THAT'S LIFE


Season Two




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"Larva"
Original airdate: September 28, 2001

"Something Battered, Something Blue"
Original airdate: October 5, 2001

"The Devil and Miss DeLucca"
Original airdate: October 12, 2001

"M.Y.O.B."
Original airdate: October 19, 2001

"Bad Chemistry"
Original airdate: October 26, 2001

"Boo!"
Original airdate: November 2, 2001

"Plus One"
Original airdate: November 9, 2001

"Idiots"
Original airdate: November 16, 2001

"Oh, Baby"
Original airdate: December 7, 2001

"Sex in the Suburbs"
Original airdate: December 21, 2001

"All About Lydia"
Original airdate: January 11, 2002

"What's Family Got To Do With It?"
Original airdate: January 12, 2002

"Momento"
Original airdate: January 26, 2002

"Behind Closed Doors"
Original airdate: UNAIRED

"Love's Labor"
Original airdate: UNAIRED

"Baum's Thesis"
Original airdate: UNAIRED

"Gutterball"
Original airdate: UNAIRED



Episode #20. Larva
gs: Peter Firth (Professor Victor Leski) Candice Azzara () Anthony Russell (Harold) Tammi Cubilette (Adele) Gwyn Fawcett (Lisa Crane) Danny Goldman (Jeweler) Mary Portser (Mourner # 1) Ron Fasser (Mourner # 2)
A sprained thumb breaks Lydia's spirits but inadvertently motivates her to choose a major and inspire others, while Jackie is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and marriage proposal.
b: 28-Sep-01 pc: 40353-020 w: Diane Ruggiero. d: Michael Switzer
NOTE: The series is retooled again. The character of Victor, played by Peter Firth, is dropped; and Titus Welliver joins the cast as Dr. Eric Hackett.

Episode #21. Something Battered, Something Blue
gs: Angela Paton (Mrs. Leski) Sam Jaeger (Andy Paulsen) Sharif Atkins (football player) Vernee Watson-Johnson (Judge) Shane Edelman (med tech) Charles Emmett (coach) Joe Sabatino (baliff) Sharon Omi (nurse)
Lydia learns that a physical-therapy aid is assisting the football coach in getting an edge over the competition; Jackie has an unpleasant encounter with Victor's mother; Paulie and Plum elope when Dolly won't accept their engagement.
b: 05-Oct-01 pc: 40353-021 w: James Stanley d: Joanna Kerns

Episode #22. The Devil and Miss DeLucca
gs: Jose Zuniga (Ray) Laurel Holloman (Karen Matlin) Michael Trucco (Jason Krader) Joseph Campanella (Joe) Dick Anthony Williams () Tammi Cubilette (Adele) Cory C. Hardrict (Carl Morris) Brent Sexton (Stovic) Michael Trucco (Jason Prader)
Lydia dates a hockey player and gets a false impression about him as well as Eric; a new employee starts working at the restaurant; Jealousy gets the better of Paulie.
b: 12-Oct-01 pc: 40353-022 w: Anne McGrail d: Michael Switzer

23. M.Y.O.B.
gs: Laurel Holloman (Karen Matlin) Peter Michael Goetz (Ron Winters) Jose Zuniga (Ray Orozco) Patience Cleveland (Mrs. Messina) Melissa Marsala (Marie Jackson)
Lydia discovers that Eric's wife is having an affair; fed up with municipal bureaucracy, Dolly takes matters into her own hands.
b: 19-Oct-2001 pc: 40353-023 w: Lynn Marie Latham d: Sharron Miller

Episode #24. Bad Chemistry
gs: Jose Zuniga (Ray) Laurel Holloman (Karen Matlin) Jack Blessing (Councilman Kelley) Nicholas Pryor (Priest) Tammi Cubilette (Adele) Linda Lawson (Mrs. Paganini) mary Pat Dowry (Mary) James DuMont (Bobby) Nicholas Pryor (Father Tom)
Secrets continue to weigh down Lydia, who continues to keep mum about Paulie's marriage and Professor Matlin's affair; Dolly gets depressed when she learns her upstanding father wasn't quite so upstanding.
b: 26-Oct-01 pc: 40353-024 w: Anne McGrail d: Alan J. Levi

Episode #25. Boo!
gs: Jose Zuniga (Ray) Swoosie Kurtz (Valerie Wilkinson)
Special Halloween episode. Titus does not appear in this episode, except in the opening credits.
b: 02-Nov-01 pc: 40353-025




Ep #26. Plus One
gs: Jose Zuniga (Ray Orozco) Victoria Kelleher (Joanne) Swoosie Kurtz (Valerie Wilkinson) Jamie Luner (Samantha Richardson) Kristoffer Polaha (Gavin)
Lydia's romantic advances toward Eric fall on deaf ears; Paulie is worried by the arrival of Plum's old boyfriend; Jackie gets in touch with Ray's sensitive side.
b: 09-Nov-2001 pc: 40353-026

Ep #27. Idiots
gs: Jose Zuniga (Ray Orozco) Patience Cleveland (Mrs. Messina) Swoosie Kurtz (Valerie Wilkinson) Jamie Luner (Samantha Richardson) Michael Trucco (Jason Prader) Don Stark (Alan Derwin)
Days before their official church wedding, Plum and Paulie reconsider the wisdom of being married; Lydia asks a hockey player to be her date for the wedding.
b: 16-Nov-2001 pc: 40353-027 w: Anne McGrail d: Sharron Miller

