The BEST episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? season 2
Every episode of Car 54, Where Are You? season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? season 2!
Car 54, Where Are You? features the misadventures of two of New York's finest in the mythical 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Gunther Toody, a short, stocky and dim-witted henpecked husband, is partnered with Francis Muldoon, a tall, lanky and smart bachelor.
#1 - I've Been Here Before
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1963
A group of criminals get pointers for their exploits by watching ""Crime Busters"", Officer Toody's favorite TV show. Since the plots of the shows are fresh in Toody's mind, he appears to be quite the expert in solving the crime wave in town.
#2 - A Man is Not an Ox
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1962
When Toody and Muldoon become ill at the same time, their doctor becomes intrigued because they have become similar in many respects, much as a pair of oxen after being yoked together over time.
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#3 - Toody and Muldoon Meet the Russians
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1963
Muldoon and Toody are assigned to help guard a visiting Russian official who is under the impression that the police force is a prime example of true American life.
#4 - Toody Undercover
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1962
Undercover as ""Bull"", a notorious bank robber, Toody robs a bank along with the help of a group of robbers who've managed to evade the police. Thinking that Toody is an expert as far as robbing is concerned, they fall for a bogus job which lands them all in the clink.
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#5 - A Star is Born in the Bronx
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1962
While dieting to slim down for a part in a play, Sylvia blindly binges on cookies at the grocery not realizing she's being filmed. When the owner of the cookie company sees the film, he is so impressed with her appetite for his cookies that he wants to use her for his ""Dixie Dimple"" cookie commercials.
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#6 - Pretzel Mary
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1962
Unbeknownst to the police department, seemly impoverished Pretzel Mary is actually a multi-millionaire who stores all of her money inside of her tattered furniture. So when the precinct tries to do a kind deed for this poor woman and replace her furnishings for new pieces, the men go into a panic to get back the furniture for her once they realize the truth.
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#7 - Lucille is 40
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/1963
To cheer Lucille because of her 40th birthday, Toody decides that a new wig would be just the thing; however, in the process of getting just the right wig for his wife, Sylvia stirs things up causing Lucille to think that her hubby is being unfaithful.
#8 - Schnauser's Last Ride
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1962
In a flashback, Muldoon explains the trouble Schnauser had 12 years previously when he was forced to give up riding his horse on patrol, converting to a vehicle.
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#9 - Toody and Muldoon Sing Along with Mitch
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1962
Mitch Miller tries to give the 53rd precinct a chance to sing on his TV show, but Toody has the only bass voice.
#10 - The Star Boarder
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1963
Gunther and Lucille Toody are trying to make some extra money. They decide to rent a room, taking in a preacher as a paying boarder. He seems as honest as the day is long but is he actually who he says he is?
#11 - Occupancy, August 1st
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1962
Mrs. Bronson moves in to an apartment that is still under construction because of a lease she'd been given awhile back.
#12 - 142 Tickets on the Aisle
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1962
The 53rd precinct decides that the next group activity will be attending a Broadway play, but at the last minute, getting tickets for a popular show is about near impossible. When they find a play that is unpopular enough to accommodate their large group at such short notice, rumors fly that the police are trying to close the play for censorship reasons.
#13 - Here We Go Again
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963
When Conrad Nogal approaches the captain about doing a special show about how Muldoon's father cracked a world famous case single handedly, Fred stumbles upon his father's diary where the truth is revealed.
#14 - One Sleepy People
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1962
Muldoon moves in with the Toody's temporarily. Soon both Muldoon and Lucille begin to ""believe"" that they're having an affair with each other.
#15 - See You at the Bar Mitzvah
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1963
As a boys' coach, both Muldoon and Toody promise Joel that he will have guests at his Bar Mitzvah. The problem is that Joel's dad is a notoriously cruel landlord, and getting folks to come is not as easy as they'd thought.
#16 - The Biggest Day of the Year
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1963
After Toody casually mentions that today is an important day, rumors fly sending the precinct into a panic because no one can remember what occasion they've supposedly forgotten.
#17 - Remember St. Petersburg
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1962
Under the mistaken impression that Leo is a count from Russia, a group of crooked spiritualist try to manipulate to benefit financially from the situation.
#18 - I Hate Captain Block
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1962
While bird sitting for Capt. Block's parrot, Toody inadvertently teaches it to say ""I hate Capt. Block.""
#19 - The White Elephant
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1963
A group of crooks move to town right next door to the bank with full intention of robbing it; however, every attempt to break the adjacent wall down is interrupted by Toody and Muldoon who are just trying to help them make a go of their restaurant business. In the end, the restaurant goes so well that the owner and his pals decide that being an upstanding citizen isn't that bad after all.
#20 - Benny the Bookie's Last Chance
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1963
Toody and Muldoon help set up ex-con Benny in a candy store business, but he doesn't waste time getting involved in the shadier side of life which gets him into hot water once again.
#21 - Hail to the Chief
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1962
First episode of the new season. The President is coming to New York to speak at the U.N. and two top-drawer officers are needed to drive him from the airport. The talent hunt produces those two intrepids: Toody and Muldoon.Before Toody and Muldoon are allowed to drive the President, they must be checked out by the Secret Service. The President is Muldoon's hero, so he is extremely nervous about the assignment, but says that he will be all right as long as the President is not mentioned by name. In the car, the Secret Service agent wonders why Muldoon doesn't want to talk about the President; gets suspicious; and with all the talk, Muldoon gets carsick. The agent's superiors don't believe him. Muldoon gets tranquilizers from a doctor but they only cause him to fall asleep at the wheel. Then he gets anti-depressants which cause him to burst out laughing at the wrong times. The program ends with the President seen arriving in New York City (via newsfilm) and with Toody and Muldoon watchi
#22 - The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1963
The precinct uses Sylvia Schnauser as a decoy to rid the town of ""Discovery Publishers"" which is run by a couple of con artists. As part of her cover, Sylvia insinuates that she is writing a book on the secrets of precinct life, and she ends up getting the whole crew in an uproad, afraid of exposure.
#23 - Puncher and Judy
Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/7/1963
Judy thinks that her boyfriend Antoinne (a hair dresser), ought to quit boxing during his spare time so she asks Toody and Muldoon to intervene. They get Sugar Ray Robinson to disguise himself as an old man, to aid them in getting Antoinne to retire from the ring, but as it turns out, since Antoinne uses boxing as an emotional outlet he becomes anything but nice, insulting his clients at the beauty parlor. Toody and Muldoon admit to Antoinne their deceit in the matter, and Antoinne returns to the ring and his former pleasant self.
#24 - Here Comes Charlie
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1963
The precinct works hard to both rehabilitate and employ alcoholic Charlie.
#25 - Stop Thief
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1962
After overhearing Capt. Block rehearsing a play, Toody and Muldoon get the mistaken impression that the Captain is a kleptomaniac.