List of Mr. Belvedere Episodes - Season 2 (1985/86)

Needing a peaceful night's sleep, Marsha kicks the constantly snoring George out of the bedroom. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere goes on a weekend trip, and while he is gone, George sleeps like a baby, but the snoring returns when Belvedere returns.

• Production Date: August 16, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 11.6/19, 52 out of 64 shows

A tornado watch adds to the tension between George and Mr. Belvedere after Belvedere takes it upon himself to edit a story George is writing. Things reach a head when a tornado forces everyone into the basement, and a pool contest begins between George and Belvedere. And neither one of them will allow something like the weather to interfere with their competition.

• Production Date: August 23, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 14.6/24, 41 out of 69 shows

Heather and Angela have decided to try out for the cheerleading squad. However, when Marsha finds out, she takes an unusual attitude toward it, this just on the eve of her birthday, for which Wesley is scrambling to get a present. Meanwhile, Kevin snags a date with a girl he has been eyeing, but Marsha's birthday dinner becomes a conflict.

• Production Date: August 30, 1985

During an accordion lesson, Wesley's teacher, Mr. Zabriskie suddenly dies right after a frustrated Wesley silently wished his death. This leads Wesley to believe he is the one responsible for his teacher's death, and he begins to believe he has a special power. Meanwhile, Heather gets a pair of high heels and has some trouble learning to walk in them.

• Ratings/Share: 12.0/20, 58 out of 67 shows

Kevin has his friend come over to help him on a science project, and George and Marsha quickly become worried when the girl arrives 8 months pregnant and wanting to name the baby Kevin if it's a boy. That appears to be beside the point when the girl suddenly begins to go into labor, and Mr. Belvedere finds himself the first person in line to help with the delivery.

• Kim Gillingham (Robin) also appeared in the season 4 episode "Foxtrot" as Cindy.
• Ratings/Share: 12.8/22, 52 out of 66 shows

Worried that Kevin will get drunk on the night of his junior prom, Marsha has Kevin sign a contract promising that if he drinks, he should call home for a ride and George and Marsha would promise not to hassle him. However, Kevin sees this contract as an open invitation to drink, which leads him to take the contract a bit too far and begin drinking all the time, which is really masking a deeper problem.

• Production Date: October 11, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 14.3/24, 46 out of 67 shows

For their anniversary, George and Marsha act like it is just another day, while the kids suggest they renew their wedding vows. However, after doing some digging, trying to find George and Marsha's original wedding picture, Heather and Kevin make a shocking discovery that leads Kevin to re-examine his life.

• As revealed in this episode, Kevin was an unplanned pregnancy. The same thing was also revealed about Wesley in the episode "Baby", from season 3.
• Marsha's complete full name is revealed in this episode: Marsha Lee Cameron Owens.
• Production Date: October 04, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 14.6/23, 40 out of 68 shows

When George's newspaper goes on strike, he finds himself bored to death and becoming increasingly more irritating to Belvedere. Meanwhile, the family tries to cut costs, which means no new car for Kevin, and Wesley and Heather put together a garage sale where Wesley inadvertently sells a priceless Faberge egg of Mr. Belvedere's.

• Kevin alludes to the time he skidded his car into a golf course in the season 1 episode "The Lost Weekend".
• Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Mary Tingle) also appeared in season 3's "Jobless" as Edna Wilks, and season 6's "Fear of Flying", as Ethel.
• Ratings/Share: 15.6/25, 37 out of 68 shows

Wesley has joined the football team and is terrible at the sport, much to the disappointment of George. This re-opens old wounds in Kevin, who decides to secretly join the football team to get a letter and make George proud. However, when Kevin's grades slip, George comes down hard on him and Kevin decides to move out, just days before Thanksgiving.

• Ratings/Share: 13.2/21, 47 out of 68 shows

George buys a pinball machine to recapture memories from his youth, but quickly tires of it. However, Mr. Belvedere takes a liking to the machine and quickly becomes a pinball junkie, causing him to neglect his household duties. But when George sells the machine, Mr. Belvedere takes up a new residence, in the local arcade.

• Ratings/Share: 17.2/26, 30 out of 61 shows

Wesley begins selling cookies door to door in an attempt to win a trip to Disney World. However, when he does win, he surprisingly gives it away to a sick kid in the hospital. Little does anyone know that Wesley has hopes that this will lead to an even better trip. Meanwhile, George and Mr. Belvedere hold a contest concerning the stock market, and Heather debates cheating on an algebra exam in order to bring her grades up.

• Casey Ellison, who had previously played Miles in "The Outcasts", has a different role in this episode.
• Ratings/Share: 13.0/22, 54 out of 72 shows

When George learns that he is the winner of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh Man of the Year Award, he is thrilled. That is, until he learns he must give a speech, something he is terrified of doing. Meanwhile, a project in one of his classes has Kevin married to a nice girl, but he is resistant to being seen with her in public.