Ep #28. Oh, Baby
gs: Harry Shearer (Dean) Chris McKenna (Rick Daniel) Vanessa Minnillo (Cheerleader)
Scandal rocks Dolly's campaign thanks to a protest striptease by Lydia, and Paulie's decision to have sex with Plum in the park.
b: 07-Dec-2001 pc: 40353-028 w: Bernard Lechowick d: Michael Switzer

Ep #29. Sex in the Suburbs
gs: Jamie Luner (Samantha Richardson) Mike McGlone (Pat MacClay) Reagan Gomez-Preston (Bambi) Greg Rikaart (Waiter) Jeffrey D. Sams (Trevor Collins) Clarence Clemmons (Himself)
Lydia reconsiders a romance with Eric, who begins to rethink his relationship with Samantha; Dolly tends to the needs of a lonely voter.
b: 21-Dec-2001 pc: 40353-029 w: Diane Messina Stanley d: Sharron Miller

Ep #30. All About Lydia
gs: Tammy Lauren (Kristi Dutton) Jose Zuniga (Ray Orozco) Mike McGlone (Pat MacClay) David Garrison (Jake) Brooke Burke (Reporter)
Lydia helps an actor bring authenticity to the role of an Italian-American from New Jersey; Jackie's romance with Ray is threatened when his past catches up with him; Lydia has her own share of drama in keeping her new beau a secret from Dolly.
b: 11-Jan-2002 pc: 40353-030 w: Diane Ruggiero d: Michael Switzer

Ep #31. What's Family Got To Do With It?
gs: Dominique Jennings (Receptionist) Jose Zuniga (Ray Orozco) Mike McGlone (Pat MacClay) David O'Donnell (Johnny MacClay) Tracy Alison Walsh (Abigail Leski)
Jackie's conflict over leaving for Mexico with Ray or staying in New Jersey with a visiting Abigail puts a strain on her friendship with Lydia; Frank has difficulty in accepting a generous gift from Plum; Lydia is charmed into getting Mack's irresponsible brother a job at the sports clinic.
b: 12-Jan-2002 pc: 40353-031 w: James Stanley d: Sharron Miller

Ep #32. Momento
gs: Paolo Seganti (Lorenzo DeLucca) Sandra Purpuro (Gina Palestina) John Capodice (John Santini) Patience Cleveland (Mrs. Messina)
Cucina DeLucca silent partner Paulie doesn't stay quiet for very long after distant cousin Lorenzo arrives from Italy to help in the kitchen and ends up making drastic changes to the restaurant's menu and ambiance; a laid-up Jackie thinks she's witnessed a murder.
b: 26-Jan-2002 pc: 40353-032 w: David Brownfield d: Timothy Busfield NOTE: Jackie watches "C.S.I."

Ep #33. Behind Closed Doors
gs: Bradley White (Donald) Mike McGlone (Pat MacClay) Brent Sexton (Jimmy Stovic) Thea Mann () Shashawnee Hall ()
As Paulie's birthday approaches, he discovers that Jimmy is gay; Lydia finds a new apartment right above the Cucina, and reunites with Mack; Frank and Dolly get an unpleasant surprise when they enter Lydia's new place without knocking; Lydia discovers that Jackie and Mack had a brief affair fourteen years ago.
b: UNAIRED pc: 40353-033 w: Anne McGrail d: Sharron Miller NOTE: This episode did not air in the United States on the date originally scheduled, but has aired in Australia.

Ep #34. Love's Labor
gs: Mike McGlone (Pat MacClay) Tammi Cubilette (Adele) Lydia and Mack decide to move in together; Dolly and Frank are unhappy and decide to use reverse psychology on their daughter by pretending to like Mack; Jackie worries that Adele won't be able to cope with running the salon in her absence; Lydia begins to lose interest in Mack when she learns that he doesn't want children; Adele throws Jackie a surprise baby shower; Mack moves out of Lydia's apartment; Jackie goes into labor at the salon and Eric delivers her baby with the help of Dolly and Lydia.
b: UNAIRED pc: 40353-034 NOTE: This episode did not air in the United States on the date originally scheduled, but has aired in Australia.

Ep #35. Baum's Thesis
gs: Mary McDonnell (Jules O'Grady) Chris McKenna (Rick Daniel) Carol Kane (Gloria) Nicholas Pryor (Father Tom) Tracy Alison Walsh (Abigail Leski) Sam Behrens (Robert Comiskey)
Lydia advises a jock to pursue his dreams, encouraging him not to drop out of college; Jules returns for her grandson's christening; Jackie begins a quest to find her father; Paulie and Plum talk about having children; Jackie asks Frank to be Victor Francis's godfather.
b: UNAIRED pc: 40353-035 w: Lynn Marie Latham and Anne Grail d: Paul Sorvino NOTE: This episode did not air in the United States on the date originally scheduled, but has aired in Australia.

Ep #36. Gutterball
gs: Swoosie Kurtz (Valerie Wilkinson) Megan Follows (Stella) Michelle Phillips (Maureen) Brent Sexton (Jimmy Stovic) Kristoffer Polaha (Gavin) Jeff Phillips (Jack)
Plum discovers that Gavin is the new teaching assistant assigned to her class; Valerie comes to the rescue when an attractive divorced friend tries to seduce Frank; Plum convinces Paulie to sit for the sergeant's exam, despite his lack of confidence; Lydia meets Gavin in the library and, unaware that he's Plum's ex-boyfriend, invites him to be her "non-date" for Plum's birthday party.
b: UNAIRED pc: 40353-036 w: Bernard Lechowick & James Stanley d: Sharron Miller NOTE: This episode did not air in the United States on the date originally scheduled, but has aired in Australia.

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