The Cleveland Show: 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 The Cleveland Show 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
Harder, Better, Faster, Browner
Sep 26, 2010
Cleveland takes a struggling rapper (Kanye West) under his wing and, together, they write and record a new hit single.
Cleveland Live!
Oct 3, 2010
In an animation first, the episode offers the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the "filming" of the episode. When Cleveland and Donna attempt to celebrate their anniversary, th
How Cleveland Got His Groove Back
Oct 10, 2010
After his confidence is shattered, Cleveland plans a family vacation to Africa.
It's the Great Pancake, Cleveland Brown
Nov 7, 2010
Cleveland Jr. tries to become a "cool kid" and attend a Halloween party, when he is told he is too old to trick-or-treat. Meanwhile Rallo eats too much candy.
Little Man on Campus
Nov 14, 2010
Coach Cleveland gets greedy to win the high school baseball state championship game and turns to cheating when his star pitcher goes out for the season.
Fat and Wet
Nov 21, 2010
Cleveland Jr. and Kendra, ashamed of their appearance in a swimsuit, feel left out of the fun when the family spends an afternoon in the pool and petition to pass a bill to grant e
Murray Christmas
Dec 5, 2010
When Rallo's teacher forces him to spend the weekend at a retirement home to get to know the senior citizens during the holidays, he meets Murray, who teaches him about Hanukkah. I
Beer Walk!
Dec 5, 2010
Donna, frustrated by her husband's laziness on the weekends, nags Cleveland to help her around the house and to do something more with his life. To prove to Donna he can be as char
Ain't Nothin But Mutton Bustin
Jan 9, 2011
At Donna's suggestion, Cleveland and Rallo start spending more time together; Cleveland Jr. becomes jealous of Rallo and Cleveland's new relationship.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?
Jan 16, 2011
After Cleveland and Donna argue over their individual parenting skills, Donna leaves Cleveland for the weekend so that he can take care of Roberta by himself.
Like a Boss
Jan 23, 2011
Cleveland is upset when Tim gets a promotion over him at Waterman Cable, so he tries to sabotage him. Meanwhile, Rallo takes advantage of Cleveland Jr. when he realizes that he thi
A Short Story and a Tall Tale
Feb 13, 2011
Cleveland and Donna celebrate Valentine’s Day with a trip to Los Angeles after scoring courtside seats to the all-star basketball game. Caught up in the excitement, Cleveland gets
Terry Unmarried
Feb 20, 2011
Cleveland discovers a shocking secret about his wife & his best friend Terry. Meanwhile, Cleveland Jr. tries to get Rallo to break a nasty habit.
The Blue and the Grey and the Brown
Mar 6, 2011
After Cleveland fights to save the town’s drive-in movie theater, his efforts to preserve the town’s history is noticed by the Stoolbend Preservation Society and he is invited to a
The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Mar 13, 2011
When Cleveland sees all of his childhood possessions around town, he learns that his parents, Freight Train and Cookie, have been selling his stuff to get money after being scammed
To Live and Die in VA
Mar 20, 2011
When Lester invests in Cleveland's beer truck business and loses his life savings, he is so upset that he decides to take his own life - or does he? Meanwhile, Rallo is tired of ge
The Essence of Cleveland
Apr 3, 2011
When Cleveland is reunited with his former high school classmate, "Fatty Patty," who is now skinny, beautiful and still has a crush on Cleveland, Donna becomes extremely jealous an
Ship'rect
Apr 10, 2011
Cleveland and his friends prepare to enter Stoolbend's annual boat race as a team, but when Cleveland's celebrity idol moves to town, Cleveland makes it priority to befriend him. A
Back to Cool
Apr 17, 2011
When Cleveland Jr. bonds with Donna's ex-husband, Robert, Cleveland becomes jealous that Jr. thinks Robert is so much cooler than him. In order to prove how cool he is to his son,
Your Show of Shows
May 8, 2011
When Rallo and his pals Bernard and Theodore perform in the school talent show, their rap about fiscal responsibility is not well-received by their classmates. Meanwhile, after Cle
Hot Cocoa Bang Bang
May 15, 2011
Cleveland creates his own comic book superhero and takes the entire family to a comic book convention in San Diego, where he discovers that Donna was once the star of a blaxploitat