Season 2
Don’t mention the war!
Synopsis
Fawlty Towers (1975), Season 2 — six episodes from 1979 that you can watch online on iFILM, the show's second and final series. Four years after the first. Basil hasn't changed.
The season opens with a guest who is selectively deaf and absolutely certain she has been robbed, while Basil has secretly put her money on a horse. A visiting psychiatrist turns up and makes Basil more anxious than any inspector would. An American demands a Waldorf salad after the kitchen has closed. In episode four a guest dies quietly overnight and Basil spends two scenes trying to move the body without anyone noticing. Sybil walks out before her own surprise anniversary party. The finale sends Manuel's pet rat — named Basil — scurrying through the hotel during a health inspection.
"The Kipper and the Corpse" and "Basil the Rat" are cited routinely in rankings of the best British sitcom episodes ever made. Cleese never brought Fawlty back after this. Stream Fawlty Towers Season 2 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S2·E1Communication Problems
A selectively deaf woman named Mrs Richards insists that she has had a large amount of money stolen at the hotel, and against Sybil's wishes Basil puts a fiver on Dragonfly.
S2·E2The Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
S2·E3Waldorf Salad
An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
S2·E4The Kipper and the Corpse
Unknown to Basil, a guest dies in the night and he tries to serve him breakfast anyway and an obnoxious woman insists on service for her dog.
S2·E5The Anniversary
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
S2·E6Basil the Rat
The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.
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