The Goldbergs (season 2)

Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 24, 2014 – May 13, 2015

The second season of the American television comedy series The Goldbergs premiered on ABC on September 24, 2014. The season was produced by Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Happy Madison Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, and Seth Gordon.

The show explores the daily lives of the Goldberg Family; a family living in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s. Beverly Goldberg (Wendi McLendon-Covey), the overprotective matriarch of the Goldbergs is married to Murray Goldberg (Jeff Garlin). They are the parents of three children, Erica (Hayley Orrantia), Barry (Troy Gentile), and Adam (Sean Giambrone).

ABC renewed The Goldbergs for its second season on May 8, 2014. For season two, The Goldbergs was moved to a new night and time; Wednesdays at 8:30 pm (ET). On October 23, 2014, ABC gave the season a full 24-episode order.

On May 7, 2015, the show was renewed for a third season.

Cast

Main cast

• Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg
• Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg
• Hayley Orrantia as Erica Goldberg
• Troy Gentile as Barry Goldberg
• Sean Giambrone as Adam Goldberg
• George Segal as Albert "Pops" Solomon

Episodes

See also: List of The Goldbergs episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"Love Is a Mixtape"	Seth Gordon	Alex Barnow	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	201	7.31
When Adam makes a mixtape for both Beverly and Dana, who accidentally hears it while riding home with Adam, a problem ensures in their relationship, landing Adam into trouble with Beverly. He tries to make up for the mistake, but fails, much to his dismay. Barry gets a fake I.D., which is quickly confiscated by Coach Muller (Bryan Callen), his gym teacher, when he shows it off to the whole school, much to Barry's disappointment. However, Barry has to make good on some promises he made to friends in order to get into a senior party. He uses Murray's I.D, but is quickly caught at the liquor store he tried buying beer at. He buys sandwiches instead, but Murray takes him home and they eat them. A clip in the show when Adam is giving Dana the mixtape shows Barry begging for his I.D. back from Coach Muller.
25	2	"Mama Drama"	David Katzenberg	Marc Firek	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)	202	7.09
Adam auditions for the school musical but gets cast in a non leading role while Dave Kim gets the lead, much to Adam's shock and dismay and angering Beverly. Beverly casts him in a rival show and forces Erica to help, when Dana finds out Adam is in the rival show, she gets upset and is dismayed. Adam is rejected by Dana because of this. Meanwhile, Barry, angered, takes issue of Murray's habit of leaving sporting events early in order to beat his worst enemy, traffic. When Murray tries to watch a sporting event, he loses Barry for his sporting events for leaving sporting events early. Murray tries to replace Barry with Pops and his co worker, both backfire. In the end, Adam plays his role after learning no part is too small and Murray wins back Barry, though they get stuck in traffic for 2 hours, it was worth it to see the biggest hockey rivalry game.
26	3	"The Facts of Bleeping Life"	Fred Savage	Chris Bishop & Adam F. Goldberg	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)	203	7.32
After Barry and Adam make an agreement to not let a girl come between them, Barry betrays Adam and lets Erica and Lainey in their newly formed rock band, much to anger and dismay of Adam, leading him to quit. Barry attempts multiple times to win him back, but fails. He is later kicked out of his own band by being voted out by Lainey and Erica, angering Barry and dismaying him. This causes him to lose his spark for Lainey, even though she was never interested in him in the first place. He tries once again getting Adam back and he succeeds. While doing so, they plan to thwart Erica and Lainey from playing and successfully do so, creating a Battle of the Bands. Adam and Barry lose when Erica and Lainey kick them out. Murray learns how much their marriage vow renewal means to Beverly and wakes up everyone who plays "Eternal Flame", thanks to the two bands who reconcile and merge. Beverly and Murray finally renew their vows. Also, Barry admits his love for Lainey, which she rejects, but he says he'll keep trying to win her over.
27	4	"Shall We Play a Game?"	David Katzenberg	Niki Schwartz-Wright & Mac Marshall	October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22)	204	7.05
