Chico and the Man: 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 Chico and the Man 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
Paint Job
Sep 12, 1975
Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.
This Hallowed Garage
Sep 19, 1975
The City plans to demolish Ed's garage to open a newer, more enhanced power gas station.
Play Gypsy
Oct 3, 1975
Ed meets a Gypsy who wants Ed to train him on how to be a good mechanic.
The Disappearance
Oct 10, 1975
Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.
Chico and the Van
Oct 17, 1975
A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.
Ms. Liz
Oct 31, 1975
Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.
Mister Butterfly
Nov 7, 1975
A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.
Misfortune Teller
Nov 14, 1975
Ed tries to prevent the bank from foreclosing the mortgage on his garage by visiting a fortune teller.
Bird in a Gilded Cage
Nov 21, 1975
Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.
The Strike
Nov 28, 1975
Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.
The Invention
Dec 5, 1975
Ed creates a new invention. He decides to design training wheels for motorcycles. While trying to get the idea patented, they get swindled out of five hundred bucks for the patent
The Juror
Dec 19, 1975
Chico is assigned Jury duty, and he finds out that the defendant on his jury is actually a good friend of Ed's.
The Dream
Jan 9, 1976
Chico tries to persuade Ed to retire and move into a retirement home, but Ed will not go for it naturally.... I don't blame him (lol)
The Hypnotist
Jan 16, 1976
Chico, not realizing his own strength, hypnotizes Ed and leads him to marrying Flora.
Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego
Jan 23, 1976
After Chico guest preaches a good sermon at Bemis' church. The people find out that they would rather have Chico preach instead of the Reverend Bemis.
The Big Brush-Off
Jan 28, 1976
Chico is having some women problems. A girl that he likes will not go out with Chico because he looks too much like her ex-fiance.
The Accident
Feb 4, 1976
After Chico gets into an accident, Ed burrows from his own insurance money to send Chico to school.
Chico's Cousin Pepe
Feb 11, 1976
Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.
Return of Aunt Connie
Feb 18, 1976
Chico's Aunt Connie visits and when she does, Chico and Ed realize that she is a con artist.
Too Many Crooks
Feb 25, 1976
Ed, not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, eventually Ed has all kinds of crooks from the neigborhood coming to him for a handout as well. Of course it is money they are af
The Face Job
Mar 3, 1976
Ed's public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.