Flowers Series Two Synopsis

7 June 2018

FLOWERS (S2 Ep1 and Ep2)

The critically acclaimed comedy-drama unfurls for a second series, this time set in the bloom of summer. Will Sharpe's darkly imaginative, heartfelt and cinematic series sees the return of the well-meaning Deborah (Olivia Colman), her depressive husband Maurice (Julian Barratt), their maladjusted adult twin children Amy (Sophia Di Martino) and Donald (Daniel Rigby) and the rest of this dysfunctional ensemble, including the eternally optimistic Shun (played by Sharpe). It's a couple of years after the end of series one, and Maurice and Deborah are on a caravan holiday. 

 

FLOWERS (S2 Ep3/6)

Consumed by questions of her grandfather's fate and the intoxicating world of Baumgaertner, Amy (Sophia Di Martino) exists increasingly in a world of her own. The relationship between Deborah (Olivia Colman) and Maurice (Julian Barratt) is further deteriorating and Shun (Will Sharpe) is caught between the warring couple.

 

FLOWERS (S2 Ep4/6)

Amy's girlfriend Hylda (Harriet Walter) overcomes her aversion to family situations and goes to confront Deborah (Olivia Colman) about Amy's (Sophia Di Martino) increasingly strange behaviour. A drunken Maurice (Julian Barratt) has turned the Flowers' home into a party house with the Pink Cuttlefish Orchestra, deaf to the protests of a disapproving Donald (Daniel Rigby).

 

FLOWERS (S2 Ep5/6)

As the dust settles from events of the last few days, the family find themselves back together at the house for the first time in a while. Deborah (Olivia Colman) and Maurice (Julian Barratt) slip back into their roles as mother and father, for the good of their children, while Donald (Daniel Rigby) struggles to come to terms with the fact that his twin sister Amy (Sophia Di Martino), like his Dad, might be suffering from a mental illness.

 

FLOWERS (S2 Ep6/6)

Flowers bows out with a one-off special, stepping away from the present and transporting us instead to a place of peace. Simultaneously haunting and full of hope, this standalone finale breaks with traditional narrative form to give the show's characters the freedom to decide their own fate.