7.3/10282 votes#1 - Never Name a Duck
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1962
Rob brings home two baby ducks left over from the show, and Ritchie becomes attached to them. When one dies and the other becomes ill, Rob must convince him that wild animals are happier when left in the wild.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
8.3/10296 votes#2 - The Two Faces of Rob
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1962
Rob tries to prove he can use a fake accent to fool Laura into flirting with a stranger, then is dismayed to think that he really has.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Sheldon Keller
7.8/10278 votes#3 - The Attempted Marriage
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1962
Rob and Laura tell Ritchie the story of their failed attempts to get married.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.5/10260 votes#4 - Bank Book 6565696
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1962
When Rob discovers Laura’s secret bank, he thinks he is getting a new projector for his birthday—but instead he receives a sports shirt, and begins to wonder what that money is really for.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.5/10296 votes#5 - Hustling the Hustler
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1962
Rob invites Buddy’s brother Blackie for a friendly game of pool, not realizing that he is a hustler.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
8.3/10347 votes#6 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1962
Rob accidentally intercepts a hypnotic suggestion meant for Buddy, and doesn’t realize that every time he hears a bell ring, he starts acting like a roaring drunk.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.9/10292 votes#7 - What's in a Middle Name?
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1962
Ritchie wonders what the ""R"" in his middle name stands for (Rose Bud) Rob and Laura figure out how to explain how he got Rose Bud for a middle name, it started when Laura tells Rob she is going to have a baby. Ritchie learns he has 7 middle names! (which spell out Rose Bud)
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.2/10256 votes#8 - Like a Sister
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1962
Rob thinks Rick Vallone isn't right for Sally and tries to make him drunk (Sally hates drunks) and asks Rick to fall in love with Laura. Laura is always to smart for Rob and he realizes love is too hard to break.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.8/10262 votes#9 - The Night the Roof Fell In
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1962
Rob comes home mad because the script needed a rewrite, Buddy was late & Sally left early. Rob leaves mad and goes for a walk. Laura wants a chance to talk to somebody so Millie listens not quite sure what they fought about.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Whedon
7.3/10254 votes#10 - The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1962
Rob worries that Buddy & Sally aren't his friends & falling in love with each other. Rob calls Buddy at home and Pickles and thinks Buddy picked up the phone. Now Rob has proof (or so he thinks) that Buddy are working on another show. They are doing a nightclub act on the side.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Erwin
7.4/10255 votes#11 - A Bird in the Head Hurts
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1962
Ritchie claims he is being attacked by a giant woodpecker, but Rob and Laura are convinced it’s just a bid for attention.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.5/10248 votes#12 - Gesundheit, Darling
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1962
Rob, Laura, Jerry & Millie are playing cards, when Jerry thinks Rob might be sneezing because he keeps losing a game. Rob thinks he could be allergic to Laura. Rob goes to the doctor to find out he could be allergic to his wife!
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.3/10246 votes#13 - A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1962
Rob bites some chicken and breaks a tooth but feels bad when another dentist fixes the tooth. He worries that Jerry won't be his friend. Rob tries not to show his teeth. Jerry isn't mad at Rob.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.9/10321 votes#14 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1962
Rob recalls directing last year’s PTA variety show, when jealousy interfered as he tried to pair the perfect Cleopatra with an amorous Mark Antony.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Martin Ragaway
7.6/10250 votes#15 - The Cat Burglar
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/2/1963
Rob & Laura read about a cat burglar and wants his picture in the paper. A noise is heard & Rob takes the gun but can't find the bullets! Laura puts them in her Jewelry box!
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.3/10256 votes#16 - The Foul Weather Girl
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1963
Laura has a problem when a girl asks for help in lading a role on the show. Laura's problems get worse as Janie tells Laura how far they go back in high school and she is single. Laura gets mad when Rob works nights with Janie, She begins to thank Mel and not Rob.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.4/10249 votes#17 - Will You Two Be My Wife?
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/1963
Buddy and Sally find Rob’s manuscript, which tells the story of the time he had to choose how to spend a three-day leave from the Army: go on a honeymoon with Laura, or travel back to Danville to tell his former fiancée Dorothy that he was marrying someone else.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.9/10262 votes#18 - Ray Murdock's X-Ray
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/23/1963
Rob goes on an interview show, where he is tricked into describing Laura as a nut.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.8/10256 votes#19 - I Was a Teenage Head Writer
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/30/1963
Rob recalls the day he became head writer of the Alan Brady Show, and his first day of work with Buddy and Sally.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Sheldon Keller
9.2/10607 votes#20 - It May Look Like a Walnut!
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/1963
In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.6/10249 votes#21 - My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/13/1963
Rob wonders why Laura is angry with him, and learns she objects to his habit of picking up checks when they go out with their friends.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Carl Reiner
8.3/10293 votes#22 - Don't Trip Over That Mountain
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/1963
Laura is convinced that Rob will hurt himself on a ski trip, and when he actually does, Rob tries to hide his injuries rather than admit she was right.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.3/10249 votes#23 - Give Me Your Walls!
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/1963
Rob and Laura hire a painter who seems to want to do anything but paint their walls.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.3/10270 votes#24 - The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/6/1963
Buddy and Sally are asked by Rob to help in a show for a friend of Rob's - Danny Brewster.
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.3/10252 votes#25 - The Square Triangle
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1963
This week’s guest star on the Alan Brady Show turns out to be someone from Rob and Laura’s past—and they both have a reason to avoid him.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2
Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2!
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Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Never Name a Duck" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 282 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Carl Reiner, it aired on 9/26/1962. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Two Faces of Rob".