Melrose Place season 2

Melrose Place
Season 2
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Starring	Josie Bissett Thomas Calabro Doug Savant Grant Show Andrew Shue Courtney Thorne-Smith Daphne Zuniga Heather Locklear
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 8, 1993 (1993-09-08) – May 18, 1994 (1994-05-18)
Season chronology

The second season of Melrose Place, an American television series, premiered on Fox on September 8, 1993. The season two finale aired on May 18, 1994, after 32 episodes.

The season was produced by Chip Hayes, supervising producer Charles Pratt Jr, co-executive producer Frank South and executive producers Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and Darren Star.

Storylines

As the second season begins, Michael is divorced from Jane and begins a relationship with Kimberly while having a fling with Jane's younger sister Sydney (Laura Leighton), a prostitute and stripper. While waitressing at Shooters, Sydney is introduced by a co-worker to Lauren Ethridge (Kristian Alfonso), a Hollywood madam who recruits Sydney into her call girl ring. Although Sydney quits, she is arrested for solicitation. Michael bails her out of jail, blackmailing her to break up Jane and her latest love interest, divorce lawyer, Robert Wilson (Steven Eckholdt).

A drunken Michael crashes his car (apparently fatally injuring Kimberly), but escapes manslaughter charges when Matt alters his blood-alcohol test results at the hospital. Sydney uses this knowledge to blackmail Michael into marrying her, despite Jane's objections. Her plans are foiled when Kimberly reappears alive and well, saying that her mother lied about her death to keep Michael away. Kimberly is more ruthless and unstable as a result of brain surgery and the accident. She reclaims Michael, revealing her desire to kill him; removing her wig in front of a mirror, a gruesome scar from the accident is seen.

Sydney takes over Lauren Ethridge's call-girl ring while Lauren is in jail. When Lauren is released, she abducts Sydney and demands the profits from her escort service while she was incarcerated. Sydney works as a stripper and a prostitute to raise the money. She is attacked on the street by other prostitutes; in the hospital, Kimberly recruits her for her scheme to kill Michael.

Early in the season Matt loses his job when the halfway house closes, and Michael finds him a job in the social-services department of Wilshire Memorial. He befriends a Russian doctor, Katya Petrova (Beata Pozniak). Katya is attracted to Matt, who tells her he is gay. When she is in danger of deportation, he offers to marry her so her five-year-old daughter Nikki (Mara Wilson) can remain in the U.S. However, Matt's "marriage" now hampers his love life. When Katya returns to Russia to visit her family she decides to stay and sends for her daughter, freeing an emotional Matt from their arrangement. He becomes romantically involved with Jeffrey Lindley (Jason Beghe), a closeted U.S. Navy officer, although he disagrees with Jeffrey's secrecy. Although Matt persuades Jeffrey to come out, he regrets it when Jeffrey is discharged from the service and leaves town.

Jake buys a struggling motorcycle-repair shop, which soon burns down in a fire accidentally started by Amanda. Jake never discovers that Amanda is indirectly responsible for the fire, and ends his romance with Jo. Jake becomes romantically involved with Amanda, whose father Palmer Woodward (Wayne Tippit) offers him a job as a mechanic. He learns that Palmer is involved in a scheme to sell reproduced cars as originals, and is forced by the FBI to help it arrest Palmer.

Jo becomes romantically involved with her former high-school flame, ex-convict Reed Carter (James Wilder), who smuggles drugs on boats he works on. When she discovers his stash, he kidnaps, rapes and tortures her on the boat in the Pacific Ocean. Jo kills Reed to escape his abuse, later learning that she is pregnant with his child.

Alison and Billy's romance has its ups and downs. She has a relationship with Steve McMillian (Parker Stevenson), a new client at D & D Advertising after Amanda becomes senior vice-president. Although Alison tries to set up Jo with Steve, Steve leaves to work in Europe and Alison and Billy reconcile. Billy rises through the ranks at Escapade, moving to New York to work. This strains his relationship with Alison, and he returns to Los Angeles to propose to her.

Struggling in her romance with Jake and running D & D Advertising, Amanda has an uncomfortable reunion with her estranged mother Hilary Michaels (Linda Gray). Hilary is CEO of Models Inc., which would spawn a spinoff series. Jo meets Sarah Owens (Cassidy Rae), a model at Hilary’s agency, whom she helps end an abusive relationship. Hilary asks Amanda to employ her fiancé, Chas (Jeff Kaake), at D & D and Amanda fires him after he harasses her sexually. However, Chas files a sexual-harassment lawsuit against Amanda and her company. Hilary learns the truth about Chas, testifying against him and ending the case in Amanda's favor. However, Amanda cannot forgive her mother and Hilary returns to the modeling agency.

Alison and Billy become engaged, and plan a wedding in the building's courtyard. On her wedding day, when her father hugs her she experiences flashbacks of his molesting her as a child. Alison flees through a window and goes to San Francisco to see her sister, Meredith, who was also abused by their father. The season ends with Kimberly (in a short blonde wig) running Michael down in Jane's car, followed by Jane's wrongful arrest.

