The BEST episodes of Birds Of A Feather season 2

Every episode of Birds Of A Feather season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Birds Of A Feather season 2!

Sharon (Pauline Quirke) lives in a council flat, while her sister Tracey (Linda Robson) lives in a luxurious house on a private estate. The two women lead very different lives until their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon moves in with Tracey to keep her company and to help pay the bills. They quickly become close friends with their neighbour Dorien (Lesley Joseph), whose chief interest in life is chasing after much younger men.

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Parting
star
8.13
8 votes

#1 - Parting

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1990

Sharon is faced with an impossible choice when her husband Chris tells her he is seriously ill.

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Muesli
star
8.08
13 votes

#2 - Muesli

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1990

Tracey decides to experience Darryl's ordeal behind bars by creating her own prison in the attic, with Sharon as her cellmate.

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Brief Encounter
star
7.92
13 votes

#3 - Brief Encounter

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1990

A beautiful friendship begins for Sharon when she sees off a mugger who is attacking a businessman in Chigwell railway station. A chance encounter later in the evening reveals he is, in fact, Dorien's husband's financial adviser.

Directors: Nic Phillips
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Keep off the Grass
star
7.85
13 votes

#4 - Keep off the Grass

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1990

Sharon and Tracey witness a friend of their husbands', Vinny Hutchins, making a speedy getaway from a post office raid in which a pensioner has been injured. While Tracey wants to turn him in, Sharon vehemently disagrees as it's against criminal ethics. After visiting Darryl and Chris, they change their minds. When Dorien is round, they see an appeal on 'Crime Busters' and Dorien recognises Vinny. Sharon and Tracey, after hearing about the reward money, decide to tell the police but Dorien rings first, and uses the money to buy a kitchen from her toyboy Luke, who has been threatened with a move to Northern England unless he sells more kitchens. Tracey, however, blackmails Dorien to give her the kitchen so Vinny's wife can sell it to fund a new life abroad.

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Old Friends
star
7.75
12 votes

#5 - Old Friends

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1990

Sharon fears that blood is truly thicker than water.

Writer: John Ross
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Someone Else's Baby
star
7.71
7 votes

#6 - Someone Else's Baby

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1990

Inspired by Dorien taking her antique silver samovar to the Chigwell Antiques Roadshow, Sharon and Tracey decide to search through their mother's belongings for their own undiscovered treasure. Unfortunately, their search yields more than they could ever have bargained for. Perhaps Aunt Sylvie can shed some light?

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Sweet Smell of Success
star
7.67
12 votes

#7 - Sweet Smell of Success

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1990

The bills are coming in thick and fast, and in an effort to raise some cash, Tracey wonders about selling Darryl's old car. Meanwhile, Sharon becomes a saleswoman, determined to flog hundreds of bottles of ""Heaven Scent.""

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Trust
star
7.58
12 votes

#8 - Trust

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1990

Tracey kicks smoking with the help of weekly psychotherapy sessions, realising that her nicotine addiction was due to her husband Darryl. But can Darryl trust her with the handsome shrink Gerald?

Directors: Nic Phillips
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Thirty Something
star
7.45
11 votes

#9 - Thirty Something

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1990

Sharon is approaching her 30th birthday but is unable to see a bright future ahead of her—merely one which matches up to her past. Tracey would like to throw a party for her, but has problems with the guest list when she realises that their successful friends with families will only remind Sharon of ""all the things she hasn't got.""

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Young Guns
star
7.33
39 votes

#10 - Young Guns

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1990

The Essex sisters go green in an effort to save the rainforests, but Tracey becomes distracted and increasingly concerned about her son Garth's sexual inclinations when he brings home a handsome older boy from boarding school.

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Jobs for the Girls
star
7.22
9 votes

#11 - Jobs for the Girls

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1990

Sharon and Tracey want spending money for Christmas, so start looking for extra work. Sharon is confident that the people of Chigwell will be crying out for her pet care services, while Tracey starts doing a spot of typing from home.

Mice
star
7.15
13 votes

#12 - Mice

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1990

Tracey's plan to hold a perfume-selling party hits a major snag when Sharon discovers some furry gate-crashers.

Directors: Charlie Hanson
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Love on the Run
star
7.14
14 votes

#13 - Love on the Run

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1990

Darryl has been taken to hospital with appendicitis, and plans to escape and spend the night with his wife. Meanwhile, Sharon sees this as an opportunity to do some entertaining of her own.

Directors: Charlie Hanson
Getting a Grip
star
7.13
16 votes

#14 - Getting a Grip

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1990

With their husbands still in prison, Sharon and Tracey turn to their man-hungry neighbour Dorien for help when their central heating breaks down.

You Pays Yer Money
star
7.10
10 votes

#15 - You Pays Yer Money

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1990

Sharon isn't registered to vote in Chigwell, but when election fever hits the constituency, she wants to make use of Darryl's vote. Since Tracey insists she pay for the privilege, she sets about raising the readies.

Directors: Charlie Hanson