6.7/1083 votes#1 - The Dentist
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1994
Paige refers Ellen to a handsome dentist and Ellen hopes the professional visit might lead to a personal relationship. However, her serious flirtations have unexpected results when a few whiffs of laughing gas unleash her primal instincts. Meanwhile, Adam can't seem to decide whether he wants to date a woman or not.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 6.8/1080 votes
#2 - Saint Ellen
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1994
When Ellen learns that the show-biz party she crashed was for charity, she tries to make amends by going on a volunteering binge.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 6.4/1080 votes
#3 - The Thirty-Minute Man
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1994
Ellen flips for a customer whose visits to the bookstore spice up her life, but her rising hopes for romance fall flat when she learns he's a pizza delivery man who savors his work.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1079 votes
#4 - The Note
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1994
Stumbling upon evidence that someone in her reading group dislikes her, a downcast Ellen stoops to spying in order to root out and win over the malcontent.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
- 6.6/1077 votes
#5 - The Fix-Up
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1994
When Ellen's blind date, whom she remembers as a childhood weirdo, turns out to be a perfectly normal guy, she's eager to pursue the relationship, but a series of complications convinces him that she's the one who's strange.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Richard Day
- 6.7/1081 votes
#6 - So Funny
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1994
Ellen feels threatened by Adam's visiting friend, Theresa, whose humor rivals her own. But when Ellen sees her own jealousy drive her comic competitor away, she literally flies to make amends.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1081 votes
#7 - The Toast
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1994
When Ellen hosts the wedding rehearsal dinner for her brother and his bride-to-be, she unintentionally causes their breakup.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1077 votes
#8 - Adam's Birthday
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1994
Convinced that Ellen is limiting his potential, Adam moves out, leaving Ellen with limitless possibilities as to what to do with his vacant room.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1075 votes
#9 - The Trainer
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1994
To help Paige appease her demanding movie-producer boss, Ellen pretends to be his exercise trainer. But when the boss offers Ellen a development job, Paige has a fit.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1078 votes
#10 - Mrs. Koger
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1994
Ellen speaks her mind to her cranky old neighbor who then dies. Meanwhile, she hires a pushy new bookstore manager with a history of mental problems.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Richard Day
- 6.6/1076 votes
#11 - Ellen's New Friend
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1994
Ellen tries to make a new friend without offending Audrey, the person who introduced them. Meanwhile, Adam inherits historical family letters.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 6.5/1083 votes
#12 - The Christmas Show
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1994
Ellen's holidays are bittersweet, thanks to an acerbic new employee and a sugarcoated suitor. Meanwhile, Paige agonizes over what to get her overly sensitive mother for Christmas.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1086 votes
#13 - Ellen's Improvement
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1995
Ellen goes on a scholastic kick to expand her cultural horizons, and impresses an attractive college professor along the way. Meanwhile, unlikely lovebirds Joe and Stephanie move in together--at the bookstore.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark
- 6.5/1079 votes
#14 - The Apartment Hunt
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1995
Ellen is determined to help Audrey find an apartment, as far away from hers as possible. Meanwhile, Paige dates an alternate juror for a high-profile Hollywood trial and Adam tries to catch a newspaper thief.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 7.0/1082 votes
#15 - The Spa
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1995
Paige persuades Ellen to relieve stress at a health spa, but the rigorous regime creates tension between them. Meanwhile, Adam tries to broaden his circle of friends, starting with Joe.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1077 votes
#16 - Ballet Class
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1995
Determined to fulfill a childhood dream, Ellen takes ballet lessons and sets her sights on dancing the lead in her class recital.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Richard Day
- 6.4/1081 votes
#17 - Guns 'N Ellen
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1995
After her apartment is robbed, Ellen goes on a safety spree, but her obsession with security makes her a model of insecurity.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark
- 6.4/1075 votes
#18 - The Sleep Clinic
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1995
When Ellen starts losing sleep over her erotic dreams about Adam, she goes into therapy. However, Audrey is having fantasies about Adam also, vowing to make them reality.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 7.0/1080 votes
#19 - Gladiators
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1995
Ellen reluctantly becomes a contestant on American Gladiators, then becomes fighting mad when her female combatant, Ice, ruins her budding romance with gladiator Nitro.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Richard Day
- 7.0/1084 votes
#20 - $5,000
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/22/1995
Ellen feels like an angel when she donates her tax refund to charity, but she has a devil of a time recouping the cash when Uncle Sam demands it back.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark
- 6.6/1076 votes
#21 - Three Strikes
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1995
Ellen joins an animal rights group, gets thrown in jail and winds up in the custody of her parents.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss
- 6.1/1078 votes
#22 - The Therapy Episode
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/1995
Ellen feels guilty about lying to her mother, but when her therapist prescribes a dose of total honesty, the truth proves to be more than the family bargained for.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Mark Driscoll
- 6.1/1076 votes
#23 - Thirty Kilo Man (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/1995
Ellen rekindles her romance with ex-boyfriend Dan, who returns from Rome with a brilliant new career. However, Ellen soon discovers that his venture involves a shady substance.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1080 votes
#24 - Thirty Kilo Man (2)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1995
Ellen's relationship with Dan heats up, Adam caves in to Audrey's burning desire, and Paige feels left out in the cold.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Ellen Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Dentist" is the best rated episode of "Ellen" season 2. It scored 6.7/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by Mark Driscoll, it aired on 9/21/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Saint Ellen".