Wizards of Waverly Place season 2
| Wizards of Waverly Place (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 The Wizards of Waverly Place season two cast. | |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney Channel |
| Original release | September 12, 2008 – August 21, 2009 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from September 12, 2008 to August 21, 2009. The season deals with the Russo children, Alex (Selena Gomez), Justin (David Henrie) and Max Russo (Jake T. Austin) continuing to compete to become the leading wizard in their family. Also starring in the series are María Canals Barrera and David DeLuise as their parents, Theresa and Jerry, and Jennifer Stone as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle.
Synopsis
Harper now knows that Alex, Justin and Max are wizards. Alex and Justin have new love interests Dean Moriarty (Daniel Samonas), and Juliet Van Heusen (Bridgit Mendler) respectively. The series characters cross over with The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana in part one and two of "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" featuring cast members from The Suite Life on Deck namely, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, Debby Ryan and Phill Lewis.
Guest stars and recurring cast include: Dan Benson, Bill Chott, Skyler Samuels, Josh Sussman, Daryl Sabara, Cindy Crawford, Fred Willard, Rachel Dratch, Dwayne Johnson, Misty May-Treanor, JD Cullum, Anne Ramsay, Amanda Tepe and Jeff Garlin.
Plot
Alex has another love interest, her classmate Dean Moriarty, and tries to impress him by using magic to make him think she's smart. In another episode, when Alex's nemesis, Gigi Hollingsworth, finds her diary which she draws in, she finds out about Alex's crush on Dean. When Gigi gets trapped, she gets back out and is convinced she hit her head. She tells the school of Alex's crush on Dean and Alex admits what she does in her diary, but denies it was Dean who was the Prince in her drawings. He still, however, seems impressed. She later asks him if he'll help fix an old car of her father's, which he agrees to do. Dean then enters it in a race once fixing it, but Alex gets mad when her family begin to like Dean and he doesn't spend as much time with her. Alex then transports herself into the car during the race to talk to Dean, who reveals he likes her. Dean asks Alex out, but on a triple date. After Alex eliminates the other couples so that she can be alone with Dean, she realizes he wants to kiss her. On the date, she tries to distract Dean so that he won't, but after he tells her he likes her too much, they kiss. Alex promises she won't abandon him, but then runs off to help her brother. She comes back and they make up. Alex later reveals she doesn't like how badly Dean expresses his feelings. When wizard students stay at the Russos' due to Wiz Tech being closed down, Ronald Longcape Jr. begins to develop feelings for her. Alex feels guilty when she thinks she's falling in love with Ronald. Ronald gets rid of Dean and then transforms into him as to break up with Alex so he can be with her. Ronald takes advantage of her and makes her evil like him and his father so that they can rule. Alex then reveals she's in love with Dean, so is transformed back. Dean is back and starts calling Alex his girlfriend. Tired of lying to her best friend, she reveals magic to Harper by taking her into space on her birthday. Dean moves away, but Alex tries to continue dating him in his dreams with the use of magic. When he comes to see her, they go out on a date but she realizes they've drifted apart and aren't the same so breaks up with him, who has no reaction. He later comes back and tells her it hurt too much. When her brother wins a cruise on the S.S. Tipton, she goes also and meets Zack Martin, who develops a crush on her and asks her out, but she says no. When he gets blamed for a prank she pulled on her brother, he finds out it was her and asks her where she's been all of his life.
Justin meets a girl, Isabella, online and meets up with her. When his sister tells him she's a dog, he doesn't believe her so asks her, but she tells him she's a werewolf. Justin says he doesn't care, and kisses her but she reveals when you kiss a werewolf, you become a werewolf so Justin and Isabella run into the forest together. Justin's family find him and undo the spell to make him a wizard again. When shot with Cupid's arrow, Justin falls for Harper Finkle, and they begin dating but it soon wears off and they go back to being friends. Justin and Harper, who has a long-term crush on him, begin to date again seemingly and attend many silent movies together. His sister, however, sabotages their relationship to keep them from dating and Justin tells her she's not so bad as long as she doesn't fuss over him, but they stop dating. When Justin meets Max's Tutor, Tutor, he gets a crush on her and they begin dating. He's, however, creeped out that she has become such good friends with his sister. After Tutor's finished teaching Max, she can't come back anymore so they have to break up, but Justin realizes he was only drawn to her as she's half-elf. When he wins a cruise on the S.S. Tipton, he falls for London Tipton who, as not the smartest, believes he's a doctor so agrees to date him. When Justin gets pulled away from their date as he has to get his picture taken for winning the competition, London sees him and says he looks exactly like her date. She then becomes attracted to his brother. When the Van Heusen family open a sandwich shop right next to the Sub Station, they begin to lose business. They send Justin over as a spy, but he meets Juliet Van Heusen, the owner's daughter, and falls for her. Their parents say they can't date, as their businesses are competing but once learning she's now the good child of the family, Justin's sister changes their parents' minds. Justin discovers Juliet is a vampire, and she tells him she knows he's a wizard. Juliet influences Justin's family by telling them they have to eat healthier. Justin and Juliet get more serious and reveal to each other that they have fallen in love.
