Brotherly Love: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Brotherly Love Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Lord of the Guys
Sep 15, 1996 · 22 min
The boys fend for themselves when Claire goes to a spa for the weekend.
Joe at 21
Sep 22, 1996 · 22 min
Perched at a bar on his twenty-first birthday, Joe reminisces about his dad and about turning sixteen, while at home Claire and the gang plan what they hope will be a nifty surpris
Claire's First Date
Sep 29, 1996 · 22 min
Claire has butterflies as she prepares for a first date. So do Matt and Andy, who fear that a newcomer will replace their dad.
Other People
Oct 6, 1996 · 22 min
Joe and Lou agree to be just friends and date others, but Joe fumes when Lou dates someone he doesn't know. He then unwittingly asks out Lou's best friend.
Viva la fraternite
Oct 13, 1996 · 22 min
Both Joey and Matt ask Andy's new babysitter for a date.
Big Mike
Oct 20, 1996 · 22 min
The boys' lovable grandpa Big Mike rolls into town in a big rig and for a time endears himself to Joe with some promises he can't keep.
Motherly Love
Nov 3, 1996 · 22 min
Lloyd's RV-driving mom visits as Joe is pushing to enter Andy in a pine-box derby to prevent a business rival's son from beating Matt's previous winning record.
Kernel of Truth
Nov 10, 1996 · 22 min
Andy figures he won't get into any more trouble in school if Joe dates his teacher. Claire meets a potential date at the supermarket. Psychology student Matt fears he may have obse
Downtown Girl
Nov 17, 1996 · 22 min
Joe regrets the path his life has taken after running into a once-unpopular classmate who's now headed for rock stardom.
The Great Indoors
Nov 24, 1996 · 22 min
Andy's excited about wearing his wilderness badge from the Young Pioneers, but his enthusiasm is dampened when a storm cancels his planned camping trip.
The Driving Lesson
Dec 8, 1996 · 22 min
A merciless driver's-ed teacher may have Matt's future in mind when he passes out grades, but Joe has only revenge in mind when he rallies Matt, Lloyd and Lou in a payback prank on
Power of Love
Dec 8, 1996 · 22 min
Lloyd quits the garage to fulfill his dreams after he sees a self-help video.
Party Girl
Jan 12, 1997 · 22 min
Even Joe agrees with Claire that the new girl in Matt's life seems to be out of his league, frequenting after-hour rave parties and drinking.
The Comet
Feb 9, 1997 · 22 min
Matt hopes to reinvent himself for a newcomer visiting her grandfather in the neighborhood; Andy fears getting hit by a comet.
Stealing Beauty
Feb 16, 1997 · 22 min
Kristin gets Matt a job at a music store, but his future there looks bleak when the manager collars a shoplifter.
Art Attack
Feb 23, 1997 · 22 min
Joe helps Lou carry her art work to a gallery when the daughter's owner mistakes him for the artist. Also, Matt takes up playing the guitar & wants to write a song.
Pizza Girl
Mar 30, 1997 · 22 min
Romance is in the air at the pizza parlor as Matt's co-worker falls for Joe and Andy falls for a young girl who doesn't think his jokes are funny.
Easy Come, Easy Go
Apr 20, 1997 · 22 min
Andy becomes Joe's good luck charm on a trip to Atlantic City. Meanwhile, bad luck crashes the scene when Matt throws his first big party.
I Scream, You Scream (1)
Apr 27, 1997 · 22 min
Joe moves in for the kill after Matt claims he's just friends with Kristin; an ice-cream vendor is a real treat for Andy and Claire.
We All Scream (2)
May 4, 1997 · 22 min
Matt and Joe nearly come to fisticuffs over Kristin, who's unable to handle the truth when she hears it; and Lou receives an e-mail message from an admirer.
Mother's Day
May 11, 1997 · 22 min
Mother's Day brings a surprise visit from Joe's hippie mom, who's pregnant and married to an aura-photographer.
Girl Crazy
May 18, 1997 · 22 min
Julia returns hoping to strike up a relationship with Matt again, but his friends aren't part of her plans. Meanwhile, Andy sells his childhood at a garage sale.