The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 2

1991 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 2 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Season 2 begins with Will now settled in his aunt and uncle's mansion, though he still hasn't gotten used to the Banks family's rules. Conflicts arise in everyday life: a fight at Ashley's school, Carlton's preparation for the SAT, and Vivian's midlife crisis on turning forty, which leads her to take up dancing again. Will, for his part, gets involved in risky business ventures and a relationship with Dee Dee, whom his friends criticize for her weight. Everything revolves around a boy from Philadelphia trying to fit into a world he never chose.

24episodes

Sep 9, 1991premiered

May 4, 1992latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Did the Earth Move for You?
Sep 9, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.5
Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Winifred Hervey · Starring: Tisha Campbell
2x02 The Mother of All Battles
Sep 16, 1991 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Bryan Winter · Starring: Ebony Monique Solomon, Tina Lifford, John Wesley, Rosa Nevin
2x03 Will Gets a Job
Sep 23, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.7
Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party, at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Efrem Seeger · Starring: Lela Rochon, Christopher Birt, Morgan Nagler
2x04 PSAT Pstory
Sep 30, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.6
Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Marcus Jamal Gaines · Starring: Eric Christmas, William Cort, Dave Florek
2x05 Granny Gets Busy
Oct 7, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.2
Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Cheryl Gard · Starring: Virginia Capers, Lee Weaver, Eda Reiss Merin
2x06 Guess Who's Coming to Marry?
Oct 14, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.1
Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Samm-Art Williams · Starring: Felton Perry, Charlayne Woodard, Diedrich Bader, Jenifer Lewis
2x07 The Big Four-Oh
Oct 21, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Lisa Rosenthal · Starring: Nicholas Shaffer, Judy Prescott, Roumel Reaux, Nancy Saenz
2x08 She Ain't Heavy
Nov 4, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.6
Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Lisa Rosenthal · Starring: Vincent Ventresca, Michael Weiner, Nia Long, Queen Latifah
2x09 Cased Up
Nov 11, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.7
A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Bennie R. Richburg Jr. · Starring: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tim Haldeman, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Richard McKenzie
2x10 Hi-Ho Silver
Nov 18, 1991 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Elaine Newman, Ed Burnham · Starring: Zsa Zsa Gabor, John Petlock, Tim Haldeman
2x11 The Butler Did It
Nov 25, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Bryan Winter · Starring: Nicholle Tom, Ralph Manza, David Bowe, Perry Moore
2x12 Something for Nothing
Dec 9, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.2
After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: William Missouri Downs · Starring: Don Amendolia, John Petlock, Brandon Quintin Adams, Mimi Cozzens
2x13 Christmas Show Mid-Season Finale
Dec 16, 1991 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Winifred Hervey · Starring: Felton Perry, Tom Virtue, Charlayne Woodard, Diedrich Bader
2x14 Hilary Gets a Life
Jan 6, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Eunetta T. Boone, P. Karen Raper · Starring: Clea Lewis, Joan McMurtrey, Elsa Raven, Sharon Brown
2x15 My Brother's Keeper
Jan 13, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.5
On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Bennie R. Richburg Jr. · Starring: Allen Payne, Bobby McGee, Dave Florek, Hugh Dane
2x16 Geoffrey Cleans Up
Jan 20, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Lisa Rosenthal · Starring: Marj Dusay, Matthew Faison, Anna Maria Horsford, E.R. Davies
2x17 Community Action
Feb 3, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Cheryl Gard · Starring: Nancy Giles, Michole Briana White, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Al Fann
2x18 Ill Will
Feb 10, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.5
The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon · Starring: Erick Avari, Macon McCalman, Milton Berle, John Beradino
2x19 Eyes on the Prize
Feb 17, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.6
Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
Directing: Ellen Gittelsohn · Writing: Bryan Winter · Starring: Bob Eubanks, Macon McCalman, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tim Jones
2x20 Those Were the Days
Feb 24, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.2
Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.
Directing: Rita Rogers Blye · Writing: Samm-Art Williams · Starring: Tim Russ, Kenneth Tigar, Michael Weiner, Peggy Blow
2x21 Vying for Attention
Mar 2, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend.
Directing: Malcolm-Jamal Warner · Writing: Efrem Seeger · Starring: Arnold Johnson, Raven-Symoné, Vernee Watson, Hawthorne James
2x22 The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
Mar 23, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women.
Directing: Rae Kraus · Writing: Jerry Ross · Starring: Felton Perry, Kent King, Jenifer Lewis, Monique Mannen
2x23 Be My Baby Tonight
Apr 27, 1992 · 24 min · ★ 7.2
Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin , but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Lisa Rosenthal · Starring: B.J. Jefferson, Marc Robinson
2x24 Strip-Tease for Two Season Finale
May 4, 1992 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon · Starring: Marge Kotlisky, Mother Love, Marius Mazmanian, Paige Pengra