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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2

Every episode of Hey Arnold! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2

The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

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  1. 8.2/10(235 votes)

    #1 - Longest Monday

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    S2:E7

    Schoolyard tradition has it that on the first Monday of June each year, the fifth graders throw the fourth graders into trash cans. So, Arnold and Gerald try to make a run for it. As more people are thrown into trash cans and the fifth graders know all the routes, Arnold and Gerald find out eluding the fifth graders is harder that they thought.

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  2. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Best Friends

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    S2:E21

    Rhonda and Nadine fall out over working on a project at school, leaving Arnold to work with both of them separately.

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  3. 7.8/10(180 votes)

    #3 - Phoebe Cheats

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    S2:E17

    In this variation of "The Tell-Tale Heart", Phoebe plagiarizes from a poetry book and uses one of the poems as her entry in a poetry contest. She wins, with her prize being a trophy resembling poet Emily Dickinson. Then, the trophy haunts Phoebe into confessing.

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  4. 7.7/10(183 votes)

    #4 - Save the Tree

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    S2:E1

    Arnold and the gang must stop Big Bob from chopping down the oldest tree in town.

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    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  5. 7.7/10(160 votes)

    #5 - Hookey

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    S2:E15

    Arnold and Gerald bunk off school, but their day is ruined by their fear of being found out.

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    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Jim Ryan
  6. 7.6/10(168 votes)

    #6 - Gerald's Secret

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    S2:E4

    Gerald's secret is revealed; he doesn't know how to ride a bike, so Arnold teaches him how.

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  8. 7.6/10(160 votes)

    #7 - Arnold's Halloween

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    S2:E13

    Arnold and Gerald send the neighborhood alien crazy as they broadcast a mock Halloween radio show.

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  9. 7.6/10(170 votes)

    #8 - Freeze Frame

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    S2:E16

    Arnold and Gerald go around the city following "Porkpie", a mysterious man caught on film. They suspect, because of the clues, that Porkpie are planning to kill "Marty", who turns out to be Mr. Green.

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    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  10. 7.6/10(148 votes)

    #9 - Gerald Moves Out

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    S2:E19

    Gerald, getting tired of his family bugging him, moves out of his home and into Arnold's boarding house, only to realize emancipation is not all it is cracked up to be.

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  11. 7.6/10(138 votes)

    #10 - The High Life

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    S2:E20

    Gerald becomes an entrepreneur out of selling watches until the market becomes saturated.

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    Director:Derek Drymon
    Writer:Lesa Kite
  12. 7.5/10(186 votes)

    #11 - New Teacher

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    S2:E2

    When the kids make their new teacher, Mr. Simmons, quit his job, the replacement makes them realize what they lost.

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    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  13. 7.5/10(170 votes)

    #12 - Helga's Love Potion

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    S2:E3

    Helga drinks a potion to lose all feelings for Arnold.

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  14. 7.5/10(161 votes)

    #13 - The Big Scoop

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    S2:E5

    Arnold and Gerald compete against Helga for the school newspaper.

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    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  15. 7.5/10(167 votes)

    #14 - Harold's Kitty

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    S2:E6

    When Harold is walking in the street, he finds a kitty that belongs to an old lady and he takes it, but then everybody appears, and Harold has to surrender the kitty to the old lady.

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  16. 7.5/10(160 votes)

    #15 - Monkey Business

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    S2:E9

    An organ grinder's monkey kisses Helga, who's convinced she has caught 'monkeynucleosis'.

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    Director:Tuck Tucker
  17. 7.5/10(162 votes)

    #16 - Big Caesar

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    S2:E10

    Arnold and Gerald do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish, the legendary "Big Caesar".

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  18. 7.5/10(155 votes)

    #17 - Mud Bowl

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    S2:E18

    Wolfgang and his gang of fifth graders challenge Arnold and his friends to a football game, but he has to first persuade them that his plays are good enough for them to win.

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  19. 7.4/10(157 votes)

    #18 - Eugene's Pet

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    S2:E8

    After Arnold accidentally kills Eugene's fish with a yo-yo, he must do something to make up for it.

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  20. 7.4/10(148 votes)

    #19 - Ransom

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    S2:E11

    Gerald and Arnold get on the case when Timberly loses her Barney-esque doll.

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  21. 7.4/10(157 votes)

    #20 - Ms. Perfect

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    S2:E12

    The new girl is teased at school by Helga and the other girls, but she's soon accepted by everyone.

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    Director:Steve Socki
  22. 7.4/10(182 votes)

    #21 - Arnold Saves Sid

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    S2:E14

    After Arnold saves Sid from an injury, Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness.

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  23. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Steely Phil

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    S2:E22

    Arnold's Grandpa enters a Chinese Checkers tournament to reclaim his pride lost forty years ago. Robby Fisher's name is a parody of Bobby Fischer.

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  24. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Quantity Time

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    S2:E23

    Helga's mother tries to let her and her father, Bob, bond.

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    Director:Steve Socki
  25. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Eating Contest

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    S2:E24

    Arnold follows in his Grandpa's footsteps and competes in the annual block party eating contest. After much munching Old Football Head goes stomach to stomach with eating legend Seymour 'The Disposal'.

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  26. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Rhonda's Glasses

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    S2:E25

    Rhonda gets glasses and finds out what it is like to be a "Geek".

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Longest Monday" is the best rated episode of "Hey Arnold!" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 235 votes. Directed by Larry Leichliter, Derek Drymon and written by Jonathan Greenberg, it aired on 10/1/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Best Friends".