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Step by Step Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1992 - 1993
Episode 1
S.A.T. Blues
Fri, Sep 18, 199230 mins
It is time for Dana to take the SAT. Just as she is about to sit down, Cody shows up. He does something new every week. When the scores arrive in the mail, Cody actually did better than Dana. Dana challenges Cody to take the SAT again. Cody agrees and beats her again. After a long talk with Carol, Dana must learn to live with her scores.
Episode 2
To B or Not to B
Fri, Sep 25, 199230 mins
The school year starts even harder the usual. Even Mark is terrified he has to take wood-shop. Al's cooking is so bad it requires power-tools to cut it. Worst off is JT's with a Shakespeare assignment for Carol's former favorite teacher, Mrs. Hill, and a class visit from his stepmother. It turns out 'Fishface' grades jocks a D, even after Frank coached JT on Hamlet all night. Until Carol steps in.
Episode 3
Stuck on You
Fri, Oct 2, 199230 mins
JT is desperate enough for a date with popular Judy to pay Karen back for her fashion and grooming help, to Dana's amusement. Frank felt his back hampered him joining Cody jumping as a 'human fly'. He is tempted by 'macho rivalry' for the kids' admiration with Al's friend Lori's dad, former football star Ted Davis.
Episode 4
J.T.'s World
Fri, Oct 9, 199230 mins
The kids are tickled pink when J.T. gets his own public access TB show 'J.T.'s world'. When it turns out being a guest seduces Lisa Morgan, but for sidekick Cody rather then J.T., the star dumps his cousin and best mate. Frank and unsuspecting Cody's undying support make him reconsider. Frank felt he shouldn't do a magazine 'compatibility test' with Carol, and was right: after answering he fall for a gorgeous other woman after 'only' six months on a desert island without any change of rescue, Carol declares war on his 'infidelity'.
Episode 5
It's a Dog's Life
Fri, Oct 16, 199230 mins
Al and Brendan get more than they bargained for when they agree to take care of a neighbor's St. Bernard ... way more, especially after the dog's masters decide to move away and leave the dog in the Lamberts' care. Everyone becomes even more miserable when Carol falls in love with the slobbering mutt.
Episode 6
The Boss
Fri, Oct 23, 199230 mins
Dana is promoted to manager of a '50s-style restaurant, and her condescending, overbearing demeanor quickly takes its toll on employees J.T. and Karen to the point that they resign. Frank and Carol are sympathetic to Dana and help out during lunch hour ... until Dana again asserts herself. In the end, Dana learns a lesson about what being "the boss" means.
Episode 7
Model Daughter
Fri, Oct 30, 199230 mins
Karen realizes a dream when she takes a modeling job in Chicago, but she has to deal with her overbearing mother. Carol tags along and interferes with the photo shoot, angering Karen. However, one of the other models takes Karen aside and shares her dream ... just to be a kid. Meanwhile, Dana - and then the others, one by one - come down with the flu. They all quickly make Frank their butler, which (along with Mark sharing how often he has to vomit) drives family patriarch crazy.
Episode 8
Someone to Watch Over Me
Fri, Nov 6, 199230 mins
Frank becomes worried when he learns Dana has asked Mike Walters (aka "Mike the Mover") out on a date, particularly since he has learned Mike has a reputation of pressuring his dates into having sex. However, a plan to spy on Dana and make sure no hanky-panky takes place backfires, and Dana quickly accuses her stepfather of meddling. The next day, Mike shows his true colors during an unannounced visit, and Frank is there to back up Dana when she asks him to leave. Meanwhile, J.T. agrees to wax and wash Frank's new truck, but buys a substandard brand of wax that ruins the truck's paint job ... and Frank's trust in his eldest son.
Episode 9
The Making of the President
Fri, Nov 13, 199230 mins
Dana and J.T. become rival candidates for class president, J.T.'s candidacy prompted after he becomes annoyed that the only candidates are "dweebs and geeks" and that there are no everyman candidates. The candidacies polarize the household, and eventually J.T. wins. However, the work quickly becomes more than J.T. has bargained for and he quickly resigns.
Episode 10
Virgin Territory
Fri, Nov 20, 199230 mins
J.T. finally found a girl who never says no, Kellie Peterson. Yet she only agrees to double date with her sister Kimmie and Cody, who refuses to go to their house in their parents' absence. Meanwhile Carol is as determined to enforce the low cholesterol diet the doctor prescribed to Frank as he is to dodge it. The kids enjoy helping her contraband cheese, but it takes another motivator.
Episode 11
Back to Basics
Fri, Dec 4, 199230 mins
Carol imposes a severe crackdown in family spending after a long-overdue video is found under Brendan's bed. The other siblings immediately blame Brendan, and their behavior toward him becomes so rude and disdainful that he decides to run away. It isn't long before the youngest Lambert is found (in Cody's van), and after Frank and Carol reassure Brendan that he wasn't to blame, the other children realize they need to apologize.
Episode 12
Boys Will Be Boys
Fri, Dec 11, 199230 mins
Frank's old high school buddy arrives for a visit, and it becomes obvious he still hasn't grown up. Meanwhile, Cody wins a live turkey in a supermarket raffle, but struggles with his conscience when he learns the bird is about to be butchered.
