The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: 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 Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 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
Who Needs Elvis?
Sep 27, 1960
Dobie joins the school band solely to be close to piccolo player Esme Lauterbach, who is interested in Maynard.
You Ain't Nothin' But a Houn' Dog
Oct 4, 1960
Maynard enters Dobie's old school essay My Dog in a newspaper Father's Day contest, but changes it to My Dad.
Dobie Goes Beatnik
Oct 25, 1960
Thelonius Monk comes to town and invites Maynard to sit in on bongos. But Herbert needs a favor which will require Dobie and Maynard to switch identities.
The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs
Nov 1, 1960
Maynard has temporary ESP, which will allow him to predict the winner of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential election.
The Face That Stopped the Clock
Nov 15, 1960
Maynard takes a job selling clock-statues at an army surplus store.
Around My Room in 80 Days
Nov 29, 1960
Dobie and Maynard help a classmate to not drop out of school.
Drag Strip Dobie
Dec 6, 1960
Zelda helps Dobie build a hot rod so that he can impress a girl by beating Chatsworth in a car race.
Jangle Bells
Dec 20, 1960
Dobie choses going to a huge Christmas party with Chatsworth rather than a small one with Maynard and feels guilty enough to have a Scrooge-like dream.
Parlez-Vous English
Dec 27, 1960
Dobie meets a pretty fatalistically morose French girl who savors the negative things in life. She thinks Dobie is an oaf and Dobie hates her bleak attitude. Yet, she keeps coming
The Day the Teachers Disappeared
Jan 3, 1961 · 30 min
All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.
The Big Question
Jan 24, 1961
In order to graduate, Dobie and Maynard must write an essay on the subject of Whither Are We Drifting?
Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
Jan 31, 1961
Dobie tries to get his father to spend more time with Mrs. Gillis.
The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard
Feb 7, 1961
Maynard is convinced that he is dragging Dobie down in life so he tries to antagonize Dobie into ending their friendship.
Zelda, Get Off My Back
Feb 14, 1961
Zelda decides she's tired of being rejected by Dobie and turns her attentions to Chatsworth.
I Was a High School Scrooge
Feb 21, 1961 · 30 min
Dobie, Maynard and Zelda think an old Central High star athlete is a bum, while he is actually a big executive.
Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother?
Feb 28, 1961
Winnie wins a date with Hollywood starlet Merilee Maribou and gives the prize to Dobie.
The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis
Mar 7, 1961
It's Dobie's graduation and Herbert, feeling embrassed that he never graduated, goes to night school to earn his diploma.
Dobie Versus the Machine
Mar 14, 1961
Dobie and Maynard, out of high school, don't know what to do with themselves and seek professional help. In the end they decide to enlist in the army.
Baby Shoes
Mar 21, 1961
Herbert, Winifred and Zelda reminisce as Dobie and Maynard prepare to leave for the army.
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine
Mar 28, 1961
Maynard misses the bus on his first day in the Army, but Chatsworth fills him in for him.
The Chicken Corporal
Apr 4, 1961
Being put in charge of his squad's barracks goes to Dobie's head and his friendship with Maynard suffers.
The Solid Gold Dog Tag
Apr 11, 1961
Despite opposition from his mother, Chatsworth decides to join Dobie and Maynard in the Army.
The Battle of Maynard's Beard
Apr 18, 1961
The Army orders Maynard to shave off his beard.
Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow
May 2, 1961
Dobie's mother becomes jealous when she learns that the attractive widowed mother of Dobie's latest girlfriend is an old flame of Mr. Gillis.
Like Father, Like Son, Like Trouble
May 16, 1961
Dobie gets cast in the army play and while in costume, leads an army officer's daughter to believe he is an army official.
Be It Ever So Humble
May 23, 1961
Dobie and Maynard get weekend passes, but Zelda has been telling all the girls back home that she and Dobie are engaged.
Aah, Yer Fadder Wears Army Shoes
May 30, 1961
Dobie exaggerates his dad's war record to impress a girl from a long military family.
Everything But the Truth
Jun 6, 1961
Zelda invents a secret engagement to try and impress some sorority girls.
Goodbye Mister Pomfritt, Hello Mr. Chips
Jun 13, 1961
Dobie and Maynard organize a tribute to Mr. Pomfritt, hoping to convince him not to leave Central High.
Take Me to Your Leader
Jun 20, 1961
Dobie, Maynard, and Zelda believe that the store's beautiful blonde next patron is secretly an alien.
This Ain't The Way We Used to Do It
Jun 27, 1961
Offended by what he sees a laxity in today's army, ex-sergeant Herbert Gillis puts his son's squad through some rugged training exercises before they graduate.