Adam accidentally gets Barry kicked out of the cool group JTP (Jenkintown Posse) of friends at school and must come up with a plan to get his brother back in. Adam convinces Barry and his friends he has the skills to hack into the school computer system to change their grades, but does he? Later, Beverly is immediately jealous when she learns Erica hangs out with a friend's cooler mom and sets out to show Erica she can be cool too.
28	5	"Family Takes Care of Beverly"	Lew Schneider	Claire Scanlon	October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)	207	6.91
When Pops is abruptly evicted from his apartment for starting a fire, he moves in with Beverly and the family and Beverly becomes selfish about Pops, forcing Murray to drive Pops to Shady Willows Retirement Home and Adam to move in. Adam returns in the end, but on the condition she doesn't smother him when he is a adult. Barry saves Erica from a dangerous candy mixture and wants a date with Lainey from her in return. Erica lies to Barry and betrays him by saying Lainey wants to go on a date, but he mistakenly eats the same thing Erica ate where Erica thinks he's faking it and is rushed to the Emergency Room instantly where he finally gets a date with Lainey. He can't eat for 24 hours, but in the end, he shares a slice of pizza with Lainey in his hospital bed, which hints that they become a couple.
29	6	"Big Baby Ball"	David Katzenberg	Mark Firek	November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)	206	7.54
When Coach Meller singles out Adam during a game of Dodgeball, Beverly intervenes to protect Adam and gets Meller fired. But soon, Murray and Adam see him in a new light, so Beverly tries to get his job back. Will she succeed? Meanwhile, Barry can't accept Erica is better than him in a new board game they play called Trivial Pursuit.
30	7	"A Goldberg Thanksgiving"	Jay Chandrasekhar	Chris Bishop	November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)	209	7.70
It's time for the Goldberg Thanksgiving and Beverly and Erica make a bet. Erica wins, leading her to opt out of the holiday and go to Lainey's house, resulting in Beverly scrambling to win her back. Meanwhile, Uncle Marvin visits and Murray gets annoyed when Marvin and Adam start to form a close bond. Murray is jealous of Marvin and Adam tries to come between them, but it quickly gets out of hand. When Erica says she is going to Lainey's for the whole weekend, Pops tells her to celebrate Thanksgiving with her mom because her and Nana did it every year and Nana died when Beverly was just 17. Adam and Murray begin a tradition of playing video games every Thanksgiving while Erica and Beverly cook together.
31	8	"I Rode a Hoverboard"	Victor Nelli	Robia Rashad	December 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)	205	6.59
Adam breaks his arm and exaggerates at school that he fell off of a hover board just like in the Back to the Future movie. The lie threatens his friendship with Emmy Mirsky after she defends his story. Meanwhile, the family falls in love with the Chinese garden, a new Chinese restaurant in town owned by Dave Kim's parents and Beverly fears she's being replaced in the kitchen. When Beverly gets the boys and Erica banned from the restaurant, it begins a war between Beverly and Dave Kim's mom. Adam tries to make a fake video about breaking his arm and Emmy Mirsky catches him in the act. They almost stop being friends, but later reunite. The family then decides to go to the Chinese Garden every Friday night.
32	9	"The Most Handsome Boy on the Planet"	David Katzenberg	Matt Tarses	December 10, 2014 (2014-12-10)	208	7.41
When Barry goes to the mall, he is approached by a model rep and after paying a fee, starts modeling. Erica tries to stop him, and later Beverly, from doing it because it's a scam, but in the end, they continue. Meanwhile, while at the movies with Murray and Emmy Mirsky, Adam sees Murray's dad and mixes in to try to reunite Murray and Papa. It creates a fight between Papa and Murray, but they reunite during their New Year Countdown Party.
33	10	"DannyDonnieJoeyJonJordan"	David Katzenberg	Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane	January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07)	210	7.79
After falling boxes trap Murray in the garage, he demands Beverly get rid of all the kids old artwork and school projects except for one trunk. When the trunk goes missing, however, Murray becomes sentimental about what was inside. Erica has trouble parting with her New Kids on the Block memorabilia. Learning of their sister's former obsession, Adam and Barry finally have an opportunity to tease Erica mercilessly, but it results in a surprising turn for the brothers and they get hooked on NKOTB songs.
34	11	"The Darryl Dawkins Dance"	Jay Chandrasekhar	Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane	January 14, 2015 (2015-01-14)	211	7.22