Episode 13
If I Were a Rich Man
Fri, Jan 8, 199330 mins
A resident of the Lakeview Retirement Home (where Cody is a volunteer) dies. The man leaves Cody his estate, valued at $250,000. As Cody struggles with how to spend the money, his cousins pester him for a share of the inheritance (to spend lavishly, natch). Eventually, enough is enough and Cody decides to put the money to good use: Save for $500, turn the cash over to the nursing home for needed upgrades. Cody then spends the rest of the money on a new camcorder (to replace a junky one that Frank purchased and breaks down in spectacular fashion).
Episode 14
Happy Birthday, Baby
Fri, Jan 15, 199330 mins
When Frank and Carol veto Dana's plan to have a no-adults party for her 17th birthday, she decides to rent a hotel room. Things become complicated when Frank and Carol do so (for a romantic weekend) in the same hotel, but the only available one is the one across the hall from Dana's. Meanwhile, Cody is asked to mediate a dispute between Al and Karen over a ruined blouse.
Episode 15
One of the Guys
Fri, Jan 22, 199330 mins
Hearing that Mark has made a whopping profit in hypothetical stock investments, the greedy siblings force him to invest their meager savings for real. Even Brandon's Chipmunk cookie sale earnings are used, with Cody as adult agent. Carol applauded the union's demand that Frank hires a female construction worker. Alas when she sees Aggie's s-chest sizes, which she argued can't obstruct good work, she turns jealously suspicious. Then Frank gets stuck with her in a motel.
Episode 16
No Business Like Show Business
Fri, Feb 5, 199330 mins
When "J.T.'s World" becomes a huge local hit, a national syndicator approaches the show's star about making the show an even bigger hit. J.T. thinks he's about to become a huge star, and his ego grows wild. However, the eldest Lambert is thoroughly humbled when he learns that the syndicator's plans for his show are vastly different.
Episode 17
Love, Port Washington Style
Fri, Feb 12, 199330 mins
Dana is dumped by her boyfriend right before Valentine's Day, and takes out her frustrations on everyone, including a potential new suitor. Meanwhile, Frank gets a temporary job at Carol's hair salon, and his new hairstyles - caused by his own ineptitude, rather than creativity - quickly become popular with the local teen-agers (but not their parents).
Episode 18
Aloha: Part 1
Fri, Feb 19, 199330 mins
The family--including Cody--vacation in Hawaii. Among other adventures, Dana meets the man of her dreams: a beach bum named Brian. The two hit it off, and the romance quickly blossoms to the point where Brian gives Dana a 6-karat solitaire diamond ring in a Tiffany setting. However, Dana is heartbroken when Carol finds out and objects to the impending marriage.
Episode 19
Aloha: Part 2
Fri, Feb 26, 199330 mins
Frank and (especially) Carol refuse to accept daughter Dana's engagement, they get into a huge argument. Dana considers eloping with sweetheart Brian, but when the two begin talking about their future, they realize that perhaps they were not meant for each other after all and (sadly) break it off. Meanwhile, the others become engaged in adventures involving sand castles and buried treasure.
Episode 20
No Way to Treat a Lady
Fri, Mar 12, 199330 mins
After meeting a biker chick at school, J.T. wants to ask her out ... but first consults Mark on how to treat this young woman. Meanwhile, Frank mortifies Al when he tags along with her and Carol to the store to buy the 13-year-old girl (fast entering puberty and quickly becoming very beautiful) her first bra.
Episode 21
The Un-Natural
Fri, Apr 2, 199330 mins
Mark is recruited to join the local Pony League baseball team (which Frank coaches and Al is the star catcher) after one of Al's teammates suffers a season-ending injury. Mark, who was never good at baseball, may wind up spending the season on the bench ... until he gets his opportunity to save the day in the championship game.
Episode 22
The Psychic
Fri, Apr 30, 199330 mins
As a practical joke, J.T. places an unflattering baby photograph of Karen in the high school yearbook. Later - after Cody and J.T. visit a psychic - J.T. becomes convinced that a dark-hair female will stab him to death with a large knife ... and that profile fits Karen. Also, Frank and Carol purchase a new massaging bed, but the bed does everything but help them relax or enjoy a good night's sleep.
Episode 23
This Old House
Fri, May 7, 199330 mins
Frank wins a contract to construct a multi-million dollar office complex, and this will necessitate the removal of a house sitting on a key part of the property. He hires munitions expert Cody to level the structure, but when Cody goes inside to inspect the structure, he finds out that a family is still living there. Meet the Emersons, a couple with two children that have been down on their luck for the last year; both parents had lost their jobs several months earlier, and are now penniless and have nowhere else to stay. Cody is sympathetic and immediately refuses to destroy the house. Frank, nervous about the repercussions, tries to get Cody to start the work ... until project backer Mr. Hartman threatens to sue Frank for breach of contract, a move that could force the Lamberts into bankruptcy. Carol learns about the Emersons' situation and rallies to their aid. In the end, Mr. Hartman agrees to a plan to have the house moved, and Mr. Emerson gets a job on Frank's payroll. Also: J.T. becomes the manager of Al's envelope-stuffing enterprise (where Mark and Brendan are also working), but is quickly overbearing; the three younger siblings revolt and J.T. is left to complete the work himself.
Episode 24
Double Date
Fri, May 21, 199330 mins
Carol sets Karen up with a young lad named Freddy for the dance, but Karen has her eye on someone more desirable. Karen asks the other fellow, Jeffrey, out, then dumps Freddy by lying to him. At the dance, Jeffrey and Karen win the "Perfect Couple" award, but when they spot Freddy, Karen's conscience gets to her and she decides to apologize. Meanwhile, Frank becomes imprisoned in Cody's van after he installs an alarm that works all too well.