• Production Date: December 06, 1985
• Winifred Freedman makes her first appearance in the recurring role as Wendy.
• Jack Dodson reprised his role as Carl Putnam in season 3's "Halloween", season 5's "Stakeout", and season 6's "A Happy Guys' Christmas".
• Raleigh Bond also appeared in season 3's "Halloween" and season 5's Stakeout.
• Ratings/Share: 16.1/25, 36 out of 64 shows

With everyone busy with their own lives, Mr. Belvedere appears to be lonesome, at least from Wesley's point of view and decides what he needs is a woman in his life. However, the woman who piques his interest was not quite the woman Wesley had in mind, when Mr. Belvedere begins seeing Wesley's teacher.

• Production Date: December 13, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 17.2/27, 25 out of 69 shows

Marsha is hitting the books for her finals, but she does not feel her hard work is paying off after she fails her exam. This leads her to decide to quit college and become a full-time housewife, complete with a housedress and a string of pearls around her neck (shades of June Cleaver), but Marsha's attempts at being a housewife soon make Mr. Belvedere's job obsolete.

• Production Date: November 22, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 12.9/20, 56 out of 71 shows

George and Mr. Belvedere become rivals in a contest over who can do without his favorite vice. George tries to give up smoking and Mr. Belvedere tries to give up junk food and each one discovers that trying to sneak may not be an option. Meanwhile, Heather is head over heels for her latest boyfriend (Jason Bateman) who happens to have a strong attraction – for Marsha.

• Production Date: December 20, 1985
• Ratings/Share: 15.2/24, 43 out of 67 shows

When one of Wesley's friends is revealed to have AIDS, he is taken out of school due to the ignorance and uncertainty that many of the other children's parents share. This leads Wesley to shun his friend in fear of getting the disease himself. Meanwhile, Kevin takes a home economics class because he thinks it will be an easy A.

• During the end credits for this episode, the producers gave a special thanks to Michael S. Gottlieb, M.D., Edward D. Gomperts, M.D., and The American Foundation for AIDS Research.
• Ratings/Share: 16.5/27, 34 out of 68 shows

When one of George's cousins suddenly dies it prompts George and Marsha to prepare a will and they must decide who should look after the children if they should die suddenly. Mr Belvedere, who happens to be their number one pick, turns them down without hesitancy.

• Mr. Belvedere (Christopher Hewett) celebrates his birthday in this episode.
• Ratings/Share: 17.2/27, 26 out of 60 shows

Valentine's Day has one particular girl going wild over Wesley, who does his best to try to avoid her. Meanwhile, Heather is let down after sending out tons of valentines, but gets none in return; that is, until a secret admirer begins sending her gifts. However, when her admirer reveals himself, she is less than thrilled.

• Kevin's band in this episode was called "The Young Savages". The members (other than Kevin) all had the surname Savage, except for one guy named Young.
• Fergie (at the time known as Stacy Ferguson, of Kids Incorporated) guest-starred in this episode as Beth.
• Ratings/Share: 15.7/25 38 out of 66

Heather has been floundering in her French class and Marsha insists that she get a tutor. Heather is thrilled to learn her tutor will be a high school boy but is not prepared to learn that he is blind. However, she quickly realizes he is just like any other boy. Meanwhile, there is an all out war between the Owens' and their neighbors, the Huffnagels, thanks to Wesley's antics.

• Production Date: February 14, 1986
• Ratings/Share: 17.1/27, 31 out of 68 shows

While at the library, studying for his SAT's, Kevin runs into a lost Amish girl whom he brings home, where she marvels at modern conveniences. Kevin soon learns about her culture and with all the pressures in his life he becomes smitten with the idea of becoming Amish himself, in hopes of escaping from the pressure of his world. Meanwhile, little does he know that she has become smitten with all the modern conveniences of his world.

• Production Date: February 21, 1986
• Ratings/Share: 14.8/23, 39 out of 68 shows

Marsha has been busy night after night with her study group leaving little time for George. So George decides to plan a romantic dinner for two with Belvedere's help, but a surprised Marsha cannot even find time for that. Meanwhile, Kevin begins dating a Swedish foreign exchange student but finds Wesley and Heather tagging along on his date.

• Production Date: March 07, 1986
• Ratings/Share: 14.9/24, 29 out of 65 shows

Wesley has been cast as the lead in the school play H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan, and he is all set to play the part. However, when the director quits the play, Mr. Belvedere steps in as director and makes a decision for the good of the show: he decides to recast the lead with Tommy Sullivan, leaving Wesley out in the cold, who then attempts to sabotage the play.

• Matthew Miller also appeared in season 3's "The Mogul".
• This episode has an extra journal scene in which Wesley and Mr. Belvedere make up.
• Ratings/Share: 14.7/26, 32 out of 65 shows