Overview of 'Hollyoaks' Season 2

Episode 1 - 1 January 1996

Release Date: 1996-01-01

The Bensons party while their parents are away, and Ollie has a smashing time, forcing Jambo and Tony to help him out of a predicament. Kurt's friends plot to get him together with Natasha, but the pair themselves remain stubborn, and Natasha resolves to keep her distance in the new year.

Episode 2 - 8 January 1996

Release Date: 1996-01-08

Louise decides to treat herself to a new hair-do. Ruth decides to stick around. Kurt is in a quandary about his blue velvet trousers, and Maddie is out for the last laugh at the Video Road Race competition.

Episode 3 - 15 January 1996)

Release Date: 1996-01-15

Louise goes mad with the hair dye. Tony's caught in a love triangle. Ollie and Sarah continue their secret rendezvous.

Episode 4 - 22 January 1996

Release Date: 1996-01-22

Ollie and Sarah are an item... but they've never actually met! Kurt goes on a disastrous double date with Lucy, and Louise embarks on her first driving lesson.

Episode 5 - 29 January 1996

Release Date: 1996-01-29

Ollie faces the music, and Louise prepares for the college revue. Jambo's on the road to discovery.

Episode 6 - 5 February 1996

Release Date: 1996-02-05

Tony is in the mood for celebrating and Louise is given a helping hand by newcomer Dermot. Dawn tries to tempt her mother into a life of sin, and Jambo searches for his father.

Episode 7 - 12 February 1996

Release Date: 1996-02-12

Romance is in the air as Kurt receives a mystery Valentine's card, and Ollie plays Cupid for an unsuspecting couple.

Episode 8 - 19 February 1996

Release Date: 1996-02-19

It's pancakes at dawn for Kurt and Rob on the day of the Riverbank College Pancake Race. Meanwhile, Natasha is determined to find the identity of the admirer who sent her a St. Valentine's Day card.

Episode 9 - 26 February 1996

Release Date: 1996-02-26

Carol imagines all manner of hideous consequences as Kurt prepares for his parachute jump, and Louise's obsession with Dermot intensifies.

Episode 10 - 4 March 1996

Release Date: 1996-03-04

Maddie is not amused by the anonymous love letters, Ruth and Kurt go parachuting, and Louise makes a startling discovery.

Episode 11 - 11 March 1996

Release Date: 1996-03-11

Lucy's eighteenth birthday party takes place, and Natasha tries to make Kurt jealous by going with Dermot - a decision which proves harmful when Rob gives Dermot a little something to help him score with her.

Episode 12 - 18 March 1996

Release Date: 1996-03-18

Natasha's friends refuse to believe that she took drugs, as the police start asking questions. The truth of Natasha's fatal overdose begins to sink in for Rob and Dermot, and Maddie realises she has a lot more to cope with.

Episode 13 - 25 March 1996

Release Date: 1996-03-25

It's confession time at the Bensons'. The police tell Maddie she is on her own but she's got a stalker for company. Tony is faced with a choice between Julie and his pension plan.

Episode 14 - 1 April 1996

Release Date: 1996-04-01

Jambo has difficulty proving his innocence to Mrs. Benson, while Maddie is worried - is she the victim of an April Fool, or is the stalker after her? Lucy finds what she has been looking for but she has lost her man.

Episode 15 - 8 April 1996

Release Date: 1996-04-08

Ollie gets a job at the video shop. Jambo continues the search for his long-lost father and Terry is playing mind games with Dawn. Meanwhile, Ruth discovers that Kurt is up to his old tricks.

Episode 16 - 15 April 1996

Release Date: 1996-04-15

Ollie's got himself a job at the video shop but would swap it for a lads holiday. Jambo's search for his long lost father continues. Ruth plays mind games with Dawn, who's trying to keep a secret from her father.

Episode 17 - 22 April 1996

Release Date: 1996-04-22

Louise tries to contact Natasha. Bazz searches for a cure for his hiccups and Ruth persuades Kurt to play with a local band.

Episode 18 - 29 April 1996

Release Date: 1996-04-29

Kurt is annoyed with Rob for eating his dinner, everyone is worried about Louise and her unearthly sightings and Susi seems to have found a desperate remedy to her problems.

Episode 19 - 6 May 1996

Release Date: 1996-05-06

Kurt receives a letter which makes him rush out and kiss Ollie. Terry is lashing out at everyone in sight, Jambo is having parental problems and the Medium has revelations about Natasha and Dawn.

Episode 20 - 13 May 1996

Release Date: 1996-05-13

Susi drives people crazy with curiosity; Jambo hires a private eye, which upsets Dawn; and Louise's behaviour is disturbing.

Episode 21 - 20 May 1996

Release Date: 1996-05-20

Ollie is forced into doing some revision, Ruth and Kurt are getting a lot closer, and the fashion show continues to be the bane of Jude's life.

