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Season 2

Season 2 of House of Lies. The season opens with: Marty and the Pod adjust to the "new" Galweather Stearn in the aftermath of the sexual harassment scandal. Interim CEO, Julianne Hofschrager, needs Marty to live up to his reputation of being a fearless closer but that expectation poses a challenge when Marty consults with Mr. Pincus, a valued client no one in the company knows. Meanwhile, Jeannie relives haunting memories from a drunken night out and Marty struggles to patch things up with his son Roscoe.

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1. Stochasticity

Marty and the Pod struggle to determine who their new client is, due to a breakdown of communication at the firm and the client's guarded and secretive behaviour. In the end, they find out that their client owns a casino in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Jeannie returns from paid vacation and is promoted by the new Interim CEO of Galweather Stearn, while hazy memories of her and Marty's night together continue to flood back. She has a blackout concerning that night, as well as Marty. In the end, she remembers telling him that she loves him, but she doesn't tell him again sober, and he can't remember.

2. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet

Marty, Doug and Clyde begin consulting work on the Emerald casino in Las Vegas, where they meet Tamara, a classmate of Marty's who recently joined Galweather Stearn. Jeannie has a confrontation with Julianne, and her bad mood continues when Tamara ruins the client consultation in Las Vegas by proposing a new implementation that is not yet legalized and not supporting Marty's original plans. Marty initiates a possible deal with another casino owner. While they party, Jeannie and Marty both remember that they told each other "I love you", and that it wasn't just Jeannie telling him.

3. Man-date

After Tamara's comments lead to the end of the Pinkus casino deal, Clyde and Marty try to salvage things by wooing the business of the self-made millionaire casino/internet mogul Carlson who notoriously hates consultants. Therefore, they spend an evening with two start-up club owners leading to Carlson approving of the deal. Jeannie springs into action and tries to assess how big of a threat Tamara is to her in the Company by suggesting the two enjoy a spa day together. Meanwhile, Monica makes a sexual connection with her personal chef Tessa after having advised Roscoe on eyeliner.

4. Damonschildren.org

When Hollywood superstar Matt Damon drops by Galweather-Stearn and tasks them to find him a charity to enhance his image, Marty discovers he may have to go further than he wants to because Matt is an enormous jerk, still everyone adores him, not believing Marty. In the end, Matt takes the deal but it is not clear exactly how low Marty had to go to secure it. Meanwhile, Jeannie spends rare down time with Roscoe playing baseball, while Tessa presses Monica about their relationship status.

5. Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business

Marty gets an unwelcome visitor - his militant younger brother whose reasons for resurfacing after 3 years seem dubious. It turns out that he returned because their father wants to try a risky Parkinson treatment - which Marty didn't know about. Doug "The Gug" and Jeannie go on assignment with an online dating firm and go on blind dates as provided by the dating firm's website in California. Doug has a brilliant date called Sarah which makes Doug miss his ex Sarah even more, while Jeannie was rude and critical to her date causing him to leave in disgust. Meanwhile, Marty finds a kindred spirit in a political consultant while on a visit with a banking CEO in Chicago with Clyde, where he has an affair with the CEO's political adviser ( Lisa Edelstein ). She tells him that Julianne wanted her to turn him down.

6. Family Values

Marty questions his commitment to Galweather-Stearn when an executive retreat conflicts with his plans to spend desperately needed time with Roscoe. He watches Roscoe's dance in school which is sexually very provocative instead of going to a seminar with his co-workers. Also, he has a confrontation with his Boss. Doug gains a new perspective on his fellow Podders after introducing them to his girlfriend Sarah which he met on the internet. Marty is tempted to explore things with Tamara after she makes a startling admission about problems in her marriage with her husband Kevin. They all party hard during a company weekend. Marty tells Tamara that he'll leave Galweather-Stearn in sometime, but doesn't yet know when.

7. The Runner Stumbles

Jeannie is on a short leash with Galweather-Stearn's Interim CEO; one screw-up, and she's gone. Enter an old boyfriend who posts a sex tape of her on the internet. In the end, he takes it off the internet. Meanwhile, Marty faces a moral dilemma when he discovers evidence of a banking client's role in a bad for PR lending scheme, using it as leverage to finance his own future consulting firm Kaan and Associates. He gets very nervous during a press conference and goes jogging when he is controlled by two policemen. He loses his cool and gets beaten up and arrested.

8. Wonders of the World

Jeannie meets an unlikely suitor in the CEO of an adult toy company while consulting with them. They flirt and get it on. While on that engagement, Doug has an idea for a wild gift for Sarah. Malcolm's conniving behavior begins to further drive a wedge between Marty and Jeremiah. Marty first stayed at home dealing with the aftermath of his beating by the police, but doesn't want to make a public fuss about it. He and the team are ordered to Carlson enterprises because their CEO claims to have found anomalies, which turn out to be nothing. Marty “visits” Tamara in her room. Roscoe tells Marty he wants to move back in with him.

9. Liability

Doug and Clyde have to give depositions in a wrongful death lawsuit against a telecommunications company. While Doug is very nervous, Clyde has some fears about it and thinks about his conscience. The two have to sleep in the same bed because the hotel messed up. Mogul Michael Carlson inexplicably slows Marty's attempts to close a deal with his waste of time. Monica starts to unravel after Roscoe decides to move back in with Marty. After he found evidence of her using drugs again, as revenge she sleeps with his brother Malcolm. Later, she fires Tessa. Jeannie has to work with Tamara whom the group now knows is sleeping with Marty. He tells her husband Kevin about it.

10. Exit Strategy

Marty covertly makes plans for his post-Galweather future. Meanwhile, Jeannie ponders hers when given a great career opportunity of leading her own pod. We also learn that her relationship to Nate “the dildo king” works well. Doug must slay his fear of navigating social settings when a chance to make himself a bigger role in the company falls into his lap. Luckily, his girlfriend Sarah is able to motivate and cheer him on. At home, tensions come to a head between Marty and his brother Malcolm over money. In the end, Malcolm leaves. Also, Monica tries to manipulate Tamara and Marty.

11. Hostile Takeover

After learning privileged information about Tamara (she'll take another job), Marty is pushed to the brink by an erratic, temperamental Carlson while trying to close the deal. He leaves him in the desert and contacts Pinkus, the owner of the Emerald casino, and persuades him to close the deal in order to defend himself against Carlson and Tamara. Clyde sees his chance to increase his standing in the company by trying to end the Dushkin twins brand beyond Las Vegas War Nightclub. Jeannie breaks up with Nate.

12. Til Death Do Us Part

Doug's marriage to Sarah is coming up, but it turns out that Doug didn't really propose to her but that it was a misunderstanding in the restaurant, and later even that Sarah contrived it herself, still Doug marries her. She eyes a Vegas shotgun wedding just as the Pod close their final major deal as part of Galweather Stearn. Doug is the only one really pondering about the job change to Kaan's new company, in the end telling him not to change. However, Marty's backhanded machinations lead to increased tension and unintended, devastating consequences for everyone. Especially with Clyde betraying Marty by telling Monica and Juliane everything because he thinks he did so much for the Carlson deal. Also, Juliane tampered with Marty's data. Jeannie decides to tell Marty that she loves him, but it's too much for him that moment, so she runs away. After a rough fight involving Marty, Clyde and Carlson, the Pinkus deal is closed.

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