As the Sadie Hawkins dance approaches, Erica asks Beverly to help her find Barry a date to keep him away from Lainey. Beverly locates a girl named Evelyn (Allie Grant) who shocks everyone because she reminds them of someone they know – Bev! But at the dance, Lainey and Barry both ditch their dates to dance with each other. Meanwhile, Adam gets into a fight with his best friend...Pops.
35	12	"Cowboy Country"	David Katzenberg	Stacey Harman	February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)	212	6.87
Lainey calls Barry her boyfriend for the first time, and wants their fathers to meet. The two seem to hit it off until Murray, a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, discovers that Lainey's dad is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Elsewhere, Adam is frustrated with being a "late bloomer" and feels like his girlfriend Dana Caldwell will leave him for an older-looking classmate. He tries to impress Dana by climbing a water tower to spray paint their names on it in view of their classmates, but things go awry when Adam can't get down and has to be rescued by the fire department.
36	13	"Van People"	Victor Nelli	Alex Barnow	February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)	213	6.84
When Murray gets mad at Erica for not filling up the gas tank, she and Barry get revenge by purchasing a used van. Barry and Erica argue with Murray until their dad lets them move into the van, against Beverly's wishes. Adam is disappointed when he sees an early draft of the yearbook and learns he has been voted "nicest guy", so he tries to get voted Class Clown instead. When Adam does a prank on his teacher that turns out to be hurtful, Dana gets mad at him. She says she nominated him "nicest guy" and wants him to be himself. In the end, Murray and Erica agree they are both stubborn people and make up.
37	14	"Barry Goldberg's Day Off"	David Katzenberg	Adam F. Goldberg	February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)	214	7.64
Based on the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Barry fakes an illness to ditch school with Adam and Pops. But Barry does not do a good job as Ferris. He tries to get Lanie out of class by saying her grandmother's dead, which annoys her, he gets confronted by security at an art museum, the trio gets pelted with food at a baseball game, Pops' car gets stolen, and Beverly (leaving her first day of work at a florist) tracks them down and grounds Barry. Erica also has to wait in a police station with a convict (Charlie Sheen), who tells her not to worry about Barry and Adam. Sheen, who played a juvenile delinquent in the original Ferris movie, then says he feels like he's "been here for 30 [bleeped] years." Erica convinces Barry to sneak out to the homecoming, where Lanie is on a float with her ex. Barry misinterprets what Erica says, though, and sings "Twist and Shout" like in the movie. The crowd, who all know the movie, get what Barry is doing and sing along. Lanie and Erica join Barry on the float, singing without microphones. Adam manages to capture Barry's song on his camcorder, saying he no longer wants to be Ferris, but instead wants to be John Hughes, the director of the movie.
38	15	"Happy Mom, Happy Life"	Claire Scanlon	Andrew Secunda	March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)	219	7.86
Adam chooses Dana as his partner for a health project where they must raise a Cabbage Patch Kid, and Beverly becomes the "grand-smother" without permission. Adam is pressured to back up Beverly over Dana, much to her disliking, so Adam asks for advice from Murray and Pops, who tell him he should tell Dana that she should call the shots in the relationship. But messes up when he lets Dana talk to Beverly, against Murray and Pops' wishes. Meanwhile, Barry's friends, the JTP, are upset that Barry chooses to hang out with Lainey instead of them, and Erica is upset about the same problem with Lanie. As a result, Erica joins the JTP to break up Barry and Lanie, which Barry does not like. Soon after, all three members of the JTP fall in love with Erica and she gets confused. At the same time, Adam and Dana take a break from the project and have Murray watch the baby. Beverly finds out and starts to do the project for them and does well, until a dog steals it. Beverly goes to a black-market toy dealer and is forced to buy what she thinks is the doll out of his car trunk, but turns out to be a knockoff. Adam and Dana find out, and Adam is torn when Dana storms out when she finds out the truth. The JTP starts to stand outside of Erica's room and play the song "Alone" by Heart from boomboxes, parodying the film Say Anything... to win her over. Barry and Lanie come in, saying Erica's plan was hurtful. Erica states that she didn't want to lose Lainey because she has a boyfriend. Lainey gets Erica tickets to a Heart concert, and Erica apologizes. Barry also gets his spot back in the JTP after he says that Erica can't say in his posse because she is torn. Meanwhile, Adam stands up to Beverly, saying she needs to butt out, and his teachers commends him for his work soon after. Beverly invites Dana over, where she and Adam hang out in the treehouse. Beverly tries to tough it out, and Murray helps her by saying that Adam is having a good time.
