7.6/10872 votes#1 - Poppy's By the Tree (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1987
In the second season opener, the Bundys go to a sleazy, dumpy motel in Dumpwater Florida. Trouble head their way when an axe murderer, who hates tourists, arrives.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.4/10832 votes#2 - Poppy's By the Tree (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
Peg is kidnapped by the axe murderer and it's up to Al to save her.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.6/10769 votes#3 - If I Were a Rich Man
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Al and Steve visit the vault at Steve's bank and the next day, one million dollars is reported missing. Peg and the kids hear about it and worship Al thinking that he stole the money and that they are now a wealthy family.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.7/10797 votes#4 - Buck Can Do It
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1987
One of the Bundys neighbors threaten to sue when Buck the dog mates with their dog, and asks the Bundys to neuter Buck, which Al refuses to do.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.8/10805 votes#5 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1987
Marcy and Steve have a fight, which leads to Marcy joining Peggy and her friends going to a strip club, where Marcy accidentally loses her wedding ring ... down a stripper's pants.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
7.9/10779 votes#6 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (2)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1987
A stripper shows up at Al's with Marcy's wedding ring. Al convinces Steve to make Marcy feel guilty about losing it, and confronts Peg about what she was doing at the strip club.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
7.9/10770 votes#7 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1987
The phone company cuts off the phone service to the Bundy household after Al refuses to pay for a phone call he did not make. This annoys Peggy, Kelly, and the rest of the neighborhood.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Katherine Green
7.6/10736 votes#8 - Born to Walk
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1987
Al fails his test for renewing his license on the same day Kelly gets hers.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.0/10776 votes#9 - Alley of the Dolls
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1987
Peg meets and old rival from high school and their two families face off at a bowling match to see who the real loser is. With the Bundy team being one player short, Steve has to step in to help.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.0/10757 votes#10 - The Razor's Edge
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1987
A fight with Marcy about his newly grown beard makes Steve spend a few nights at the Bundy household, which everyone is happy about, except Peggy and Marcy.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.6/10753 votes#11 - How do You Spell Revenge?
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1987
Al tries to improve Peg's softball skills while Kelly's boyfriend asks her to prove her love to him by getting a tattoo.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.1/10804 votes#12 - Earth Angel
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1987
Bud meets a 21 year old art student in the park and brings her to the Bundy household. Everybody seems to like her but Marcy, who plans to get rid of her.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.4/10880 votes#13 - You Better Watch Out
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1987
This Christmas episode tells about Santa Claus, who is late showing up at the mall. His parachute doesn't open up and he falls off his sleigh and onto the Bundy property ... dead.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Katherine Green
7.6/10752 votes#14 - Guys and Dolls
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1988
Al and Steve have to go out to the streets looking for Marcy's old Barbie doll, that they traded for two rare baseball cards, not knowing that Marcy wanted to keep the doll.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.9/10758 votes#15 - Build a Better Mousetrap
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1988
A mouse finds its way into the Bundy home. Too manly and proud to hire an exterminator, Al sets on killing the mouse, even if it means he has to tear the house down and damage it to shreds.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.0/10759 votes#16 - Master the Possibilities
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1988
When the mailman delivers a credit card pre-approved for Buck the Dog, the Bundys go on a spending spree.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.5/10715 votes#17 - Peggy Loves Al, Yeah Yeah, Yeah
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1988
On Valentines day, Bud awaits his first valentine, Kelly has a load of valentines to choose from, Steve plans on taking Marcy to Hawaii, and Peg wants Al to say "I love you" to her.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.9/10750 votes#18 - The Great Escape
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1988
The Bundy home is fumigated for termites, forcing the family to spend the night in the shoe store, where a grounded Kelly tends to sneak out to get to a rock concert.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.9/10733 votes#19 - Im-Po-Dent
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1988
Marcy dents Steve's new Mercedes and heavily regrets it. Revenge brings Steve to claim she made him impotent and he uses her as his personal servant.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
8.3/10836 votes#20 - Just Married ... With Children
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/6/1988
Having filled in an application for the Rhoades' to be on a game show, Al and Peg appear on the game show for newlyweds - "How Do I Love Thee", portraying Steve and Marcy.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.7/10713 votes#21 - Father Lode
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1988
Al tries to keep his race track winnings a secret, while Peg starts taking money from Al's wallet.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.5/10785 votes#22 - All in the Family
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/1988
Peg's hillbilly relatives from W* County pay a visit. Fighting uncles, singing triplet aunts, whose showbiz career is threatened by Al's inputs, and Al is trying all he can to watch the John Wayne film "Hondo."
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Married... with Children Season 2
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Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is...
Genre:Comedy
Network:FOX
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Poppy's By the Tree (1)" is the best rated episode of "Married... with Children" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 872 votes. Directed by Linda Day and written by Ron Leavitt, it aired on 9/27/1987. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Poppy's By the Tree (2)".