The BEST episodes of Hope & Faith season 2

Every episode of Hope & Faith season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hope & Faith season 2!

"Hope and Faith" is a comedy about what happens when the fast lane collides with the carpool lane. It's about the moments that make you want to hug your sister... and the times you have to resist the urge to kill her. Hope (Faith Ford, "One Life to Live"), a down-to-earth, happily married mom of three in Columbus, Ohio, had her tidy world up-ended by the arrival of her celebrity sister, Faith (Kelly Ripa, "Live with Regis & Kelly," "All My Children"). Faith was living the high life in Hollywood as a daytime soap opera star until her soap's character, Ashley Storm, was suddenly and unceremoniously killed off on "The Sacred and the Sinful" by her evil twin. After a year under her roof wreaking occasional havoc, Hope can attest that you can kill the diva off on the daytime drama, but you can't take the drama out of the diva.

Last Updated: 4/29/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Faith Affair-field
star
8.03
64 votes

#1 - Faith Affair-field

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/8/2005

Some lies lead Faith to believe that Charley is having an extra-marital affair, so she enlists a reluctant Hope to help catch him in the act.

Directors: Lynn McCracken
Writer: Tom Leopold
Faith Scare-Field
star
7.59
64 votes

#2 - Faith Scare-Field

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2004

Hope and Faith receive an invitation to a Halloween party from their crazy next door neighbor, whom they terrorized as girls. Halloween turns out to be scary when the woman gets her revenge- by trapping the women in a torture chamber.

Directors: Don Scardino
Writer: Tom Leopold
A Room of One's Own
star
7.58
64 votes

#3 - A Room of One's Own

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/25/2005

Hope is discouraged when her mother-in-law, Joyce takes over the household and also she starts to bond with Faith. And then things start to go more bad when Joyce decides to leave her husband. Making Joyce to move in permanently, displacing Faith in the process.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Alex Carter
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Wife Swap (2)
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7.19
31 votes

#4 - Wife Swap (2)

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/2005

Part 2 Hope finds it difficult living in an upscale Manhattan apartment with spoiled children, a work-alcoholic ""husband"". Also Faith finds it difficult that, Cynthia's live-in sister who does ALL the housework and won't let Hope life a finger. Meanwhile Faith's world is turned upside-down when she's ordered to do mundane, household chores by Cynthia.

Directors: Dennis Dugan
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Mall in the Family
star
7.17
65 votes

#5 - Mall in the Family

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2004

After getting kicked out of the house, Faith moves into a furnature display at a local mall. When she and Hope try to hide from the mall guards, they're locked in an armoire scheduled for an overseas delivery. Meanwhile, Hope and Sydney help Hayley purchase her first bra.

Directors: Don Scardino
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Carmen Get It
star
7.17
65 votes

#6 - Carmen Get It

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/2005

Faith feuds with The Gooch's ex-girlfriend, Carmen, for his affection. And, after overhearing a life-altering message for The Gooch, Hope helps Faith scale a mountain to deliver the news to the man she loves.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Jenna Bruce
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The Dolly Mama
star
7.14
66 votes

#7 - The Dolly Mama

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2004

To prove to Hope that she can be responsible, Faith practices motherhood on an electronic baby. It's all going well until she accidentaly exchanges the doll for a real infant.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Tod Himmel
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Aru-bah Humbug
star
7.13
63 votes

#8 - Aru-bah Humbug

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2004

Faith accidentally says that ""Santa"" is not real, and Justin overhears it. So Faith wants Justin to believe in him by climbing in the chimney, but those plans go sour when Faith gets stuck in the chimney.

Directors: Don Scardino
The Gooch
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7.13
63 votes

#9 - The Gooch

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2005

Faith is attracted to her new neighbor, Gary ""the Gooch"" Gucharaze, a former baseball player. The notorious ladies' man, however, has no interest in her, leading Faith to go to great lengths to spy on him. The episode brings together Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, who, noy only played a married couple on All My Children, but are married in real life.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Tod Himmel
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Catering-a-ding-ding
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7.13
63 votes

#10 - Catering-a-ding-ding

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2005

Wanting an an investor for her screenplay, Faith talks Hope in to starting there own Catering Business. So for there first gig the gals cater a party honoring Glen Falls' richest resident. When the singer is delayed, Faith pulls double duty to provide the entertainment, as she and nephew Justin perform a duet. So at the end Faith comes to her senses and gives up on acting.

Directors: Don Scardino
Hope Couture
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7.13
63 votes

#11 - Hope Couture

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2005

When Faith and Sydney enter a mother-daughter fashion show, Hope and Hayley's competitive spirits are stirred and they decide to seize the opportunity to strut their own fashion savvy. But soon the fashion race gets down and dirty when dresses are slashed, the designers get covered with spray paint and a fight ensues.

Directors: Henry Chan
Watch Now:Amazon
21 Lunch Street
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7.13
63 votes

#12 - 21 Lunch Street

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/2005

Hope and Faith start to work at Sydney's school as lunch ladies, which causes Sydney to freak out. Things go from bad to worse when Hope and Faith begin to spy on Sydney, thinking that Sydney is involved in a romantic relationship with a teacher. Also Hope begings to change the household by eating healthy.

