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The Best Episodes of Eight Is Enough Season 2

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Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 13 - Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (1)
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    S2:E13

    The Bradfords celebrate their first Christmas without their late mother,Joan. Nicholas mistakenly assumes the man he finds in the house on Christmas Eve is Santa Claus and lets him steal the Christmas presents, putting Christmas temporaily on hold.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 14 - Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (2)
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    S2:E14

    The kids convince Tom to shoiw some Christmas spirit by bailing Sam out of jail and inviting him to the house for Christmas dinner as they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Tommy receives a special Christmas present from his mom.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 17 - Much Ado about Garbage
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    S2:E17

    With Abby's encouragement, Tom takes a leave of absence to pursue the dream of writing a book about his family. He can't get it published the norman way, but has a special issue done for each member of the family. David goes on a double date with Nancy and they come home with different stories of the same night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  4. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 18 - Dear Ms. Dinah
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    S2:E18

    Abby is upset about when David gives Nicholas a BB gun. Tom's column about garbage causes a controverty when he writes a tongue-in-cheek column. That's when his troubles start to pile up, along with his garbage. Tom is prepared to go to jail rather than reveal his source for his column.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 24 - The Lost Weekend
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    S2:E24

    Abby convinces Tom to spend the weekend with her parents in Pasadena, leaving the kids alone for the weekend. While they are away, despite a rule against having any non-Bradfords in the house, the kids throw a party, but then the house is overrun with chaos and the kids barely manage to get things back in order before Tom and Abby return. A distant cousins shows up on the Bradford doorstep for the flower children.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 2 - Trial Marriage
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    S2:E2

    This episode introduces Betty Buckley in the contract role of Sue "" Abby"" Abbott. At first she was a special guest star. Tommy breaks his ankles at a touch football game and will miss school for five weeks. Mary moves in with her boyfriend, a young psychiatry students [Doug] . Sandra Sue Abbott is sent to tutor Tommy while he is absent from school.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 4 - Double Trouble
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    S2:E4

    After Tom and Abby break up, the Bradford children set Tom up with another woman in an effort to make Abby jealous. Nancy enters the Miss Scaramento beauty contest. David and Tommy hang aroung a laundromat in hopes of meeting girls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 5 - Mortgage Burnin' Blues
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    S2:E5

    Tom throws a party to celebrates paying off the mortage on the Bradford house. Unfortunately, the kids get into a melee when Susan punches a heckler at David and Tommy's singing appreance and Tom has to remortage the house to pay the damages as seven of his children were arrested after a fight in the nightclub. David waits for the results of his contractor's exam. Nicholas felt left out since he was never arrested.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 20 - Seven Days in February
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    S2:E20

    Joannie, Nancy, and Susan meet new guys at a disco over winter break and love times three drives the Bradford household crazy. David's friend tries to convince him to go on a blind date, so he fixes David with one, but the ""date"" turns out to be totally unexepectely...his sister Mary. Tommy desperatiely tries to win rock concert tickets.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 26 - Who's on First?
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    S2:E26

    Joannie directs a talent show to raise money, for the orphanage she is vo;unteering at . Joannie tries to get the whole family to enterain. Nicholas believes ha has seen a UFO, but nobody else believe him. It turns out to be only a practical joke by one of the neighborhood kids. ""Abby"" sing a song she wrote herself. ""SO-LA"". music by Jim Hurt, Ira Newborn and Betty Buckley aho also wrote the lyrics. ""David"" sings a song he wrote hisself. ""Eight is Enough"". lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin, music by Lee Holdridge. This song replaced the original theme song from the next season on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 1 - Is There a Doctor in the House?
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    S2:E1

    Dr. Max shows up on Tom's doorstep after a fight with his wife and ends up staying with the Bradfords, driving them crazy with his fussy ways. David tries to borrow money from his brothers and sisters to cover a bad check he wrote at poker game to cover a debt.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 3 - Triangles
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    S2:E3

    David's new roommate romance both Susan and Joannie.Tom decides he has been neflecting Nicholas and drives Nicholas crazy by spending too much time with him. Tommy organizes a family garage sale to earn money.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 8 - Children of the Groom (1)
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    S2:E8

