The Best Episodes of Performance Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(52 votes)

   #1 - Tales From Hollywood

   S2:E111/14/1992

   Among the residents of Los Angeles during the 1940s were Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht and, according to this play, the Austro-Hungarian dramatist Odon Von Horvath, our guide to the sun-soaked boulevards and the bizarre cultural collisions of wartime Hollywood.

   Director:Howard Davies

   Writer:Christopher Hampton

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   Director:Howard Davies

   Writer:Christopher Hampton
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   7.5/10(155 votes)

   #2 - A Doll's House

   S2:E211/21/1992

   Years ago, Nora Helmer committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out.

   Director:David Thacker

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Thacker

   Writer:Unknown
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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #3 - Roots

   S2:E311/28/1992

   Beatie returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been "educated" in cultural and political matters by Ronnie, the boyfriend she lived with in London. Through trying to pass on the things she's learnt to her uninterested family, she discovers her own voice and views—which are no longer just an echo of Ronnie's.

   Director:Simon Curtis

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Simon Curtis

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   7.5/10(28 votes)

   #4 - After the Dance

   S2:E412/5/1992

   David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that she's in love with David and wants to change his life for ever. Critics called it Terence Rattigan's most serious and truthful play, but it has not been seen for 50 years.

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   7.3/10(72 votes)

   #5 - Six Characters in Search of an Author

   S2:E512/12/1992

   Originally set in a theatre, this new version of Luigi Pirandello's classic play takes place in a film studio in 1950 and is recorded in black and white. A family carrying a great personal tragedy of shame and despair have come to the studio to find somebody who can describe their experiences and explain what they've done to each other.

   Director:Bill Bryden

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bill Bryden

   Writer:Unknown