The BEST episodes of The Good Life (1975) season 2

Every episode of The Good Life (1975) season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Good Life (1975) season 2!

The Good Life stars Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal as Tom and Barbara Good, a middle class suburban couple who on Tom's 40th birthday decide to turn their Surbiton home into a self sufficient allotment. They grow their own food, keep farm animals and have sold or bartered all of their electrical appliances as they have no electricity. This creates friction with their best friends and next door neighbours, the Leadbetters (Jerry and Margo) played by Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith. But even though the Goods have lowered the tone of the neighbourhood in the Leadbetters eyes they still can't help but be best of friends. The show was known as Good Neighbors when it aired in the US.

Last Updated: 3/4/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Just My Bill
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8.02
53 votes

#1 - Just My Bill

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/1975

The Goods are faced with paying their rates bill (local property tax). They try to sell their harvest surplus to raise money, but it proves more difficult than Tom imagines.

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Mr Fix-It
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8.00
53 votes

#2 - Mr Fix-It

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/19/1975

A journalist writes a freelance article on the Goods and their way of life. Margo tries to muscle in to promote her forthcoming amateur dramatics production. Jerry obtains quantities of free merchandise for the Goods, on the grounds that the article is to appear in a national Sunday newspaper.

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The Day Peace Broke Out
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7.98
43 votes

#3 - The Day Peace Broke Out

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/1976

Leeks start to go missing from the front garden, and Tom initially suspects Margo. When he discovers the real culprit, he takes the law into his own hands, but ends up in deeper trouble than the thief.

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Mutiny
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7.94
50 votes

#4 - Mutiny

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/9/1976

Jerry refuses to put up a foreign businessman visiting the company, as it would interfere with Margo's performances as Maria in a local amateur production of The Sound of Music, and he is consequently sacked. The Goods try to get him reinstated.

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The Guru of Surbiton
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7.90
51 votes

#5 - The Guru of Surbiton

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/1975

The Goods take in a student couple for a week, to help them with the work on the smallholding. The couple rapidly become infatuated with the Goods and their way of life. When they decide to buy the other house next door, to start a commune with similar aims, Margo becomes incensed.

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Going to Pot?
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7.87
46 votes

#6 - Going to Pot?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/1976

Tom's inability to repair the roof decides the Goods on joining evening classes in practical subjects, Barbara taking pottery and Tom taking weaving. Both do badly and decide to swap subjects. Tom achieves outstanding results, resulting in the temptation to go commercial.

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Home Sweet Home
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7.84
49 votes

#7 - Home Sweet Home

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/16/1976

A boar-walker visits the Goods' remaining pig, and recommends they move to a larger smallholding that he knows is for sale. Neither Tom nor Barbara can think of a good reason not to go, but neither really wants to.

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