The BEST episodes of Cybill season 2

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

Cybill Shepherd stars as Cybill Sheridan, a woman who has it all: two spiteful daughters, two clingy ex-husbands, an outrageous best friend, an unstable future, and a house on an eroding LA hillside. But with humor and determination, Cybill braves each new challenge that comes her way, while having the time of her life discovering that life after forty is anything but downhill.

Last Updated: 9/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Pal Zoey
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7.92
37 votes

#1 - Pal Zoey

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1996

Cybill is disconcerted but delighted when a heartbroken Zoey decides she wants to be best friends; but Rachel storms off when Cybill and Kevin agree to sit in on a marriage counselling session, only to discover that Kevin slept with Rachel's therapist. Meanwhile, Maryann tries to make Ira jealous by flirting with Cybill's Arkansas cousin Lyle, who is obsessed with getting onto The Price is Right.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Going Out With a Bang
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7.60
10 votes

#2 - Going Out With a Bang

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1996

Children's show host Major Milo proposes to Cybill on the air; but she's much more interested in a hunky cable technician. Meanwhile, Ira and Maryann have a steamy dinner date that ends in disaster.

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Where's Zoey?
star
7.50
8 votes

#3 - Where's Zoey?

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1996

Cybill refuses to let Zoey stay home alone while she travels to Vancouver to film a science fiction series, so Maryann offers to let the "demon seed" stay with her. But Maryann gets into a pickle when she goes out for olives and Zoey disappears.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Wedding Bell Blues
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7.43
7 votes

#4 - Wedding Bell Blues

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1996

Cybill's longtime rival Andrea beats her out for another job, then announces she is marrying Maryann's ex - Dr. Dick, so the two plot revenge schemes to ruin the wedding reception. Nothing goes as planned, but a food fight puts an end to the reception anyway.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Cybill With an 'S'
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7.42
12 votes

#5 - Cybill With an 'S'

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1995

Ira brings his new girlfriend to Zoey's sweet sixteen birthday party, and Cybill and Maryann both like her until they discover she has uncontrollable multiple personalities; Zoey and Sean, a busboy from the restaurant, are mutually smitten.

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To Sir, With Lust
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7.36
11 votes

#6 - To Sir, With Lust

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1995

To be physically intimate or not to be? That's the question when Cybill dates and desires her acting teacher, until she sees him in his one-man play; and Zoey reconsiders her vow of chastity now that she has met Sean.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
Writer: Alan Ball
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Mourning Has Broken
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7.36
11 votes

#7 - Mourning Has Broken

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1995

Cybill renews a romance with David Whittier Sr., which ended the first time because he was still mourning his wife's death. But Maryann's convinced he did more than mourn - she thinks he caused it. So she and Cybill break into hi s house in search of evidence.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Cybill's Fifteen Minutes
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7.30
10 votes

#8 - Cybill's Fifteen Minutes

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1995

Cybill is hounded by the press after her Oscar night date, famous actor Dennis Oliver leaves her and then solicits a prostitute in LA, taking it for granted he won't get caught.

Writer: Russ Woody
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Educating Zoey
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7.22
9 votes

#9 - Educating Zoey

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1996

Cybill and Ira learn a lesson in parenting when one of Zoey's counselors informs them that college is not part of Zoey's plans for the future.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Three Women and a Dummy
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7.22
9 votes

#10 - Three Women and a Dummy

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1996

Zoey's new-found popularity confounds an apologetic Sean; Ira and Maryann go on a first date; Cybill accompanies the waiter to a party at his ex-boyfriend's.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Alan Ball
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Virgin, Mother, Cheater
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7.15
39 votes

#11 - Virgin, Mother, Cheater

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1996

Kevin's preoccupation with getting tenure looks like an affair to Rachel, who decides that two can play that game. Zoey and Sean lie about their celibacy to stop their friends' questions.

