This Is England 88. December 23rd
Lol is bringing up a baby fathered by Milky her own in a furnished flat and is still haunted by visions of Mick. Woody is back living with his parents and new girlfriend Jen, still working in the factory he has been offered promotion and has distanced himself from the group. Shaun is in a relationship with Smell and has enrolled in a college drama class and he may be falling for a girl in his class, Cynthia and Sandhu have carried on their relationship.
Christmas Eve
Lol feeling depressed opens up to a nurse about her troubled past involving Mick and visits Combo in prison to thank him for what he done, with seeing visions of Mick she contemplates suicide. Woody and Jen go for a meal with his boss and still has to make a decision about the promotion, when they are walking home they bump in to the gang and Milky that does not go well. Shaun does his stage show with everyone and the end of the night at a party it does not end well.
Christmas Day
Lol is in hospital which Trev runs to get Woody who races to the hospital to be with her, Lol opens up to Woody as to what really happened to Mick and how Combo took the blame for her, will they decide to rekindle their relationship? Shaun opens up to his mum about what happened and Smell has ended the relationship and both celebrating Christmas sepreratly
This season was a bit more drama than comedy, it does have it's laughing moments but not as much as the first season, it does play on a lot that may be post natal depression and guilt feeling, it also show some good acting between Stephen Graham and Vicky McClure. It's never really explained why Milky left and then came back but does show some really bad karaoke singing especially from Trude.
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