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#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/1996
Ricky is ignoring his chores to spend time with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ranny has started looking for his biological mom, and Bethany feels rejected at school because of her race.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: N/A
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#2 - The Rendezvous
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/1996
A flirtatious cheerleader causes Ricky to ponder a little extracurricular activity behind Darby's back. Meanwhile, Danny's secret crush on Shirley
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Anne Kenney
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#3 - The Big Chief
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/1/1996
Noah's intimidating father-in-law is a retired judge, who heightens the usual tension between them, first by blurting out the reason he's never had respect for Noah, then by introducing Ricky to hunting-against his parents' wishes.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Hoops and Dreams
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/1996
When Noah tries to get Ricky on the high school basketball team, he is asked to coach it instead. Meanwhile, Jesse faces her own mortality, as she deals with the death of one of the zoo's beloved chimps; and she reaches out to Ricky's girlfriend, Darby, who has run away from her grandparents and is staying with the Becketts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#5 - Close Encounters
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/1996
Ranny hurts Jesse's feelings by trying to locate his ""real"" mom; Darby's big break, an offer to join a band, threatens to break up her relationship with Ricky; Luis learns a lesson in honesty when Noah bends the rules and builds him a soap-box racer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Stormy Weather
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/1996
A hurricane strikes while their parents are away, leaving Ricky and Roxanna scrambling to protect the younger kids as the storm pounds the house and the alligators escape from their damaged pen. Meanwhile, Noah and Jesse race to get home, out of their minds with fear.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: N/A
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#7 - The Good Samaritan
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/1996
Jesse's trust in human nature is shaken when she saves a woman's life and is rewarded with a malpractice suit; Roxanna's doubts are confirmed when her prom date can't seem to forget his ex-girlfriend and threatens to turn the evening into a humiliating experience.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Julio is My Dad
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/1996
At school, peer pressure leads fatherless Luis to boast that Julio Iglesias is his dad, and Hannah risks ridicule when she makes friends with a lonely, over-weight classmate. Meanwhile, Ricky reacts to Darby's neglect by moving closer to Roxanna.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Ghost Story
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/1996
When objects start disappearing from the Beckett home, could the culprit be a ghost, as the kids believe. Or could it be Bethany's new friend, a strange, yet charming vagrant who lives in the woods and tinkers with his ""time machine?""
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Dreamboat
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/1996
Bethany and Hannah arrange a blind date for Shirley with their black teacher-without mentioning his color-and discover how race can divide good people. Meanwhile, a pregnant girl falsely accuses Ricky of being the father.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: N/A
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#11 - A Dog's Life
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/1996
Ricky confronts the owner of a mistreated dog, spurred by memories of childhood beatings. Meanwhile, Bethany wears a hangdog look when Hannah wins the title role in a school play, and Ranny dupes Luis into enduring a broccoli-laden ""fast growth"" diet.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sam Egan
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#12 - King of the Road
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/22/1996
Ricky is upset when he finds sketches and letters that he thinks are signs of an affair between his mom and his dad's brother Travis, a free-spirited artist.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Fly Like a Bird
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1996
Ricky pulls away from Darby when she pushes for marriage until a crisis draws them closer together. Meanwhile, shy Danny has a hopeless crush on the most popular girl in school, and struggles to find the courage to approach her.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: N/A
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#14 - God's Last Laugh
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1996
Jesse and Noah are over-joyed to learn that she's finally pregnant at age 41, but not all of their eight adopted children share their enthusiasm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - The Big Hurt
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1996
When Shirley's black-sheep son pays an unwelcome visit, the Becketts take a liking to the handsome young man-while Shirley waits for the time bomb to go off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Faith, Hope and Charity
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1996
JoJo locks horns with Ricky in a subtle competition for a too young Roxanna, enraging JoJo's sornful mom; Hannah triggers a panic in the neighborhood by freeing a sad-looking, caged bear that, it turns out, is also hungry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Slings and Arrows
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1996
Basking in the glow of their first date, Roxanna feels herself falling in love with JoJo, who seems to have other plans; the kids try to play cupid to a couple of aging rhinos whose attempts at mating have been unsuccessful, but their misguided efforts land them in trouble.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#18 - The Choice
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1996
JoJo is compelled to come to terms with his past when his relationship with Roxanne deepens; a sibling rivalry on the baseball diamond pits Bethany against Danny and Ranny; Hannah doggedly trains her pig.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Heart Matters
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/1997
Ricky performs @ Busch Gardens. He runs into his first girlfriend who's Ben's real mother. Noah helps out Harold Hamilton, a furniture store owner, getting business going. But his store got robbed. Harold later confesses that he had all his merchandise stored @ a warehouse. Noah tells Harold that with a good financial crew, he could get back on his feet again. Ben celebrates his 4th birthday.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Desperately Seeking Mickey
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/1997
Unbeknownst to Jesse and Noah, Ricky and Kaylie take Ben to Disney World so Kaylie can get to know the son she gave up for adoption; Bethany thinks she's found her biological father; and Noah gets an offer to promote his book on ""Live: With Regis Kathie Lee.""
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Diving In
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/1997
As Ricky and Kaylie continue to ""play house"" at Disney World, Jesse and Noah come to Orlando to tape a segment on ""Live: With Regis Kathie Lee"" promoting Noah's new book; Pat Boone gives Jesse the shirt off his back; Darby joins forces with Ricky's boyhood idol, Cirrus Rose; and Shirley is courted by the ""Chicken Man"", who teaches Luis how to dive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Second Noah
Every episode of Second Noah ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Second Noah!
Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Second Noah". It scored 8.3/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Donna Deitch and written by N/A, it aired on 2/5/1996. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Rendezvous".