2x1 - Bringing Up Jamie

September 11, 1973

A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggression, but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst.

2x2 - The Lady Detective

September 18, 1973

An eccentric female detective (played by guest star Phyllis Diller) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's payroll.

2x3 - Permissive Papa

September 25, 1973

Harry bars Alice from going to a concert and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a pervert.

2x4 - Boyles on T.V.

October 2, 1973

The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation.

2x6 - Papa , the Housewife

October 16, 1973

Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results.

2x7 - Jamie's Project

October 23, 1973

Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition.

2x8 - Don for the Defense

November 6, 1973

Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer.

2x9 - Alice's Diet

November 13, 1973

After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful.

2x10 - Mama Loves Monty

November 20, 1973

Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a game show, but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host Monty Hall.

2x11 - Alice's Crush

November 27, 1973

Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers.

2x12 - Papa's Big Check

December 4, 1973

Harry gets a tax refund check for ,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint.

2x13 - Mama's Charity

December 11, 1973

Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities.

2x14 - Chet's Pad

December 18, 1973

Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him.

2x15 - Papa, The Coach

December 25, 1973

Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players.

2x16 - Birdman Chet

January 1, 1974

Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condor.

2x17 - Back to Nature

January 8, 1974

Harry takes his family on a camping trip to break them of their addiction to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harry wants out.

2x18 - Alice's Freedom

January 15, 1974

Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her freedom since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom.

2x19 - The Beekeeper

January 22, 1974

The Boyles call an exterminator to get rid of the bees in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees.

2x20 - Maude Love Papa

January 29, 1974

While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles.

2x21 - Episode 21