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The Best Episodes of The Flintstones Season 2

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The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 1 - The Hit Song Writers
    7.6/10(275 votes)

    #1 - The Hit Song Writers

    S2:E1

    After discovering that Barney is a closet poet, Fred manages to link him up with songwriter Hoagy Carmichael and the three set out to write a hit song. The resultant tune garners the boys a moment of fame as songwriters.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 2 - Droop Along Flintstone
    7.3/10(246 votes)

    #2 - Droop Along Flintstone

    S2:E2

    The Flintstones and the Rubbles take up Fred's rich cousins, Tumbleweed and Mary Lou Jim, on their offer to take care of their ranch while they go on an ocean cruise. Having gotten lost on the ranch, Fred and Barney stumble onto a nearby film location, where they are chased by cowboys and Indians.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  3. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 3 - The Missing Bus
    7.6/10(259 votes)

    #3 - The Missing Bus

    S2:E3

    Receiving a pay cut after thirteen years at the quarry, Fred decides to quit and become a bus driver. With Barney as co-pilot, Fred delivers fifty kids to school, a nerve-shattering experience. Not wanting to let the job get the better of him, he dutifully picks them up again but mis-delivers them home.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Larry Markes

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  4. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 4 - Alvin Brickrock Presents
    7.9/10(278 votes)

    #4 - Alvin Brickrock Presents

    S2:E4

    When his neighbors' domestic fights suddenly end with the disappearance of the wife, Fred suspects Alvin Brickrock of foul play. After reading a detective magazine, he becomes convinced that Brickrock is really Albert Bonehart, wife-murderer.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Larry Markes

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  5. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 5 - Fred Flintstone Woos Again
    7.2/10(243 votes)

    #5 - Fred Flintstone Woos Again

    S2:E5

    Needled by Wilma about his lack of romanticism, Fred takes his wife on a second honeymoon to Rock Mountain Inn, accompanied by the Rubbles. When the Flintstones learn that the official, Judge Wedrock, who married them was never licensed, Wilma takes advantage of the situation by making Fred court her all over again.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 6 - The Rock Quarry Story
    7.6/10(263 votes)

    #6 - The Rock Quarry Story

    S2:E6

    Movie star Rock Quarry has had enough of Hollyrock, and decides to move to Bedrock, where he is stalked by star-struck Wilma and Betty for an autograph. Meanwhile, Fred has an auto collision with the actor and invites him home to dinner, where he is recognized by Wilma despite his insistence that he is not Rock Quarry.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  7. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 7 - The Soft Touchables
    7.4/10(241 votes)

    #7 - The Soft Touchables

    S2:E7

    Part-time detectives Fred and Barney take their first case from Dagmar, The Peroxide Kid, who is really working for Boss Rockhead, a crook posing as a bank president. Rockhead stations Fred and Barney as bank guards while he and his gang transport the money to a ""safe place.""

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Arthur Phillips

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  8. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 8 - Flintstone of Prinstone
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    #8 - Flintstone of Prinstone

    S2:E8

    Determined to rise above manual labor, Fred attends night class at Prinstone University and is drafted as a quarterback on the varsity team. But during the big game against Shale U., and exhausted Fred creates problems when he confuses his football signals with his accounting course figures.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Larry Markes

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  9. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 9 - The Little White Lie
    7.7/10(244 votes)

    #9 - The Little White Lie

    S2:E9

    After telling Wilma that he is going to visit a sick friend, Fred runs off to a poker game, where he wins $200. To explain the money, he tells Wilma that he found the cash, and is dismayed when she places an ad in the newspaper to locate the owner.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 10 - Social Climbers
    7.5/10(238 votes)

    #10 - Social Climbers

    S2:E10

    Wilma and Betty wrangle tickets to the upper-crust Ambassador's Reception and convince their husbands to go with them, sending Fred and Barney to charm school to prepare for the event. But the middle-class foursome ultimately discover that trying to play ""stuffy"" is no fun.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  11. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 11 - The Beauty Contest
    7.4/10(232 votes)

    #11 - The Beauty Contest

    S2:E11

    Fred and Barney are appointed judges for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo's beauty contest. But complicating matters are Wilma's and Betty's suspicions, pressure from Mr. Slate, whose daughter is the competition, and threats from a racketeer who wants his girlfriend to be named Miss Water Buffalo.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  12. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 12 - The Masquerade Ball
    7.2/10(226 votes)

    #12 - The Masquerade Ball

    S2:E12

    Fred buys tickets to a society costume ball from his supervisor, Mr. Rockhead. Fred's plan to use this opportunity to butter up his costumed boss backfires when Rockhead switches costumes, and instead of being the recipient of Fred's honey, he becomes an unwitting confidant in his scheme.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 13 - The Picnic
    7.3/10(232 votes)