Episode 22 - 27 May 1996

Release Date: 1996-05-27

Excitement builds about the celebrity guest Michael has invited as Jude's fashion show nears its finale. Meanwhile, Ruth makes herself home at the Bensons', Ollie skips his revision, and Dawn tries to come to terms with her past.

Episode 23 - 3 June 1996

Release Date: 1996-06-03

The welfare officer is due to visit the Cunningham household; Cindy may have to choose one parent or the other. Maddie and Michael do lunch and Kurt has a little something to make Ruth smile.

Episode 24 - 10 June 1996

Release Date: 1996-06-10

Jambo tries to convince Kurt and Tony to come on a lads' holiday; Julie isn't convinced that Tony will save himself for their wedding night and Rob is stealing from the rich to give to the poor - namely Dermot.

Episode 25 - 17 June 1996

Release Date: 1996-06-17

The race is on for Carol and Lucy to fix Kurt's guitar; Dawn finally tells her father about the baby and Ollie and Stan land Susi in it at the video shop.

Episode 26 - 24 June 1996

Release Date: 1996-06-24

Maddie and Michael's romantic breakfast date is ruined by road rage. Ruth tells Kurt that only one of them will be going to America.

Episode 27 - 1 July 1996

Release Date: 1996-07-01

Ruth and Kurt take their bike tests and wonder which of them will pass. Dawn and Jude find themselves a new flatmate, while Kurt thinks he has discovered why Ruth doesn't want him to accompany her to America.

Episode 28 - 8 July 1996

Release Date: 1996-07-08

Ruth and Kurt are not speaking and time is running out because Ruth is off to the United States today, so Kurt turns to Jambo for advice. Dawn, meanwhile is worried about Jude - she thinks she is behaving oddly.

Episode 29 - 23 September 1996

Release Date: 1996-09-23

Tony manages to rush from Scotland and, with the help of the check-in officer, makes it to the gate. Tony, eager to get over Julie, manages to flirt with several women and ends up having a one-night-stand. Meanwhile, Dawn and Jude are furious when Terry evicts Lewis in favour of Vinnie.

Episode 30 - 26 September 1996

Release Date: 1996-09-26

Ibiza proves to be a nightmare for the lads. Bazz can't get his track played, Jambo and Jurt haven't pulled but Tony is attracting the beach babes by the dozen.

Episode 31 - 30 September 1996

Release Date: 1996-09-30

While Rob and Lucy return from their holiday, Kurt finds his attempts to scare Carol backfire.

Episode 32 - 3 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-03

Is Rob making promises to Lucy that he cannot keep? Tony panics as his past catches up with him.

Episode 33 - 7 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-07

Susi and Cindy are friends again, at least temporarily. Jude is one step closer to discovering what is wrong with her and Tony feels unable to express his frustrations to Julie. Ollie, meanwhile, has more than his exam results to keep him happy.

Episode 34 - 10 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-10

Jude receives her test results and Jambo hears the outcome of his uncle's will but is having problems remembering what type of car he has been bequeathed. While Angela and Terry are away on honeymoon, Max resumes his heavy drinking and Ollie faces a charge of having sex with a minor.

Episode 35 - 14 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-14

Max discovers the downside of excessive drinking and as Ollie tries to dig himself out of a hole over Mandy, Lewis pushes him further back in. Julie attempts to develop her relationship with Tony, but he is strangely reluctant.

Episode 36 - 17 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-17

Julie becomes listless when Tony rejects her and Jambo meets the woman of his dreams. Ollie tries to escape from his troubles by hiding out in army camouflage.

Episode 37 - 21 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-21

Susi and Ollie are brought closer together. Michael is anxious to sort things out with Maddie and Bazz.

Episode 38 - 24 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-24

Michael invites Maddie to a ball, what Lucy finds out about Rob frightens her and Susi's argument with Terry finds her homeless.

Episode 39 - 28 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-28

Lucy and Carol spend the night nursing Rob while Susi is tracked down. Maddie gets a disturbing insight into Michael's darker side.

Episode 40 - 31 October 1996

Release Date: 1996-10-31

Angela learns she is in need of an urgent operation and Maddie tries to avoid the determined Michael. Meanwhile, Rob plans a theft.

Episode 41 - 4 November 1996

Release Date: 1996-11-04

Rob and Dermot wait for the right moment to strike, Angela is taken to hospital and Bazz and Jambo do their first-ever children's party.

Episode 42 - 7 November 1996

Release Date: 1996-11-07

Ruth is out of favour with her flatmates and Angela makes a will. Dermot and Rob's plans for the perfect crime go horribly wrong.

Episode 43 - 11 November 1996

Release Date: 1996-11-11

Rob and Lucy manage to escape from the submerged car. Rob dives back down for Dermot and Carol but is he too late? Ruth tells Dawn she thinks she might be pregnant.

Episode 44 - 14 November 1996

Release Date: 1996-11-14

Rob insists the accident was caused by road rage but the police have their doubts and things look bleak for Carol. Maddie is back to her old form when an old flame turns up and Ruth has a new job as the editor of the college magazine but Kurt has his doubts about it.