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10 Best Episodes of Step by Step - Season 2

Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family

Written by Sophie and last updated on dec 22, 2022.

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Step by Step - S2E23

#15 - This Old House (Season 2 - Episode 23)

Frank gets a job, which includes moving a house. Carol convinces Frank to hire Cody for the demolition work, though Cody has never done this precise demolition before. Cody finds out that a family lives in the house Frank is wrecking and has nowhere to go. Cody refuses to demolish the building and gets to know the Emersons. When Carol finds out that the family lives there, she sits beside Cody in an sort of demostration. Cody and Carol find a solution to the problem. Their answer is to move the house and make Frank hire the father. Al, Brendan and Mark get a job licking envelopes. JT says that he can be the manager of the envelope licking and really increase their productivity. JT's management style doesn't work, because he just bosses the others around. So Al, Brendan, and Mark quit, and JT has to lick envelopes all night. Afterward, Dana and Karen suggest a sponge.

The episode was rated 7.36 from 25 votes.

Step by Step - S2E15

#14 - One of the Guys (Season 2 - Episode 15)

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Frank announces he needs a new worker and Carol urges him to hire a female worker for Lambert construction. Meanwhile, J.T., Al and Karen try to make some money off Mark by letting him invest in the stock market for them.

The episode was rated 7.37 from 30 votes.

Step by Step - S2E20

#13 - No Way to Treat a Lady (Season 2 - Episode 20)

JT has a new girl friend, who is a motorcycle chick. Later, she meets Mark, who treats her like a lady. Upon her announcement of appreciation, JT gets Mark to teach him how to be a gentleman. JT's girlfriend explains to JT that she wants the manners in moderation. Meanwhile, Al is getting her first bra with Carol. Frank shows up at the store so he can be there when Al gets her first bra. Al gets embarrassed and tells Frank that some things she'd rather have Carol help her with.

The episode was rated 7.37 from 27 votes.

Step by Step - S2E16

#12 - No Business Like Show Business (Season 2 - Episode 16)

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JT's World has achieved enough success to garner attention from a local syndication company. JT (as usual) believes he's going to be a huge star, so decides to stop doing his home work. Then let's his new boss fire his crew (Mark, Al, and Brendan). Meanwhile, Carol and Frank in an effort to spend some more time together, attend an art class. One which features a nude male model. Two days later, just as production on ""JT's World"" is about to begin, JT's boss announces that the suits upstairs wanna make some minor changes. That being JT and Cody are fired, instead they hire professional actors to play their parts.

The episode was rated 7.43 from 28 votes.

Step by Step - S2E2

#11 - To B or Not to Be (Season 2 - Episode 2)

JT has a test coming up at school on Shakespeare.So Carol convinces Frank to help JT. Frank and JT first try a tape but that gets lost.But they soon discover it's all about sex and romance,they stay up all night studying. In the morning, JT is sure the test will be easy, because of his studying; however, JT receives a bad grade. Carol and Frank talk to the teacher and discover that she gave JT a bad grade because she believes because he is a jock,that he is stupid. After the talk, she reluctantly agrees to give JT a B+.Dana, in a moment of kindness toward , says that although JT is a sport-fanatic, he deserves better.

The episode was rated 7.44 from 39 votes.

Step by Step - S2E19

#10 - Aloha (2) (Season 2 - Episode 19)

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The second half concludes the exciting story. JT's girl, who always disappears when he sees her, turns out to be connected to Cody's treasure. JT and Cody discover the treasure is not monetary but is the sunset from where there digging that is the real treasure. Mark,Al and Brendan win the sand castle competition and get a helicopter tour of the island. Carol tries to get Dana to not accept the engagement by telling her absolutely no. Then in using logic she says Dana is too young, but Dana says Carol was younger when she first married. Then Carol says that marriages where the people spent one week together on a tropical island didn't work, but Dana again reminded her of her marriage (this time the one to Frank).In the end Dana decides she has to many dreams to pursue to be tied down.

The episode was rated 7.45 from 31 votes.

Step by Step - S2E21

#9 - The Un-Natural (Season 2 - Episode 21)

Al's baseball team (Port Washington Cubs), which is coached by Frank, makes it to the championship, but they lose a player and need a replacement. Carol talks Frank into letting Mark be that replacement, although ""He is not even good enough to be bad."" Frank tries to avoid playing Mark until they are so far ahead it won't matter. The game comes down to the final hit, however, and Frank is forced to put Mark in. After being jeered by the crowd, Mark wants to quit, but Al threatens him so he has tries to hit. He uses his knowledge of Physics to hit the winning Home Run. JT and Dana's competitiveness once again yields a battle of the sexes. Karen and Dana think women are able to stay awake just as long as men, while JT disagrees. Cody agrees to make it a 2-on-2 contest because his ""14 hours of sleep a night cuts into his leisure time."" JT, Dana, and Karen all end up zonked on the couch, while Cody's brain begins to tell him the secrets of the universe.

