Welcome to Season 2 of The Monkees TV Show Episode Guide.
Season 2 of The Monkees debuted on NBC September 11, 1967 and ended March 25, 1968. Below are summaries of each episode with songs, dates, quotes, and credits. Coming soon will be detailed pages for each episode.
The Monkees TV show is owned by Rhino/Time Warner. If you would like to purchase The Monkees TV series, it is currently available on Blu-Ray on the Rhino/Time Warner store: The Monkees Complete TV Series Blu-Ray. Thank you to Sunshine Factory for the transcribed scripts and screen shots used for all of this artwork!
Meet The Monkees: four young, plucky, out-of-work musicians, with long-hair and groovy clothes, who live together in a ramshackle California beach house in the 1960s, and often find themselves in madcap adventures and unexpected romance as they try to carve out a life for themselves different than their parents generation and struggle to make it as a band.
British Davy Jones stands at only 5’3”, but this heartthrob and hero has never let his small stature stand between him and his various love interests, facing an adversary, or charming his way out of a conflict; Los Angeles native Micky Dolenz is zany and adventurous, and often uses comedy, caricatures, and his science-driven mind to devise elaborate schemes, maneuver his way out of crazy situations, and get the band out of trouble; Texan Michael Nesmith is the cool, calm, collected-under-pressure de facto leader of the group, the rational problem solver and mature voice of reason, with deadpan delivery of humor and a reassuring confidence; and Connecticut native Peter Tork is the sensitive, earnest neurodivergent, musically gifted but socially awkward, ironically charming in his unavoidable sincerity, showing how to see the world with childlike wonder with his literal perception and innocent heart.
Together, these four men show that even if they have long hair, weird mishaps, and an unconventional lifestyle, “they’re just trying to be friendly”, and are “too busy singing to put anybody down.” They’re the young generation—and they’ve got something to say! 📺 🎸❤️
Episode 33: “It’s A Nice Place To Visit”
Air Date: September 11, 1967
Written by Treva Silverman
Directed by James Frawley
Produced by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder
Songs: “Hanging Round”
While The Monkees are experiencing car trouble a la Monkee-Mobile in a remote part of Mexico, Davy Jones falls in love with a local waitress, Angelita. The Monkees need to earn enough money for car repairs performing at the local cantina, as they navigate patriarchal gang-wars for all their safety.
[Apologies for the cultural appropriation and stereotypes found in this episode.]
Quotes
MIKE:
Did you find out what’s the matter with the car yet?
LUPE:
Si, amigo. I examine it from top to bottom! Finally, I find the trouble.
MIKE:
Oh, good. Wha-what is it?
LUPE:
It’s broken.
ANGELITA:
No. No, please. If you leave, he will punish the entire town.
MICKY:
Baby, if I don’t leave, he gonna punish my entire body.
PETER:
Are you scared?
MICKY:
No, I’m not scared. I welcome this duel. Symbol of good against the symbol of evil, and I know I’m gonna be the victor.
DAVY:
Because the symbol of good always wins?
MICKY:
No, because the lead in a television series always wins.
Episode 34: “The Picture Frame”
Air Date: September 18, 1967
Written by Jack Winter
Directed by James Frawley
Produced by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder
Songs: “Randy Scouse Git” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday”
Thinking they are being hired as actors for a movie, Michael, Micky, and Davy are tricked into robbing a bank. Peter, thankfully, went to the wrong location, and becomes the only one who can prove his bandmates innocence.
Quotes
DAVY:
Do you think after we finish shooting the picture, we can go out to dinner?
CASHIER:
Do you have an account here, sir?
DAVY:
Hand over the money.
SERGEANT:
Alright, Monkees. Come on out. We know you’re in there.
MICKY:
Hey, what do they want us for?
PETER:
Oh, that library book—it’s a week overdue!
Episode 35: “Everywhere A Sheik, Sheik”
Air Date: September 25, 1967
Written by Jack Winter
Directed by Alex Singer
Produced by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder
Songs: “Love Is Only Sleeping” and “Cuddly Toy”
When Princess Colette of Nehudi is pressured to choose a suitor or marry the undesirable Vidaru, she chooses Davy Jones based on his photo in a teen magazine. The Monkees believe they will all have a life of luxury with Davy’s new status, but Vidaru has plans to sabotage this engagement.
Quotes
SHAZAR:
Do not question the strange ways of our people. Marry the princess and be happy.
DAVY:
Tell me, has the princess ever had a crush on anybody before?
SHAZAR:
Yes. There was a boy like you once. She loved him, but he rejected her.
DAVY:
Oh. Does she still see him?
SHAZAR:
Oh, yes. She visits him every week and puts a wreath on his grave.
PETER:
Hey, hey, if you’re, if she’s re—if he’s really a king, and-and she’s really his daughter you’re going to marry, that makes you a—
HASSAR:
A prince.
HASSAR:
One more thing. Each of you could have his choice of a dozen wives.
