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Season guide

Who's the Boss?: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 1985
Previously on Who's the Boss?

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 Who's the Boss? 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.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (23): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

It Happened One Summer (1)

Sep 24, 1985

The family visit Jonathan's summer camp when his counselor calls Angela to say he is homesick. While there, Angela and Tony realize they both attended camp in the same area many ye

S2·E2 Core

It Happened One Summer (2)

Oct 1, 1985

After visiting the site in the woods where each remembers from their past, a thunderstorm prevents Tony and Angela from returning to the campsite in time. They end up having to sha

S2·E3 Core

Ad Man Micelli

Oct 8, 1985

Samantha has just begun junior high school, and has little trouble becoming friends with the popular girls. Since they are all from wealthy families, Samantha is afraid they will n

S2·E4 Core

The Heiress

Oct 15, 1985

The family is thrilled when a recently deceased stranger leaves Mona a sizable chunk of money in his will. Mona soon realizes who the man was, and suddenly doesn't want the money.

S2·E5 Core

Tony the Matchmaker

Oct 29, 1985

Wally, a recently dumped friend of Tony's, is down on his luck, so Tony convinces Angela to go out with him. She is not interested in seeing him again, until Mona dates him. Then a

S2·E6 Core

Custody (1)

Nov 5, 1985

Michael, Angela's ex-husband, returns to announce he is going to be married again soon, and invites everyone to California for the wedding. Jonathan takes an instant liking to Heat

S2·E7 Core

Custody (2)

Nov 12, 1985

While everyone prepares for the wedding, Angela and Michael plan for a legal battle for custody of Jonathan. Soon, Angela is ready to give up, but a messy incident at the ceremony

S2·E8 Core

Hunk of the Month

Nov 19, 1985

After posing for a calendar, Tony becomes the object of a seductive woman's affections. Angela doesn't want him to date her, but her views change when one of the calendar's other s

S2·E9 Core

Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's

Nov 26, 1985

The family go to Mrs. Rossini's apartment for Thanksgiving. Angela is disgusted by the antiquated custom of women waiting on men, hand and foot. She also feels threatened by one of

S2·E10 Core

The Prodigal Father-in-Law

Dec 3, 1985

Nick, Samantha's grandfather, is denied parole from prison, so he breaks out and prepares to run from the law. First, though, he must confront Samantha, who refuses to speak to him

S2·E11 Core

The Graduate

Dec 10, 1985

Recent college graduate Mona is asked to secretly participate in a sting against age discrimination by applying for a job, then getting turned down. But when Angela learns that her

S2·E12 Core

Tony the Nanny

Dec 17, 1985

A distant relative of Tony's comes to town to meet the man she is to marry through an arranged marriage. Upon learning that the intended groom is a male chauvinist, Tony throws him

S2·E13 Core

Junior Executive

Jan 7, 1986

When Samantha needs more money to participate in activities with her basketball team, Angela hires her to work for her on Saturdays. But Samantha soon realizes that, by working wee

S2·E14 Core

Educating Tony

Jan 14, 1986

Angela is teaching a class on advertising, and Tony is one of her students. For the students' first assignment, they are to make a commercial for a laundry detergent. Tony is overb

S2·E15 Core

Gotta Dance

Jan 21, 1986

Tony signs up Samantha for ballet lessons. He is pleased when her instructor tells him she has great potential, but the compliment may not have been sincere.

S2·E16 Core

The Babysitter

Jan 28, 1986

A sitter's last-minute cancellation leaves Samantha to watch Jonathan while Angela and Tony go to a parents' meeting at school. Samantha panics when Jonathan inadvertently tosses a

S2·E17 Core

Jonathan Plays Cupid

Feb 11, 1986

Jonathan's friend gets him worrying that, one day, Tony may no longer be part of his life. Hoping to ensure against Tony leaving, Jonathan arranges for him and Angela to meet on Va

S2·E18 Core

When Worlds Collide

Feb 18, 1986

Tony's poker game has run late, and Angela hurries him to clean up the house in time for her friend who will soon be arriving. Just as his last guest (a raucous Brooklynite) is rea

S2·E19 Core

Losers and Other Strangers

Feb 25, 1986

Tony is excited about his bowling trophy. But his victory is overshadowed when Angela, who was quite certain she would win an advertising award for which she'd been nominated, come

S2·E20 Core

Tony for President

Mar 4, 1986

Tony's campaign for PTA president is clouded by his opponent's mudslinging. He attempts to justify her accusations by explaining some past misunderstandings (this is done through c

S2·E21 Core

Not with My Client, You Don't

Mar 18, 1986

A wealthy international client of Angela's sends his daughter to handle his affairs. She takes a liking to Tony, who agrees to be her escort. But Angela soon feels that she forced

S2·E22 Core

Angela's New Best Friend

Mar 25, 1986

Arrogant, obnoxious neighbor Diane is devastated by her husband's recent decision to leave her for their maid. She temporarily moves in with the Bowers and Micellis, and nobody in

S2·E23 Core

There's No Business Like Shoe Business

Apr 1, 1986

After hearing a colleague from the shoe factory describe his boredom with his life, Mona encourages him to be spontaneous and pursue a new life. He takes her advice a little too fa

S2·E24 Core

The Unnatural

Apr 8, 1986

One of Tony's old baseball friends visits and the two end up in a competition to organize a team of players, then play each other. Tony wants to have Angela play for his team, but

S2·E25 Mytharc

The Anniversary Show

May 6, 1986

Angela had planned a special dinner for five, in honor of Tony and Samantha's two-year anniversary in Connecticut, but Tony is the only one who doesn't have other plans. During the

S2·E26 Mytharc

Charmed Lives

May 13, 1986

Angela has found a model to play the part of a princess in a series of pasta commercials. But the client instead chooses a shy photographer, who didn't even want the job.

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