Cybill: 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 Cybill 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
Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life
Sep 17, 1995 · 30 min
Disturbed by feeling that her family all have lives separate from her own, Cybill drags Maryann into the desert in search of spiritual insights and, receiving an urgent psychic mes
Zing!
Sep 24, 1995 · 30 min
Cybill tells Maryann that ""there's no zing anymore"" when she meets someone new. And it's still missing when Maryann sets her up on a blind date - until she meets the guy's sixty-
Since I Lost My Baby
Oct 1, 1995 · 30 min
Jeff's second ex-wife Terry is pregnant, and tells Cybil that Jeff is the unwitting father; Cybill and Maryann take William shopping, but return home with the wrong stroller and ba
Cybill With an 'S'
Oct 8, 1995 · 30 min
Ira brings his new girlfriend to Zoey's sweet sixteen birthday party, and Cybill and Maryann both like her until they discover she has uncontrollable multiple personalities; Zoey a
Cybill's Fifteen Minutes
Oct 15, 1995 · 30 min
Cybill is hounded by the press after her Oscar night date, famous actor Dennis Oliver leaves her and then solicits a prostitute in LA, taking it for granted he won't get caught.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Oct 22, 1995 · 30 min
Controlling Maryann comes to Cybill's financial rescue when the star of her new sitcom, Dick Van Patten, drops dead during a curtain call.
To Sir, With Lust
Nov 5, 1995 · 30 min
To be physically intimate or not to be? That's the question when Cybill dates and desires her acting teacher, until she sees him in his one-man play; and Zoey reconsiders her vow o
They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They?
Nov 19, 1995 · 30 min
Cybill's an unhappy Pilgrim who's not making much progress realizing her dream of a family Thanksgiving: everyone goes elsewhere, and she has to work on the holiday.
Local Hero
Nov 26, 1995 · 30 min
After she is replaced in a movie starring Kenny Rogers, Cybill thinks her career's a flop - until she takes a gamble on accepting an invitation to visit an immigrant family who col
The Odd Couples
Dec 3, 1995 · 30 min
Not since Felix and Oscar have there been such odd pairings: Ira shadows Maryann hoping her lunacy will dispel his trouble with writers' block; and Cybill hangs out with Sean.
Mourning Has Broken
Dec 17, 1995 · 30 min
Cybill renews a romance with David Whittier Sr., which ended the first time because he was still mourning his wife's death. But Maryann's convinced he did more than mourn - she thi
The Big Apple Can Bite Me
Jan 8, 1996 · 30 min
A rotten experience in the Big Apple in 1969 took a chunk out of Cybill's self-esteem, so, for her birthday, Maryann, Rachel and Zoey take her to New York and teach her how to bite
Educating Zoey
Jan 14, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill and Ira learn a lesson in parenting when one of Zoey's counselors informs them that college is not part of Zoey's plans for the future.
Where's Zoey?
Feb 4, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill refuses to let Zoey stay home alone while she travels to Vancouver to film an sf series, so Maryann offers to let the ""demon seed"" stay with her. But Maryann gets into a p
Lowenstein's Lament
Feb 11, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill auditions to play herself in the film based on Ira's book, but she regards the written character as a ""needy doormat"" - which may be why her performance is flat; and she l
A Who's Who for What's His Name
Feb 18, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill decides to fire her agent Arthur, who drops dead behind Cybill and Maryann while they are toasting "new beginnings." Cybill offers her sympathies to Evelyn, Arthur's widow,
Wedding Bell Blues
Feb 18, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill's longtime rival Andrea beats her out for another job, then announces she is marrying Maryann's ex Dr. Dick, so the two plot revenge schemes to ruin the wedding reception. N
Romancing the Crone
Mar 10, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill accidentally causes a famous actress to break her arm, so she invites her to recuperate at her ho me, where the woman breaks Cybill's endurance with boundless demands. Meanw
An Officer and a Thespian
Mar 17, 1996 · 30 min
To land a movie role as a cop, Cybill prepares by riding with a cop on duty; but when his wife goes into labour, Cybill is left with the car, the siren and a call from Maryann in t
Virgin, Mother, Cheater
Mar 31, 1996 · 30 min
Kevin's preoccupation with getting tenure looks like an affair to Rachel, who decides that two can play that game; Zoey and Sean lie about their celibacy to stop their friends' que
When You're Hot, You're Hot
Apr 29, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill's hot flashes and herbal treatments don't make her feel any younger, nor does Ira's visiting mother Ruth, who has traded in pantsuits for trendy clothes and an herbal pleasu
Pal Zoey
May 6, 1996 · 30 min
Cybill is disconcerted but delighted when a heartbroken Zoey decides she wants to be best friends; but Rachel storms off when Cybill and Jeff agree to sit in on a marriage counsell
Three Women and a Dummy
May 13, 1996 · 30 min
Zoey's new-found popularity confounds an apologetic Sean; Ira and Maryann go on a first date; Cybill accompanies the waiter to a party at his ex-boyfriend's.
Going Out With a Bang
May 20, 1996 · 30 min
Children's show host Major Milo proposes to Cybill on the air; but she's much more interested in a hunky cable technician. Meanwhile, Ira and Maryann have a steamy dinner date that