Cast

Main cast members

In alphabetical order

• Josie Bissett as Jane Mancini
• Thomas Calabro as Michael Mancini
• Doug Savant as Matt Fielding
• Grant Show as Jake Hanson
• Andrew Shue as Billy Campbell
• Courtney Thorne-Smith as Alison Parker
• Daphne Zuniga as Jo Reynolds

Special guest star

• Heather Locklear as Amanda Woodward

Recurring guest stars

• Marcia Cross as Dr. Kimberly Shaw
• William R. Moses as Keith Gray
• Laura Leighton as Sydney Andrews
• Beata Poźniak as Dr. Katya Petrova
• Steven Eckholdt as Robert Wilson
• Parker Stevenson as Steve McMillan
• Mara Wilson as Nikki Petrova
• Wayne Tippit as Palmer Woodward
• Kristian Alfonso as Lauren Ethridge
• Janet Carroll as Marion Shaw
• Melanie Smith as Celia Morales
• James Wilder as Reed Carter
• Meg Wittner as Nancy Donner
• Jason Beghe as Jeffrey Lindley
• Lonnie Schuyler as Dr. Dave Smith
• John McCann as Walter Kovacs
• Carmen Argenziano as Dr. Stanley Levin
• Gail Strickland as Katherine Andrews
• Stanley Kamel as Bruce Teller
• Sydney Walsh as Kay Beacon
• Monte Markham as John Parker
• Dorothy Fielding as Mrs. Parker
• Linda Gray as Hillary Michaels
• Cassidy Rae as Sarah Owens
• Jeffrey Kaake as Chas Russell
• Andrew Williams as Chris Marchette
• Tracy Nelson as Meredith Parker

Episodes

See also: List of Melrose Place episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
33	1	"Much Ado About Everything"	Nancy Malone	Charles Pratt, Jr.	September 8, 1993 (1993-09-08)	2393033	14.7
34	2	"A Long Night's Journey"	Charles Correll	Frank South	September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)	2393034	12.9
35	3	"Revenge"	James Frawley	Darren Star	September 22, 1993 (1993-09-22)	2393035	16
36	4	"Fire Power"	Barbara Amato	Kimberly Costello	September 29, 1993 (1993-09-29)	2393036	11.5
37	5	"Of Bikes and Men"	James Whitmore Jr.	Allison Robbins	October 6, 1993 (1993-10-06)	2393037	12.8
38	6	"Hot and Bothered"	Paul Lazarus	Dee Johnson	October 13, 1993 (1993-10-13)	2393038	13.2
39	7	"Flirting With Disaster"	Bethany Rooney	Charles Pratt, Jr.	October 20, 1993 (1993-10-20)	2393039	11.7
40	8	"No Bed of Roses"	Nancy Malone	Frank South	October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27)	2393040	12.7
41	9	"Married to It"	Marty Pasetta, Jr.	Darren Star	November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03)	2393041	11.8
42	10	"The Tangled Web"	Chip Chalmers	Charles Pratt, Jr.	November 10, 1993 (1993-11-10)	2393042	15.4
43	11	"Collision Course"	Richard Lang	Frank South	November 17, 1993 (1993-11-17)	2393043	16
44	12	"Cold Turkey"	Paul Lazarus	Kimberly Costello	November 24, 1993 (1993-11-24)	2393044	12.1
45	13	"Duet for One"	Victoria Hochberg	Allison Robbins	December 1, 1993 (1993-12-01)	2393045	14.1
46	14	"Strange Bedfellows"	Nancy Malone	Dee Johnson	December 15, 1993 (1993-12-15)	2393046	13.1
47	15	"Under the Mistletoe"	Chip Chalmers	Charles Pratt, Jr.	December 22, 1993 (1993-12-22)	2393047	13.9
48	16	"Reunion Blues"	Jefferson Kibbee	Frank South	January 5, 1994 (1994-01-05)	2393048	13.7
49	17	"Michael's Game"	Marty Pasetta, Jr.	Darren Star	January 12, 1994 (1994-01-12)	2393049	15.5
50	18	"Arousing Suspicions"	Steve Dubin	Kimberly Costello	January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26)	2393050	14.3
51	19	"The Young Men and the Sea"	Charles Correll	Allison Robbins	February 2, 1994 (1994-02-02)	2393051	13.2
52	20	"Parting Glances"	Bethany Rooney	Dee Johnson	February 9, 1994 (1994-02-09)	2393052	14.5
53	21	"Swept Away"	Nancy Malone	Charles Pratt, Jr.	February 16, 1994 (1994-02-16)	2393053	N/A
54	22	"With This Ball and Chain"	Jefferson Kibbee	Frank South	February 23, 1994 (1994-02-23)	2393054	12.2
55	23	"Otherwise Engaged"	Chip Chalmers	Darren Star	March 2, 1994 (1994-03-02)	2393055	17.1
56	24	"Love, Mancini Style"	Charles Correll	Allison Robbins	March 16, 1994 (1994-03-16)	2393056	16.8
57	25	"The Two Mrs. Mancinis"	Marty Pasetta, Jr.	Allison Robbins	March 23, 1994 (1994-03-23)	2393057	15.2
58	26	"In Bed With the Enemy"	Parker Stevenson	Stevie Stern	April 6, 1994 (1994-04-06)	2393058	15.4
59	27	"Psycho Therapy"	Charles Correll	Kimberly Costello	April 20, 1994 (1994-04-20)	2393059	15.9
60	28	"The Bitch Is Back"	Nancy Malone	Frank South	April 27, 1994 (1994-04-27)	2393060	17.5
61	29	"Imperfect Strangers"	Chip Chalmers	Dee Johnson	May 4, 1994 (1994-05-04)	2393061	16.2
62	30	"Devil With the G-String On"	Paul Lazarus	Charles Pratt, Jr.	May 11, 1994 (1994-05-11)	2393062	17.8
63	31	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Chip Chalmers	Darren Star & Frank South	May 18, 1994 (1994-05-18)	2393063A-2393063B	19.3
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