The BEST episodes of The Partridge Family season 2
Every episode of The Partridge Family season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Partridge Family season 2!
In 1970, the Partridge Family was among the top-selling recording acts, not to mention one of the top-rated TV shows of its time. Either way, it made David Cassidy a successful teen idol until the show's cancellation in 1974. The Partridge Family consisted of Shirley Partridge (keyboards, vocals) and her five kids: Keith (lead vocalist and guitar), Laurie (keyboards, vocals), Danny (bass guitar, vocals), Chris (drums), and Tracy (tambourine). Rounding out the cast was their manager, Reuben Kincaid.
#1 - Guess Who's Coming to Drive?
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1971
Reuben sets up an aggressive summer tour schedule. Shirley does not want to go on tour as it is tiring to drive all day and sing all night, so they hire a bus driver. But Danny is suspicious when they find out that he's an ex-con.
#2 - A Man Called Snake
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1971
Keith gave an interview for a magazine and revealed that Laurie has a crush on a classmate, Harry Murphy. Laurie is upset and says it is the wrong name anyway. A motorcyclist, Harry Murphy, comes to visit Laurie to see who she is as a joke.
#3 - Home is Where the Heart Was
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1972
After being scolded from a mess, Chris and Tracy decided to run away from home but, ended up at Ruben's apartment causing mayhem.
#4 - Who is Max Ledbetter and Why is He Saying All Those Terrible Things?
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1972
The Partridges hire a psychic performer for Tracy's birthday party. Keith and Danny keep asking for predictions about their lives, so the psychic asks them to help his failing business from a foreclosure.
#5 - Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1971
Danny is interested in the whales singing and tells the family they need to include whales in their act to show their support of ecology.
#6 - Hel-l-l-p
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/11/1972
It's a battle of the sexes as Shirley and Laurie prove to their male chauvinist counterparts to be better able to handle the wilderness.
#7 - Where Do Mermaids Go?
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1971
Driving home after a tour, the Partridges stop for a picnic on a country road and meet a young woman who likes to travel alone and enjoy her freedom. After hours together, she stays at their home, leaves, and gives them a million dollars.
#8 - I Am Curious Partridge
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1972
Danny gets a job writing articles about the Partridge Family for the local newspaper. To be sure his article is a success, he embellishes the truth about the family.
#9 - Days of Acne and Roses
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1971
The grocery guy who delivers to the Partridges has a crush on Laurie, but he feels shy around her. He wants to ask her out, but has never been on a date. The other family members help him change his appearance and get over his shyness.
#10 - My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/4/1972
Chris and Tracy invite a street worker into their home. He says he is a world-class Russian painter and says he can paint a work of art on their garage door. The completed picture is a nude woman that all the neighbors complain about.
#11 - Promise Her Anything, But Give Her a Punch
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1972
Danny has a crush on a classmate and they go through the ritual of pretending not to like each other. But for Gloria, she likes Keith more and is using Danny to get closer to Keith.
#12 - The Partridge Papers
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1972
The school newspaper is collecting items for an auction to raise money. While Laurie is out, Danny accidentally grabs the wrong box with Laurie's items to contribute. Her personal diary is contributed. The newspaper threatens to publish it.
#13 - Anatomy of a Tonsil
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1971
Danny's sore throat is diagnosed as tonsillitis and he has to have his tonsils removed. He is nervous about the operation, and when it is over, he is nervous about losing his voice.
#14 - I Can Get it for You Retail
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1971
Danny sees his mother looking at a mink coat in a store window, and with Shirley's birthday coming up, Danny decides to buy it for her. To raise money, Danny starts selling Keith's personal belongings to the love-sick girls at school.
#15 - Dora, Dora, Dora
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1971
Stillman Kelly asks his old buddy Reuben to manage his daughter Dora, who is an aspiring singer. Unfortunately, when she auditions in front of Reuben and the Partridges, her vocal abilities leave much to be desired. Unfortunately, Keith, who has fallen for her, is so taken with her beauty that he doesn't even notice. However, when he hears a tape of her singing he soon snaps to his senses and now must try to summon the courage to tell Dora how untalented she is without hurting her feelings.
#16 - Waiting for Bolero
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1972
Keith wants his own apartment so he can have some peace and quiet to write music. Shirley reluctantly agrees to let him move into a room in the house next door. Having his own place is not what he expects.
#17 - Forty-Year Itch
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1971
Shirley's father visits and announces he left home and plans to go to Big Sur. Minutes later, her mother shows up and says she ran away. Both parents are determined to split up. The Partridges must find a way to bring them together again.
#18 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Partridge
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1971
Keith decides he has to be a better role model to his younger brothers and sisters, but it seems like everything backfires.
#19 - In 25 Words or Less
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1971
To raise money and create publicity, Reuben hosts a contest where the winner can spend a week with the Partridges at their home. The winner? Mrs. Gloria Neugast, a middle-aged woman. Gloria brings a new dimension to the family.
#20 - Tale of Two Hamsters
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1971
Danny and the two other younger children tell Shirley they have decided to go in the hamster business. When the two hamsters multiple with their offspring, the Partridges have to take them on tour so they can feed and take care of them.
#21 - Fellini, Bergman, and Partridge
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1972
After seeing some experimental films at a theater, Keith says he can do better than any they saw. Keith pulls out the movie camera and begins filming various random clips. Danny becomes his partner. The premier is not what he expects.
#22 - All's War In Love and Fairs
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1972
As the Partridges start their vacation, the bus breaks down in a small town. The locals want them to do a benefit show to help Native Americans build a school. The mechanic finds ways to delay fixing the bus until the day of the show.
#23 - The Undergraduate
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1971
Shirley enrolls in college using her maiden name so her real name does not draw unwanted attention. A younger classmate develops a crush on her. He tells his parents and they do not approve of his dating an older woman.
#24 - Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1971
After performing in Vegas on Christmas Eve, the Partridges start the drive home. The bus breaks down in a town with one inhabitant. Disappointed about being away from home for Christmas, the prospector tells them a Christmas story.