Ed

Ed is shocked to see his ex-flame Bonnie appear on his doorstep just as he was going to kiss Carol. Ed is called on to represent Warren in court when the teen is arrested for supplying beer at a party where a fellow student is injured. Nancy is driven to distraction by her domestic duties, and a pony is delivered to the alley...ordered by Phil, who is nowhere to be found.

Ed cools of Carol when the new principal, Dennis, becomes quite the pain in her side. Ed is curious when asked by an odd stranger to help him legally change his name and identity. Mike is about to blow his top with the insufferable Dr. Jerome, the old coot surprises him; Molly is intrigued by an affable bowling alley salesman whose magic tricks could charm the pants off her; and Phil’s latest get-chicks-quick scheme has him posing a la famous magician David Blaine.

Molly gets frustrated with Ed when he represents a rude clothing store owner (guest star David Garrison) who’s being sued for sexual harassment by a former saleswoman who had to wear skimpy garments on the job -- but when Ed learns the truth, the presiding judge (guest star Charles Dumas) won’t let him back out. Mike pressures an overwhelmed Nancy to have a second baby and Phil embarks on a quest to retrieve a bowler’s prized ball which was lost somewhere in the pin-sweeping machinery.

Ed gets upset when he learns that Dr. Crazy (guest star Evan Handler), a famed but depressed children’s TV entertainer hired to emcee, encourages a trusting child to run away from home—and when the child complies, Ed is hired by the boy’s parents to sue the personality for abusing his status as a youth role model.

Ed re-thinks his decision to leave his ex-wife (guest star Melissa Errico) and arranges his first meeting with her since he caught her cheating with a mailman. Molly overthinks her budding romance with a bowling alley repairman (guest star Patrick Finn) and fears getting hurt.

Ed finds competition with another ’bowling alley lawyer’, who begins stealing his clients. Carol is frustrated with Dennis’ latest rude behavior. Warren tries to impress a girl by joining the wrestling team.

Ed is asked by Dennis to represent him after a fender-bender. Meanwhile, Ed tries to resurrect the annual Thanksgiving Day parade, as well as take notice of the budding relationship between Dennis and Carol.

Ed represents a teacher who refused to cast a student in the school based on him being African-American. Elsewhere, Warren gets a makeover.

Stuckeyville’s leading philanthropist asks Ed to play elf to his Santa when he decides to give away his fortune to the locals but Ed’s cheer earns him jeers when he learns that the gifts have depleted the eccentric multi-millionaire’s charitable foundation.

Ed represents a loser who is sued by a woman for breach of privacy after she rejected his romantic overtures and found her photo posted on his web site. Elsewhere, Mike finally gives vent to his full emotions about Dr. Jerome when the older man betrays him. In addition, Warren mistakenly believes that the way to Jessica’s heart is to become the school buffoon.

Ed is perplexed when a middle-aged couple (guest stars Vincent Pastore,and Andrea Martin) hire him to supervise the husband’s 48-hour birthday present of total freedom to do anything he wants. Carol and Dennis patch up their romantic split, Warren finally gets a date with Jessica.

Ed begins dating a free-spirited claims adjuster (guest star Reiko Aylesworth) and agrees to represent her when her former employer accuses her of embezzling thousands of dollars, Nancy tires of her housebound baby-care duties and seeks to become a part-time substitute teacher until she runs afoul of her fellow teachers for going outside the bounds of course instruction. Phil hatches a scheme to host birthday parties at the alley with a "celebrity roast" theme.

Ed learns of the death of a teen friend who formed a band while they were students, Molly tries to convince scamming Phil over the graduation finish line when he tries to obtain a high school equivalent degree.

Ed is intrigued by the romantic antics of a beautiful and flirtatious young woman (Kelly Ripa). Carol frets when she learns that Warren has captured a private moment of hers on videotape.

Ed wants to help a lawyer win his first case against a trucking firm that has re-routed giant semi-trailer rigs to rumble through peaceful Stuckeyville. Carol makes the mistake of asking Dennis to read her short story before she submits it to a famous visiting writer (guest star Keir Dullea).

Ed represents Carol when she’s forced to sing ’Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’ in front of court, when a judge begins deciding his clients sentence based on spinning a wheel.

Ed’s troublesome brother Lloyd Timothy Busfield comes to town and convinces him to give Stuckeybowl a ’night club’ makeover.

Ed defends Mike when he is slapped with a sexual harassment charge from a nurse.

Ed gathers all the parties of the championship basketball game he blew with a missed shot.

Carol convinces Ed to coach the Quiz Bowl team in the hopes it will inspire an underachieving student to join...which Dennis finds offensive.

Ed realizes he may lose Carol when he learns she and Dennis plan to live together, and that Dennis plans to propose.

In the second season finale, Ed discovers Carol and Dennis plan on going on a cross country trip together, and Ed realized he’s got one last chance to win her over.