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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 5.0/1010 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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".