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| The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Season 2 : |
| Season two of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air premiered on September 9 1991 and aired its season finale on May 4 1992. In this season the kitchen and living room sets of the Banks mansion were rebuilt much larger with a more contemporary style as opposed to the much more formal style of the first season. They were connected directly by an archway allowing scenes to be shot continuously between the sets. Will Smith James Avery Janet Hubert-Whitten Alfonso Ribeiro Karyn Parsons Tatyana M. Ali were present for all episodes. Joseph Marcell was absent for two episodes. |
| Episode 1 - [Did The Earth Move For You] |
| Details : Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household as does Mother Nature trapping them together during an earthquake. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tisha Campbell-Martin as Kathleen | Writer : Winifred Hervey | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Sep. 09, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [The Mother Of All Battles] |
| Details : Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ebony Monique Solomon as Paula Hoover | Tina Lifford as Mrs. Hoover | John Wesley as Dr. Hoover | Rosa Nevin as Francesca | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Bryan Winter | |
| Air Date : Sep. 16, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Will Gets A Job] |
| Details : Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lela Rochon as Cindy | Christopher Birt as Waiter | Morgan Nagler as Tina | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Efrem Seeger | |
| Air Date : Sep. 23, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Psat Pstory] |
| Details : Will is a picture of confidence while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eric Christmas as Cecil | William Cort as Headmaster Thorvald | Dave Florek as Coach Smiley | Writer : Marcus Jamal Gaines | |
| Air Date : Sep. 30, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Granny Gets Busy] |
| Details : Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Virginia Capers as Hattie Banks | Lee Weaver | Eda Reiss Merin as Mrs. Sweeting | |
| Air Date : Oct. 07, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Guess Who's Coming To Marry] |
| Details : Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Felton Perry as Lester | Charlayne Woodard as Janice | Diedrich Bader as Frank Schaeffer | Jenifer Lewis as Aunt Helen | Vernee Watson-Johnson as Vy Smith | Ahmad Stoner as Bobby | David Downing as Reverend White | Clyde Jones as Cabbie | Zaid Farid as Workman | |
| Air Date : Oct. 14, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [The Big Four-Oh] |
| Details : Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Nicholas Shaffer as Waiter | Judy Prescott as Gina | Roumel Reaux as Choreographer | Nancy Saenz as Teacher | Cynthia Green as Robin | Timilee Romolini as Dancer in Class (uncredited) | |
| Air Date : Oct. 21, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [She Ain't Heavy] |
| Details : Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Vincent Ventresca as Alex | Michael Weiner as Kellogg Lieberbaum | Nia Long as Lisa Wilkes | Queen Latifah as Marissa Redman | Keith Bogart as Jonathan Cartwell | Jake Price as Randolph | Peter Lurie as Host on Home Shopping Network (voice) | Shanga Parker as Robert | Duane Taniguchi as Yuki | Perry Moore as Tyriq | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Lisa Rosenthal | |
| Air Date : Nov. 04, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Cased Up] |
| Details : A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Eric | Tim Haldeman as Bailiff | DJ Jazzy Jeff as Jazz | Richard McKenzie as Judge Harry Wilson | Marc Epstein as State Marshal | Dale Jones as Sheriff | Writer : Bennie R. Richburg Jr. | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Nov. 11, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Hi-Ho Silver] |
| Details : Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Zsa Zsa Gabor as Sonya Lamor | John Petlock as Henry Furth | Tim Haldeman as Security Guard | Writer : Elaine Newman | Writer : Ed Burnham | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Nov. 18, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [The Butler Did It] |
| Details : Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses courtesy of Carlton who rents the house while his parents are away. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Nicholle Tom as Zoey | Ralph Manza as Bob Doomie | David Bowe as Director | Perry Moore as Tyriq | Bell Biv DeVoe as Themselves | Shawn Murray as Veronica | Valentina Marie Lomborg as Bell Biv Devoe Music Video Girl | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Bryan Winter | |
| Air Date : Nov. 25, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Something For Nothing] |
| Details : After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Don Amendolia as Mr. Cummings | John Petlock as Henry Furth | Brandon Quintin Adams as Ramon | Mimi Cozzens as Mrs. Pullman | Richard Penn as Brett | Andrew Bilgore as Waiter | Writer : William Missouri Downs | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Dec. 09, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Christmas Show] |