MIKE:
Oh, lookie there.
MICKY:
Ooh. Ah, so, shalom, shalom.
MIKE:
What are you waiting for?
DAVY:
Well, I guess you’re right, man. It’s a lot better than getting killed, and, uh—
MIKE:
Sure, mm-hm, a lot better.
DAVY:
Maybe Nehudi’s the place to make a name for a group. We’ll do it.
MIKE:
Say, which sounds better in a peace treaty: “we humbly request” or “pretty please”?
MAIDEN:
I don’t know, but, uh, you have nice ears.
MIKE:
Ah, I think we should use “pretty please”.
MAIDEN:
You’re cute.
MICKY:
Don’t touch me. Secretary of defense is never cute. They’re ruthless and ambitious and power hungry!
MAIDEN:
You wouldn’t hurt a fly.
MICKY:
A fly? No. But let Russia step that much out of line, and the dreaded Nehudi Camel Corps marches straight to Moscow!
MAIDEN:
You are ruthless.
MICKY:
Oh, and efficient too. Watch me cut thirty percent off this budget.
Episode 36: “Monkee Mayor”
Air Date: October 2, 1967
Written by Jack Winter, Neil Burstyn
Directed by Alex Singer
Produced by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder
Songs: “No Time” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday”
When The Monkees become aware of neighbors being evicted to build parking lots, Michael takes matters to city hall, only to be gaslit by corrupt Mayor Motley. Since it’s an election year, Micky convinces Michael to run for mayor, but Michael’s competition tries to sabotage his campaign.
Quotes
MIKE:
Well, wait a minute. Will somebody please tell me what’s going on here?
MRS. FILCHOK:
Oh, don’t you know? We’ve all been evicted.
MIKE:
We have? Well, well, how did that happen?
MRS. HOMER:
They’re going to tear down our homes and build a parking lot.
MRS. FILCHOK:
They started blasting on my block.
MR. SWEZEY:
On my door where it says, “Welcome” will be a sign: “Seventy-five cents an hour”.
PETER:
That’s terrible! Even downtown, it’s only fifty.
MAYOR MOTLEY:
Our country was settled in sixteen hundred and twelve—
MIKE:
Well, I know that—
MAYOR MOTLEY:
From across the shores. From across the shores, the pilgrims landed—
MIKE:
Yes.
MAYOR MOTLEY:
—and found Indians.
MIKE:
Yeah—
MAYOR MOTLEY:
Luckily, they moved those Indians.
MIKE:
Well—
MAYOR MOTLEY:
Why, throwing people out of their homes is the American way!
MIKE:
Huh?
MIKE:
Oh, man. The more I think about this whole parking lot thing, the more I think we got to do something about it.
DAVY:
How come?
MIKE:
How—well, because we don’t want a dictatorial government running this city, and the rights of an individual citizen have got to be respected.
MICKY:
Right, yeah.
MIKE:
And because we gotta get all these people out of our house.
DAVY:
You know, you’d think at three in the afternoon, there’d be somebody at city hall.
MICKY:
Maybe they’re on their coffee break.
PETER:
How long’s their coffee break?
MIKE:
It’s from nine to five.
Episode 37: “Art For Monkees’ Sake”
Air Date: October 9, 1967
Written by Coslough Johnson
Directed by Alex Singer
Produced by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder
Songs: “Randy Scouse Git” and “Daydream Believer”
When Peter displays a talent for painting, The Monkees send Peter to an art gallery to be inspired by the greats–only for Peter to fall prey two crooked art museum guards who use Peter’s talent in an art heist. The Monkees must save Peter–and the painting Peter duplicated.
Quotes
CHUCHE:
What are you doing here?
PETER:
I’ve come here to be inspired by the great painters.
CHUCHE:
I’ll give you an inspire!
DUCE:
[To CHUCHE] Why do-a you use-a your hands for? I told you not-a to use-a your hands. [TO PETER] Forgive this indiscretion. Did you draw this picture?
PETER:
Yes, I did.
DUCE:
You’re a very talented boy.
PETER:
Thank you. I play bass too.
DUCE:
An artist and a musician.
CHUCHE:
We should kill them both.
CHUCHE:
Hey, boss, I don’t get it.
DUCE:
That’s why I’m the brains of this outfit, and you’re the muscle. We’re going to use his copy of the painting, then we make a switch.
CHUCHE:
And then what do we do?
DUCE:
Then we sell the painting and make a fortune.
CHUCHE:
And then what do we do?
DUCE:
Then we buy tickets to Europe.
CHUCHE:
Hey, that’s expensive.
DUCE:
You want to save money? I’ll get you deported.
DUCE:
What’s a matter this time? All you have to do is copy a little painting.
PETER:
I just don’t feel it.
CHUCHE:
Hey, Duce, I can make him feel it.
MICKY: Excuse me, but I want to, uh—
ARTIST: You want what? To be an artist? Huh. You could never be an artist; you have no beard!
