The Goldbergs: Season 2

When Adam makes a mixtape for Dana, Beverly sees it and assumes it's for her. Not wanting to disappoint his girlfriend or his mom, he gives Dana the same tape, but Dana hears it when Beverly picks her and Adam up from a movie date. This ultimately lands Adam into trouble with both Beverly and Dana. Meanwhile, Barry gets a fake I.D., but when it gets confiscated by Coach Mellor, he's forced to use Murray's I.D. to fulfill a promise he made to friends attending a party. Featured Song: "You're the

Adam auditions for the school musical but gets cast in a non-leading role while Dave Kim gets the lead, which angers Beverly, who casts him in a rival show and forces Erica to help. However, Adam's new status as a lead man leads to him becoming self-absorbed, which both complicates production and causes Dana to start ignoring Adam. In the end, Adam plays his part after Beverly helps him realize no part is too small. Meanwhile, Barry is angry at Murray's habit of leaving sporting events early in

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 Adam's chagrin, 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

Barry is accidentally kicked out of his cool friend group "JTP" (Jenkintown Posse) and Adam must come up with a plan to get him 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? Meanwhile, 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. Featured Songs: "Never Surrender" by Stan Bush, "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge G

Pops moves into the Goldberg home after he's evicted from his apartment for starting a fire, and Beverly doesn't want him to leave (even though he says he wants to), forcing Murray to drive Pops to Shady Willows Retirement Home. Beverly expresses concern about being left alone, and tries to claim a spot in Adam's future life, causing him to temporarily move in with Pops. Meanwhile, Barry "saves" Erica from a "dangerous" candy mixture of pop rocks and soda and wants a date with Lainey from her in

When Coach Mellor singles out Adam during a game of Dodgeball, Beverly intervenes to protect Adam and gets Mellor fired, and after Murray starts to see Mellor in a new light, he offers him a job working at Ottoman Empire. However, Mellor's knack for being a gym teacher causes him to clash with Murray. Mellor eventually shows up to the Goldberg home to apologize to Murray after a botched delivery job, and also apologizes to Adam, stating that he's only hard on him because he wants the best for hi

It's Thanksgiving and Beverly and Erica make a bet: if she can outdo Beverly at Jazzercise exercises, she doesn't have to participate in Thanksgiving dinner. Erica wins, leading her to opt out of the holiday and spend it with Lainey, resulting in Beverly scrambling to win her back, even going as far to fake an injury so Erica will stay. 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 and tries to come be

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, and the lie threatens his friendship with Emmy Mirsky after she defends his story. Meanwhile, the family falls in love with 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 over who is the bette

Barry goes to the mall and falls for a modeling scam. Meanwhile, while at the movies with Emmy Mirsky, Adam and Murray run into Murray's father Ben (Paul Sorvino), resulting in Adam trying to reunite Murray and "Pop-Pop". Although his attempts appear to fail, Pop-Pop shows up during the family's New Year countdown party and is invited to celebrate with them. Featured Song: "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys Guest Starring: Rob Huebel as John Calabasas Notes: * The date at the beginning of the episode is

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

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 Silver (Allie Grant), hoping to set her up with Barry. However, he and Erica are both creeped out when Evelyn shows many uncanny similarities to Beverly. But at the dance, Lainey and Barry both ditch their dates to dance with each other. Meanwhile, Adam is traumatized by the death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, and gets into a

Lainey calls Barry her boyfriend for the first time, and she wants their fathers to meet. The two seem to hit it off until Murray, a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, discovers that Lainey's dad Bill (David Koechner) is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Meanwhile, Adam is frustrated with being a "late bloomer" and feels like Dana will leave him for an older-looking classmate. He tries to impress Dana by giving her one of Beverly's expensive rings, but Beverly catches Adam and grounds him. Encouraged by

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 hurtful prank on his teacher, Dana gets mad at him and tells him that she nominated him "nicest guy" and want

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 Lainey 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

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 c

Murray brings Adam to a Phillies baseball game at Veterans 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 Beverly'

When Lainey 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, it escalates into an all-out war between the two, with Barry going as far as to destroying Adam's video camera. This results in Adam lying to Lainey about Barry wanting to break up with her, causing Lainey to break up with Barry. Barry plans to retailate by posting an embarrassing photo of Adam to the whole school, bu

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

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 Miss Taraborelli (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 t

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. Meanwhile, Barry is determined to become a contestant on the American Gladiators competition show, and he has Adam make a video

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. Featured Song: "Somebody to Love" by Queen, covered by Hayley Orrantia Guest Star

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 Garry. 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, but Adam sees through it and learns that Pops has lied to him about a lot of things, but Adam forgives him. Meanwhile, Erica and Lainey are set to go on

Murray is called in to Principal Ball's office along with Lainey's father Bill, because Barry and Lainey have been seen constantly kissing all over school. Enemies after the Cowboys-Eagles incident, the two 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'

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, but 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 bo