Directors: Scott Ellis
Watch Now:Amazon
Of Rice and Anchor Men
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7.12
64 votes

#13 - Of Rice and Anchor Men

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/6/2005

Just as Faith's relationship with newscaster Larry begins to move into high gear, her old flame, ""The Gooch"" (Mark Consuelos, Ripa's real-life husband), suddenly shows up to complicate matters.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Todd Himmell
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Escape from Albuquerque
star
7.12
64 votes

#14 - Escape from Albuquerque

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2004

A whole new Faith returns from her ""adventures"" in a country that even she can't find on a map. She convinces Charley to give her one more chance at staying, but no good deed goes unpunished. She crashes Charley's car, is responsible for her Sydney's navel piercing and ends up fully dressed in a freezing bathroom shower with both Hope and Sydney. When Charley wants Faith out, Hope is torn between her family and her sister.

Directors: Don Scardino
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Stand By Your Mandi (2)
star
7.11
63 votes

#15 - Stand By Your Mandi (2)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2004

Even though his true love is Anne, Jack decides to marry Mandi. He is unaware, however, that Mandi is very much in love with her current boyfriend.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Taylor Hamra
Justin Time
star
7.11
63 votes

#16 - Justin Time

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2004

Faith, in her wacky efforts to impress an attractive single dad (Nick Lachey)tries to make him think that she's also a single parent by claiming her young nephew, Justin, is really her son.

Directors: Don Scardino
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Do I Look Frat in This?
star
7.11
63 votes

#17 - Do I Look Frat in This?

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2004

Faith and Sydney get jobs at a clothing store. The young Shanowski decides to lose her virginy to the college-age manager, leading Hope and Fath to crash a frat party to keep Syd from making a big mistake.

Directors: Don Scardino
Watch Now:Amazon
O' Sister, Where Art Thou?
star
7.11
63 votes

#18 - O' Sister, Where Art Thou?

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/2005

Hope & Faith cater a party at a retirement home And Faith inadvertently helps a resident escape. Hope must work through trust issues with her capricious sibling and, in the meantime, help an escapee mend fences with her sister.

Directors: Lynn McCracken
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Wife Swap (1)
star
7.11
63 votes

#19 - Wife Swap (1)

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2005

Part 1 Hope's life goes out of control when Faith submits Hope as a ""Wife Swap"" candidate. Hope gets switched with Cynthia (special guest-star Wynonna Judd.) Cynthia is a rich, spoiled, self-indulgent, Manhattanite. When Hope gets used to the fabulous life, Cynthia finds housework abhorrent -- but not nearly as abhorrent as living with Hope's sister, Faith.

Directors: Dennis Dugan
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Weather or Not
star
7.11
63 votes

#20 - Weather or Not

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/2005

Faith finds a new career as a weather woman at a local TV station. Faith enjoys to be pushed around by a hunky newscaster. That causes Hope to feel that Faith is abandoning their new catering business, so then Faith feels equally neglected when Hope replaces her with a new, highly motivated assistant.

Directors: Gil Junger
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Another Car Commercial
star
7.11
64 votes

#21 - Another Car Commercial

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/2005

Auto dealer Handsome Hal refuses to exchange Faith's lemon of a car unless she can get former baseball star, Gary ""The Gooch"" Gucharez, to do a commercial. Faith tricks the reluctant Gooch, but later regrets it.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Taylor Hamra
Watch Now:Amazon
Queer as Hope
star
7.10
62 votes

#22 - Queer as Hope

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2004

When Justin is caught smoking and Hayley steals frogs that are ready to be dissected, Hope starts to worry that everyone will think she's a bad mother. This fear comes to life when Faith tries to rent an apartment from a lesbian landlord by passing herself and Hope as lovers. When their picture ends up in the newspaper with the headline ""local lesbians,"" Hope's bid for three time mother of the year is in jeopardy.

Directors: Don Scardino
Watch Now:Amazon
Season Finale
star
7.10
62 votes

#23 - Season Finale

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/6/2005

When both men want an exclusive commitment from Faith, she resorts to everything from ""Bachelorette"" competition rules to a psychic's advise to help her choose between Larry, a handsome newscaster (Dean Cain), and charming former baseball star ""The Gooch"" (Mark Consuelos, Ripa's real-life husband)

Directors: Gil Junger
Watch Now:Amazon
Natal Attraction (1)
star
7.09
64 votes

#24 - Natal Attraction (1)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2004

Hope and Faith play matchmakers for their father and their gynecologist, Anne. They hit it off, until Jack finds out that his ex-girlfriend, Mandi, is pregnant with his child.

Directors: Gil Junger
Writer: Bob Gaylor
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Hold the Phone
star
7.08
63 votes

#25 - Hold the Phone

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2004

Charley's life becomes a living hell when Faith starts working as the receptionist in his orthodontics practice. When tensions mount, they make a bet for their most prized possessions and manage to ruin Hayley's science fair.

Directors: Don Scardino
Writer: Jenna Bruce
Watch Now:Amazon