7.2/1051 votes#1 - Counselling for the Dying
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1991
Following the death,alone, of a resident, Tom puts himself forward as a counsellor to aid and comfort the terminally ill. A new female resident arrives and has afternoon delight with old Basil. Some time later Basil seems to be dying and Tom rushers to counsel him but he is merely suffering from exertion after sex with the lady. However, the lady dies and Tom organizes a splendid send-off for her.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.2/1050 votes#2 - The Partition
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1991
Tom is depressed because he is missing his late wife but Marion and Geoffrey are not keen to have him home on respite. He turns his attentions to Diana and suggests that they shack up together, a proposition that offends her so much that she has a partition built between their two rooms. Her mood is not helped by the arrival of new resident Daisy, who has a strong personality like herself and with whom she soon clashes, though Tom gets on well with her.
Director: Sue Bysh
Writer: Michael Aitkens
8.0/1052 votes#3 - Daisy Takes Charge
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1991
Baines threatens Diana with expulsion unless she removes the partition but they both have more pressing matters to consider as Daisy becomes completely domineering, taking over the home with her ideas and threatening to get current staff sacked. Finally, Tom organizes a revolt against her, causing her to leave . . . and Diana to remove the partition.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.9/1050 votes#4 - The Thief
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1991
Resident Betty claims that her sewing basket has gone missing and Tom and Diana decide to investigate. Not fully believing Betty's story they follow her and Tom intervenes when they see her apparently shop-lifting. Tom is arrested and conducts his own court case, being found not guilty of theft, but guilty of contempt of court. Later, Diana recalls that she had the sewing basket all along, having borrowed it from Betty and forgetting she still had it.
Director: Sue Bysh
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.3/1053 votes#5 - Tell the Truth
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1991
Tom 's belief that one should always tell the truth offends Jane, who has made herself look glamorous to appeal to Baines and Tom says she looks hideous. He also upsets Marion by telling her what he thinks of her, leading to a big row. Sarah introduces her boy-friend Sam, who is looking for investors for his proposed beauty salon franchise, but Diana and Tom suspect he is a con-man and Tom - to make his peace with Marion - 'persuades' Sam to let his daughter run her own beauty salon for free.
Director: Sue Bysh
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.7/1057 votes#6 - The Hip Operation
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1991
Diana falls and breaks her hip whilst throwing a brick at the home's incompetent South American gardener. She is taken to hospital where she rows with the Welsh doctor over a hip replacement operation and Sarah, about to marry Sam, comes to visit. Sarah knows that Diana dislikes Sam and wonders if she will try to stop the wedding..or even attend. In the end Diana turns up for her niece's big day, using a Zimmer frame. Marion, meanwhile, is not making a success of the beauty shop and Tom suggests Sam take back the franchise.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.6/1053 votes#7 - Glamorous Grannies
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1991
Tom has a bet with Diana that she can't be nice to people for a work. Such untypical actions only lead to confusion. Baines wants to organize a glamorous grandmother contest for the old ladies in the home, the prize being a cruise for two. Since Basil wants to marry Betty, Tom approaches his son-in-law Geoffrey, whose firm are sponsoring the contest to let Betty win, but when Betty gets cold feet and refuses to enter, Diana, having made sure a journalist friend is present to expose any 'fixing' the contest; replaces her and wins. She lets Betty and Basil have the prize.
Director: Sue Bysh
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.2/1050 votes#8 - Foreign Workers
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1991
In order to cut costs Baines decides to employ illegal immigrant workers at Bayview. To Diana one incompetent foreigner, the gardener, is enough and, after the residents have staged a protest, order is restored. Tom has been overdoing physical exercise in his efforts to get as fit as Linford Christie and his collapse leads Diana to persuade him to slow down.
Director: Sue Bysh
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.5/1048 votes#9 - Young People
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1991
A group of students comes to Bayview and Baines bribes Bob, one of them, into being seen in a compromising situation with Diana. This will enable him, under an old church covenant from the 1600's which was bestowed upon the home, to have her thrown out for immoral actions. As it happens Bob much prefers Marion and goes off with her instead.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Michael Aitkens
7.3/1050 votes#10 - The Boring Son
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1991
In addition to her alcoholism, Marion's fling with Bob becomes the last straw for Geoffrey, who finally decides to leave her. But where can he go? Answer, move in with his father at Bayview but Geoffrey is so boring that before long Diana and Tom are planning to get him back with Marion.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Michael Aitkens
The Best Episodes of Waiting for God Season 2
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Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Counselling for the Dying" is the best rated episode of "Waiting for God" season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Gareth Gwenlan and written by Michael Aitkens, it aired on 9/5/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Partition".