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When You're Hot, You're Hot
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7.15
39 votes

#12 - When You're Hot, You're Hot

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1996

Cybill's hot flashes and herbal treatments don't make her feel any younger, nor does Ira's visiting mother Ruth, who has traded in pantsuits for trendy clothes and "a little sweet wheat". But Ruth is a hit with Zoey, since she arrives in a pink Cadillac that's a present for her granddaughter, much to Cybill and Ira's dismay.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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The Big Apple Can Bite Me
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7.10
10 votes

#13 - The Big Apple Can Bite Me

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1996

A rotten experience in the Big Apple in 1969 took a chunk out of Cybill's self-esteem, so, for her birthday, Maryann, Rachel and Zoey take her to New York and teach her how to bite back.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
Writer: Linda Wallem
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Since I Lost My Baby
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7.00
11 votes

#14 - Since I Lost My Baby

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1995

Jeff's second ex-wife Terry is pregnant, and tells Cybil that Jeff is the unwitting father; Cybill and Maryann take William shopping, but return home with the wrong stroller and baby.

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The Odd Couples
star
7.00
8 votes

#15 - The Odd Couples

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1995

Not since Felix and Oscar have there been such odd pairings: Ira shadows Maryann hoping her lunacy will dispel his trouble with writer's block; and Cybill hangs out with Sean.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
Writer: Russ Woody
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A Who's Who for What's His Name
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7.00
6 votes

#16 - A Who's Who for What's His Name

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1996

Cybill decides to fire her agent Arthur, who drops dead behind Cybill and Maryann while they are toasting "new beginnings". Cybill offers her sympathies to Evelyn, Arthur's widow, and ends up arranging the entire funeral. She learns that Arthur was not the big-time Hollywood agent he claimed to be - most of the people in Arthur's Rolodex have never heard of him. A desperate Cybill arranges for celebrity look-alikes to attend Arthur's funeral. Meanwhile, Maryann confesses to Cybill that she has fantasized about Ira.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Romancing the Crone
star
7.00
9 votes

#17 - Romancing the Crone

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1996

Cybill accidentally causes a famous actress to break her arm, so she invites her to recuperate at her home, where the woman breaks Cybill's endurance with boundless demands. Meanwhile, Zoey discovers that her brother-in-law Kevin is having an on-line dalliance with another woman.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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An Officer and a Thespian
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7.00
35 votes

#18 - An Officer and a Thespian

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1996

To land a movie role as a cop, Cybill prepares by riding with a cop on duty; but when his wife goes into labour, Cybill is left with the car, the siren and a call from Maryann in trouble. Meanwhile, Rachel's husband throws a party to suck up to his academic superior in hopes of landing tenure; and Zoey and Sean notice the academic's wife stealing the silver.

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Lowenstein's Lament
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6.88
8 votes

#19 - Lowenstein's Lament

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1996

Cybill auditions to play herself in the film based on Ira's book, but she regards the written character as a "needy doormat" - which may be why her performance is flat; and she loses the role to Paula Abdul.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
Writer: Glenn Greggs
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They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They?
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6.86
7 votes

#20 - They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They?

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1995

Cybill's an unhappy Pilgrim who's not making much progress realizing her dream of a family Thanksgiving: everyone goes elsewhere, and she has to work on the holiday.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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Zing!
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6.75
8 votes

#21 - Zing!

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1995

Cybill tells Maryann that "there's no zing anymore" when she meets someone new. And it's still missing when Maryann sets her up on a blind date - until she meets the guy's sixty-something father.

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Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life
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6.73
11 votes

#22 - Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1995

Disturbed by feeling that her family all have lives separate from her own, Cybill drags Maryann into the desert in search of spiritual insights and, receiving an urgent psychic message from the universe, rushes back just in time for the birth of her grandson.

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Local Hero
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6.60
10 votes

#23 - Local Hero

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1995

After she is replaced in a movie starring Kenny Rogers, Cybill thinks her career's a flop - until she takes a gamble on accepting an invitation to visit an immigrant family who collectively idolize her. Meanwhile, Rachel tries to counsel Ira out of his neurotic fear of the telephone.

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Nice Work If You Can Get It
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6.55
11 votes

#24 - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1995

Controlling Maryann comes to Cybill's financial rescue when the star of her new sitcom, Dick Van Patten, drops dead during a curtain call.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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