The Addams Family - Season 2

First aired: 9/16/1965 30 episodes

Season 2 of The Addams Family (1965–1966) continued the sitcom's run of 30 episodes, leaning further into the absurd and cementing the show’s legacy as a cult classic. While 1960s television was rarely serialized, Season 2 expanded the lore of the Addams world and introduced more of their extended, "unusual" family members.

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Episodes

1. My Fair Cousin Itt

Aired: 9/17/1965

All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.

2. Morticia's Romance (1)

Aired: 9/24/1965

On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

3. Morticia's Romance (2)

Aired: 10/1/1965

Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

4. Morticia Meets Royalty

Aired: 10/8/1965

Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.

5. Gomez, the People's Choice

Aired: 10/15/1965

Morticia and Gomez visit Mayor Henson to complain that their property tax is ridiculously low. After the Mayor proves his incompetence by offering a refund Gomez is persuaded to become a candidate for the office.

6. Cousin Itt's Problem

Aired: 10/22/1965

Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.

7. Halloween - Addams Style

Aired: 10/29/1965

Morticia and Gomez can't produce immediate proof to the contrary when the neighbour tells the children there are no witches and goblins.

8. Morticia, the Writer

Aired: 11/5/1965

When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.

9. Morticia, the Sculptress

Aired: 11/12/1965

Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez, wanting her to believe she's good at it, pays an art collector to buy them.

10. Gomez, the Reluctant Lover

Aired: 11/19/1965

A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.

11. Feud in the Addams Family

Aired: 11/26/1965

The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.

12. Gomez, the Cat Burglar

Aired: 12/3/1965

Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.

13. Portrait of Gomez

Aired: 12/10/1965

Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

14. Morticia's Dilemma

Aired: 12/17/1965

Gomez plays host to Don Xavier Molines, a family friend during his childhood in Spain, and his daughter Consuella.

15. Christmas with the Addams Family

Aired: 12/24/1965

Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.

16. Uncle Fester, Tycoon

Aired: 12/31/1965

Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.

17. Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama

Aired: 1/7/1966

The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.

18. Fester Goes on a Diet

Aired: 1/14/1966

For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself. With all the sudden dieting and exercise going on, Morticia and Gomez know something's up but think Fester's trying to join the space program.

19. The Great Treasure Hunt

Aired: 1/21/1966

Discovering a treasure map in the sea chest of Great-Great-Grandfather Peg-Leg Addams the pirate, Gomez and Morticia decide to hire a boat to go look for it.

20. Ophelia Finds Romance

Aired: 1/28/1966

Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.

21. Pugsley's Allowance

Aired: 2/4/1966

Pugsley wants to find a job to the horror of his parents.

22. Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump

Aired: 2/11/1966

Granny Frump mistakenly believes that Gomez and Morticia are sending her to a home for the aged for her birthday.

23. Morticia, the Decorator

Aired: 2/18/1966

To sell the neighboring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home.

24. Ophelia Visits Morticia

Aired: 2/25/1966

Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?

25. Addams Cum Laude

Aired: 3/4/1966

A former truant officer named Sam Hilliard heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled. When Hilliard breaks under the strain of dealing with the Addams children, Gomez buys the school.

26. Cat Addams

Aired: 3/11/1966

A doctor is summoned to examine Kitty Kat, the ailing lion pet of the Addams Family. Morticia soon decides that it is the cringing doctor who needs help, so human members of the family feign illnesses to build his confidence.

27. Lurch's Little Helper

Aired: 3/18/1966

Morticia's concern that Lurch is overworked leads Gomez to the operating table to assemble a custom-built secondary butler. Lurch lets the robot do all the work and then begins to feel that he isn't needed anymore.

28. The Addams Policy

Aired: 3/25/1966

After Uncle Fester's flame thrower destroys the family's stuffed bear, insurance executive Hensen tries to weasel out of the policy.

29. Lurch's Grand Romance

Aired: 4/1/1966

Morticia's school chum Trivia visits. Lurch is obviously smitten by her, but Trivia's interest is entirely in show business. Moticia decides to change Trivia's mind by making Lurch more exciting than show biz. She enlists others in the family to help, including Grandmama, whose love potion makes the biggest and wildest impact of all.

30. Ophelia's Career

Aired: 4/8/1966

Ophelia visits, upset as usual. He latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.