As of July 2026, Playhouse 90 Season 2 aired in 1957 with 40 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Playhouse 90 Season 2

1957 40 Episodes Drama ⭐ 8/10

Playhouse 90 Season 2 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 8 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Every performance stays in register with the material. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Playhouse 90 Season 2 keeps coming up in conversation. The writing in Playhouse 90 Season 2 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Season 2 of Playhouse 90 includes 40 episodes. It aired from September 1957 to August 1958. Episodes include "The Death of Manolete", "The Dark Side of the Earth", "Topaze". It was aired in 1957. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Playhouse 90 Season 2 delivers. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Every performance here earns its place, lead or not. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

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🎬 Playhouse 90 Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
The Death of Manolete
1957-09-12
The last hours in the life of Spain's most celebrated matador.
E2
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957-09-19
A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians
E3
Topaze
1957-09-26
A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and finds the success which has always hitherto eluded him.
E4
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957-10-03
In a dystopian society, reading is forbidden.
E5
The Playroom
1957-10-10
When a mother wins an award, she finds out a few things about her three grown-up children.
E6
Around the World in 90 Minutes
1957-10-17
October 17, 1957, the CBS Television Network diverted from its typical format of live dramatic presentations for "Playhouse 90" to cover Michael Todd's gigantic party commemorating the one-year anniversary of the release of his film "Around The World In 80 Days". Todd invited 18-thousand people to t...
E7
The Mystery of Thirteen
1957-10-24
The story of William Palmer, one of the most notorious poisoners in Victorian England - or was he?
E8
The Edge of Innocence
1957-10-31
A lawyer's new brother-in-law disapproves of his specialty of defending murderers. But when he finds himself accused of murder, he asks for his help.
E9
The Clouded Image
1957-11-07
E10
The Jet-Propelled Couch
1957-11-14
Based on a case history in psychologist Dr. Robert Linder's book "The 50-Minute Hour." Unbeknownst to his friends and colleagues, the outwardly sane and secure atomic physicist Dr. Kirk Allen has for many years been embarking upon imaginary visits to another planet. At first this mental abnormality ...
E11
The Troublemakers
1957-11-21
E12
Panic Button
1957-11-28
A Civil Aeronautics Board investigation determines that the reason a plane crashed, killing all aboard except one of the pilots, is that either the dead pilot or the survivor became panic-stricken and pushed the wrong button, but the investigators aren't sure which one was at fault.
E13
Galvanized Yankee
1957-12-05
In a Northern prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War, a crippled Yankee commander has a rebellious Rebel executed. The dead man's brother, also a prisoner, vows vengeance. He volunteers to accompany the commander on a mission, planning to murder him along the way but changes his mind and escapes ...
E14
The Thundering Wave
1957-12-12
Middle-aged actress Victoria Maxwell comes to terms with her destructive lifestyle as she struggles with the lead role in a Broadway-bound play. Matters are complicated by the fact that she is co-starring opposite her estranged husband, Allen Grant, whom she never stopped loving.
E15
For I Have Loved Strangers
1957-12-19
E16
The Lone Woman
1957-12-26
E17
Reunion
1958-01-02
A reunion party for old army buddies turns inexorably into something darker and more sinister.
E18
The Last Man
1958-01-09
E19
The 80 Yard Run
1958-01-16
Long ago, Christian made a run of 80 yards to make the winning touchdown in a football game. It was the greatest moment of his life. Or was it the beginning of his decline?
E20
Before I Die
1958-01-23
An innocent man, doomed to die for the murder of a cop that he didn't commit, is rushed from prison to the county hospital for an emergency operation. The surgeon becomes convinced of the man's innocence when he mumbles a girl's name under anesthesia. The surgeon seeks the help of a psychiatrist to ...

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