7.5/10264 votes#1 - My Fair Cousin Itt
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965
All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
8.0/10297 votes#2 - Morticia's Romance (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965
On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.9/10272 votes#3 - Morticia's Romance (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965
Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.3/10242 votes#4 - Morticia Meets Royalty
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1965
Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Leo Rifkin
7.6/10236 votes#5 - Gomez, the People's Choice
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1965
Morticia and Gomez visit Mayor Henson to complain that their property tax is ridiculously low. After the Mayor proves his incompetence by offering a refund Gomez is persuaded to become a candidate for the office.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Henry Sharp, Joseph Vogel
7.4/10239 votes#6 - Cousin Itt's Problem
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965
Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Carol Henning, Ed Ring, Mitch Persons
7.6/10249 votes#7 - Halloween - Addams Style
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1965
Morticia and Gomez can't produce immediate proof to the contrary when the neighbour tells the children there are no witches and goblins.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.5/10232 votes#8 - Morticia, the Writer
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965
When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.2/10225 votes#9 - Morticia, the Sculptress
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1965
Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez, wanting her to believe she's good at it, pays an art collector to buy them.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.5/10238 votes#10 - Gomez, the Reluctant Lover
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1965
A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Charles R. Marion, Leo Rifkin
7.6/10236 votes#11 - Feud in the Addams Family
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1965
The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Rick Richardson, Jerry Gottler
7.6/10225 votes#12 - Gomez, the Cat Burglar
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1965
Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
7.3/10228 votes#13 - Portrait of Gomez
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1965
Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: Bill Lutz, Henry Sharp, Leo Salkin
7.5/10223 votes#14 - Morticia's Dilemma
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1965
Gomez plays host to Don Xavier Molines, a family friend during his childhood in Spain, and his daughter Consuella.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: Jerry Gottler, John Bradford
8.0/10300 votes#15 - Christmas with the Addams Family
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1965
Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.5/10221 votes#16 - Uncle Fester, Tycoon
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1965
Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood
7.6/10222 votes#17 - Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1966
The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood, Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn
7.3/10225 votes#18 - Fester Goes on a Diet
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1966
For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself. With all the sudden dieting and exercise going on, Morticia and Gomez know something's up but think Fester's trying to join the space program.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.6/10223 votes#19 - The Great Treasure Hunt
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1966
Discovering a treasure map in the sea chest of Great-Great-Grandfather Peg-Leg Addams the pirate, Gomez and Morticia decide to hire a boat to go look for it.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.4/10222 votes#20 - Ophelia Finds Romance
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1966
Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.6/10215 votes#21 - Pugsley's Allowance
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1966
Pugsley wants to find a job to the horror of his parents.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
7.6/10218 votes#22 - Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1966
Granny Frump mistakenly believes that Gomez and Morticia are sending her to a home for the aged for her birthday.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Elroy Schwartz
7.7/10217 votes#23 - Morticia, the Decorator
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1966
To sell the neighboring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: Gene Thompson
7.3/10221 votes#24 - Ophelia Visits Morticia
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1966
Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Arthur Weingarten
7.6/10224 votes#25 - Addams Cum Laude
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1966
A former truant officer named Sam Hilliard heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled. When Hilliard breaks under the strain of dealing with the Addams children, Gomez buys the school.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Sloan Nibley, Bill Lutz
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"My Fair Cousin Itt" is the best rated episode of "The Addams Family" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 264 votes. Directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Phil Leslie, it aired on 9/17/1965. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Morticia's Romance (1)".