Two Guys and a Girl (season 2)

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Season 2
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 22
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 23, 1998 – May 26, 1999

The second season of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place first aired on September 23, 1998 and finished on May 26 in 1999. The season gained huge success and made the show the #3 ABC sitcom with adults 18-34. The first episode was entitled "Two Guys, A Girl And Someone Better" where a new member was added to the cast of characters, Ashley Walker (Suzanne Cryer).

Reception

The show had peaked in season 2 when it averaged 12.7 million viewers. It was ranked #1 in total viewers its time period with, outperforming Beverly Hills, 90210, The Nanny, and Dawson’s Creek. It was also #1 in its time period with key adults 18–49 and all male demos.

Episode list

No. # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
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141"Two Guys, a Girl and Someone Better"Michael LembeckKevin AbbottSeptember 23, 19982ABZ02
When Berg notices he is no longer first in his class he goes out to find who is so he can psych them out. He finds out it's a beautiful female co-ed, Ashley, so he invites her out the night before a big test with the aim of getting her drunk so she will not be able to study. Little does he know that he has finally met his match.
152"Two Guys, a Girl and a Vacation"Michael LembeckRick WienerSeptember 30, 19982ABZ01
Sharon decides to quit her job but her boss does not want her to and tells her to think it over in Aruba with her friends. They are all looking forward to the trip but they risk missing their flight when Pete has to go to a job interview, Sharon has to hold a press conference and the hospital beep Berg to come into work. Determined to make it, they come up with various schemes to cut these activities short, but will it be enough?
163"Two Guys, a Girl and a Tattoo"John FortenberryMark GanzelOctober 7, 19982ABZ03
Sharon and Berg are annoyed when Pete will not let them meet his new girlfriend because he fears they would point out something wrong with her that he would fixate on. When they decide to crash Pete's date with her, Berg realises he had a one night stand with her years ago and that she had Berg's name tattooed on her butt. Berg is then on a mission to see if it is still there.
174"Two Guys, a Girl and a Homecoming"Michael LembeckStory by: Mark Ganzel
Teleplay by: Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz		October 14, 19982ABZ06
It's homecoming and Pete and Berg plan to get luxury box seats to the homecoming game to upstage some old college friends. Trouble is they neither have the money nor the means but they do have plenty of creative schemes. Sharon is looking forward to seeing her old friends so she can gloat about her new boyfriend Johnny. However, when they ask her what he does, she panics and tells them Johnny is a music executive. This causes problems as Johnny thinks she is embarrassed by him. But has Johnny told his friends the truth about what she does?
185"Two Guys, a Girl and an Elective"John FortenberryKenny SchwartzOctober 21, 19982ABZ04
Pete has to choose an elective course. He chooses metallurgy but when Berg leaves his course choice card in he changes it for a course in sports broadcasting because he thinks Pete needs to loosen up. At first Pete's mad but soon learns to enjoy it and considers making it his new career. Also Sharon tries to prove that her boyfriend isn't dumb.
196"Two Guys, a Girl and a Psycho Halloween"Michael LembeckStevie Ray FromsteinOctober 28, 19982ABZ05
It's Halloween in this surreal episode and Berg is working late in the hospital when Psycho Berg appears, ties him up and goes on a murderous rampage. Pete and Sharon are throwing a costume party, unaware that it is Psycho Berg with them. When they find the real Berg, they try to protect themselves from the killer by locking themselves into the pizza place. After a mix up, they must decide which one is the real Berg and which one is the killer.
207"Two Guys, a Girl and an Internship"Marjorie WeitzmanVince CalandraNovember 4, 19982ABZ07
