Season 2

1973 · 20 episodes

1. Bringing Up Jamie
11 Sept 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.
2. The Lady Detective
18 Sept 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.
3. Permissive Papa
25 Sept 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.
4. Boyles on T.V.
2 Oct 1973
The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation.
5. My Wife, The Secretary
9 Oct 1973
Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store.
6. Papa , the Housewife
16 Oct 1973
Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results.
7. Jamie's Project
23 Oct 1973
Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition.
8. Don for the Defense
6 Nov 1973
Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer.
9. Alice's Diet
13 Nov 1973
After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful.
10. Mama Loves Monty
20 Nov 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.
11. Alice's Crush
27 Nov 1973
Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers.
12. Papa's Big Check
4 Dec 1973
Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint.
13. Mama's Charity
11 Dec 1973
Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities.
14. Chet's Pad
18 Dec 1973
Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him.
15. Papa the Coach
25 Dec 1973
Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players.
16. Birdman Chet
1 Jan 1974
Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condor.
17. Back to Nature
8 Jan 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.
18. Alice's Freedom
15 Jan 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.
19. The Beekeeper
22 Jan 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.
20. Maude Loves Papa
29 Jan 1974
While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles.