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The Patty Duke Show: Season 2

36 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1964
Previously on The Patty Duke 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 Patty Duke 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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S2·E1 Mytharc

The Green-Eyed Monster

Sep 16, 1964

Richard is jealous of Geoffrey Davis, III, a military cadet in town for a visit.

S2·E3 Core

Simon Says

Sep 30, 1964

Patty is ghost-writing an advice column for the school newspaper; and creating lots of trouble for lots of people.

S2·E4 Core

Patty, the Organizer

Oct 7, 1964

Patty, Cathy, and Ross form the UAFUM [United Association for Unprotected Miners] in the hopes of getting more privileges at home.

S2·E5 Core

Patty, the Pioneer

Oct 14, 1964

Patty accepts the challenge to live like a pioneer for one week.

S2·E6 Core

The Boy Next Door

Oct 21, 1964

Patty and Cathy both like their new next-door neighbor

S2·E7 Core

Patty, the People's Voice

Oct 28, 1964

Patty and Cathy campaign for T.J. Blodgett [Martin's boss], but they discover that they prefer his opponent.

S2·E8 Core

The Greatest Psychologist In the World

Nov 4, 1964

When Patty is invited to the Harvard Prom by Sue Ellen's cousin Rip, she decides to use psychology to persuade her parents to allow her to go.

S2·E10 Core

How to Succeed In Romance

Nov 18, 1964

Cathy falls for Chris, a new student, and seeks advice from Patty; Chris, meanwhile, asks Richard for help.

S2·E11 Core

Block that Statue

Nov 25, 1964

The hero of the football team is in love with Cathy.

S2·E13 Core

Best Date In Town

Dec 9, 1964

Martin promises to take Patty to the father-daughter dance, but must cancel at the last minute.

S2·E14 Core

Can Do Patty

Dec 16, 1964

Patty follows Martin's suggestion and volunteers to do a lot of things at home and at school; everyone else, however, ends up doing the work for her.

S2·E15 Core

Hi, Society

Dec 23, 1964

Patty and Sue Ellen vie for the attentions of Woodrow Warren Calden III, a new student at school.

S2·E16 Core

Patty, the Witness

Dec 30, 1964

Patty witness an auto accident and thinks that one of the men is a robber.

S2·E17 Core

Every Girl Should Be Married

Jan 6, 1965

Patty belives her parents are tring to marry her off to a young man whom they invite to dinner.

S2·E18 Core

The Perfect Hostess

Jan 13, 1965

Cousin Betsy from Chattanooga comes to visit, captivating all the eligible young men.

S2·E19 Core

Patty Meets a Celebrity

Jan 20, 1965

Sal Mineo visits his alma mater, and Patty is cast in a play opposite him. The night of the performance, she gets stage fright and cannot speak her lines.

S2·E20 Core

The Raffle

Jan 27, 1965

To raise money for a church bazaar, Patty raffles off Richard.

S2·E21 Core

Patty and the Newspaper Game

Feb 3, 1965

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S2·E22 Core

Little Brother Is Watching You

Feb 10, 1965

The Lanes have decided not to give Ross a surprise party, but he has already made plans for it.

S2·E24 Core

It Takes a Heap of Livin

Feb 24, 1965

The Lanes discovers that their home was used during the American Revolution and is therefore an historical landmark.

S2·E26 Core

Don't Monkey with Mendel

Mar 10, 1965

After styding genetic theory in school, Patty decides that Richard would not be a suitable father for her children.

S2·E27 Core

Patty, the Practical Joker

Mar 17, 1965

The Lane house becomes a "no-man's land" of booby traps, thanks to Patty and Ross.

S2·E28 Core

Patty, the Master Builder

Mar 24, 1965

After finding a composition (on Ross' desk) in which the author praises his sister, Patty decides to help Ross build a car for the soap box derby race.

S2·E29 Core

Patty and the Cut-Rate Casanova

Mar 31, 1965

Patty deserts Richard for Carlos, a boy who knows all the latest dance steps, so Richard begins dating Cathy.

S2·E30 Core

The Daughter Bit

Apr 7, 1965

Patty feels guilty when Martin complains that she doesn't spend enough time at home.

S2·E31 Core

Cathy, the Rebel

Apr 14, 1965

Cathy, writes a letter to the Chronicle criticizing an editorial and calling the author a "man with the mentality of a dinosaur."

S2·E33 Core

What's Cooking, Cousin?

Apr 28, 1965

Patty tries to improve her cooking in order to impress Richard, who has grown fond of French food cooked by a girl named Gloria.

S2·E35 Mytharc

My Cousin the Heroine

May 12, 1965

Cathy becomes a heroine after rescuing a drowning baby.

S2·E36 Mytharc

Patty, the Chatterbox

May 19, 1965

Patty will get an extra week's allowance if she can refrain from talking for three days.