Berg convinces Ashley to get her father to give Pete an internship. Pete's first day at work becomes interesting when he has sex with a girl on the photocopier. He later finds out that the girl is his bosses other daughter, Ashley's sister. Berg worries that if Ashley finds out it will affect her opinion of him and tries to get Pete to end things.
218"Two Guys, a Girl and a Wedding"Marjorie WeitzmanLiz Sagal & Paige BernhardtNovember 11, 19982ABZ08
One of Berg, Pete and Sharon's college friends is getting married and they are all invited. Pete takes it badly because the bride is his ex-girlfriend and he convinces himself that she was 'The One.' Sharon is bringing Johnny to the wedding as her date but is afraid he will not be attracted to her any more after he sees her in the hideous bridesmaid dress. Berg brings Ashley to the wedding as a friend, but uses another girl to make her jealous. It works and Ashley breaks down and admits her feelings for Berg, but also drops a bombshell.
229"Two Guys, a Girl and Oxford"Ellen GittelsohnStory by: Stevie Ray Fromstein
Teleplay by: Vince Calandra & Barry Wernick		November 18, 19982ABZ09
After her announcement that she has feelings for Berg but has a long term boyfriend, Ashley is avoiding Berg. When Berg finally tracks her down they kiss for the first time. Sharon insists he goes to talk to her again but when he does, her roommate tells him she went to Oxford to see her boyfriend. He decides to follow her to Oxford. Meanwhile Pete and Johnny get jobs as limo drivers and Pete uses the job to charm and dance with old rich ladies who tip him well.
2310"Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving"Marjorie WeitzmanStory by: Kenny Schwartz
Teleplay by: Mark Ganzel & Barry Wernick		November 25, 19982ABZ10
Sharon and Johnny want to start a new Thanksgiving tradition and be alone. But plans change when Pete's grandpa comes down unannounced and Berg invites Ashley and her boyfriend Justin. Berg and Pete both hate Justin. Berg and Justin both compete for Ashley's love but she apparently dumps both of them. While trying to break Ashley and Justin up Berg almost ends up breaking up Sharon and Johnny.
2411"Two Guys, a Girl and a Limo"Leonard R. Garner, Jr.Barry WernickDecember 9, 19982ABZ11
Pete enlists the help of a TV love guru to help Berg and Ashley when Berg calls Ashley to tell her that he thinks they shouldn't see each other anymore. She doesn't take very well and breaks down and cries. And for Sharon and Johnny because Sharon is jealous of Johnny's friend Sean when she finds that Sean is a woman.
2512"Two Guys, a Girl and a Christmas Story"Michael LembeckMichelle MilzowDecember 16, 19982ABZ13
Pete embarks on a new relationship with an older woman who has a 10-year old son. Sharon is having trouble organizing an office Christmas party and it's only 4 days till Christmas. Berg is having trouble with one of his older patients who doesn't seem to like him.
2613"Two Guys, a Girl and a Gamble"Michael LembeckPaige Bernhardt & Liz SagalJanuary 6, 19992ABZ12
Pete is put in charge of watching Michael after school which is fine, until he asks Berg to do it for a day. Berg brings Michael to the dog track to help him learn his fractions. Sharon asks Johnny to move in with her.
2714"Two Guys, a Girl and a Proposal"Gil JungerStevie Ray FromsteinJanuary 13, 19992ABZ14
When Sharon uses an embarrassing underwear ad that Berg had posed for four years prior, for a contest he goes to great lengths to get one of her. Pete realizing he has no parental rights with Michael because he's just the guy dating the mother asks Kaitlyn to marry him. She refuses on the basis that they've only known each other a month and tells him that they should take a break from each other for a while.
2815"Two Guys, a Girl and Graduation"Amanda BearseRick WienerFebruary 3, 19992ABZ15
When Sharon is up for a new job, she is told that she never graduated from college. When she goes to verify this, she learns that she hadn't paid her $210 of parking tickets. She had given the money to Pete and Berg so they could go and pay them. She pays the tickets, but finds out that the requirements have changed and she needs to retake freshman English. When she puts two and two together she thinks that instead of paying her tickets that the guys had bought a $200 bottle of champagne instead. She later learns the truth which is that the money she had given them to pay the fines was actually used to bail her father out of jail after he caused a drunken ruckus due to his recent bankruptcy and the fact that he had just lost his job. The champagne that Pete and Berg had was actually a gift from a girl they had never met before.
