The BEST episodes of Kate & Allie season 2
Every episode of Kate & Allie season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kate & Allie season 2!
Kate and Allie, which ran on CBS from 19 March 1984 to 22 May 1989, was the brainchild of Sherry Coben who came up with the idea for the series while attending a high school reunion. There she noticed that a couple of divorcees who seemed unhappy and dissatisfied found comfort in sharing with each other. Coben worked with this germinal notion and successfully pitched the resulting script, originally entitled, "Two Mommies," to Michael Ogiens, then head of New York program development at CBS. Ogiens liked the script because it contained fresh material that dealt with a real issue of the day--single parenthood. Kate and Allie was an instant success, ranking fourth the week it debuted, garnering consistently high ratings thereafter, and earning Jane Curtin two consecutive Emmys and Bill Persky, one. The characters and the issues they dealt with obviously appealed to the program's audience. Saint James' character, Kate, is a woman recently divorced from her unstable and somewha
#1 - If She Goes, I Go
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1985
Despite Kate's doubts about working with her friend, Allie gets a job at Sloan Travel and quickly fouls up so completely that she is fired—whereupon Kate threatens to quit.
#2 - Baby
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1984
Excited about a co-worker's pregnancy, Kate seriously considers having another baby.
#3 - Diner
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1984
Allie finally has someone who wants to buy her house... but, is she willing to sell?
#4 - Lovely Rita
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1985
Guess who's coming to dinner? Kate's potential step-mom. But when Kate takes an instant dislike to her father's fiancée, he calls the engagement off.
#5 - Dead Cat
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/11/1985
Kate brings a stray kitten home.
#6 - The Bad Seed
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1985
Jenny falls into bad company but finds herself all alone at the police station.
#8 - My Dinner With Kate and Allie
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1985
After Allie's ex Charles remarries and Kate breaks up with Ted, they try to cheer themselves up with a lobster dinner.
#9 - Kate and the Plumber
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1984
Kate's relationship with plumber Ted runs hot and cold -- the only thing they can agree on is a mutual attraction.
#10 - Sons and Lovers
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1985
Allie begins dating Steven, a cute graduate student, but resists getting serious. Her doubts about age-differences are confirmed when she accidentally meets Steven's mom at his apartment and finds she has more in common with her that with her son.
#11 - Rear Window
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1985
Chip's imagination could get him into trouble when he ""witnesses"" a murder from his bedroom window.
#12 - Pirates
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1984
When Jennie and Emma vie for the same part in the school production of ""Pirates of Penzance,"" their friendship is tested along with their acting skills.
#13 - Landlady
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1984
Kate and Allie face a rent increase when their landlady realizes that there are two families occupying a one-family dwelling.
#14 - Lottsa Luck
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1984
Kate's elderly aunt Ofelia dies, leaving behind a cryptic will
#15 - Candidate
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/1984
Allie offers to be a campaign volunteer to a would-be congressman
#16 - The Safe Caper
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1984
After finding a 55-year-old love letter hidden in the wall, Kate and Allie try to rekindle the romance by mailing the letter.
#17 - Country Dog
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1984
Chip's birthday causes problems when Charles goes overboard on presents.
#18 - Author, Author
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1985
Kate and Allie's crush on an old college professor is rekindled when each imagines she is the inspiration for his recently published romantic novel.
#19 - Piano Lesson
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1984
When Max leaves for L.A., Emma inherits the piano, complete with a handsome piano teacher who soon has the whole family interested in ""music"" — but who strikes a note of discord when he becomes more interested in Kate than in his pupil.
#20 - New Year's Eve
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1984
Dateless, Kate and Allie spend New Year's Eve at home together.
#22 - Charles Marries Claire
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1985
Allie has new hope of a reconciliation after ex-husband Charles becomes suddenly attentive because he has broken up with girlfriend Clare.