39	16	"The Lost Boy"	David Katzenberg	Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa	March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)	220	6.76
Murray brings Adam to a Phillies baseball game at Veteran's Stadium. Murray convinces his son that he is old enough to go to the bathroom on his own, but fear of the urinal trough and nasty stalls in one bathroom leads to Adam searching for cleaner facilities and getting lost. Elsewhere, Beverly guilt-trips Erica and Barry into bedazzling things with her and letting her tag along with them on a trip to the movies. Frustrated, the kids consult Pops, who reveals that his secret to avoiding Bev's guilt trips is, "Don't feel, it's not real." The kids take this to heart and shun their mother's smothering guilt, but later realize that Beverly is feeling real regret that her children won't be around much longer.
40	17	"The Adam Bomb"	Lew Schneider	Chris Bishop	April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)	217	7.21
When Lanie says it's a turn-off that Barry teases Adam mercilessly, Barry vows to stop. But after an April fools joke by Adam causes Barry to destroys one of Adam's favorite toys, Adam retaliates by ruining Barry's baseball card collection, and it escalates into an all-out war between the two, with Barry going as far as to destroying Adam's video camera and Adam lying to Lainey about Barry wanting to break up with her, causing Lainey to break up with Barry. Barry later retaliates by putting an embarrassing photo of Adam all over his room and says Adam lost the war, because he has "The Adam Bomb" and he will post it to the whole school, but later doesn't due to a video he saw in a class and realizes his actions towards Adam. In the end, Barry puts together Adam's video camera back and Adam returns the favor by getting Barry and Lainey back together. Meanwhile, Erica finds out that like a pop star Tiffany Darwish and Debbie Gibson will be appearing at the local mall, and she asks Murray for $200 to make a demo tape that she can give to the teen idol. Murray refuses, saying a singing career is a million-to-one shot. Beverly initially agrees with her husband, until she learns that many teen singing sensations are managed by their mothers.
41	18	"I Drank the Mold!"	Jon Corn	Aaron Kaczander	April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)	221	6.54
Against Adam's wishes, Beverly organizes a sleepover party with some of his friends, including the principal's son who brings a beer from his father's home brew stash. After everyone but Adam takes a swig, they all get sick and throw up. Beverly catches Adam with the beer bottle before he can drink any. Furious, Beverly attends a meeting with all the kids' parents and the principal, who says the beer was from his unfermented batch, so the kids basically just drank mold. Beverly says the kids are growing up too fast, and orders that they stop seeing each other as friends. This makes Adam rebel against Beverly, and he draws the beer from the garbage to take a sip and show mom he's united with his friends, but he regrets this action moments later. Elsewhere, Barry and Erica try to convince Murray to spring for a $900 stereo with the latest technology – a CD player, saying that it's essential to developing their musical talent. Murray plays along and says if the kids can write a hit song, he'll buy the stereo. The kids try their hand at songwriting, but their song "Love Ninja" is deemed awful by Pops. They then try to pass off an Elton John song as their own, but Murray sees through it. The kids then sell a bunch of their stuff and buy the stereo as a "gift" to their father, but he knows it's really a gift for themselves. Murray declares that only he can listen to music on the new CD player, frustrating the kids, but he later recants after seeing Erica in her room singing and playing her guitar.
42	19	"La Biblioteca Es Libros"	David Katzenberg	Marc Firek	April 15, 2015 (2015-04-15)	216	6.87
When Adam fails a Spanish test, Beverly is certain it's the teacher's fault because Adam does well in all his other subjects. She then pays the teacher (Michaela Watkins) to tutor Adam after hours, but the other students in the class become angry at what they view as Adam's special treatment. Elsewhere, Barry gets his first job delivering pizzas, causing Murray to go overboard and share a beer with Barry to commemorate him "becoming a man." This angers Erica, because she has had a job for two years and Murray has never given her any such attention. Barry gets fired for eating the pizza after two days, but continues to act like he's going to work because his dad was so proud of him.
