The BEST episodes of The Addams Family season 2

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

The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

Last Updated: 9/26/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Ophelia Finds Romance
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7.83
35 votes

#1 - Ophelia Finds Romance

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1966

Ophelia needs help with her latest romance, Horatio Bartholomew, whom she met at a Lonely Hearts' Club, but Grandma Frump objects to him, and Gomez and Morticia both think he's a phony, and try to convince Itt to marry Ophelia instead.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia's Romance (2)
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7.81
104 votes

#2 - Morticia's Romance (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965

Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Addams Cum Laude
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7.74
27 votes

#3 - Addams Cum Laude

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1966

The school principal threatens to expel the children after they've been playing with dynamite caps.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia Meets Royalty
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7.71
75 votes

#4 - Morticia Meets Royalty

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1965

Princess Millicent von Schlepp arrives for a visit in her sedan chair.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Leo Rifkin
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Morticia, the Decorator
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7.69
29 votes

#5 - Morticia, the Decorator

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1966

Morticia is caught up in the National Beautification Program and decides to become a decorator.

Directors: Sidney Salkow
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The Addams Policy
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7.67
30 votes

#6 - The Addams Policy

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/25/1966

Morticia has a new flame thrower, which Fester tests, setting their polar bear on fire. They make a claim to their insurance company, infuriating Mr. Henson, the manager, because his clerk, Joe Digby, had forgotten to cancel the Family's coverage.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Lurch's Grand Romance
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7.59
32 votes

#7 - Lurch's Grand Romance

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/1966

Morticia's old school chum Tiny Trivia arrives for a visit. She's into show-biz and very theatrical. Lurch fails for her, but she has no time for him.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Great Treasure Hunt
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7.59
39 votes

#8 - The Great Treasure Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1966

In the attic the Family discovers Great-Grandfather Pegleg' s old sea chest, and there's a treasure map in it. Morticia wants to search for the treasure, but half the map is missing, so the search for the second half begins.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Halloween... Addams Style
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7.56
43 votes

#9 - Halloween... Addams Style

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1965

It's Halloween and, despite salamander sandwiches and a fresh porcupine taffy, Wednesday's upset.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia's Romance (1)
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7.50
103 votes

#10 - Morticia's Romance (1)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965

On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Christmas with the Addams Family
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7.50
34 votes

#11 - Christmas with the Addams Family

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1965

Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Feud in the Addams Family
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7.47
34 votes

#12 - Feud in the Addams Family

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1965

Prominent Boston socialite Abigail Addams (cousin by marriage) is in a feud with the Gomez Addams branch of the family, and is threatening to sue Gomez for his millions.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Gomez, the People's Choice
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7.46
37 votes

#13 - Gomez, the People's Choice

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1965

Gomez is insulted by his latest tax bill, which is only $84, and complains to Mayor Henson, who misunderstands and offers him a rebate, convincing Gomez and Morticia that he's incompetent.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama
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7.46
35 votes

#14 - Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1966

Two weeks of unfavorable weather (blue skies and sunshine) keep the Addams children stuck indoors, where Morticia and Gomez believe Fester and Grandmama spoil them too much.

Directors: Sidney Salkow
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Cousin Itt's Problem
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7.38
37 votes

#15 - Cousin Itt's Problem

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965

Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Pugsley's Allowance
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7.36
33 votes

#16 - Pugsley's Allowance

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1966

Pugsley wants some money and offers to work for it. This horrifies his parents, Addams don't work! They agree to let him work to teach him a lesson.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia's Dilemma
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7.34
35 votes

#17 - Morticia's Dilemma

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1965

There's a letter for Gomez from Camplona, Spain - an old family friend, Don Xavier Francisco de la Mancha Molines and his daughter is coming to visit.

Directors: Sidney Miller
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My Fair Cousin Itt
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7.34
47 votes

#18 - My Fair Cousin Itt

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965

Gomez has written a play for the Family to celebrate Wednesday's birthday.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
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Morticia, the Sculptress
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7.29
35 votes

#19 - Morticia, the Sculptress

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1965

Morticia wants to do something to add to life artisticaily, so she decides to take up sculpting.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Lurch's Little Helper
star
7.28
29 votes

#20 - Lurch's Little Helper

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/18/1966

Morticia is afraid that they are overworking Lurch, so Gomez builds him a robot assistant.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
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Fester Goes on a Diet
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7.26
31 votes

#21 - Fester Goes on a Diet

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1966

Pugsley has been exercising, much to his parents' disapproval, when Fester gets a letter from his French pen-pal, Yvette, who is coming to visit. So he decides he has to get into shape, with the help of TV fitness guru Jack La Grann.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Ophelia's Career
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7.24
29 votes

#22 - Ophelia's Career

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/8/1966

Ophelia arrives in tears as usual, as she's been jilted again. Morticia thinks she should take up a career to distract her from her bad track record with men.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Ophelia Visits Morticia
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7.21
28 votes

#23 - Ophelia Visits Morticia

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1966

Ophelia is still having problems getting a man. As Gomez observes: 'In the school of romance, I'm afraid she's just a drop-out'. Ophelia's latest beau, Montrose, has left her (the sixth this year), for the Peace Corps.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Portrait of Gomez
star
7.19
36 votes

#24 - Portrait of Gomez

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1965

Strife magazine calls to tell Gomez that they're sending a photographer round, and he thinks he's been chosen their Man of the Year.

Directors: Sidney Salkow
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Morticia, the Writer
star
7.15
33 votes

#25 - Morticia, the Writer

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965

Morticia disapproves of the books the children are assigned from school, since they portray giants, goblins, and ghouls, as the bad guys.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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