    After much debate, Tom and Abby decides on November 9th as their wedding date and agree to let the children handle the wedding plans, but it almost does not happen when things get too crazy. Elizabeth and Nicholas are not as excited about the wedding plans as the rest of the Bradford children.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 9 - Children of the Groom (2)
    7.5/10(50 votes)

    S2:E9

    The children get carried away with the weddind plans and nearly cause the wedding to be canceled. Abby asks Elizabeth to be her maid of honor and develop a special relationship.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 15 - A Hair of the Dog
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    S2:E15

    Tom is upset when Abby makes arrangements for Elizabeth to get birth control pills. Tom is drafted into doing a ""Dear Abby"" for the paper. Abby's studies are keeping her busy and leave little time for the family. Abby decides to stay at home more and drives everyone, including herself a little crazy trying to be a Betty Crocker-type. David and Tommy fix Abby's car.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 22 - Great Expectations
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    S2:E22

    Frustrated by the transporation arrangements, Tommy, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Susan buy their own car. Tom is upset that Tommy is failing English and pressures him to get a good grade. Tom learns a lesson about parental pressure when Tommy, trying to please him,buys a term paper from a high school hustler. Joannie wants Nicholas to play Prince Charming in her play.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 7 - The Bard and the Bod
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    S2:E7

    Joannie agrees to do a nude scene in a shakespearean play and is relives when Tom says he can't make it to the show, or so it goes. [Obviously, a sweeps stunt.] Abby's former father-in-law visits and she is hesitant to introuduce him to Tom and tell him about her plans to marry him. David arranges for Tom to buy an engagement ring for Abby through a friend at work, but it turns out to be too hot to handle.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 10 - I Quit
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    S2:E10

    Tom and Abby take the kids to San Francisco where Tom is scheduled to accept an award for his column anbd the trip doubles as a honeymoon. Mary is upset when she is rejected by a medical school and Abby wants to contact an old friend to help her get in. The kids wrangle their way along the trip as chaos begins.

    Director:David Swift
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 21 - The Boyfriend
    7.3/10(46 votes)

    S2:E21

    Susan and Tom are jealous when Abby spends too much time with Susan's new boyfriend she brought home for dinner, and Abby strikes up too much connection with her date. Nicholas is appointed water monitor at home during a water shortage, and gets fired for being too tough. Tommy gets into trouble at school and wrongly assumes he's home-free when the principal calls David instead of Tom.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 25 - Poor Little Rich Girl
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    S2:E25

    David meets an attractive young woman who is the daughter of a wealthy construction man. Joannie tries to get the family to communicate better using encounter-like truth games. Tom, which helping Nicholas build a car, takes over completely.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 6 - Dark Horse
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    S2:E6

    Mary runs for a seat of the Board of Education and enlists the famil's help on her campaign. Abby is too busy to keep her dates with Tom. Tom proposes to Abby after she and Mary are able to work out their difficulties over Mary's running for the school board. Abby accepts Tom's proposal.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 11 - All's Fair in Love and War
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    S2:E11

    Abby coordinates Spring cleaning at the Bradford house. Mary is upset when the son of Tom's friend comes to Sacramento to open an army recuriting office on campus, which does not please her liberal anti-war feelings. Over the course of time they learn to respect each other's beliefs. Tom gets the wrong idea when he spots Mary and Richard in a hug. Tommy helps Nicholas deal with a school bully. Another of Tommy's money making schemes backfires.

    Director:David Swift
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  23. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 19 - Hard Hats and Hard Heads
    7.2/10(42 votes)

    S2:E19

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    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 16 - Author, Author!
    7.0/10(44 votes)

    S2:E16

    The family gives Tom a day of peace for his birthday, and it drives him crazy. David goes for the weekend and gives Tommy the use of his apartment but Tommy winds up throwing a party. Abby's parenting skills are tested when Tommy gets drunk.

    Directors:Irving J. Moore, Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  25. Eight Is Enough Season 2 Episode 12 - The Return of Auntie V
    6.8/10(55 votes)

    S2:E12

    Tom's eccentric sister Auntie V returns for another visit with the Bradfords. She surprises Tom and Abby with a new house as a wedding present. The kids are excited, but as they fix up the house for sale they begin to fall in love with it again. Nancy wants to expand her horizons by going on a cruise with Auntie V. Nancy falls for the estate agent who is trying to sell the Bradford house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (1)" is the best rated episode of "Eight Is Enough" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/14/1977. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (2)".