The Games Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - In the Public InterestJohn, Bryan and Gina report on the progress they've made over the past eighteen months. Some prominent members of the organising team are deeply implicated in a corruption scandal.
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Episode 2 - Talking to the TroopsJohn, Bryan and Gina answer difficult questions at an extended staff meeting. The team's negative attitude towards the filming of their daily activities takes a more positive turn when the profit generated by the documentary is revealed.
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Episode 3 - ReconciliationJohn is the lone attendee of a transportation meeting. A 'Mr Sydney Olympic Games' claims trademark infringement over the use of his name. The US Special Ambassador draws attention to the plight of Indigenous Australians but Gina saves the day with an apology from John Howard (the actor).
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Episode 4 - IOC ManA conman poses as a visiting IOC official and extracts over $25,000 worth of hospitality from Gina. He also manages to spot a much bigger con job being perpetrated by the Australian federal government.
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Episode 5 - InquiryThe team learns how to handle the difficult questions being asked by the independent inquiries with responses such as: 'not in my presence,' 'not to my knowledge,' and 'may I have a glass of water'.
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Episode 6 - Pommy VisitorAn English representative of the London 2012 Olympic bid committee visits the team and manages to sell the leased furniture of the Sydney Olympic committee. The sale causes embarrassment to the minister when it is discovered that his signature is on the original lease.
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Episode 7 - ImmigrationBryan and Gina play a practical joke on John. The minister's secretary issues an erroneous press release under Gina's name. John and Gina fight to thwart the minister's plans to import talented foreign athletes to compete as Australians.
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Episode 8 - Job SearchWith Bryan and Gina spending most of their time organising jobs for themselves following the Olympics, John is determined to regain their focus. However, John's own focus takes a surprising turn while wining and dining a visiting official from the Greece Olympics organising committee.
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Episode 9 - StrikeBryan demonstrates to a sceptical John how companies can take financial advantage of the Olympic Games organising committee. Gina's plan to embarrass the minister by causing a strike during the Olympics backfires when a trade union official caves to Gina's aggressive negotiating style.
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Episode 10 - SolarThe team finds a way to decline the loan of Picasso's Guernica painting for display during the games. A discussion about the buying and selling of power ensues after it's revealed the Games organisation has been generating electricity via solar panels.
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Episode 11 - Sponsorship and Media DiscontentThe team struggle with disgruntled sponsors who are refused the ticket allocations they were promised. After making indiscreet comments at a dinner, John is sent on a holiday. An athlete changes her name to a prominent soft drink brand � a direct competitor to an Olympic sponsor.
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Episode 12 - Four CornersWhen Four Corners threaten to broadcast a secretly filmed meeting between John and Bryan, the minister's secretary convinces them he can have the program stopped if they come and work at a soon-to-be-created government department. A revised program goes to air � with unexpected results.
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Episode 13 - The EndWhen an act for the closing ceremony becomes unavailable, the team stand in as understudies during a rehearsal. John Farnham provides personal instruction to Tim, the team's secretary. The team score tickets to 'the best seats in the house' � flights out of Australia during the Olympic Games.
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