    #13 - The Picnic

    S2:E13

    Coveting the trophy collection of Lodge brother Joe Rockhead, Fred realizes that dumping Barney as his partner will improve his chances of winning during the annual field day games. This plan causes resentment from both Barney and Rockhead.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 14 - The House Guest
    7.8/10(246 votes)

    #14 - The House Guest

    S2:E14

    While plumbers at the Rubble home try to unfix Fred's attempted repair job, Betty and Barney move in temporarily with the Flintstones. The wives are convinced the forced togetherness will cause problems between Fred and Barney and they are right, although the husbands go to extreme measures to try to hide their bickering.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 15 - The X-Ray Story
    7.9/10(251 votes)

    #15 - The X-Ray Story

    S2:E15

    Ailing Dino is taken to the vet, who diagnoses him as having a ""dinopeptic germ,"" which is common to dinosaurs but lethal in humans. But when Dino's x-rays are mistaken as Fred's, Wilma is alerted and told to prepare the only known cure: keeping the patient awake for seventy-two hours, without telling him why.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  16. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 16 - The Gambler
    7.3/10(230 votes)

    #16 - The Gambler

    S2:E16

    A compulsive gambler in his younger days, Fred has been cured through psychiatric consultation--until paperboy Arnold tempts him with a bet. When the Flintstones' furniture begins to mysteriously disappear, Barney is dispatched to investigate Fred's marble games behind locked doors.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  17. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 17 - A Star is Almost Born
    7.2/10(227 votes)

    #17 - A Star is Almost Born

    S2:E17

    While shopping in a Bedrock drugstore with Betty, Wilma is discovered by a famous television producer. As a result, Fred borrows money from Barney to pay for acting lessons a quits his job in order to manage his wife's career.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Arthur Phillips

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  18. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 18 - The Entertainer
    7.3/10(225 votes)

    #18 - The Entertainer

    S2:E18

    Fred works overtime to earn extra money for a surprise gift for Wilma, and is ultimately tapped by Mr. Slate to entertain an important female client at the Copa Cave night club. Unfortunately, the Rubbles and Wilma show up at the club that same night.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Arthur Phillips

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  19. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 19 - Wilma's Vanishing Money
    7.4/10(226 votes)

    #19 - Wilma's Vanishing Money

    S2:E19

    While searching for a hairpin to fix the toaster, Fred finds a secret stash of cash that has been hidden by Wilma. To teach her a lesson, he uses the money to buy a new bowling ball, unaware that Wilma has been saving up to buy him the same ball as a birthday present.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  20. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 20 - Feudin' and Fussin'
    7.1/10(222 votes)

    #20 - Feudin' and Fussin'

    S2:E20

    While Fred is napping away his pre-golf tournament tensions, Barney interrupts his pal's dreams with a practice shot. Temperamental Fred explodes at Barney, which results in the Flintstones almost finding themselves without neighbors, when the Rubbles put their house up for sale.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Arthur Phillips

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  21. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 21 - Impractical Joker
    7.7/10(228 votes)

    #21 - Impractical Joker

    S2:E21

    Fed up with Fred's practical jokes, Barney decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Barney sets up the gag with a stack of five, crisp $100 bills, his prize from the Sudsy-Wudsy jingle contest.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  22. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 22 - Operation Barney
    7.3/10(226 votes)

    #22 - Operation Barney

    S2:E22

    While driving to work, the boys decide to play hookey and go instead to the ballpark. They call in sick to their bosses and Barney is promptly ordered to report to the company nurse for a check-up. Fred then concocts an elaborate ruse that does indeed get Barney out of work--and into the hospital.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Tony Benedict

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  23. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 23 - The Happy Household
    7.8/10(241 votes)

    #23 - The Happy Household

    S2:E23

    After a squabble about finances, Wilma seeks employment of her own. She applies for an office job at the Bedrock Radio & Television Corporation, but instead becomes the hostess of the ""Happy Housewife Show,"" a situation that makes things less than happy back at the cave.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  24. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 24 - Fred Strikes Out
    7.4/10(229 votes)

    #24 - Fred Strikes Out

    S2:E24

    Once more, Fred forgets the anniversary of the night he proposed to Wilma. After being chastised by Wilma, he agrees to take her on a date to the movies, but she wants to go on the same night he is supposed to be captaining his bowling team in the bowling alley, Fred tries to do both.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  25. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 25 - This is Your Lifesaver
    7.3/10(211 votes)

    #25 - This is Your Lifesaver

    S2:E25

    Fred and Barney encounter the penniless J. Montague Gypsum, who is threatening to jump from a bridge. Fred takes the man home and learns too late how responsible he is for the life he saved.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Larry Markes

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Hit Song Writers" is the best rated episode of "The Flintstones" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 275 votes. Directed by William Hanna and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1961. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Droop Along Flintstone".