DVD. Language: English. The cliffhanger that brought season one of Soap to a climax is resolved in season two when Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) is cleared of the murder of her lover (and step-nephew!) Peter Campbell. Jessica s husband Chester (Robert Mandan) confesses to the crime whereupon he is convicted and sent to prison. Later on Chester escapes with fellow con Dutch (Donnelly Rhodes) who while holding the Tate family hostage sleeps with Jessica s far-from-unwilling daughter Eunice (Jennifer Salt) leading to an elopement. As for Eunice s daughter Corrinne (Diana Canova) she marries defrocked priest Father Tim (Sal Viscusco) with whom she has a child -- who alas is possessed by Satan!. Still later Chester loses his memory and wanders westward ultimately getting a job as a fry cook. To find her missing husband Jessica hires Detective Donahue (John Byner) with whom she falls in love! Meanwhile Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) the gay son of Jessica s sister Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon) opts to give women a try and to that end moves in with Carol David (Rebecca Balding) -- who happens to be carrying Jodie s baby. Later on Jodie will have a fling with a sucidal lesbian named Alice (Randee Heller). Elsewhere Jodie s mobster brother Danny (Ted Wass) forced into a relationship with Mafia daughter Elaine (Dinah Manoff) tries to figure out various ways of getting rid of her. But when Elaine is kidnapped and subsequently killed a heartbroken Danny swears vengeance. And what of Danny and Jodie s stepfather Burt (Richard Mulligan)? Well he has his hands full trying to convince his family that he has seen a UFO. As season two rushes to a close Jessica Tate is compelled to choose between hubby Chester and Detective Donahue Billy Tate (Jimmy Baio) is being held captive by a religious cult called the Sunnies and befuddled Burt is abducted by those non-existent aliens. Hal Erickson Rovi