7.9/1055 votes#1 - Absent Friends
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1974
Bob and Thelma are on a Norwegian honeymoon, far away from the influence of Terry - or so they think. Terry is striving to get to know Thelma's sister Susan a lot better.
Director: Dick Clement
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.0/1054 votes
#2 - Heart to Heart
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/1974
Terry is off his beer and making midnight visits to Bob's house to discuss the meaning and mystery of life - could this be love?
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 7.8/1054 votes
#3 - The Ant and the Grasshopper
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/1974
Bob's married life promises work, worry and wallpapering. Terry wastes the days away in the pub and the bookies, as happy as ever. Bob wonders who has the right answer.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.6/1052 votes
#4 - One For the Road
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/1974
According to Bob and Shakespeare, 'wine is a gentle stimulant and good companion' and so is Terry on the night Bob gets breathalyzed.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.9/1068 votes
#5 - The Great Race
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1974
Bob and Terry argue about fitness over a pint and challenge each other to a cross-country cycle race to see who's the fittest.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.4/1052 votes
#6 - Someday We'll Laugh About All This
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/1974
Terry suggests he look after the house when Bob and Thelma go away to Scotland for the weekend. Bob is reluctant at first, but agrees to hand over the keys when Terry promises to do some much-needed DIY. But Terry has an ulterior motive for making such a generous offer.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.4/1049 votes
#7 - In Harms Way
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1974
Bob is in so much pain from the injury caused by Terry's shoddy DIY that he goes to the hospital. Terry is working there as a porter, a fact he tries to hide from his friend, even going so far as to don a disguise. But his attempts to help Bob only cause him more harm.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.7/1061 votes
#8 - Affairs and Relations
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/1974
Bob takes time off from marriage to join Terry on a quiet weekend's fishing. He's racked by guilt, but he's not the guilty party.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.0/1051 votes
#9 - The Expert
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1974
Thelma has gone back to her mother, leaving Bob to bemoan his fate.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 7.6/1050 votes
#10 - Between Ourselves
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/1974
Thelma has left Bob and is still with her mother, leaving Terry to soothe Bob's furrowed brow. Bob is anxious in case people talk.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 7.9/1050 votes
#11 - The Go-Between
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/26/1974
Bob becomes more and more depressed by Thelma's absence and Terry's housekeeping. Finally, Terry can take no more and leaves him as well.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 9.0/1069 votes
#12 - Conduct Unbecoming
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/2/1974
When faced with a fight, Terry has a golden rule: 'Do unto others as they would do unto you - but do it first'.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 8.3/1055 votes
#13 - The Shape of Things to Come
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/9/1974
The death of disreputable old Uncle Jacob is received by the Collier family with a mixture of regret and relief. The funeral gives Bob an insight into his future.
Director: Bernard Thompson
Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
The Best Episodes of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Season 2
Every episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Season 2!
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Absent Friends" is the best rated episode of "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Dick Clement and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, it aired on 1/1/1974. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Heart to Heart".