| Details : On a family ski trip the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Felton Perry as Lester | Tom Virtue as Forest Ranger | Charlayne Woodard as Janice | Diedrich Bader as Frank Schaeffer | Jenifer Lewis as Aunt Helen | Vernee Watson-Johnson as Vy Smith | Ahmad Stoner as Bobby | Charley Lang as Arnold Tish | Don Sparks as Fred | Writer : Winifred Hervey | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Dec. 16, 1991 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Hilary Gets A Life] |
| Details : Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Clea Lewis as Krista | Joan McMurtrey as Barbara Simone | Elsa Raven as Ida Pollock | Sharon Brown as Cindy | Tom Henschel as Mr. Greenspan | Perry Moore as Tyriq | Adam Sneller as Bobby Greenspan | Director : Shelley Jensen | Writer : Eunetta T. Boone | Writer : P. Karen Raper | |
| Air Date : Jan. 06, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [My Brother's Keeper] |
| Details : On the basketball court winning is everything to Will as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep who can't afford to lose. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Allen Payne as Marcus | Bobby McGee as Tommy | Dave Florek as Coach Smiley | Hugh Dane as Nelson | Ivory Ocean as Joe | Perry Moore as Tyriq | Tom Williams as Baby (voice) | Rodney Ross as Marcus Jr. | Writer : Bennie R. Richburg Jr. | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Jan. 13, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Geoffrey Cleans Up] |
| Details : Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marj Dusay as Sarah Carnegie | Matthew Faison as John Carnegie | Anna Maria Horsford as Karen Caruthers | E.R. Davies as Joe | Daniel Trent as Carl | Jay Bell as Sandford | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Lisa Rosenthal | |
| Air Date : Jan. 20, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Community Action] |
| Details : When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Nancy Giles as Madie | Michole Briana White as Lisa | DJ Jazzy Jeff as Jazz | Al Fann as Herman Clifford | Bobby Hosea as Dr. Alec Hudson | Monica Guy as Danielle | Mary Watson as Monique | Writer : Cheryl Gard | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | |
| Air Date : Feb. 03, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Ill Will] |
| Details : The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital kicking and screaming for a tonsillectomy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Macon McCalman as Dr. Baylor | Erick Avari as Cedric | Milton Berle as Max Jakey | John Beradino as Dr. Harding | Bernie Kopell as Doc | Debra Mooney as Nurse Petty | Kathleen McClellan as Nurse Bonnie | Doctor Dré as Himself | Writer : Leslie Ray | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : David Steven Simon | |
| Air Date : Feb. 10, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Eyes On The Prize] |
| Details : Needing a game show partner Will must choose between bickering friends. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bob Eubanks as Himself | Macon McCalman as Dr. Baylor | DJ Jazzy Jeff as Jazz | Tim Jones as Stage Manager | Perry Moore as Tyriq | Peter Schreiner as Mort | Director : Ellen Gittelsohn | Writer : Bryan Winter | |
| Air Date : Feb. 17, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Those Were The Days] |
| Details : Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tim Russ as Eugene | Kenneth Tigar as Mr. Knotts | Michael Weiner as Kellogg Lieberbaum | Peggy Blow as Marge | Randy Josselyn as Student | Director : Rita Rogers Blye | Writer : Samm-Art Williams | |
| Air Date : Feb. 24, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Vying For Attention] |
| Details : Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Arnold Johnson as Sam | Raven-Symoné as Claudia | Vernee Watson-Johnson as Vy Smith | Hawthorne James as George | Bill Overton as Robert Watson | Director : Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Writer : Efrem Seeger | |
| Air Date : Mar. 02, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [The Aunt Who Came To Dinner] |
| Details : Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Felton Perry as Lester | Kent King as Monique | Jenifer Lewis as Aunt Helen | Monique Mannen as Renee | Writer : Jerry Ross | Director : Rae Kraus | Producer : David Steven Simon | Producer : Leslie Ray | |
| Air Date : Mar. 23, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [Be My Baby Tonight] |
| Details : Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : B.J. Jefferson as Ms. Rinkoff | Marc Robinson as Kevin | Director : Shelley Jensen | Writer : Lisa Rosenthal | |
| Air Date : Apr. 27, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 24 - [Strip-Tease For Two] |
| Details : Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marge Kotlisky as Mrs. DeWynter | Mother Love as Agnes | Marius Mazmanian as Jacques | Paige Pengra as Tiffany | Viva Vinson as Blayne | Beverly Jackson as Pawn Shop Customer | Director : Shelley Jensen | Writer : Leslie Ray | Writer : David Steven Simon | |
| Air Date : May. 04, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |