Gimme a Break! Season 2

E01

S02E01 Oct 2, 1982 30 MIN

Nell Goes to Jail

While Nell is on the phone with Angie, her phone dies out and a second later a man from the phone company takes the phone away. She gets fed up and goes to the phone company to…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E02

S02E02 Oct 9, 1982 30 MIN

Brother Ed and the Hooker

At the bowling alley, the Cheif meets up with Maxine, a prostitute who is used to nail bad cops. When Ed meets Carl at the bowling alley, he introduces him to Maxine and the two…

GUESTS Pete Schrum, Arlene Golonka

DIRECTED BY John Pasquin

E03

S02E03 Oct 16, 1982 30 MIN

Sam's Imaginary Friend

Sam acquires an imaginary friend the rest of the family wants to get rid of.

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E04

S02E04 Oct 23, 1982 30 MIN

Grandpa's Visit

When Grandma leaves to go see her sick sister who is about to have an operation, Grandpa is sent to live with the family for a few days. When he shows up he is nothing but…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E05

S02E05 Oct 30, 1982 30 MIN ★ 8.0

Take My Baby, Please

Katie's friend, Valerie shows up at the Kanisky house with her new baby David. She tells the family that she and her husband Jonathan broke up since he left her for a bleached…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E06

S02E06 Nov 6, 1982 30 MIN ★ 7.0

Porko's

Nell hosts another one of her PORKO meetings at the house, where the head of the weight loss group shows up. When he arrives, the members of the group mock him for gaining all the…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E07

S02E07 Nov 13, 1982 30 MIN

The Chief's Gay Evening

The Chief goes on a stakeout with two officers where they are on lookout for an old-lady targeter. One of the officers dresses up as a woman and stays out in the streets, while…

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E08

S02E08 Nov 27, 1982 30 MIN ★ 8.0

Katie Steals Julie's Jock

Julie invites a handsome boy at school to come over to stud with her, but he falls for Katie, and the two go out. When Katie comes home, Julie and her have it out in a hilarious…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E09

S02E09 Dec 4, 1982 30 MIN

Sam Faces Death

Nell is out of town at her cousin's funeral as Simpson storms into the house and says that the Cheif was shot but is alright. The Cheif is mad at Simpson because he accidently…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E10

S02E10 Dec 11, 1982 30 MIN

Nell Goes Door to Door

Angie tells Nell that she is going on a trip to Mexico with the money she made by selling vaccums. She urges Nell to attend a gathering where the operator of the sales talks about…

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E11

S02E11 Dec 18, 1982 30 MIN ★ 8.0

Love Thy Neighbor

Nell is woken up in the early hours of the morning by a neighbors barking dog. When the Cheif wakes up he sees that she is asleep at the kitchen table and she tells him why she…

GUESTS Alice Ghostley

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E12

S02E12 Jan 6, 1983 30 MIN

Love, Kidney

While playing the accordian at dinner, Uncle Ed falls I'll and feints into the fishtank while cooling off. He ends up in the hospital and when he wakes up he realizes that he…

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E13

S02E13 Jan 13, 1983 30 MIN

Julie Smokes

The Chief finds a cigarrette in his sock and questions each of the girls about it. When he finds out that Samantha and Katie don't smoke, he tears through Julie's room and then…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E14

S02E14 Jan 20, 1983 30 MIN

The Centerfold (1)

When Mr. Swackhammer shows up to inform the Cheif about the female officer who posed nude, he rushes into work and tells her she is fired. Once the town and the country get a hold…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E15

S02E15 Jan 27, 1983 30 MIN

The Centerfold (2)

The man who has a bomb strapped to him tells Simpson he knows him from some place. He realizes that he's seen him before at the singles bar. They both talk about how they can…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E16

S02E16 Feb 10, 1983 30 MIN

The Custody Suit

Aunt Blanche pays a visit to the Chief on his birthday and threatens to take custody of the girls after seeing what looks like Nell and the Chief doing an indecent act in the…

GUESTS Alan Oppenheimer, Allan Rich

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E17

S02E17 Feb 17, 1983 30 MIN ★ 8.0

The Return of the Doo-Wop Girls

Nell tells about her singing past with a doo-wop girl group. Nell and her two friends years before she met the Kanisky's decide to audition to get called back by a famous…

GUESTS Liz Torres, Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E18

S02E18 Feb 24, 1983 30 MIN

Eddie Gets Married

At the dinner table, Grandpa insists that Eddie should marry Maxine, since they have been going together for six months, and she says that if he ever asked her she would agree.…

GUESTS Pete Schrum, Arlene Golonka, Allan Rich

DIRECTED BY Oz Scott

E19

S02E19 Mar 3, 1983 30 MIN

Grandpa Robs a Bank

Grandpa hides a letter from Grandma and she beleives he is cheating on him. When she secretly takes the letter and reads it, she realizes that the apartment they live in is being…

E20

S02E20 Mar 10, 1983 30 MIN

Greenlawn Street Blues

When Samantha reads Nell part of her essay she is doing on the Cheif for school, Nell tells her it would be a good idea to go to the police station and observe her father in his…

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E21

S02E21 Apr 28, 1983 30 MIN

Nell and the Kid

While at ""Max's Delacatesan"", Nell and Max see a girl shoplifting. Nell saves her from being arrested, telling Max she is taking her home. Nell finds out she has nowhere to go…

GUESTS Don Rickles

DIRECTED BY Oz Scott

E22

S02E22 May 5, 1983 30 MIN

Nell Gets Sick

When Nell is sick at home and the Chief going off to Los Angeles for a meeting, he calls his mother to help out around the house. She shuns away Katies new boyfriend since he has…