S2, Ep 1: America is plunged into civil war, leaving Orry and George on opposite sides in the conflict. Orry becomes a military general to Southern leader Jefferson Davis, while George becomes a military aide to President Abraham Lincoln. Charles Main and Billy Hazard are also called up to fight in the conflict, which leaves Brett very much concerned for her young husband. Virgilia also wants to do her bit to aid the North to win and end slavery in the South, but upon encountering opposition to her working as a nurse she seeks congressman Sam Greene for help. However, some use the war to plot against others. There is a fateful meeting between Ashton Main - now Hooten, due to her marriage to ambitious politician James - and Elkanah Bent, another man with political ambitions and who is determined to get revenge on Orry in any which way he can. And Justin LaMotte is another who sees Orry's departure as an opportunity to reclaim his wife... Starring Patrick Swayze, James Read, Wendy Kilbourne, Philip Casnoff, Lesley-Anne Down, Kirstie Alley, David Ogden Stires, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, Jean Simmons, David Carradine, Mary Crosby, Parker Stevenson, Hal Holbrook, Lloyd Bridges, Jim Metzler and Kate McNeil among many in a cast too big to mention all of them. This continued the gripping saga of North & South and despite the dominance of war it remains a compelling TV series. The only downside (other than Ashton Main/Hooton still in the show and as annoying as ever) is the head transplant of Billy Hazard, here now played by Parker Stevenson, who isn't a patch on John Stockwell. Poor Brett is going to find Billy much changed after years of war, me thinks...