6.9/1063 votes#1 - Oil's Well That Ends Well
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1961
Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.8/1064 votes#2 - Amusement Park
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/1961
Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after running out of gas. But Brutus sabotages Popeye's car and steals away Olive.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Howard A. Schneider
6.4/1050 votes#3 - Motor Knocks
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/1961
Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after running out of gas. But Brutus sabotages Popeye's car and steals away Olive.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Al Pross
6.9/1065 votes#4 - Duel to the Finish
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/1961
Brutus kidnaps swee'pee and sells him to an amusement park freak-show.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Seymour Kneitel
6.1/1064 votes#5 - Gem Jam
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1961
In India, the Sea Hag hypnotizes Olive into stealing the sacred emerald from the crown of a jade idol, which puts a curse on the unwitting thief.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Isadore Klein
6.5/1052 votes#6 - The Bathing Beasts
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/29/1961
Olive's new car attracts the attention of Popeye and Brutus, an argument breaks out over who will sit in the front seat, to settle things Olive suggests they enter a strong-man contest and the winner sits in the front.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Irving Dressler
6.4/1051 votes#7 - The Rain Breaker
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/3/1961
Popeye meets Thor The God of Thunder and must save a fair maiden trapped high in ye olde castle.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Isadore Klein
6.3/1054 votes#8 - Messin' Up the Mississippi
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/1961
Popeye becomes the headline attraction on a show-boat, Brutus as always, is jealous of his fame.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
5.7/1065 votes#9 - Love Birds
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/31/1961
Popeye buys Olive's lovebird a boyfriend. The two lovebirds, named Romeo and Juliet, quarrel and Romeo flies away. Olive demands that Popeye bring him back.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.3/1063 votes#10 - Sea Serpent
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/1961
Olive doesn't have time to be with Popeye. When she meets a man who knows about a Sea Serpent, Popeye is incredulous and finds evidence that he is a fake
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.4/1050 votes#11 - Boardering on Trouble
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/1961
Popeye and Brutus are owners of a nightclub and restaurant, a fight breaks out between them when their guest, Miss Oyl, can't decide on spending her night at dinner or watching a show.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
5.9/1064 votes#12 - Aladdin's Lamp
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/29/1961
Popeye chases down the Sea Hag in order to take back the magic lamp she stole from Olive.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.3/1054 votes#13 - Butler Up
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/2/1961
An old school friend of Olive Oyl's turns up for dinner, to impress him Olive asks Popeye to be her butler.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Isadore Klein
6.7/1055 votes#14 - The Leprechaun
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/1961
The Sea Hag steals a leprechaun's gold, the leprechaun turns to Popeye for help.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.1/1058 votes#15 - County Fair
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 5/5/1961
Popeye and Brutus are farmers who enter a county fair contest to see who's the best.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.2/1052 votes#16 - Hamburgers Aweigh
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/10/1961
Wimpy hears that Popeye has a cargo of Hamburgers, he offers to help protect them.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
6.6/1055 votes#17 - Popeye's Double Trouble
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/28/1961
The Sea Hag tries to curse Popeye with bad luck, But accidently gives him three wishes instead.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
7.0/1057 votes#18 - Kiddie Kapers
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 6/3/1961
Brutus goes to see the Sea Hag in the hopes that she will make him a youth potion to impress Olive. The potion changes his whole appearance and everything goes to plan until Olive finds out who he really is.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
6.4/1059 votes#19 - The Mark of Zero
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 6/3/1961
Popeye tells Olive's niece the story of the Mark of Zero, starring himself as the good guy and Brutus as the villain.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Irving Dressler
6.6/1054 votes#20 - Myskery Melody
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 6/3/1961
Poopdeck Pappy is suddenly frightened of a mysterious flute melody that wafts through the air. At first Popeye and Olive cannot hear the haunting melody, but Pappy tells them about when he was attracted to a young woman, a jewel of the sea, who tried to seduce him but turned out to be Wicked Seahag in disguise.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Seymour Kneitel
6.7/1054 votes#21 - Scairdy Cat
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 6/4/1961
Popeye drinks a potion which turns him into a coward, Brutus tries to take his place as Olive Oyl's date and Popeye finally manages to get hold of some spinach which gives him back his bravery.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
6.3/1058 votes#22 - Operation Ice-Tickle
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 6/5/1961
Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North Pole -- which turns out to be an actual pole with red and white stripes.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
6.6/1051 votes#23 - The Cure
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 6/6/1961
Wimpy realizes he has a problem with hamburgers, Popeye helps him to contact Hamburger Anonymous. Meanwhile the SeaHag realizes her burger bar is missing it's best customer and takes steps to ruin Wimpy's attempts to break his addiction.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.3/1051 votes#24 - William Won't Tell
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 6/10/1961
It's 1813, King Brutus and Maiden Olive Oyl become jealous when Popeye rescues The Queen and fixes her broken carriage.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.4/1050 votes#25 - Pop Goes the Whistle
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 7/10/1961
Swee' Pea's favorite toy has lost its whistle and Popeye runs all over town trying to find it.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
The Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 2
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Oil's Well That Ends Well" is the best rated episode of "Popeye the Sailor" season 2. It scored 6.9/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Seymour Kneitel and written by Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer, it aired on 1/4/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Amusement Park".