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Fridays: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 5, 1980 Updated Oct 2, 2026
Previously on Fridays

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 Fridays 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.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (23): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Eddie Money

Sep 5, 1980 · 90 min

--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""

S2·E2 Core

Kim Carnes

Sep 12, 1980 · 90 min

--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""

S2·E3 Core

The Cars (1st appearance)

Sep 19, 1980 · 90 min

--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""

S2·E4 Core

Al Jarreau

Oct 3, 1980 · 90 min

--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""

S2·E5 Core

Ted Nugent

Oct 10, 1980 · 90 min

--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""

S2·E6 Core

Split Enz

Oct 17, 1980 · 90 min

--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""

S2·E7 Core

Dire Straits

Oct 31, 1980 · 90 min

--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""

S2·E8 Core

Devo (2nd appearance)

Nov 7, 1980 · 90 min

--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""

S2·E9 Core

The Busboys

Nov 14, 1980 · 90 min

The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.

S2·E10 Core

Heart

Nov 21, 1980 · 90 min

--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""

S2·E12 Core

Pat Benatar

Dec 5, 1980 · 90 min

--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""

S2·E13 Core

Steve Forbert

Dec 12, 1980 · 90 min

--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""

S2·E14 Core

Rockpile

Dec 19, 1980 · 90 min

--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""

S2·E18 Core

Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band

Feb 6, 1981 · 90 min

--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")

S2·E19 Core

Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang

Feb 13, 1981 · 90 min

--Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song

S2·E20 Core

Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet

Feb 20, 1981 · 90 min

--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs

S2·E23 Core

Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship

Apr 3, 1981 · 90 min

--Don Novello (host, in character as Father Guido Sarducci) --Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, the singing duo ""Dawn,"" appear with Sarducci. --Jefferson Starship perfo

S2·E25 Mytharc

Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett

May 8, 1981 · 90 min

--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""

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