As ABC's once-controversial situation comedy Soap slipped into its second season (1978-1979), much of the outcry that had originally accompanied it died down; at the same time, the individual stories grew even more outrageous and off the wall. Plot threads this season included Chester Tate's (Robert Mandan) incarceration and subsequent prison escape; Burt's (Richard Mulligan) kidnapping and cloning by aliens; and the exorcism of a demon from Corrine (Diana Canova) and Timothy's (Sal Viscuso) baby. This set presents all 22 season-two episodes, full and uncut, as they originally aired.

As the situation comedy that unquestionably drew greater public attention than any other during the 1977-1978 television season, Susan Harris' Soap also made television history by bringing into America's living rooms subjects long considered taboo for prime time, including infidelity, racism, and incest; the fact that it did so within an outrageously funny comedic context (and an all-star cast) made it as popular as it was controversial. The first season introduced audiences to the wealthy Tates and the blue-collar Campbells, two very different clans related via the sisterhood of the two wives, Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and Mary Dallas Campbell (Cathryn Damon); episodes dealt with such storylines as son Jodie Dallas' (Billy Crystal) homosexuality, Jessica's inclination to cheat on unfaithful husband Chester (Robert Mandan), sexy daughter Corrine's (Diana Canova) love for an ex-priest (Sal Viscuso), and especially the murder of philandering tennis pro Peter Campbell (Robert Urich), whose homicide capped off the first season. This set presents all 25 season-one episodes, full and uncut, as they originally aired.