The episode was rated 7.48 from 29 votes.

Step by Step - S2E13

#8 - If I Were a Rich Man (Season 2 - Episode 13)

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Cody, who has been visiting the Lakeview Retirement Home a couple of times each week for a while, makes one visit with JT. After this visit, Cody learns that his favorite resident, Walter, has died. Walter leaves his estate ($250,000 worth) to Cody. All of Cody's cousins want some of the money and Cody struggles with the proper use, but eventually decides to give it all, save $500, to the Lakeview Retirement Home and its residents. Meanwhile, Carol wants a new camcorder after the old one breaks, but Frank doesn't want to spend $500 on one. So he buys one from a guy working out of a Buick for $162.50. The camcorder explodes and Cody gives the family $500 of his inheritance to buy a real camcorder.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 30 votes.

Step by Step - S2E11

#7 - Back to Basics (Season 2 - Episode 11)

Carol spent $84 on 8 videos and one lost under Brendan's bed. She calls a family meeting, and when no one agrees to give anything up, Carol takes everything away. The Foster kids blame Brendan so he tries to run away. He hides in Cody's van, and Cody tells Frank and Carol through pantomime. They find Brendan and tell him that he is more important than money.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 34 votes.

Step by Step - S2E22

#6 - The Psychic (Season 2 - Episode 22)

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Karen is angry at JT for putting her baby picture in the school year book. While Frank and Carol get a new Snooze-O-Matic adjustable bed.

The episode was rated 7.56 from 27 votes.

Step by Step - S2E4

#5 - JT's World (Season 2 - Episode 4)

JT and Cody start there own TV show on local cable access called JT`s World. The living room is the set, and Al, Brendan and Mark are the crew. JT meets Karen`s beautiful friend Lisa, and invites her to be in the show. But Lisa falls in love with Cody instead. JT becomes so upset that he fires Cody because of it. Frank and Al tells JT that he made a stupid decision. And when Cody gives his guitar to him to use it in the show, JT decides to re-hire Cody. But this time the show will be named JT`s a Cody nd Cody`s world. In the meantime: Frank told Carol that he if he got stranded on a deserted island, then he would hit on a woman. In the end it turned out that Carol would do the same thing if she had the chance.

The episode was rated 7.56 from 39 votes.

Step by Step - S2E1

#4 - S.A.T. Blues (Season 2 - Episode 1)

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Dana goes to take her SATs,and guess who shows up out of now where,Cody. He explains that every week he does something new (one week he ate nothing but peaches). Dana does good (92nd percentile), but Cody does better. Dana insists that they both take it again. This time Dana does even better than Cody did the 1st time, yet Cody beat her again. Cody is afraid, ""they"" will make him be a brain surgeon, although at the end he decides to give college a try, and Dana decides she doesn't always have to be perfect.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 40 votes.

Step by Step - S2E18

#3 - Aloha (1) (Season 2 - Episode 18)

The whole family wins a trip to Hawaii and Cody decides to buy a ticket to go with them. Carol irritates everyone by trying to tour EVERYTHING. When they convince Carol to loosen the reigns, Dana meets the man of her dreams, JT finds the girl of his dreams but can't seem to meet her, Cody finds a bottle with a message and goes in search of a lost treasure, and Al, Brendan, and Mark enter a sand castle building contest. Dana's rich dream man soon proposes to her with a six carat solataire in a Tiffany setting.While Carol flips out and demands Dana say no,she considers her option.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 31 votes.

Step by Step - S2E8

#2 - Someone to Watch Over Me (Season 2 - Episode 8)

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Carol is going out of town, leaving Frank in charge. Dana is upset about that, but manages to convince Frank to let her go on a date with ""Mike the Mover"" who Frank knows happens to have a bad reputation. After finally letting them,he gets scared and decides to follow,with Cody in tow.He climbs a tree above Mike's car in and attempt to hear what they are saying.But the limb breaks and he literally drops in on them. Later, however, Mike proves to be what Frank thought as he puts the moves on Dana in the living room,and while Dana proves to be trustworthy. JT borrows Frank's truck to go to the mall, by agreeing to wash and wax it. Frank gives J.T. 15 bucks to buy some expensive wax. But JT buys some that costs a dollar and pays Brendan to do it, but the wax strips the paint. Just as Frank is restoring his car, JT brakes the window with a baseball.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 33 votes.

Step by Step - S2E10

#1 - Virgin Territory (Season 2 - Episode 10)

J.T and Cody score dates with two pretty sisters. After the date the sisters really want the boys to come home with them. Cody wanted to save his virginity till he found the "" Dudette of his dreams"". So J.T gets mad at him because Cody blew off his date making J.T's date mad too.

The episode was rated 7.91 from 35 votes.

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