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The Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 2

Every episode of The Single Guy Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 2!

The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Mounted Cop" is the best rated episode of "The Single Guy" season 2. It scored 5.5/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Craig Zisk and written by Rachel Sweet, it aired on 9/19/1996. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Best Man".

  • Mounted Cop
    5.5/1011 votes

    #1 - Mounted Cop

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1996

    Jonathan fears he's the victim of a set-up when he breaks up with a woman with an overly protective family of cops. Trudy tries to buy an illegal Cuban bra.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Rachel Sweet

  • Best Man
    NaN/100 votes

    #2 - Best Man

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1996

    Jonathan is coerced into being the best man at the wedding of a man he hardly knows. The bride confides in Jonathan that she doesn't want to get married and asks Jonathan to tell the groom. Trudy throws out Sam's lucky sneakers.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Gayle Abrams

  • Good God
    3.6/107 votes

    #3 - Good God

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1996

    Jonathan discovers everything falling into place in his life when he writes the Sunday sermons for a dull preacher. Sam suffers from back pain which is alleviated when he attends church. Trudy spends all her time at a firing range.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: N/A

  • Kept Man
    6.2/1012 votes

    #4 - Kept Man

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1996

    Jonathan is a 'kept man', running errands for his new girlfriend in exchange for presents and other perks. Sam obsesses when he finds out that Trudy makes more money than him.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Gayle Abrams

  • Strip Club
    NaN/100 votes

    #5 - Strip Club

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1996

    Jonathan and Marie look for employment at a temp agency. Sam hides the truth from Trudy when he visits a strip club.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Andrew Gottlieb

  • Love Train
    5.4/1010 votes

    #6 - Love Train

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1996

    While riding the subway on his way to a Halloween costume party, Jonathan meets the girl of his dreams dressed in a Cinderella costume. Jonathan places an ad in the newspaper and rides the subway to find her again. Russell studies for a law exam.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Rachel Sweet

  • The Virgin
    4.7/1013 votes

    #7 - The Virgin

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1996

    Trudy hires Jonathan to deliver an art exhibit, The Virgin, by Carl Gannon (ep #12). It turns out 'the virgin' is a beautiful woman. Jonathan desperately tries to make the delivery without damaging the goods. Sam and Marie make special effects for a B-movie.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Date
    5.6/107 votes

    #8 - Double Date

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1996

    Jonathan takes Marie out on her wedding anniversary. Trudy's parents visit, giving Sam conniptions. Trudy has dinner with her first true love.

    Director: Craig Zisk, Max Tash

    Writer: N/A

  • Davy Jones
    4.9/109 votes

    #9 - Davy Jones

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1996

    Jonathan hosts a Thanksgiving party with special guest Davy Jones, who's considering Jonathan to co-write his biography. Marie tries to deal with surprise guest, ex-husband Ricky.

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: Andrew Gottlieb

  • Deepest Cut
    5.4/107 votes

    #10 - Deepest Cut

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1996

    Jonathan accidentally stabs his mother with a kitchen knife, sending her to the hospital. Russell is obsessed with a big tipper.

    Director: Kim Friedman

    Writer: N/A

  • New Year
    NaN/100 votes

    #11 - New Year

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1997

    Jonathan visits a therapist as part of his New Year's resolution. The therapist urges Jonathan to forsake women until he decides what he really wants with his life. Sam and Trudy agree to work on starting a family.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: N/A

  • Like Father...
    NaN/100 votes

    #12 - Like Father...

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1997

    Jonathan is shocked when his father completely changes his personality on the eve of his wedding. Sam fears he and Trudy won't be able to adopt due to an incident in his past.

    Director: Max Tash

    Writer: Rachel Sweet

  • Starting Over
    NaN/100 votes

    #13 - Starting Over

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/1997

    Jonathan gets an advertising job. Jonathan goes along with new neighbor Dan on an all-night binge against his better judgment.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: John Masius

  • Just Friends?
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - Just Friends?

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1997

    Dan decides to be 'just friends' with Marie. Manny sprains his ankle and moves in with the Sloans, teaching them what a child will be like. Jonathan dates the boss's daughter and has to accept her stupid idea for an advertising campaign.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Gayle Abrams

  • Macho Men
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - Macho Men

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1997

    Jonathan and Dan compete for the love of a woman, Bambi. Trudy forces Sam to throw out his junk.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: N/A

  • Mother Love
    3.8/107 votes

    #16 - Mother Love

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1997

    Jonathan's mother dates his boss. Russell helps Marie rehearse for 'Romeo and Juliet', in the process discovering that they care for one another.

    Director: Andrew Tsao

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Baby
    NaN/100 votes

    #17 - Big Baby

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1997

    Trudy and Sam are disappointed when they find their adopted child isn't an infant. Sam's abrasive father visits.

    Director: Andrew Tsao

    Writer: Rachel Sweet

  • Grandfather Clause
    5.2/1012 votes

    #18 - Grandfather Clause

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/1997

    Jonathan thinks it is fate when he keeps running into the same woman, until he discovers it's Manny's engaged granddaughter. Jonathan tries to weasel out of it when she calls off her wedding, apparently to marry Jonathan. Dan and Marie have a cross-dressing contest.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: N/A

  • Jonathan Hollywood
    NaN/100 votes

    #19 - Jonathan Hollywood

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/1997

    Jonathan is initially excited when a movie company that wants him to adapt his novel into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio approaches him; however, when it's converted to a movie starring Sinbad as identical twins; he's concerned about his artistic integrity. Sammy plays in a rock group, ""Fantastic Sam and the Toads"" and finds it difficult when Trudy intervenes.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • Au Pair
    5.0/109 votes

    #20 - Au Pair

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1997

    Sam and Trudy hire an au pair to watch Teddy. They do everything they can to sabotage her dream of being a professional singer when it means losing their immaculate apartment. Dan sues Manny when a water pipe in his apartment bursts.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Vegas Finale
    NaN/100 votes

    #21 - Vegas Finale

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/16/1997

    The gang travels to Las Vegas to watch Marie portray Cher in a lounge act. Trudy loses thousands of dollars, and Jonathan wakes up from a drunken stupor holding a marriage certificate and wearing a wedding ring.

    Director: Gail Mancuso

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot Redux
    NaN/100 votes

    #22 - Pilot Redux

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown

    Charlie leaves Jonathan for Dennis Rodman. TV commercial singer Marie moves into Jonathan's old apartment. Sam has problems with a consultant at the studio.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Brad Hall