7.5/1094 votes#1 - Hail to the Chief
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1962
Because their partnership has lasted so long, the secret service choose Toody and Muldoon to drive the president to the U.N. Unfortunately, Muldoon is incapacitated by the stress of ferrying his hero, Kennedy.
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7.2/1078 votes#2 - One Sleepy People
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1962
Francis and Lucille get the wrong idea, while watching a steamy movie on TV, that each loves the other.
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7.4/1073 votes#3 - A Man Is Not an Ox
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1962
When a medical doctor sees similarities between two oxen yoked together for 10 years and Car 54's occupants, the boys try to behave out-of-sync, but fail.
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7.2/1072 votes#4 - Schnauser's Last Ride
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1962
The boys recount what happened when Schnauser was taken off his mounted police route.
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7.3/1074 votes#5 - Toody & Muldoon Sing Along with Mitch
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1962
When the 53rd precinct Whippoorwills audition for Mitch Miller, it's clear which of the 4 is the problem, but who will tell Toody?
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7.9/1088 votes#6 - Occupancy, August 1st
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1962
Mrs. Bronson causes trouble again -- by moving in to her promised apartment on the day it was promised to her -- but it's not finished! Once again she's adept at deflecting all opponents.
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7.2/1067 votes#7 - Remember St. Petersburg
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1962
A fortune-telling scam ring mistakes Leo as royalty, and calls Sylvia with the news. Another mistake has the con artists convincing an undercover Toody that he's royalty, and Leo's his brother.
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7.3/1070 votes#8 - That's Show Business
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1962
Muldoon's sister Peggy lands a part in the play "Waiting for Wednesday" and the boys of the 53rd Precinct become financial backers before learning that it's a gritty play about police brutality.
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8.4/1096 votes#9 - Toody Undercover
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1962
Toody winds up undercover as part of a mob ring. His intimate knowledge of the area (bank layouts, burglar alarms & patrolmen habits) makes him a better crook than cop.
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8.1/1095 votes#10 - I Hate Captain Block
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1962
When Toody takes care of Captain Block's parrot, he decides to teach it to talk. But this backfires when he says he hates Captain Block in front of the bird, and the parrot begins repeating it.
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7.2/1074 votes#11 - A Star Is Born in the Bronx
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1962
Sylvia Schnauser goes into delusional rapture when asked to plug cookies on television.
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7.3/1073 votes#12 - Pretzel Mary
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1962
The boys finally bust a nasty nuisance in the Park - "Pretzel Mary". When they see her deplorable living conditions they replace her furniture - not realizing what they're taking away.
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7.7/1072 votes#13 - 142 Tickets on the Aisle
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1962
When the boys of the 53rd Precinct suddenly show an interest in the clean and uplifting Broadway epic "Little Miss Pioneer," so does the prurient public.
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7.3/1063 votes#14 - Stop Thief
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1963
After overhearing the Captain rehearsing a play in his office, the boys think he's a kleptomaniac! They "cover" for him by re-stealing all his Xmas presents. Can they make things right by the end of Christmas Eve?
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7.6/1069 votes#15 - Je T'Adore Muldoon
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1962
To get girl-shy Francis to ask the Captain's niece to the Mardi Gras Ball, the 53rd conspires to boost his ego. Suddenly, he's a Casanova! Who will go to the Ball?
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8.1/1074 votes#16 - The White Elephant
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1963
A gang buys the cursed eatery next to the bank to drill through the common wall into the vault -- but the boys of the 53rd stop by to see how they're doing, and help them establish a luncheonette instead.
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7.6/1072 votes#17 - Benny the Bookie's Last Chance
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1963
Benny's up for parole yet again, and the boys are sure he's going straight now. They set him up w/a candy store, and when he gets "in trouble" and tries mightily to get back in jail, the 53rd won't hear of it
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7.6/1064 votes#18 - The Presidential Itch
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1963
An unexpected challenger vies to unseat Muldoon in his bid to be reelected as president of the policeman's Brotherhood Club.
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8.0/1082 votes#19 - Toody & Muldoon Meet the Russians
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1963
The boys chaperon two Russian ambassadors, and turn them into American capitalists.
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7.8/1074 votes#20 - Here We Go Again
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963
Muldoon's father, Patrick was a police captain and a hero -- or was he?
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7.4/1065 votes#21 - The Star Boarder
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1963
Gunther and Lucille Toody are trying to make some extra money. They decide to rent a room,taking in a preacher as a paying boarder. He seems as honest as the day is long but is he actually who he says he is?
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8.6/1084 votes#22 - The Biggest Day of the Year
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1963
After Tooday tells Muldoon that "today's a very important day",Muldoon,the men & high ranking officials,try to figure out why it is.
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7.7/1078 votes#23 - Here Comes Charlie
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1963
The boys of the 53rd Precinct attempt to help rehabilitate chronically drunk Charlie by finding him a job where he won't be tempted to drink, but the officers'regular visits to check up on Charlie have an unnerving effect on his teetotalist coworkers. A Larry Storch tour de force!
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7.7/1086 votes#24 - See You at the Bar Mitzvah
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1963
When the boys find out that no one is going to the Bar Mitzvah of one boy on their basketball team because of his hated father, they spring into action.
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8.0/1074 votes#25 - I've Been Here Before
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1963
A criminal gang bases its heists on the plots of the television program "Crimebusters," which program is also one of Officer Toody's favorite shows.
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The Best Episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? Season 2
Every episode of Car 54, Where Are You? Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? Season 2!
The misadventures of two of New York's finest in the 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the short, stocky and dim-witted one, either saves the...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Hail to the Chief" is the best rated episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1962. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "One Sleepy People".