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Waiting for God Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 1991 - 1991
Episode 1
Counselling for the Dying
28 mins
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.
Episode 2
The Partition
28 mins
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.
Episode 3
Daisy Takes Charge
28 mins
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.
Episode 4
The Thief
30 mins
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.
Episode 5
Tell the Truth
29 mins
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.
Episode 6
The Hip Operation
29 mins
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.
Episode 7
Glamorous Grannies
28 mins
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.
Episode 8
Foreign Workers
29 mins
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.
Episode 9
Young People
29 mins
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.
Episode 10
The Boring Son
29 mins
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.