The Trip - Season 2 (2014)

Steve is jealous when Rob tells him of the possibility of his acting role in America but films a demo of him going through his lines with the receptionist. They then press on to Rome to meet Steve's assistant Emma and photographer Yolanda. They do the tourist sites including the house shared by Keats and Shelley before lunching at the Ristorante Oliver Glowig where they entertain the women with their impressions. Afterwards Rob goes to his room where he gets a call from Lucy, who is keen to see him again.

The duo tour the ruins of Pompeii, passing their own caustic comments before lunching at the Relais Blu, overlooking the island of Capri, where Steve reminds Rob that he has also been in a Hollywood film. At the Villa Cimbrone Rob gets a call from his agent to tell him that he has successfully got the American role. He rings his wife to pass on the news but she claims that she is too busy and urges him to ring back later. Steve, meanwhile, talks to his son Joe, who wants to come and join him in Italy.

The imminent arrival of Joe means the trip to Sicily is off but, having met Emma and Joe in a cemetery full of skulls, Rob and Steve take the ferry to Capri, where they dine at Il Riccio hotel. Here Joe announces that Steve is not a cynic and that he cried at the finale of the film 'Mamma Mia', which leads to impressions of Pierce Brosnan and other James Bond actors before Rob tells everybody that he has got the part in the Michael Mann film. After the meal Steve and Joe go for a swim and Steve tells his son he is buying a house round the corner from him and he can ...