43	20	"Just Say No"	Victor Belli	Niki Schwartz Wright	April 15, 2015 (2015-04-15)	215	5.68
Erica is at odds with Murray when she supports the Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro ticket for president, while Murray staunchly supports Ronald Reagan. When she sees that Beverly is ambiguous about politics, Erica tries to educate her mother on the issues. But this leads to Beverly latching onto one issue in particular – Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No to Drugs" campaign, when Beverly ends up gets throwing off the stage for saying the N word during a campaign battle. Meanwhile, Barry is determined to become a contestant on the American Gladiators competition show, and he has Adam make a video of his athletic prowess. After filming several of Barry's comical attempts at feats of strength, Adam secretly sends the tape to America's Funniest Home Videos instead.
44	21	"As You Wish"	David Katzenberg	Alex Barnow	April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22)	218	7.16
Beverly is being more of a Yenta than usual, but when she takes it a step farther and tries to set up two teachers she has been gossiping about, Barry and Erica beg her to stop. Elsewhere, Adam, inspired by the swashbuckling scenes in The Princess Bride, asks Murray for a real sword. When Murray refuses, Adam plays on dad's soft spot for getting his children involved in sports, and says he wants to take up fencing.
45	22	"Dance Party USA"	David Katzenberg	Andrew Secunda & Evan Turner	April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)	222	6.77
Adam gambles at school after he thinks he has inherited Pops' luck and, as a result, loses all his favorite toys to his friend, Principal Ball's son. Beverly goes to Mr. Ball to get the toys back and plays cards against him but loses, and Pops does too. Beverly decides to go to the toy store to replace them, pretending Pops won them back. Adam sees through it and learns that Pops has lied to him about a lot of things, but Adam get angry and then forgives him. Meanwhile, Erica and Lainey are set to go on Dance Party USA, but Barry wants to join and is rejected. However, Barry gives Erica pink eye, which causes Lainey to go behind her back and decide to dance with Barry only. With pink eye, Erica has to wear her nerdy glasses because she cannot wear contact lenses. However, Barry and Lainey relent, and they take Erica to the Dance Party USA taping. Lainey then catches pink eye in both eyes because of Erica and Barry, and has to wear Erica's nerdy glasses.
46	23	"Bill/Murray"	David Katzenberg	Chris Bishop & Josh Goldsmith	May 6, 2015 (2015-05-06)	223	6.81
Murray is called in to Principal Ball's office along with his arch nemesis, Lainey's father Bill, because Barry and Lainey have been seen constantly kissing all over school. The enemies unexpectedly form a bond and become friends after discovering they have a lot in common. However, Murray ends the friendship due to Bill getting emotional and crying about his divorce. Bill gets upset that Murray is avoiding him, and this also upsets Barry and Lainey when they see their dads' renewed rivalry as a threat to their relationship. In the end, Bill and Murray reconcile and become friends again, much to their children's delight. Meanwhile, after seeing her kids watching MTV, Beverly recruits Adam to help Erica make a video application to Juilliard. Despite obvious evidence that Juilliard is a long shot, Beverly thinks it's a great college choice for Erica because it would be close to home. But major obstacles get in the way of the video when Adam tries to make big production out of it, causing Erica to just be herself in the end.
47	24	"Goldbergs Feel Hard"	David Katzenberg	Adam F. Goldberg	May 13, 2015 (2015-05-13)	224	6.70
Beverly and Murray have a hard time saying farewell to Erica as she prepares to leave for a summer arts program. Beverly insists that Erica tell her father that she loves him, but Erica realizes she can milk her mom for a few bribes first. Meanwhile, Barry tells Lainey that he loves her. When she does not say it back, he becomes the school mascot to get closer to her, unaware that a rival team plans to beat up the mascot. Inspired, Adam goes to tell Dana that he loves her, but she drops a bombshell ... her dad has a job offer in Seattle and her family may have to move. Note: Adam's real-life classmate, J.C. Spink, made his second appearance as Joe the Bus Driver.