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The Drew Carey Show: Season 2

24 episodes Premiered Sep 18, 1996
Previously on The Drew Carey Show

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 Drew Carey 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.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day

Sep 18, 1996

Drew again finds his work coming between him and Lisa, when his negative evaluation of her job performance causes her to reevaluate their relationship.

S2·E2 Core

Something Wick This Way Comes

Sep 25, 1996

Drew serves as acting store manager while also fulfilling his regular duties. He is outraged when the store declines to make him the permanent manager, instead hiring Nigel Wick,

S2·E3 Core

Break It Up, Break It Up

Oct 2, 1996

Lisa moves in with Drew, bringing an assortment of pets that includes a toilet-trained cat. They begin to really get on each other's nerves, and Drew goes to great lengths to avoid

S2·E4 Core

The Bully You Know

Oct 16, 1996

Wick orders Mimi to begin wearing less make-up and more conservative clothing, as he doesn't want her representing him with her current appearance. When she refuses, Wick banishes

S2·E5 Core

The Devil, You Say

Oct 30, 1996

Kate begins dating Jack, a guy that she met at the Warsaw. He interviews for a job at the store, and Drew is disturbed to learn that he thinks he is the devil. He has even taken

S2·E6 Mytharc

The Day the Music Died

Nov 6, 1996

Drew, Lewis and Oswald learn that their high school band teacher, Ms. Blankenship, has died. Drew seems to take the news especially hard. He organizes the band to put together on

S2·E7 Mytharc

What the Zoning Inspector Saw

Nov 13, 1996

Drew catches the eye of an attractive stranger at the Warsaw. The woman, Bonnie, agrees to come back to his house to see his brewery. After she learns that he does not have a per

S2·E8 Core

Drew's the Other Man

Nov 20, 1996

Drew is upset when Bonnie refuses to go out on dates with him in public. She always wants to stay over at his place and order take-out. Drew thinks Bonnie is concerned about his fi

S2·E9 Core

Mimi's Day Parade

Nov 27, 1996

Drew's hopes of a relaxing holiday weekend are crushed when Mr. Wick makes Drew in charge of Winfred-Louder's Thanksgiving Day parade. Crunched for time, Drew has to make a deal wi

S2·E10 Mytharc

It's Your Party and I'll Crash If I Want To

Dec 4, 1996

An employee is killed by a speeding car while trying to cross a busy intersection in front of the store. Dexter K. Roberts, a popular salesman famous for his great parties, is bro

S2·E11 Core

Lisa Gets Married

Dec 18, 1996

Drew inadvertently agrees to organize a wedding shower for his ex-girlfriend Lisa when he mistakenly believes the bride is an elderly employee also named Lisa. Lisa's fiancé Trent,

S2·E12 Core

They're Back

Jan 8, 1997

Kate alerts the guys to the fact that a hurricane has struck the near the neighborhood where Drew's parents live in Florida. As they watch the news report, Drew's parents suddenly

S2·E13 Core

Hello/Goodbye

Jan 15, 1997

Drew is getting fed up with the filthy, unsafe conditions in Oswald and Lewis' apartment and threatens to take their landlord to court. But when the landlord finds out Drew has bee

S2·E14 Core

Drewstock

Jan 29, 1997

After realizing there is no way to profit from Buzz Beer, the gang decides to shut down the brewery and throw a party with free beer to get rid of their supply. Drew meets a woman

S2·E15 Core

Drew Blows His Promotion

Feb 5, 1997

Drew's plans for a promotion may be put on hold when Kate plays a birthday prank on him and alters training videos he made to impress the store's board of directors.

S2·E16 Core

Check Out Drew's Old Flame

Feb 12, 1997

Drew's down-payment on a car bounces because of a bad check at a garage sale. He finds out the woman who wrote the check was Kyra, his junior-high girlfriend. She claims her roomma

S2·E17 Core

See Drew Run

Feb 19, 1997

Winfred-Louder employees risk their lives get to work each day because the crosswalk from the parking deck to the store is at an intersection near the freeway. When a member of the

S2·E18 Core

Drew Gets Married

Feb 26, 1997

Drew returns disheveled and frustrated after a convention in Las Vegas. After losing his luggage and all of his money, a waitress named Diane took pity on him and they went out for

S2·E19 Core

Man's Best Same Sex Companion

Mar 5, 1997

Drew finds out Speedy's hip problem is getting worse but there's hope in a new operation that could restore the dog to his old self. The problem is the operation costs $2700. Nora

S2·E20 Core

Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk into a Bar

Mar 19, 1997

Earl is released from prison and swears he's a changed man. Drew is ill at ease when Earl moves in next-door and starts watching his every move. Earl claims he is observing Drew so

S2·E21 Core

Cap-Beer-Cino

Apr 2, 1997

The gang discovers someone else is marketing a coffee-flavored beer called Cap-Beer-Cino. The owner, Chris Vanderkamp, openly admits stealing the idea but has enough lawyers to kee

S2·E22 Core

Drew vs. Mimi, Part II

Apr 30, 1997

When the employee representative to the board is forced to retire, Drew, Mimi, and Larry are thrilled over the possibility of taking over the position that offers a considerable ra

S2·E23 Mytharc

Win a Date with Kate

May 7, 1997

Kate is annoyed the guys offered a date with her as a prize in a contest for Buzz Beer. Mr. Wick finds the winning bottle cap and Kate reluctantly goes through with the date. The g

S2·E24 Mytharc

New York and Queens

May 14, 1997

After a disastrous trip to New York to sell Buzz Beer, the gang makes a shocking discovery: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) has been replaced as the weekend midnight movie wit