What I Like About You: 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 What I Like About You 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
I Love You... Soon
Sep 11, 2003 · 22 min
In the second season premiere, Holly tries to help Henry overcome his jealousy of Vince, an eccentric older guy who works at Harper and Diggs, but she makes matters worse when she
Boys' Club
Sep 18, 2003 · 22 min
Holly begins to feel the pressure of school, work and friends, so it is hard for her to be there when Henry needs her the most. Meanwhile, Val gets upset with her boss' business
When Holly Met Tina
Sep 25, 2003 · 22 min
In order to help Val get her first client since starting her own public relations firm, Holly becomes friends with the client's troubled teenage daughter, Tina. Meanwhile, Lauren d
The Loft
Oct 2, 2003 · 22 min
When Val thinks it's time to move into a new apartment with bigger office space, she and Lauren look for apartments. When Tina shows Holly a loft in her building, Holly thinks it's
Like a Virgin (Kinda)
Oct 9, 2003 · 22 min
When Holly learns that Henry has already lost his virginity she is shocked. She and Tina go and search the city frantically for the girl that 'soiled' Henry. Meanwhile, Lauren trie
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Oct 16, 2003 · 22 min
Val accuses Holly of spending more time with Vince than Henry when Vince helps her set up Val's barbecue on the terrace. Holly and Vince fall asleep, and Holly wakes up in Vince's
I'm Sorry, So Sorry
Oct 23, 2003 · 22 min
When Tina's boyfriend Cal gets a condo up in the mountains, the gang makes plans to go away for the weekend on a ski trip. But when Tina and Cal have a fight, the ski trip gets can
Partially Obstructed View
Oct 30, 2003 · 22 min
Holly and Tina plan a girls' night out while Henry and Gary plan a boys' night out. Vince sees Holly and Tina at the diner and hooks them up with free front row tickets to The Stro
Absence Makes the Heart Grow...Never Mind
Nov 6, 2003 · 22 min
When Henry is away at Princeton, Holly realizes that she loves him, and will go at any length to tell him in person. But things go wrong when Holly takes a train to Princeton, and
The Odd Couple
Nov 13, 2003 · 22 min
When Henry's parents kick him out, he moves in with Vince, making Holly feel awkward. Meanwhile, when Lauren realizes that Val hasn't had a boyfriend in a while, she sets her up by
Regarding Henry
Nov 20, 2003 · 21 min
After Henry overhears Val and Holly talking at the diner about Holly and Henry's relationship, Henry breaks up with Holly. Holly is so upset, she doesn't know what to do. So, she s
The Incredible Shrinking Group
Jan 9, 2004 · 23 min
Holly and Gary's friendship is put to the test when Holly asks Gary to meet her with Henry at the movies. Meanwhile, after discovering that she ate seven Mounds bars and woke up wi
The Hospital
Jan 16, 2004 · 22 min
In this episode, Holly sends a fake package to someone to see Vince. They say hi and then Vince leaves quickly. When he is on his bike, a car runs into him and Vince ends up in t
Your Cheatin' Heart
Jan 23, 2004 · 22 min
Holly tries every attempt to find out if Henry has a new girlfriend so she can go after Vince. It turns out that Henry has moved on. When Holly goes to Vince's, she finds something
Sky Rink Sucks
Jan 30, 2004 · 22 min
Holly and Vince try to be friends again by throwing a surprise birthday party for Gary's 18th birthday. When Holly and Vince run into Jill (Gary's ex-girlfriend) at the diner, who
Lunar Eclipse of the Heart
Feb 6, 2004 · 22 min
When Holly and Tina are shopping at F&A (Gary's new workplace), Holly meets Greg, Gary's manager. Greg asks Holly out on a date, and she accepts, just to make Vince jealous. Everyo
Val and Holly's Not-Boyfriends
Feb 13, 2004 · 22 min
Holly is puzzled by Vince's recent antagonistic behavior toward her until she learns the truth about why he was so brusque with her. And Val tries to sort out her feelings toward R
The Interview
Feb 20, 2004 · 22 min
Val and Holly prepare all week for Holly's interview to get into Columbia University. The day before the interview finally comes, when Vince announces that he can invite as many fr
The Big Picture
Apr 16, 2004 · 22 min
Val meets Rick's fiancee when he and Julie come to dinner. Julie and finds out that she and Rick are not as compatible as she thought they were. Meanwhile, while writing her colleg
Rollin' in It
Apr 23, 2004 · 22 min
When Holly receives $2,000 from her grandmother for her 18th birthday, she decides to blow it on a lavish hotel suite.
The Anti-Prom
Apr 30, 2004 · 22 min
When Holly and Tina don't have dates to the prom, they are upset, so they decide to throw an Anti-Prom, with no decorations, no dresses, and no prom king or prom queen. Everyone wh
The Second Season Finale (1)
May 7, 2004 · 22 min
Holly is elated when she is accepted for an internship in Paris but when Henry and Vince each kiss her before she leaves she knows the time has come to decide between them. In orde