Mildred Pierce | Season 1 | Episode 2

Part 2

TV-MA | 1 HR 5 MIN

Teleplay by Todd Haynes & Jon Raymond
Directed by Todd Haynes

1931.

Mildred's finances get a boost when she starts selling her pies at the diner. When Veda shames Mildred about being a waitress, Mildred insists she has bigger plans to open her own restaurant. With Wally's help, she devises a plan to convert an abandoned Pierce model home into a chicken-and-waffle restaurant. One afternoon while still working at the diner, Mildred impulsively joins a handsome stranger, Monty Beragon, on a trip to the beach. Returning from her trip, she discovers her youngest daughter Ray has taken ill. Mildred rushes to the hospital but Ray does not survive.

1.Part 1

After throwing her cheating husband out, a young mother named Mildred Pierce tries to find work in Depression-era California.

2.Part 2

With her pie sales thriving, Mildred sets in motion a plan to start a business for herself and falls for a handsome stranger.

3.Part 3

In the wake of tragedy, Mildred opens her new restaurant and reconnects with Monty, whose lethargy tests the bonds between Mildred and Veda.

4.Part 4

Mildred opens a profitable new restaurant, but her good fortune is tempered by Veda's manipulation of a smitten society bachelor.

5.Part 5

In the miniseries finale, Mildred's attempts to reconcile with her estranged daughter finally pay off, though at a painful price.