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The Best Episodes of Life Goes On Season 2

Every episode of Life Goes On Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Life Goes On Season 2!

Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 1 - Honeymoon from Hell
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    #1 - Honeymoon from Hell

    S2:E1

    The Thatchers win a problem-plagued church raffle trip to Hawaii.

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 2 - Corky and the Dolphins
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    #2 - Corky and the Dolphins

    S2:E2

    While in Hawaii, Corky goes dolphin-riding and Becca falls for a surfer. (Part 2 of 2)

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  3. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 3 - The Visitor
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    #3 - The Visitor

    S2:E3

    Libby discovers she's expecting again, and the family fears the consequences of a pregnancy at her age.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Michael Nankin

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  4. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 4 - Becca and the Band
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    #4 - Becca and the Band

    S2:E4

    Rona and Tyler break up because Rona lied to him and went to a frat party. Becca becomes manager of Tyler's band and sets up a gig for them at the opening of the new mall with the prerequisite that there has to be a female singer in the band. Tyler asks Becca nad she agrees. At the last minute she backs out and asks a friend to do it and Tyler ends up leaving with Becca's friend, leaving the Bec depressed. Also, Libby is offered a chance to leave the restaurant and return to her old high-pressure, but higher-paying job.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 5 - The Banquet Room Renovation
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    #5 - The Banquet Room Renovation

    S2:E5

    Drew decides to turn the back room of the restaurant into a banquet room in hopes of bringing in more money. He gets funding from Farmer Jack on the condition that Drew use his son (Teddy) as a worker. Drew agrees. Drew and the kid develop a father/son like relationship. Corky is jealous and tries to help but causes more damage than good, which Drew blames on Teddy until Corky tells him the truth. Meanwhile, Libby, back at her old job tries to dig up a canine star for a gourmet dog-food commercial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 6 - Halloween
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    #6 - Halloween

    S2:E6

    Halloween scares up a bad time for all: Libby and Drew at Jerry's big party, Corky at the school masquerade, and Becca who is home alone. The horror movies she's watching start to get to her. The lights go out, an intruder breaks in- it turns out to be Tyler. Confusion abounds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 7 - Chicken Pox
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    #7 - Chicken Pox

    S2:E7

    Becca dreams about figure skating with a man. She wakes up with the chicken pox and has to stay home sick. Tyler comes to visit her several times to tell her about his problems with Rona. He and Becca become closer until Rona shows up ( just when they're about to kiss!)and steals him back from her. Meanwhile, Drew hires a waitress at the grill and comes down with the pox. Corky also gets sick and thinks that Becca got him sick on purpose. Paige's boyfrind (the vet) has gone to a conference and then will be moving back home to take over his father's practice. She wants Libby to go to a spa with her that weekend and think about going with him. The decision is made for her when she finds out the vet wants to get married to a another woman. After all 3 Thatcher's get over the pox, Libby comes down with a nervous rash from all her stress and is bed-ridden for the weekend and left to fend for herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 8 - La Dolce Becca
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    #8 - La Dolce Becca

    S2:E8

    Becca gets a crush on a French student and Maxi with this French guy's friend. They have high hope of getting in with this ""mature"" crowd. She and Maxi go to a bar with these boys and Maxi gets drunk. Becca tells her mom the next morning to get some help for Maxi's hangover. Becca's mom ends up telling Maxi's mother what happened after giving her word to Becca that it was just between them. Becca and Maxi get into a fight and Maxi is in with the mature crowd. Becca ditches school and gets grounded but has to go out that night when she recieves a call from Maxi because one of these guys had left her stranded. She gets caught sneaking back in the house. Side plot: A lady is choking in the restaurant, Corky runs to get Drew who gives the lady the Heimlich maneuver and the two of them become heros. Later the lady sues Drew for $ 25,000 because supposedly he broke one of her ribs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 9 - A Thacher Thanksgiving
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    #9 - A Thacher Thanksgiving

    S2:E9

    Corky pictures the family at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving; Drew, opening the restaurant for the holiday, meets an old classmate who is homeless.

