuart is delighted that his mother Mildred can make it though an unfortunate event causes a problem from which Stuart must be protected before the ceremony is over and the happy couple can express their true feelings rather than sniping at each other.
Episode 7
The Finale
Sun, Jun 19, 201647 mins
One year, one segment in each of the four seasons, is presented in the life of Freddie, Stuart and their friends. Spring. Freddie and Stuart are still in the flush of romantic newlywed love as husband and husband. They are also flush with money with Stuart having inherited his just deceased mother's estate, about which they don't want to tell their friends and with which they want to indulge themselves and only themselves. Violet and Ash could use their financial help as Violet's now ex-husband has absconded with all her money, and Ash is still having problems holding onto any job, all of those poor paying ones at that. But all these items usurp Mason's news about his open heart surgery about which no one seems to care. Summer. It's Freddie's birthday and he seems more interested in the card he received from the cast and crew of Downton Abbey (2010) than he is about the latest in the long line of Stuart's original and sentimental birthday gifts. Penelope makes an admission to Ash about an aspect of her life she thought was well hidden. And Violet makes a decision about her love life. Autumn. Ash has some bittersweet news about his life. The thought process in deciding what to do demonstrates how insecure he is as a person. Winter. It's the Christmas season and Freddie is preparing to star in a Christmas radio broadcast alongside Dame Eileen Atkins. While Penelope gets some unexpected comfort in expressing some fears, Freddie is still quietly reeling about Ash's "autumn" decision, that is until...
