Episode guide
thirtysomething: Season 2
17 episodes · premiered Dec 6, 1988
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- Episode 1: We'll Meet Again Dec 6, 1988 · 1h As she and Michael argue about her working and having another child, Hope learns about some previous tenants of their house. Hope is making tentative moves toward returning to work…
- Episode 2: In Re: the Marriage of Weston Dec 13, 1988 · 1h Things get complicated between Elliot and Nancy as they moved toward finalizing their divorce. They both try to establish new relationships. Scenes of Elliot and Nancy's courtship are…
- Episode 3: The Mike Van Dyke Show Dec 20, 1988 · 1h As Christmas and Hanukkah near, Hope suffers a minor injury and an unknown illness. Michael has a crisis of faith and imagines his life as a 1960's TV sitcom. Michael and Hope are…
- Episode 4: Trust Me Jan 3, 1989 · 1h Melissa and Gary consider having a child together. Gary volunteers his time at a social services center, where he is irritated by and attracted to a brusque administrator. Gary and…
- Episode 5: No Promises Jan 10, 1989 · 1h Ellyn tries to deal with the shock of her parents' divorce and her growing estrangement from Woodman. Ellyn is shocked to receive a call from her father asking her to lunch. With Hope and…
- Episode 6: Politics Jan 17, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Michael takes on a client that he, his wife and his friends find repugnant. Gary and Susannah's odd relationship continues to grow. At a diner with Hope, Gary, Elliot and Melissa…
- Episode 7: Success Jan 31, 1989 · 1h Melissa gets a job working with Carly Simon. Michael and Elliot face losing their business. Melissa is excited--Russell has shown some of her work around and he might be able to get her…
- Episode 8: First Day / Last Day Feb 7, 1989 · 1h Flashback scenes of Michael and Elliot meeting, working together, and forming their own company are interspersed with the present-day dissolution of the Michael and Elliot Company. The two…
- Episode 9: About Last Night Feb 14, 1989 · 1h Gary and Susannah try to figure out what to do when they finds out that she's pregnant. Nancy misses a publishing deadline for her book.
- Episode 10: Elliot's Dad Feb 28, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Elliot gets involved with his wayward father. Ethan suffers an injury. Elliot goes to see his divorced father Charlie who is in town. Charlie introduces him to a woman friend…
- Episode 11: Payment Due Mar 7, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Ellyn's work and personal life take a great toll on her, both physically and emotionally. Ellyn has been suffering from an unknown stomach ailment but she tells Woodman and Hope…
- Episode 12: Deliverance Mar 21, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Ellyn, Nancy, Hope and Melissa go on a cathartic camping trip. Melissa gets some camping equipment as a payoff for a photo shoot and the gang makes plans to take a camping trip to…
- Episode 13: Michael Writes a Story Apr 4, 1989 · 1h Michael takes a creative writing class, as does Nancy. Michael incurs Nancy's wrath when he writes about something he heard about her in confidence from Elliot. Also, Michael and Elliot…
- Episode 14: New Job Apr 11, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Hope suffers a miscarriage just as Michael and Elliot begin work for Miles Drentell at DAA. Elliot and Michael are in Miles Drentell's office interviewing for jobs at DAA. While…
- Episode 15: Be a Good Girl Apr 25, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Melissa must deal with her aging grandmother who wants her to take over her business. Melissa is preparing to go to her parents for a birthday dinner for herself, her mother…
- Episode 16: Courting Nancy May 2, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Nancy pursues her relationship with Matt, but Elliot makes a concerted effort to win her back. Elliot returns the kids to Nancy and has an awkward meeting with her new boyfriend…
- Episode 17: Best of Enemies May 16, 1989 · 1h CAPSULE: Hope is writing an article that could affect Susannah's Race St. Project, driving a wedge between her and Gary. Gary and Susannah are proceeding with preparations for parenthood…