Season Two

The **second series** of *Night Terrace*, comprising eight full-length episodes. *Situational Awareness*, a special double-length episode, was produced as part of this one, and is set at an unspecified time during series two.

## Synopsis

Anastasia Black continues to travel through space and time in her house, "Night Terrace", accompanied by student Eddie Jones and fellow ex-D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. agent Sue. They visit impossible spaceships, unlikely quests, ghosts of the past...and they're still unable to put on the kettle without the house appearing somewhere new. They find evidence that the future of Night Terrace may not be a happy one - and that they may not be alone in their adventuring.

## Plot

Something is making the house repeatedly land in a central part of 1955 London, and Sue and Anastasia track whatever's trapping them to BBC Broadcasting House - specifically the studio that produces the hugely popular soap opera *The Fletchers*. While Eddie appears as a long-lost Australian cousin, Anastasia and Sue find an egg-like alien device that makes those near it believe and obey whatever they're told. Sue uses the device to end an argument with Anastasia about whether they should interfere, and they order the BBC staff to destroy the device as they make their escape. Unbeknowsnt to them, the mysterious "Mr King" calls the Fletchers' producer, asking for the device's remains to be sent back to The D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T.... (*Sense & Susceptibility*)

The house next lands on the SSS *Implausible*, an old-fashioned steam ship in the future that travels through space, and where mysterious phenomena are common. The ship and it's steam-powered first mate Aubrey are supposedly powered by a mysterious element called "cavorite", but Eddie spots this as a fake. The housemates investigate the ship's hold - which Aubrey, Captain FitzRoy and acting ship's chaplain Rosh have all been suspicious about. They discover a part of the hold that is invisible to sensors that has been used for smuggling, but manage to sort everything out...and then discover an ancient Night Terrace house is the real source of the ship's power. (*Full Steam*)

On an unnamed planet, Eddie is immediately kidnapped by one of a number of noble houses and secret societies who put the feud into feudal. Anastasia and Sue enlist the help of the royal Scribe, and discover that the brutal Queen of the planet sounds exactly like Anastasia. They rescue Eddie and escape the "Beast of Sevdalis" - but not before Eddie and Sue discover another ancient Night Terrace house at the centre of the Queen's castle. As they leave, Anastasia wonders if and when she will really be able to settle down and live a quiet life. (*A Verb of Nouns*)

The house becomes stuck in the Einstein-Rosen-Wimberley bridge through which it travels, and ghostly sounds and visions plague the housemates. Anastasia uses some quantum paint from the wall to make "quantum tea" and then has Eddie drink it, allowing him and later Anastasia to visit another Night Terrace, occupied by a time-travelling estate agent from the 1980s named Darren. The two houses are trying to occupy the same space simultaneously, and are tearing themselves apart, but with Sue's help they manage to separate the houses and go their separate ways. *Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace*

After he causes an incident on an alien world by ignoring her rules, Anastasia "grounds" Eddie for their next trip, in which they land somewhere in ancient Europe. Their idyllic holiday is cut short when locals capture first Sue, then Anastasia and a disobedient Eddie. Tensions rise between the housemates even when Eddie is the one who realises they are in ancient Gaul, potentially at an important point in the history of the Roman Empire. They manage to avoid paradoxes but Eddie once again puts his foot in it, and is separated from the others as they return to the house. He opens the door to find a stranger inside. (*Ancient History*)

Sue realises Eddie isn't with them, and they find evidence of another house and the name "Horatio Gray". Anastasia reveals that Horatio was a D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. engineer fated to disappear in time, but when he eventually didn't, she forgot all about a message he had left her from the future. But it seems he somehow did vanish in one of the other Night Terrace houses. Anastasia causes the house to set off on a new adventure among future human colonisers on an alien world, and Sue argues with her about leaving Eddie behind. They encounter the "Cosmic Immortals", omnipotent beings from another dimension who warn them that Eddie's absence has caused problems with established history...and that Anastasia will have to be more like Eddie to save the human colonists. (*The Edification of Anastasia Black*)

Meanwhile Eddie tags along with Horatio, who he discovers has been travelling throughout the Earth's past and apparently causing all manner of paradoxes - including stopping himself from renting his house in the first place. Distraught, Eddie tries to get him to stop, but they have more pressing problems when the house sinks into the sea amongst the Spanish Armada. Eddie manages to save the day and minimise the damage Horatio is doing, and his house then appears on the ancient Earth - where they are reunited with Anastasia and Sue. They reveal to Horatio that according to the Immortals he must complete his path of becoming integral to the history of the Earth by sending his house back in time to become the core around which the planet forms. Eddie returns to Anastasia's house and Horatio leaves, but just as everything seems okay, there's a tremendous explosion. (*The Retirement of Horatio Gray*)

Anastasia awakes to another perfect day in paradise, where she and her friends - the Augustes, Darrens, Horatios and Anastasias - can achieve anything they put their minds to. A familiar voice on the radio keeps trying to tell her that something isn't right, but while it does seem odd that Eddie Jones' song "I Had a Dream" has been number one in the charts for so long, she decides she just wants her well-earned retirement...until she speaks to Eddie's disembodied voice. He explains that Horatio's house travelling so far back in time strained the link between the Night Terrace houses, causing them to collide and create a new pocket universe where he and Sue don't quite exist. Anastasia burns the place down, saying a tearful farewell to the memories of Horatio and Auguste, and reality reasserts itself. The trio return to Anastasia’s Night Terrace, and she decides to embrace the adventuring life fully. Sue, tired from the ordeal, goes to bed...and wakes up in The D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. She's greeted by Mr King, who cheerfully informs her she has always been there... (*Home Again*)

## Cast and characters

### Lead cast

* Jackie Woodburne as Anastasia Black
* Ben McKenzie as Eddie Jones
* Petra Elliott as "Sue"

### Recurring cast

* Lawrence Leung as Darren
* Andrew Hansen as Horatio Gray
* Jane Badler as Auguste Night
* John Clarke as Mr King

## Episodes

1. *Sense & Susceptibility*
2. *Full Steam*
3. *A Verb of Nouns*
4. *Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace*
5. *Ancient History*
6. *The Edification of Anastasia Black*
7. *The Retirement of Horatio Gray*
8. *Home Again*

## External links

* Bandcamp - Splendid Chaps Productions ***Night Terrace* Season Two**
* Night Terrace Season 2 - Media Release PDF

## References

 **Season One**
 ****Season Two****
*Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace* · *Ancient History*
 **Specials**
 **Hello! My Name is Eddie**
 **Night Your Own Terrace**
 **Horatio's Travels**
*Messages*