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The Best Episodes of Happy Endings Season 2

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The Best Episodes of Happy Endings Season 2

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  1. 8.2/10(311 votes)

    #1 - The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre

    S2:E13

    Penny has a new boyfriend she wants to dump and Dave is afraid his new girlfriend is about to dump him. Alex goes looking for a party in the sketchy part of town, and Brad's hopes for a perfect night out for Jane are dashed when a dental appointment goes terribly wrong. Max picks up a couple with his limo only to find that one of the passengers is Grant, the boyfriend he broke up with a year ago.

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    Director:Joe Russo
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.2/10(285 votes)

    #2 - Big White Lies

    S2:E20

    Things spiral out of control after Penny tells a white lie to avoid an irritating childhood friend. Dave and Max's lonely and jealous landlord falls for Alex.

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    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.1/10(304 votes)

    #3 - Cocktails & Dreams

    S2:E16

    Dave gets a liquor license for his food truck, making it a new hot spot. The gang avoids Dave because his signature drink gives them sex dreams about him.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(273 votes)

    #4 - The Kerkovich Way

    S2:E17

    A panicked Alex enlists Jane's help in convincing Dave that something he's certain happened never did using "The Kerkovich Way," an ancient Serbian memory-wiping technique passed down through the Kerkovich clan. Meanwhile, Penny and Max are determined to finally beat an annoyingly perfect couple in the annual Rosalita's Run and Scavenger Hunt.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.1/10(288 votes)

    #5 - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and One Funeral)

    S2:E21

    The gang find themselves at yet another wedding, this time the nuptials of Derrick and Eric. Brad struggles to tell Jane something important, Jane tries to find a way to help Eric hide the fact that the pricey reception must be downscaled, and Max tries to find the courage to perform with his old all-male Madonna cover band. Meanwhile, a dateless Penny is sad that she's at another wedding, alone, until she meets cute guy Chris via Skype.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(320 votes)

    #6 - Spooky Endings

    S2:E5

    Penny, Max, Dave and Alex head to a Halloween warehouse party, where their costumes don't have the effect they anticipated. Meanwhile, Jane and Brad spend their Halloween house sitting for some friends in the suburbs.

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    Director:Fred Savage
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.0/10(273 votes)

    #7 - The Butterfly Effect Effect

    S2:E15

    The friends wait for Brad and Jane's annual "Spring Smackdown," their yearly blowout of a domestic squabble, to let them know when Max will come out of hibernation and when winter will end.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.9/10(263 votes)

    #8 - Party of Six

    S2:E18

    After years of bad luck every time the gang celebrates Penny's birthday, the gang starts to believe the day is cursed.

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    Director:Fred Goss
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.8/10(334 votes)

    #9 - The Code War

    S2:E7

    When Max's high school girlfriend Angie, the girl he dated before he realized he was gay, returns to town, Penny (who was Max's girlfriend in college) starts to feel jealous. Meanwhile, Alex starts to develop an unusual crush on Max. When Dave starts dating Angie, Max becomes angry and declares a "code war". Jane finds out that Brad has a "work wife", so she sets out to obtain a "work husband".

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    Director:N/A
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  11. 7.7/10(325 votes)

    #10 - Blax, Snake, Home

    S2:E1

    Alex and Dave to decide that they should be honest with each other. Penny buys a new condo and declares that it's "The Year of Penny", the year where everything will start going her way. Max tries to find out why Brad hasn't been hanging out with him lately.

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    Director:Anthony Russo
    Writer:Josh Bycel
  12. 7.7/10(282 votes)

    #11 - Makin' Changes

    S2:E12

    Jane encourages Penny to find a man and then change him to suit her expectations. Alex stages an intervention to stop Dave from his obsession with V-neck shirts.

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  13. 7.6/10(307 votes)

    #12 - Baby Steps

    S2:E2

    Alex's new T-shirts intended for children end up being a hit with with teenagers. Jane searches for the child she believes was conceived from an egg she donated years ago. Max starts working at Dave's food truck.

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  14. 7.6/10(266 votes)

    #13 - Everybody Loves Grant

    S2:E14

    When the whole gang, with the exception of Dave, falls in love with Grant, Max wonders if he really is good enough to date the "perfect" guy. Meanwhile, Dave sets out to prove he's way cooler than Max's new boyfriend.

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    Director:N/A
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  15. 7.6/10(253 votes)

    #14 - You Snooze, You Bruise

    S2:E19

    Dave finds himself bullied at the gym by Corey, and former bully Alex coaches him on how to fight back. Meanwhile, the residents at Brad and Jane's condo are fed up with Jane being too controlling as president of their home owners' association, and rise up to challenge her for the job.

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  16. 7.5/10(276 votes)

    #15 - The Shrink, the Dare, Her Date and Her Brother

    S2:E10

    Dave has a surprising reaction when his shrink starts dating Penny. Max and Jane's fight over a sweater leads to a strange competition, and Alex and Brad bond when they discover a shared interest.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.4/10(298 votes)

    #16 - Yesandwitch

    S2:E3

    Penny's mom Dana visits, however, Penny learns that her mom's inspiring upbeat attitude is hiding some bad news, which leads Penny to decide to give her mom a reality check. Max plays tour guide to some tourists in his new limo with the help of Brad and Jane.

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    Director:Joe Russo
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.4/10(290 votes)

    #17 - Secrets and Limos

    S2:E4

    Jane convinces Penny to make a vision board to visualize the path to her dreams, although everything doesn't go according to plan. Brad finds it hard to relate to his stern boss until the guy sees Max's limo. Dave is reluctant to let the gang to meet his new girlfriend.

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  19. 7.4/10(272 votes)

    #18 - Lying Around

    S2:E6

    Brad discovers that Jane's old sorority sister is coming for a visit, so he lies and says he has a work retreat out of town, when he's actually on "staycation" in a fancy hotel in the city. Penny becomes jealous when Alex dates her former boyfriend Liam, and Max and Dave make a commercial to promote the "Steak Me Home Tonight" food truck.

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    Director:Fred Savage
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.4/10(268 votes)

    #19 - Grinches Be Crazy

    S2:E9

    Max agrees to dress up as Santa for Penny's charity event. Jane accidently gives housekeeper Gita the envelope stuffed with money for their big Xmas getaway to Turks & Caicos, instead of the $200 Christmas tip she had planned. Dave cashes in all the homemade coupons Alex gave him as gifts from past Christmases.

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  21. 7.4/10(275 votes)

    #20 - Meat the Parrots

    S2:E11

    Dave's father comes to town to introduce his new girlfriend, who turns out to be Penny's mother, Dana. Alex decides to adopt a pet parrot that turns out to be not so charming. Alex enlists Brad and Max's help, as she is convinced the Chinese restaurant next door is a front for a brothel.

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  22. 7.0/10(272 votes)

    #21 - Full Court Dress

    S2:E8

    Jane needs a dress to wear to her charity event, but she's a little leery when Alex offers to design one for her. Penny helps a panicked Max babysit his niece and nephew, and Dave and Brad's new friendship with their oddball mailman, Drew, isn't quite what they had hoped for.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre" is the best rated episode of "Happy Endings" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 311 votes. Directed by Joe Russo and written by N/A, it aired on 2/8/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Big White Lies".