8.0/1014 votes#1 - In the Public Interest
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2000
John becomes the target of a TV documentary. He becomes a prisoner in his own house, after accusations of corruption are made by a former college.
Director: Bruce Permezel
Writer: John Clarke, Ross Stevenson
- 8.5/1013 votes
#2 - Talking to the Troops
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/2000
The organisers address the troops to bolster morale. However the team find themselves facing a hostile and unhappy group of workers. As John, Bryan and Gina try to duck and weave the curve balls thrown their way, John reveals his ten-point plan that will ensure a smooth Olympic Games for everyone.
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- 9.3/1012 votes
#3 - Reconciliation
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/3/2000
The team have to deal with a aboriginal land claim and a demand by a US senator for a formal apology by the P.M.
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- 8.6/1013 votes
#4 - IOC Man
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2000
The team look after an IOC man from the States. Many hundreds of thousands of internationals guests will be here with us as we celebrate the games of the (whatever) Olympiad of the Modern Era. This is the story of just one of them, and perhaps one or two others.
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- 8.8/1011 votes
#5 - Inquiry
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2000
Each member of the Games team must face an inquiry into their practices. The system of cheques and balances which operates in an organisation of this kind ensures that the public gets the very best service, open access to decision making and full recourse to the best legal system available anywhere in the world.
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- 9.3/1011 votes
#6 - Pommy Visitor
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2000
A visitor from the UK arrives from the London 2012 bid committee and highlights some airport shortcomings. Nicholas tries to sell all the furniture.
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- 9.2/1012 votes
#7 - Immigration
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/31/2000
Any potential "Aussie Gold Rush" at these Olympics can be expected to profit, as gold rushes in Australia have done in earlier days, from immigration. Freedom-loving peoples everywhere who yearn to start a new life in this beautiful country, should apply directly to the Minister for Sport, stating their name, event and shirt-size. The Games team must deal with the lies coming out of the Minister's office regarding immigration.
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- 8.3/1011 votes
#8 - Job Search
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/2000
In the uncertain world of international logistics and sports management, prospects for the future must be considered carefully. Meanwhile, at sea, the piranha play happily in the afternoon sun. The Games team consider what the future holds after The Games.
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- 8.1/1013 votes
#9 - Strike
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/14/2000
The Olympics offer Australia an opportunity not just to showcase our wonderful country and a range of endangered marsupials. The event will also bring to this country an international Cultural Festival featuring the very best in the visual arts, music and dance. There will also be some sport. The Games team must try to avoid major industrial action which could ruin the impending Olympics.
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- 8.4/1013 votes
#10 - Solar
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/21/2000
Head of Administration and Logistics, John Clarke, and his colleagues, Bryan Dawe, Head of Accounts, Budgeting and Finance, and Gina Riley, Marketing and Liaison Manager, are sizzling in the heat of the final countdown to the Opening Ceremony. As the Games draw closer, the Games team try to devise ways of supplementing their dwindling revenue.
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- 8.2/1013 votes
#11 - Sponsorship and Media Discontent
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 8/28/2000
Would the person who borrowed the synopsis for this episode, please return it to the office immediately. To have this sort of thing happening at this stage is just an embarrassment. The whole world is watching and this is precisely the sort of problem we were trying to avoid. Grow up.
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- 8.5/1011 votes
#12 - Four Corners
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/4/2000
The ABC's Four Corners is planning an expos on the games. John and Bryan have been secretly recorded advocating that the rich pay more taxes. A much bigger story overtakes the expos and leaves Nicholas with egg on his face.
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- 9.0/1014 votes
#13 - The End
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/11/2000
The games team cope with the hype as the opening ceremony draws near, but there is a problem with the closing ceremony.
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The Best Episodes of The Games Season 2
Every episode of The Games Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Games Season 2!
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Network:ABC TV
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"In the Public Interest" is the best rated episode of "The Games" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Bruce Permezel and written by John Clarke, Ross Stevenson, it aired on 6/19/2000. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Talking to the Troops".