- 7.5/10847 votes7.5/10(847)
#1 - Did the Earth Move for You?
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/9/1991
Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.5/10825 votes7.5/10(825)
#2 - The Mother of All Battles
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/16/1991
Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
- 7.8/10826 votes7.8/10(826)
#3 - Will Gets a Job
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 9/23/1991
Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party, at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Efrem Seeger
- 7.5/10783 votes7.5/10(783)
#4 - PSAT Pstory
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 9/30/1991
Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Marcus Jamal Gaines
- 7.2/10780 votes7.2/10(780)
#5 - Granny Gets Busy
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 10/7/1991
Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Cheryl Gard
- 7.6/10834 votes7.6/10(834)
#6 - Guess Who's Coming to Marry?
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 10/14/1991
Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Samm-Art Williams
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- 7.3/10798 votes7.3/10(798)
#7 - The Big Four-Oh
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 10/21/1991
Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
- 7.6/10799 votes7.6/10(799)
#8 - She Ain't Heavy
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 11/4/1991
Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
- 7.7/10809 votes7.7/10(809)
#9 - Cased Up
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 11/11/1991
A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
- 7.2/10775 votes7.2/10(775)
#10 - Hi-Ho Silver
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 11/18/1991
Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Elaine Newman, Ed Burnham
- 7.8/10815 votes7.8/10(815)
#11 - The Butler Did It
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 11/25/1991
Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
- 7.2/10749 votes7.2/10(749)
#12 - Something for Nothing
Season 2 Episode 12
Aired 12/9/1991
After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: William Missouri Downs
- 7.5/10802 votes7.5/10(802)
#13 - Christmas Show
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 12/16/1991
On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.2/10731 votes7.2/10(731)
#14 - Hilary Gets a Life
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 1/6/1992
Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eunetta T. Boone, P. Karen Raper
- 7.6/10778 votes7.6/10(778)
#15 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 2 Episode 15
Aired 1/13/1992
On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
- 7.4/10741 votes7.4/10(741)
#16 - Geoffrey Cleans Up
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 1/20/1992
Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
- 7.4/10721 votes7.4/10(721)
#17 - Community Action
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/3/1992
When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Cheryl Gard
- 7.4/10760 votes7.4/10(760)
#18 - Ill Will
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/10/1992
The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon
- 7.5/10728 votes7.5/10(728)
#19 - Eyes on the Prize
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 2/17/1992
Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
- 7.2/10727 votes7.2/10(727)
#20 - Those Were the Days
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 2/24/1992
Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.
Director: Rita Rogers Blye
Writer: Samm-Art Williams
- 7.3/10738 votes7.3/10(738)
#21 - Vying for Attention
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 3/2/1992
- 7.2/10714 votes7.2/10(714)
#22 - The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 3/23/1992
Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women.
Director: Rae Kraus
Writer: Jerry Ross
- 7.4/10715 votes7.4/10(715)
#23 - Be My Baby Tonight
Season 2 Episode 23
Aired 4/27/1992
Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin , but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
- 8.2/10830 votes8.2/10(830)
#24 - Strip-Tease for Two
Season 2 Episode 24
Aired 5/4/1992
Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon
The Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 2
Every episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 2!
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...
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Network:NBC
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Did the Earth Move for You?" is the best rated episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 847 votes. Directed by Ellen Gittelsohn and written by Winifred Hervey, it aired on 9/9/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Mother of All Battles".