Great Expectations
Dana’s break-up with Jeremy is the talk of the town in Sweet Magnolias Season 2. It’s also been turned into a meme. While Dana rolls her eyes and comments that Serenity needs a new hobby, she has difficulty avoiding it. In fact, it’s the talk of the kitchen to, with many of the chefs commenting on her relationship. Dana isn’t happy about her relationship with Jeremy.
Ty continues to hang out with Cece, Kyle is now on the mend and able to walk (at least with a limp anyway) while all the kids join Pastor June as they help her out with the church events.
Maddie and Helen work together to figure out who owns the parking lot. They soon discover that it’s Mary Vaughn, the same woman’s who voted for Cal to stay on as coach. When Maddie finds out, she storms over to see her and calls out the Wilkinson place she owns. Maddie threatens to go to the Mayor but Mary claims she’s not doing anything wrong.
The businesses decide to team up to try and thwart Mary and her scheming. Maddie drums up support among them and they decide to do what they think is best for the town.
Helen takes Isaac to The Serenity Sentinel, where they find a Bible verse about the truth. Isaac may have found his mother. It’s Peggy Martin. ..
Peggy sees Isaac and is overwhelmed. She runs out of her office and away. Isaac is upset and ends up gardening. The magnolias do show up to offer him some support, but they missed a huge opportunity not to plant magnolias. ..
Bill sits down with the kids and confirms he’s leaving and heading out of town to Castlewood. He hands over keys to all the kids, encouraging them to come and visit if they want. Kyle is not happy that Bill didn’t show up to his sentencing, despite Bill admitting he didn’t want to overstep his boundaries with Maddie and the others. ..
Despite Ty’s struggles to get through to Bill, he does find common ground with Cal who suggests they trade notes and discuss the book 1776 once he’s read it. This is precisely what he wanted with Bill but obviously that hasn’t manifested.
The gang of criminals high-five and applaud their efforts as they all call out the Mayor’s inability of living up to campaign promises. They prepare to hit back against him, but Eric praises Helen for her hand in this. As they sit together, Eric holds her hand.
Meanwhile, Maddie and Cal take a break on the rooftop to exchange a touching “I love you”.
Dana heads home after work to find her best friend Annie out with her friends. Ronnie has fixed up all the broken trinkets around the house, and it’s enough for them to strip off and make love.
The Episode Review
The halfway point of Sweet Magnolias sees more drama swing our way, this time in the form of Mary Vaughn being the one responsible for the parking lot issue. Beyond that though, there really isn’t a whole lot else to write home about. ..
We get more romance from Dana and Ronnie along with a touching “I love you” from Cal and Maddie but the rest of the story just seems to brush past without much of a sense of purpose.
The Isaac situation, which was billed to be one of the big stories this year, is just resolved without any fanfare. It was Peggy who took charge of the local paper.
This season, there was little build-up to the drama and the lack of genuine interest in the characters was a deterrent. This season also lacked a sense of excitement or curiosity which hindered season 1 somewhat.
