Season 2 · Episode 15 — Old Yeller
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the tempation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales. Will he have his poetic license revoked? Meanwhile, Pauline is so captivated by the handsome young man temporarily working at the coffee shop that she can't bring herself to fire him.
Season 2 episodes
E1The walls come tumbling down this year for Hilton Lucas more ways than one. First, there's the so-called ""fourth wall,"" the theatrical te…
E2By chance, Hilton brings Erica's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the struggling flower shop for Ruth and Pauline to enjoy and, just…
E3When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house -- watching his television and eating all his food, he deci…
E4When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two cha…
E5Hilton is overjoyed when he meets new friends Chuck and Larry and joins their ""Older and Out"" team, since he's also older and he's ""out"…
E6Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend, Gregory…
E7A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quarantine, but he does…
E8When Ruth's snobbish sister-in law Debra throws an engagement party for her daughter, Hilton and Ruth try to steal some of Debra's thunder.…
E9Fasten your seat belts. When Griffin tries to back out of a lucrative out-of-state concert gig because of a flying phobia, Hilton vows that…
E10Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens hampionship since the day he was born. So when Fran…
E11Ruth surprises Hilton when she enrolls him in tap dancing classes as a birthday gift. He skips the classes, but tells Ruth that he is makin…
E12Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize -- a weekend for two at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. H…
E13Ruth must deal with a bunch of know-it-alls. Her husband Hilton ""knows"" that his community center boys' basketball team could beat her gi…
E14When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a pampering weekend at…
E15Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories.…
E16Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport. Despite Ruth's insistence that he doesn't have the stamina or t…
E17When Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from the ""David Letterman Show"". He talks them in to letting him be on a…
E18A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abstract artist. It's worth some $15,000, and now, t…
E19Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing about some…
E20It's April 15 and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover. Ruth has other thing…
E21Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find ""Mr. Right,"" take Ruth's advise about changing their dating habits and set out on ""The Great A…
E22When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight they assess the changes in their lives.
E23The Lucases play cupid for smitten Griffin
E24Ruth is President of the Businessmen's Roundtable, and Hilton the Ladies auxiliary.