8.2/1015 votes#1 - Larva
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2001
A sprained thumb motivates Lydia to choose a major and inspire others; Jackie is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and a marriage proposal.
Director: Michael Switzer
Writer: Diane Ruggiero
- 8.3/109 votes
#2 - Something Battered, Something Blue
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2001
Lydia learns that a physical-therapy aid is assisting the football coach in getting an edge over the competition; Jackie has an unpleasant encounter with Victor's mother; Paulie and Plum elope when Dolly won't accept their engagement.
Director: Joanna Kerns
Writer: James Stanley
- 8.7/109 votes
#3 - The Devil and Miss DeLucca
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2001
Lydia dates a hockey player and gets a false impression about him as well as Eric; a new employee starts working at the restaurant; jealousy gets the better of Paulie.
Director: Michael Switzer
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1013 votes
#4 - M.Y.O.B.
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2001
Lydia discovers that Eric's wife is having an affair; fed up with municipal bureaucracy, Dolly takes matters into her own hands.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
- 8.0/109 votes
#5 - Bad Chemistry
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2001
Secrets continue to weigh down Lydia, who continues to keep mum about Paulie's marriage and Karen's affair; Dolly gets depressed when she learns a sordid secret about her father's past.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/109 votes
#6 - Boo!
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2001
Paulie is frantic when Plum is reported missing on Halloween; Dolly is forced to entertain Plum's neurotic mother; Jackie receives a lesson in parenting from a lost trick or treater.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/1073 votes
#7 - Plus One
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2001
Lydia's romantic advances toward Eric fall on deaf ears; Paulie is worried by the arrival of Plum's old boyfriend; Jackie gets in touch with Ray's sensitive side.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/1082 votes
#8 - Idiots
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2001
Days before their official church wedding, Plum and Paulie reconsider the wisdom of being married; Lydia asks a hockey player to be her date for the wedding.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: N/A
- 9.6/107 votes
#9 - Oh, Baby
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2001
Scandal rocks Dolly's campaign thanks to a protest striptease by Lydia, and Paulie's decision to have sex with Plum in the park.
Director: Michael Switzer
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 8.7/1077 votes
#10 - Sex in the Suburbs
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/2001
Lydia reconsiders a romance with Eric, who begins to rethink his relationship with Samantha; Dolly tends to the needs of a lonely voter.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: Diane Messina Stanley
- 8.0/109 votes
#11 - All About Lydia
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2002
Lydia helps an actor bring authenticity to the role of an Italian-American from New Jersey; Jackie's romance with Ray is threatened when his past catches up with him; Lydia has her own share of drama in keeping her new beau a secret from Dolly.
Director: Michael Switzer
Writer: Diane Ruggiero
- 8.2/1013 votes
#12 - What's Family Got To Do With It?
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2002
Jackie's conflict over leaving for Mexico with Ray or staying in New Jersey with a visiting Abigail puts a strain on her friendship with Lydia; Frank has difficulty in accepting a generous gift from Plum; Lydia is charmed into getting Mack's irresponsible brother a job at the sports clinic.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: James Stanley
- 7.1/1011 votes
#13 - Momento
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2002
Cucina DeLucca silent partner Paulie doesn't stay quiet for very long after distant cousin Lorenzo arrives from Italy to help in the kitchen and ends up making drastic changes to the restaurant's menu and ambiance; a laid-up Jackie thinks she's witnessed a murder.
Director: Timothy Busfield
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1015 votes
#14 - Behind Closed Doors
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown
As Paulie's birthday approaches, he discovers that Jimmy is gay; Lydia finds a new apartment right above the Cucina, and reunites with Mack; Frank and Dolly get an unpleasant surprise when they enter Lydia's new place without knocking; Lydia discovers that Jackie and Mack had a brief affair fourteen years ago.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/106 votes
#15 - Love's Labor
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
Lydia and Mack decide to move in together; Dolly and Frank are unhappy and decide to use reverse psychology on their daughter by pretending to like Mack; Jackie worries that Adele won't be able to cope with running the salon in her absence; Lydia begins to lose interest in Mack when she learns that he doesn't want children; Adele throws Jackie a surprise baby shower; Mack moves out of Lydia's apartment; Jackie goes into labor at the salon and Eric delivers her baby with the help of Dolly and Lydia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1010 votes
#16 - Baum's Thesis
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown
Lydia advises a jock to pursue his dreams, encouraging him not to drop out of college; Jules returns for her grandson's christening; Jackie begins a quest to find her father; Paulie and Plum talk about having children; Jackie asks Frank to be Victor Francis's godfather.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
- 8.8/1046 votes
#17 - Gutterball
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
Plum discovers that Gavin is the new teaching assistant assigned to her class; Valerie comes to the rescue when an attractive divorced friend tries to seduce Frank; Plum convinces Paulie to sit for the sergeant's exam, despite his lack of confidence; Lydia meets Gavin in the library and, unaware that he's Plum's ex-boyfriend, invites him to be her ""non-date"" for Plum's birthday party.
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: James Stanley, Bernard Lechowick
The Best Episodes of That's Life Season 2
Every episode of That's Life Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of That's Life Season 2!
Lydia DeLucca is a New Jersey bartender who wants more out of her life than just marriage and kids. So she breaks off her engagement,...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Larva" is the best rated episode of "That's Life" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Michael Switzer and written by Diane Ruggiero, it aired on 9/28/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Something Battered, Something Blue".