7.7/10104 votes#1 - Janine's Day Off
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1987
Janine talks Egon into visiting her family for dinner, Prompting the Ghostbusters to hire a temporary secretary who on this very day of employment must contend with imps, ghosts, a powerful demon, and Peter's advances!
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves, Steve Perry
7.3/10115 votes#2 - Adventures in Slime and Space
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1987
When Slimer passes through Egon's latest invention, he is broken up into thousands of tiny Slimers that coat the city in a layer of green goo. However, the Ghostbusters' solution to the problem only results in a large – and angrier – Slimer.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Gerrold
7.9/10140 votes#3 - Ragnarok and Roll
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1987
A young man hurt by the woman he loves decides that there is far too much pain in the world and, aided by his loyal yet reluctant companion, sets about a chain of events that will bring Ragnarok, the end of the world!
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.2/1098 votes#4 - Captain Steel Saves the Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/17/1987
Through paranormal means, Ray's favorite comic book character, Captain Steel, comes to life, and crosses paths with the Ghostbusters. When the evil Doctor Destructo also comes to life, a hero team-up may be the only way to save the world.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves, Steve Perry
6.7/10101 votes#5 - They Call Me Mister Slimer
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/1987
To contribute to the Ghostbusters' finances, Slimer becomes a teenager's personal bodyguard. But he doesn't bargain on a gang of young thugs attaining bodyguards of their own… some very dangerous creatures from an abandoned subway station.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.5/1091 votes#6 - Buster the Ghost
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1987
A defrocked Tooth Fairy named Buster stumbles upon the Ghostbusters' television ad. Seeing a chance for friendship in a cold, cruel world, he moves in with them, certain he's their pal… but trouble soon follows.
Director: Masakazu Higuchi
Writer: Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming
7.9/10133 votes#7 - Night Game
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1987
A mysterious battle fought by the forces of good and evil is being waged within a baseball stadium. Winston is soon drafted to play on the side of good... within an individual's soul as the prize.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kathryn M. Drennan
7.3/1095 votes#8 - Rollerghoster
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/1987
Egon and Janine stumble across a carnival with a roller coaster called the Ecto-1. Egon is less than pleased with the trademark infringement, but when the ride is taken over by actual ghosts, the ride's owner capitalizes on the event for publicity.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
7.5/10117 votes#9 - Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/1987
Walt Fleischman, foremost cartoonist of the 1940s, has been missing for over thirty years, but strange sounds coming from his studio prompt the Ghostbusters into action. Will the Ghostbusters become cartoon characters?
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.4/1088 votes#10 - Dairy Farm
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/1987
Deciding that a vacation is long overdue, the Ghostbusters go to Ray's cousin's farm. Unfortunately for them, the farm's former owners are rising from the dead, and they aren't too happy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.7/1091 votes#11 - Egon's Ghost
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/28/1987
When Egon is accidentally zapped by one of his own inventions on a bust, he becomes, for all intents and purposes, a ghost. Can the Ghostbusters build a replacement before Egon fades into oblivion?
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.9/10100 votes#12 - Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/29/1987
With the city undergoing a massive surge in spectral activity the Ghostbusters have no time to take care of Janine's haunted apartment. Janine decides to tackle the job on her own… and may end up saving the day!
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.7/1091 votes#13 - The Cabinet of Calamari
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/1987
Calamari, a magician and escape-artist supreme, is being haunted by a ghost that cannot be captured in a Ghost Trap. To make matters worse, Peter has fallen through Calamari's secret cabinet into a strange dimension!
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens
7.8/1094 votes#14 - Ghostbuster of the Year
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 10/1/1987
Charles Foster Hearse III, millionaire publisher of the Spooks Illustrated, challenges the Ghostbusters to a friendly competition to find out which one of them deserves to be on the cover of the next issue as "Ghost Hunter of the Year".
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
7.4/1079 votes#15 - Egon's Dragon
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 10/2/1987
Long ago, Egon's ancestor Zedekiah Spengler summoned up a dragon to do his bidding. When Egon comes across the well in which the creature was put to sleep, he accidentally awakens the dragon, which assumes Egon is its father!
Director: N/A
Writer: Kathryn M. Drennan
7.7/10108 votes#16 - No One Comes to Lupusville
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/5/1987
A mysterious stranger from a small town arrives at the Ghostbusters headquarters requesting their help. Soon, the Ghostbusters find themselves caught up in a war between two groups of vampires and the original residents of Lupusville.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.1/1093 votes#17 - The Bird of Kildarby
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 10/6/1987
An Irish castle, moved stone-by-stone to Central Park, turns out to be haunted by ghostly warriors who don't take kindly to being relocated without their permission. The Ghostbusters are soon engaged in a battle for the possession of Manhattan!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1086 votes#18 - The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 10/7/1987
Private eye Phillip Spade is surprised to find himself awake, in ghost form, after being dead for so many years. He soon realizes that he is back to solve a case that he failed to resolve while alive, now aided by four strange guys in funny jumpsuits.
Director: N/A
Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
7.7/1095 votes#19 - Cold Cash and Hot Water
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 10/8/1987
Peter's father stumbles upon a strange artifact in the Artic; a block of black ice containing a fire demon that was captured ages ago. Unfortunately, he and phony psychic Doctor Bassingame later unleash the demon into New York City!
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
7.0/1090 votes#20 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 10/9/1987
The Ghostbusters are puzzled when the ghost they are trying to capture on their latest bust claims to be the one who called them! Confusion and calamity follows as a real ghost tries to rid his home of fake ghosts!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1096 votes#21 - The Man Who Never Reached Home
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 10/12/1987
Simon Quegg, a selfish, insolent man, was cursed 100 years ago to never reach home, and is continually pursued by a terrible specter. When Ray is accidentally exchanged for Quegg, the Ghostbusters must try to break the curse!
Director: N/A
Writer: Kathryn M. Drennan
7.7/10105 votes#22 - Doctor, Doctor
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 10/13/1987
During a skirmish at a chemical factory, the Ghostbusters are covered with a contaminated ectoplasmic chemical... and it changes them in creepy ways!
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.6/1091 votes#23 - You Can't Take it With You
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 10/14/1987
An unkind dying billionaire has a machine built to send his money and possessions to the other side, so that he'll have it after he dies. Unfortunately, the machine releases horrendous ghosts in exchange.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
6.7/1078 votes#24 - Victor the Happy Ghost
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 10/15/1987
The Ghostbusters trap a small and harmless-looking ghost at a museum, but feel guilty. Back in the firehouse he is accidentally released and they decide not to place him in the Containment Unit. But to adopt him as a pet. But Slimer soon discovers a darker side to the new tenant.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.5/1093 votes#25 - Lost and Foundry
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 10/16/1987
When a ghost is caught and trapped in a steelyard by the Ghostbusters, it appears to have been vaporized. However the ghost merges with the steel which is cut and distributed throughout the city…. And now it wants to reassemble itself!
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 2
Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 2!
The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKids
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Janine's Day Off" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry, it aired on 9/14/1987. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Adventures in Slime and Space".