2916"Two Guys, a Girl and Valentine's Day"Gil JungerVince CalandraFebruary 10, 19992ABZ16
Irene misunderstands Pete when he comes to her for help and ends up thinking he is in love with her. When Pete realises he cannot get rid of her, he decides to just go along with it. Sharon continues to be jealous of Shaun's relationship with Johnny so decides to set her up with Berg. Berg figures out that Shaun is in love with Johnny. Everything comes to a climax when Sharon and Johnny, Berg and Shaun and Pete and Irene all go out for a Valentine's dinner together, when Sharon and Johnny's relationship is left in jeopardy.
3017"Two Guys, a Girl and the Storm of the Century" (Part 1)Ellen GittelsohnStory by: Rick Wiener
Teleplay by: Mark Ganzel & Kenny Schwartz		February 17, 19992ABZ17
Berg falls in love with a TV newswoman and goes right in the eye of a huge storm just to ask her out. She agrees but just right after she leaves Berg and Pete's apartment Ashley shows up to tell Berg that she broke up with Justin because Berg's the one she wants.
3118"Two Guys, a Girl and Ashley's Return" (Part 2)Michael LembeckBarry WernickMarch 10, 19992ABZ18
Ashley comes back and tells Berg she dumped Justin to be with him. Berg now has quite a dilemma, choose Ashley the woman he's been chasing for months or Vanita a woman he's just met. He wants to choose Vanita because he thinks he has a better chance with her. So he dumps Ashley but she won't let go she follows him to the restaurant where he has a date with Vanita and ends up breaking them up. Johnny and Sharon get back together.
3219"Two Guys, a Girl and a Fighter"Ellen GittelsohnVince Calandra & Stevie Ray FromsteinMarch 17, 19992ABZ19
Berg gives Ashley a key to his and Pete's apartment without telling Pete. Pete doesn't like this because he hates Ashley. Ashley doesn't find out that Pete hates her until Sharon tells her. Now Ashley won't talk to Pete, and Sharon won't talk to Ashley because Ashley said Sharon has a big mouth. But they all find someone to blame for this: Johnny. Berg becomes a ringside fight doctor but gets fired when he tells the fighter that he should call it quits because he has extreme brain damage.
3320"Two Guys, a Girl and a Mother's Day"Ellen GittelsohnStory by: Rick Wiener
Teleplay by: Mark Ganzel, Kenny Schwartz		May 12, 19992ABZ20
When Ashley becomes enamored with their new professor (Anthony Head) and he hires her as his new assistant, Berg becomes jealous. Convinced that something untoward is going on, he decides to keep tabs on them. Johnny's sisters are in town along with their kids and Sharon is intimidated by how maternal they all are, three of them being currently pregnant. She worries that she will not want to be a mother but when one of Johnny's sisters goes into labour, she gains a new perspective.
3421"Two Guys, a Girl and Barenaked Ladies"Ellen GittelsohnDonald BeckMay 19, 19992ABZ21
Wanting something more out of life, Pete quits his job at the pizza place and seeks the advice of a career counselor, who tells him he has an aptitude for a job in architecture or the food industry. He ends up getting a place as a trainee therapist, but it doesn't go very well. The Barenaked Ladies are in Boston and following Pete around, narrating his day with songs. Meanwhile, Sharon and Ashley bond by getting their nails done and having 'girl talk', which much to Berg's annoyance involves sharing embarrassing secrets about him.
3522"Two Guys, a Girl and an Engagement" (Part 1)Michael LembeckStory by: Keith Bickford
Teleplay by: Casey Johnson & David E. Winsor		May 26, 19992ABZ22
Sharon thinks Johnny is cheating on her so refuses to leave his side. Johnny tells Pete and Berg that he is going to propose to Sharon and so they help distract her while he runs around making the arrangements. While Berg sets up the pizza place to look like Rick's Café from Casablanca for the proposal, Ashley drops a bomb from her past. Pete consults a priest over whether or not to tell Sharon that he is in love with her. To be continued...

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