Dinosaurs: Season 2

1991 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 2 of Dinosaurs

The second season of Dinosaurs kicks off with the Sinclairs living a full prehistoric middle-class life in Pangea. Earl keeps pushing trees for Wesayso alongside Roy, while Fran tries to keep order at home with their three kids and her mother Ethyl. The starting point is a golden horn that Peanut discovers and that makes Baby king of the dinosaurs, something Earl thinks is perfect. From there, conflicts arise from everyday life: Earl prefers TV to spending time with the family, Robbie clashes with his dad over food and his career future, and Charlene wants to fit in with her classmates. The satire of 1990s customs continues to shape every story.

24episodes

Sep 18, 1991premiered

May 8, 1992latest episode

9.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 The Golden Child
Sep 18, 1991 · 23 min
When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.
Director: Tom Trbovich · Writer: Dava Savel · Starring: Michael Dorn, Sam McMurray, Kirk R. Thatcher, Florence Stanley
2x02 Family Challenge
Sep 25, 1991 · 23 min
When the Sinclairs' TV is wrecked, Earl enters the family on a game show to win a new set.
Director: Bruce Bilson · Writer: Tim Doyle · Starring: Peter Bonerz, Michael Earl, Sam McMurray, Florence Stanley
2x03 I Never Ate for My Father
Oct 2, 1991 · 23 min
When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association, Earl fears his son may be a herbivore.
Director: Tom Trbovich · Writer: Rob Ulin · Starring: Steven Banks, Florence Stanley
2x04 Charlene's Tale
Oct 9, 1991 · 23 min
Charlene gets a tail, which whips up strange feelings in Earl, whose little girl is no longer so little.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Dava Savel · Starring: Allan Trautman, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray
2x05 Endangered Species
Oct 16, 1991 · 23 min
Earl buys Fran two rare grapdelites for dinner, unaware that they are the last of their species.
Directing: Jay Dubin · Writing: Brian LaPan, David A. Caplan · Starring: Sam McMurray, Sherman Hemsley
2x06 Employee of the Month
Oct 23, 1991 · 23 min
Earl anticipates a promotion as he awaits a dinner with Richfield; Robbie brings home a "pet" human.
Director: Reza Badiyi · Writer: David A. Caplan, Brian LaPan · Starring: Paula Marshall, Allan Trautman, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray
2x07 When Food Goes Bad
Oct 30, 1991 · 23 min
Lurking in the Sinclair refrigerator are delectable creatures that go bad, very bad, while Charlene watches the baby.
Directing: Patrick Johnson · Writing: Tim Doyle, Kirk R. Thatcher · Starring: Tim Doyle, Michael Earl, Florence Stanley
2x08 Career Opportunities
Nov 6, 1991 · 23 min
Robbie objects to the career--tree pusher--assigned to him by the "Job Wizard."
Director: Bruce Bilson · Writer: Richard Day · Starring: Jason Alexander, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray, Sherman Hemsley
2x09 Unmarried ... With Children
Nov 13, 1991 · 23 min
A liberated single female's ideas make Fran reconsider renewing her marriage license.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Brian LaPan, David A. Caplan · Starring: David Wohl, Suzie Plakson, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray
2x10 How to Pick Up Girls
Nov 20, 1991 · 23 min
Robbie gets pointers on how to approach girls from a streetwise contemporary named Spike.
Director: Bruce Bilson · Writer: Andy Goodman · Starring: Julianne Buescher, Christopher Meloni
2x11 Switched At Birth
Nov 27, 1991 · 23 min
The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Tim Doyle · Starring: Jason Alexander, Mimi Kennedy, Brian Henson, Sam McMurray
2x12 Refrigerator Day
Dec 11, 1991 · 23 min
Earl's fridge is repossessed as the dinosaurs celebrate Refrigerator Day and the gift of cold storage.
Director: Bruce Bilson · Writer: Victor Fresco · Starring: Thom Sharp, Allan Trautman, Michael Dorn, Florence Stanley
2x13 What Sexual Harris Meant
Dec 18, 1991 · 23 min
Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Brian LaPan, David A. Caplan · Starring: Jason Alexander, Jack L. Harrell, David Leisure, Allan Trautman
2x14 Fran Live
Jan 8, 1992 · 23 min
Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs, leaving Earl to learn how to cope with a wife who works.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Victor Fresco · Starring: Heather McPhaul, Tony Shalhoub, Thom Sharp, Suzie Plakson
2x15 Power Erupts
Jan 15, 1992 · 23 min
A power struggle erupts between the Wesayso Corp. and Robbie after he invents a way to generate energy as a science project.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Andy Goodman · Starring: John Vernon, William Schallert, Edie McClurg, Sam McMurray
2x16 The Clip Show
Jan 22, 1992 · 23 min
An archaeologist documents dinosaurs' way of life as they may have existed long ago, but clips from previous episodes tell a different story.
Directing: Jay Dubin · Writing: Rob Ulin, Dava Savel · Starring: Richard Portnow, Paxton Whitehead, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray
2x17 A New Leaf
Feb 5, 1992 · 23 min
A wild plant has a weird effect on the dinosaurs--it makes them dopey and happy, to the exclusion of everything else.
Director: Mark Brull · Writer: Rob Ulin · Starring: Christopher Meloni, Sam McMurray, Sherman Hemsley
2x18 The Last Temptation of Ethyl
Feb 12, 1992 · 23 min
Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.
Director: Tom Trbovich · Writer: Dava Savel · Starring: Buddy Hackett, John Glover, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray
2x19 Nuts To War (1)
Feb 19, 1992 · 23 min
The four-legged dinosaurs encroach on the pistachio-nut supply of the "normal" dinosaurs...and that means war.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Steve Pepoon · Starring: George Gaynes, Chuck Varesko, Gary Owens, Suzie Plakson
2x20 Nuts To War (2)
Feb 26, 1992 · 23 min
Earl, Roy and Charlene pose as entertainers and rush to the front to retrieve Robbie.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: David A. Caplan, Brian LaPan · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Jason Alexander, Gary Owens, Fred Travalena
2x21 And The Winner Is...
Mar 25, 1992 · 23 min
Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.
Director: Tom Trbovich · Writer: Rob Ulin, Tim Doyle · Starring: Jason Bernard, Florence Stanley, Sam McMurray, Sherman Hemsley
2x22 Slave to Fashion
Apr 1, 1992 · 23 min
Charlene wants to make a fashion statement with an expensive coat, but the coat leads her into a vain attempt to achieve status.
Directing: Tom Trbovich · Writing: Dava Savel · Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tim Curry, Jessica Lundy, Florence Stanley
2x23 Leader of the Pack
Apr 22, 1992 · 23 min
When Robbie can't beat a gang of hoods (who keep beating him), he joins them.
Director: Bruce Bilson · Writer: Kirk R. Thatcher · Starring: Ken Hudson Campbell, Stephen Caffrey, Shaun Baker, Tim Curry
2x24 WESAYSO Knows Best Season Finale
May 8, 1992 · 23 min
Wesayso insists Roy replace Earl as the father of the Sinclairs, who are selected as the Wesayso spokesfamily.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Victor Fresco · Starring: Michael Richards, Michael Dorn, Suzie Plakson, Sam McMurray