    Director:Charles Braverman
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 10 - Libby's Sister
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    #10 - Libby's Sister

    S2:E10

    Tension between Becca and Drew isn't helped by the arrival of Libby's sister Gina (Mary Page Keller) and neice Zoe ( Leigh Ann Orsi).

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 11 - The Buddy
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    #11 - The Buddy

    S2:E11

    A fun-loving old buddy brightens up Drew's life, but the man has a shady side. Meanwhile, Becca and Zoe squabble over room sharing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 12 - The Bicycle Thief
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    #12 - The Bicycle Thief

    S2:E12

    Corky resolves to enter a 50k bike race despite his father's objections, and makes friends with another biker who is epileptic. He bought a brand-spanking new bike from a guy in the bike store who had a crush on Paige. The bike was stolen, and Zoe, seeing Corky's heartbreak, stole him an almost identical one. The truth wins out, though, and all gets cleared up in the end.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 13 - Isn't It Romantic
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    #13 - Isn't It Romantic

    S2:E13

    Cupid is shooting arrows at almost everyone. First Hans gets a crush on a lady that delivers newspapers whose husband just died. Kent, Paige's motorcycle man returns and aings ""Wild Thing"" to her at the Grill and they get back together. Becca has to dissect a frog in biology and her partner is a boy named Matt. They have an up and down relationship but still end up together rather than as friends. Tyler catches them smooching in the hall and becomes jealous. He sneaks into Becca's room that night and proclaims his feelings to her only to find out that it is Zoe he is talking to...Becca is out with Matt. Jerry develops a crush on Gina and they go out on a date provided that only the human part of Jerry is allowed on the date and if Jerry shows up, the date is over.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 14 - The Bigger Picture
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    #14 - The Bigger Picture

    S2:E14

    Gina despairs when nothing she does is right in the eye of her mother, and Corky despairs when his special-ed substitute suddenly takes leave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 15 - Last Stand in Glen Brook
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    #15 - Last Stand in Glen Brook

    S2:E15

    Becca organizes a '60s-style protest in support of a record store owner (Quincy Jones) arrested for selling allegedly obscene material. She begins having nightmares of ""Thought Police"" (censorship cops) storming through Glenn Brook.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 16 - Head over Heels
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    #16 - Head over Heels

    S2:E16

    Becca does a double flip over her gymnastics coach-as does Gina over a handyman (Michael St. Gerard) several years her junior.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 17 - Corky's Travels
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    #17 - Corky's Travels

    S2:E17

    Corky gets lost and wanders around the mean streets of Chicago. He meets a kindhearted, young hooker who gives him his first sexual experience-essentially a few long kisses. ( The episode is intentionally vague over whether they went further.) Corky is shadowed (and mystically guided) throughout the evening by a semi-mythic blues singer, the great Leon Redbone. Becca and Tyler spend a rainy, frustrated evening driving around Chicago looking for Corky, and end up smooching in the car. This episode was filmed mostly in black and white.

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 18 - Thanks a Bunch, Dr. Lamaze
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    #18 - Thanks a Bunch, Dr. Lamaze

    S2:E18

    Drew confronts his feelings about them having yet another child. He comes through in the end when another woman goes into labor early. Becca makes muck over athlete's unearned grades-only to muddy herself.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 19 - Ghost of Grandpa Past
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    #19 - Ghost of Grandpa Past

    S2:E19

    Drew is having doubts about the restaurant and keeps having conversations with his Grandfather. I think in the end he decides on the new look for the restaurant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 20 - Arthur
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    #20 - Arthur

    S2:E20

    Corky befriends an older man with Down Syndrome who leads a kind of life that Corky would like to lead.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 21 - Lighter Than Air
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    #21 - Lighter Than Air

    S2:E21

    Libby cooks up a great ad for a line of diet frozen foods; Corky and Zoe paly Sherlock Holmes and snoop into Tyler's furtive behavior.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Life Goes On Season 2 Episode 22 - Proms and Prams
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    #22 - Proms and Prams

    S2:E22

    Expectations run high as Becca awaits Tyler's invitation to the prom, and Libby expects her baby. Patti Lupone sings ""More Than You Know"".

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Honeymoon from Hell" is the best rated episode of "Life Goes On" season 2. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Rick Rosenthal and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/16/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Corky and the Dolphins".