Season Two

On their 19th wedding anniversary Eric and Annie renew their wedding vows again - much to the dismay of the children who can't find anything positive about it, especially about having the ceremony on the last weekend of the summer. Lucy still isn't over the breakup with Jimmy, Mary is in a constant bad mood. Annie prepares the attic for Simon to move up there and have a room of his own. This is something Ruthie on the other hand doesn't like since she will be alone in her room then.

With the kids' time over, the parents' time is just about to begin : school starts again and Eric and Annie look forward to a nice, quiet day at home. This changes with Sgt. Michaels call for help when a high school boy threatens to jump off a building. Lucy's day at school starts bad when she discovers that Ashley has a locker next to her. To make things worse she can't get her locker open. For the others it's no fun day either when all of them get caught: Lucy and Mary with Aspirin (no drugs rule), Matt with a beeper (his dad's, accidentally), Simon with a knife (his mom put into the lunch box) and Ruthie wearing her cap backwards (gang signs, not allowed).

For her home management class Lucy must plan out meals for a family of four for a month. Going to the market with her mom she meets Laurie, a classmate, who is run down by her mom. Annie offers to take Laurie along, so she won't 'bother' her mom. Annie smells abuse and when Eric drives by at Laurie's to pick up stuff (she's spending the night at Lucy's) he sees that it runs in the family. Matt wrote a love letter to Heather, and Simon and Ruthie take a glance at it. As kind of a payback for snooping around, Matt writes a fake letter to 'Mrs. Matt Camden'. Unfortunately, Eric catches the letter first a thinks that he and Heather are indeed married and the uncertainty (Matt is out for some hours) drives him, Annie and Heather's mom crazy. Matt's 'I Love You' also poses the question for Mary when Wilson will say those three words to her.

Eric accuses Matt of doing drugs after his friend Mitch asks him to hold some marijuana. Meanwhile, Erics discovery of pot in the house leads to Annies own confession of experimentation and Simon teaches Ruthie the fine art of doing laundry.

Eric is persuaded by a member of his congregation, Mrs. Bink, to investigate the real reason that her best friend is moving into a retirement home. Simon and Ruthie try to convince Matt that Simon is shrinking and Lucy tries to get to the bottom of classmate Shelbys apparent eating disorder.

The Camden kids get a lesson in love as Mary decides to call it quits with Wilson. Simon is obsessed with getting his first girlfriend and Ruthie learns the dos and dont of kissing on the school playground. Matt receives devastating news from his girlfriend, Heather which leads him on a perilous journey to Philadelphia and Lucy laments over being single until she accidentally gets close to the school hunk.

Simon becomes emotionally involved when he learns his best friends sister is a gang member. Meanwhile, in a show of independence, Lucy dons makeup and a revealing wardrobe to meet guys at the mall. In addition, Ruthie questions the speed of light.

Against Erics advice Matt takes a job caring for a dying boy. Annie goes into the muffin baking business with a cookie shop owner whos looking to expand his profits and Ruthie teaches Simon a tough lesson about the art of being a salesman.

Against Erics wishes Simon asks Holocaust survivor Mrs. Kerjesz to tell her story in class. To form a stronger sisterly bond, Mary and Lucy decide to hate Matts new girlfriend for no good reason and Annie suffers heartache when Ruthie tell her she hates her.

Mary coerces Matt into asking his friend Brian to take her out despite Brians apparent lack of interest at least at first. Lucy is invited by the in crowd to a sleepover party, unaware of the groups real intentions. Ruthie enlists Simons help to learn to swim without taking lessons and Eric becomes convinced hes fat.

Erics no-nonsense father, John "The Colonel Camden returns when he learns of an array of problems in the Camden household including: Marys jealousy of a new member of the basketball team, Lucys declining grades due to hanging around with a bad crowd and Ruthies need to copy Simon in his quest to be a magician. Meanwhile, Eric is oblivious to all of the family troubles around him, as he is preoccupied with writing a sermon that is to be covered by a camera crew. Peter Graves reprises his role as Erics father.

Eric and Annie try not to suspect the worst when they discover money missing from the church treasury and all the evidence points to Lou, the church treasurer. Believing that Coach Koper has more than basketball on his mind where Marys concerned, Matt and Lucy risk alienating their sister to discover the truth and Simon lets the game of golf overwhelm his life.

Lucy must choose between new beau, Rod and former boyfriend, Jimmy Moon, after Jimmy breaks up with his new girlfriend. Eric and Annie are at odds when they help newly married couples communicate with each other and a visit from Annies father stirs up further problems in the Camden household.

Eric tries to help a single mother convince the IRS that she shouldnt be responsible for her ex-boyfriends enormous debt. Matt accuses Mary and Lucy of placing a personal ad in his name for a date in the school newspaper, and Simon and Ruthie try to figure out how to pay off Happys accidental credit card purchase.

Convinced shell fail in her basketball comeback, Mary develops a horrible attitude, making her quite unpleasant. Lucy is excited over the prospect of her best friend Suzanne coming to visit, until she learns the girl ran away from home. Afraid of his science teacher, Mrs. Hunter, Simon loses his confidence in his abilities to complete a class project and feigns illness to avoid it. And Ruthie is fearful of her first school field trip.

After Eric helps his friend, the Reverend Morgan Hamilton, secretly meet up with his Morgan's wife's, ex-husband, they are shocked at the outcome. While covering for Hamiltons daughter, Lucy unexpectedly goes on a date. Back at school Mary clandestinely dates one of Lucys classmates.

Lucy wants to go for a pizza with her friend Sarah and Sarah's older sister Jen. Annie however isn't delighted that her daughter wants to be in a car with someone who just got her license. However, Matt dropping her off and picking her up there is okay. What they don't know is that Jen and Sarah change their plans and Lucy agrees for a burger out of town. A misunderstanding results in a miss and while Jen and Sarah want to tank some gas, Lucy waits. Unfortunately, they crash with driver Sarah getting killed. Mary baby-sits for Wilson's son. Simon finally moves out and into his new room, Matt's old one. Matt moves up into the attic.

After Eric agrees to take in a French exchange student as a temporary border, no one but Ruthie suspects the young man is actually a con artist. Suave and romantic, the border attracts both Mary and Lucy. Lastly, Eric and Annie begin a romance with each other over the Internet.

Eric tries to unravel the mystery surrounding a young homeless girl that Simon brings home. Matt delights at the prospect of going away to college, while sharing a room fuels the differences between Mary and Lucy.

Eric asks Matt to take his friends daughter to the senior prom, unaware of her tainted reputation. At the same prom, Mary and Lucy are duped into a disastrous double date. Finally, Simon is uncomfortable after viewing a school film on the facts of life and Ruthie learns the truth about her costume character hero.

Mary and Wilsons getting back together may seem a little too together for Annie. At school, Lucy is worried when former flames Jimmy Moon and Rod team up to follow Eric around for a class project, while Simon trains Happy for a role in a commercial. Lastly,Matt prepares to make a big announcement to his family in regards to leaving home.

Eric and Annie are left speechless after learning that Mary might be pregnant and that Matt will be leaving home sooner than expected. Meanwhile, Simon and Ruthie are despondent when Happys original owner comes to claim her.