5.7/1012 votes#1 - Ch-Ch-Changes
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1989
Hannah returns from a vacation to find that the magazine has been bought by a corporation and the hip new editor comes in and begins to stir things up, especially Marty who considers resigning. Hannah becomes a writer, the magazine is changed to a weekly format and is renamed The Chicago Weekly and an English book and theater critic is brought into review television.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Peter Noah
- 7.7/1017 votes
#2 - Those Lips, Those Thais
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/1989
If he doesn't already feel guilty enough about everything, Marty really feels guilty when his Thailanese foster daughter comes to attend college in Chicago and he is really attracted to her.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
- 5.8/1012 votes
#3 - It's My Party and I'll Schvitz If I Want To
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1989
An unexpected heat wave puts a damper on a party Hannah tries throwing because she wants to warm up her relationship with Catherine.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1011 votes
#4 - Scared Straight
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1989
Marty and Hannah trade bylines to prove that Catherine is using favoritism in choosing articles for publication, and Marty winds up jail protecting ""his"" source.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1013 votes
#5 - Mr. Mom
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1990
Hannah finds out that her mother had her heart donated. She finds the new owner is a depressed man, who is not living his prolonged life to its fullest, the way Hannah envisioned the recipient would.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 7.0/1012 votes
#6 - Just the Facts, Ma'am
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1989
Hannah sweet-talks Bradley, a fact checker, into letting a libelous quotation into her article, this all leads to a 10 million dollar libel suit and Hannah having to fire him.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
7.1/1015 votes#7 - Bang You're Dead
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1989
Hannah loves Marty's psychiatrist to death and Marty finds it difficult to cope with being shrinkless. Marty has a final session with his shrink casket-side.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
- 6.3/1012 votes
#8 - Truth or Consequences
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1989
Catherine makes everyone take a lie detector test when she suspects someone on the staff is leaking gossip about her to an underground rag.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
- 7.4/1014 votes
#9 - It's Better to Have Loved and Flossed
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1989
A trip to the dentist for Marty also includes making a date with Robin and she is more than ready for a relationship and proves it by overreacting to a little kiss.
Director: N/A
Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
- 6.3/1012 votes
#10 - Hearts and Bones
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1989
Hannah insists she's not jealous of Marty's new girlfriend and invites them to dinner to prove it. When his date appears to be choking, Hannah delivers the Heimleich maneuver and breaks a rib, but she's not jealous.
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum
- 5.7/1013 votes
#11 - Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1989
Catherine's decides to become ""ordinary,"" after being snubbed of a mention in pop-culture legend's recently published diaries, and leaves Marty in charge of the magazine. The ""Squaddies"" protest Brian's review of the latest Star Squad movie and storm the newsroom to make Brian come to their convention.
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1013 votes
#12 - Breast of Friends
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1989
Marty nurses a bruised ego when he sings show tunes on a news talk show and Hannah makes a celebrity out of a woman who was thrown out of a restaurant for nursing her baby.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#13 - Hotel of the Damned
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1990
When the magazine needs a new cover story in less than 20 hours, Hannah & Marty must go to a hotel to write the story. While searching for an angle on the story, Hannah decides the mood may be just right to check out the bed with Marty.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1015 votes
#14 - All About Allison
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1990
Marty is the unwitting weapon used by an aspiring young journalist against Hannah, after Hannah helped her get a chance to work for the magazine.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Proof It All Night
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1990
When the staff is gearing up for an all-niter to get out their election issue, Hannah gets excited; however Marty is less than enthusiastic, especially when the election is close, the night is long and the candidate he thought was a lock, loses and he has no material.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum
- 6.2/1014 votes
#16 - Three Men on a Match
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1990
Hannah and Marty go out to dinner with Robin to help her celebrate her un-anniversary. After seeing Robin's ex-husband there, each has a different perspective on how the restaurant caught fire. Everyone turned their heads when they walked across the room.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1013 votes
#17 - Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1990
Marty's girlfriend plans a surprise birthday party for him, but he surprises her and everyone else by breaking up with her, before everybody yells surprise.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Icewoman Cometh
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1990
Marty may become editor after a corporate trouble-shooter comes in, evaluates the magazine and decides Catherine is out and he is in, never mind that Marty slept with her. A little corporate blackmail may work wonders to save Catherine's job, using Marty as the tool.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Hooray for Hollywood
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1990
A friend of Marty's, a Hollywood producer, decides to ""do lunch"" with Hannah when he wants to make a movie about one of her stories, something Marty has rejected for a long time.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1010 votes
#20 - Robin Q. Public
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990
When Catherine gets the impression that the magazine may have become too high brow, she searches out the everyman's opinion. When she hears Robin's thoughts, she is impressed and takes her on as a consultant and the entire staff becomes on edge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Days of Whine and...
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1990
A woman arrives and threatens to make Brian's life a living hell, by threatening to get back at him for the bad review he gave that caused her husband to die. Hannah meets Marty's ex-fiancee at his family's Seder and sees that the old flame may still be lit.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1010 votes
#22 - Thirty... Something
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1990
Hannah's 30th birthday is no party for her when she takes time to reflect on her life and love. Hannah's little voice inside her head tells her that what's missing is Marty.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Peter Noah
The Best Episodes of Anything But Love Season 2
Every episode of Anything But Love Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Anything But Love Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Ch-Ch-Changes" is the best rated episode of "Anything But Love" season 2. It scored 5.7/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by David Trainer and written by Peter Noah, it aired on 9/27/1989. This episode is rated 2.0 points higher than the second-best, "Those Lips, Those Thais".