Max goes on his first date, with his classmate, Jeanette, at the Sub Shop. However, he has been using magic to humiliate his brother in an attempt to impress her, so his brother turns him into a clown and she leaves.
Episodes
- This season consists of 30 episodes.
- Jake T. Austin is absent for one episode.
- Jennifer Stone is absent for three episodes.
- David DeLuise is absent for five episodes.
- María Canals Barrera is absent for seven episodes.
- Cole Sprouse; Dylan Sprouse; Brenda Song; Debby Ryan; and Phill Lewis special guest star in Cast Away (To Another Show)
- Filmed in June, 2008 to November, 2008.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "Smarty Pants" | Victor Gonzalez | Todd J. Greenwald | September 12, 2008 | 201 | 4.8[1] |
| 23 | 2 | "Beware Wolf" | Victor Gonzalez | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | September 21, 2008 | 202 | 4.0[2] |
| 24 | 3 | "Graphic Novel" | Mark Cendrowski | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | October 5, 2008 | 203 | 3.9[3] |
| 25 | 4 | "Racing" | Victor Gonzalez | Justine Bateman | October 12, 2008 | 204 | 4.3[4] |
| 26 | 5 | "Alex's Brother, Maximan" | Victor Gonzalez | Matt Goldman | October 19, 2008 | 205 | N/A |
| 27 | 6 | "Saving WizTech Part 1" | Bob Berlinger | Peter Murrieta | October 26, 2008 | 208 | 4.5[5] |
| 28 | 7 | "Saving WizTech Part 2" | Bob Berlinger | Peter Murrieta | October 26, 2008 | 209 | 4.9[5] |
| 29 | 8 | "Harper Knows" | Victor Gonzalez | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | November 23, 2008 | 206 | 4.6[6] |
| 30 | 9 | "Taxi Dance" | Mark Cendrowski | Peter Murrieta | December 7, 2008 | 207 | N/A |
| 31 | 10 | "Baby Cupid" | Bob Berlinger | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | December 14, 2008 | 210 | 4.1[7] |
| 32 | 11 | "Make It Happen" | Bob Koherr | Justin Varava | January 1, 2009 | 211 | N/A |
| 33 | 12 | "Fairy Tale" | Bob Koherr | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | January 25, 2009 | 213 | N/A |
| 34 | 13 | "Fashion Week" | Victor Gonzalez | Todd J. Greenwald | February 15, 2009 | 215 | 3.9[8] |
| 35 | 14 | "Helping Hand" | Bob Koherr | Jay Baxter & Shaun Zaken | February 16, 2009 | 217 | 4.5[9] |
| 36 | 15 | "Art Teacher" | Victor Gonzalez | Todd J. Greenwald | March 1, 2009 | 214 | 4.1[10] |
| 37 | 16 | "Future Harper" | Bob Koherr | Matt Goldman & Peter Murrieta | March 15, 2009 | 212 | 4.1[11] |
| 38 | 17 | "Alex Does Good" | Guy Distad | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | April 5, 2009 | 219 | 2.8[12] |
| 39 | 18 | "Hugh's Not Normous" | Ken Ceizler | Justin Varava | April 12, 2009 | 216 | 3.2[1] |
| 40 | 19 | "Don't Rain on Justin's Parade – Earth" | Bob Koherr | Richard Goodman | April 19, 2009 | 227 | 3.7[13] |
| 41 | 20 | "Family Game Night" | Bob Koherr | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | April 26, 2009 | 218 | N/A |
| 42 | 21 | "Justin's New Girlfriend" | Victor Gonzalez | Richard Goodman | May 2, 2009 | 221 | N/A |
| 43 | 22 | "My Tutor, Tutor" | David DeLuise | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | May 29, 2009 | 226 | N/A |
| 44 | 23 | "Paint By Committee" | Bob Koherr | Peter Dirksen | June 26, 2009 | 229 | 6.0[14] |
| 45 | 24 | "Wizard for a Day" | Bob Koherr | Justin Varava | July 10, 2009 | 230 | N/A |
| 46 | 25 | "Cast-Away (To Another Show)" "(Part one of "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana")" | Victor Gonzalez | Peter Murrieta | July 17, 2009 | 220 | 9.3[15] |
| 47 | 26 | "Wizards vs. Vampires on Waverly Place" | Victor Gonzalez | Peter Murrieta | July 24, 2009 | 223 | 5.0[16] |
| 48 | 27 | "Wizards vs. Vampires: Tasty Bites" | Mark Cendrowski | Justin Varava | July 31, 2009 | 224 | 4.8[17] |
| 49 | 28 | "Wizards vs. Vampires: Dream Date" | Bob Koherr | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | August 7, 2009 | 225 | 5.0[18] |
| 50 | 29 | "Wizards and Vampires vs. Zombies" | Victor Gonzalez | Gigi McCreery & Perry Rein | August 8, 2009 | 228 | N/A |
| 51 | 30 | "Retest" | Victor Gonzalez | Todd J. Greenwald | August 21, 2009 | 222 | 3.9[19] |
References
- ^ a b Cable ratings: Monday Night Football, RAW, White Collar and Monk top weekly cable chart Posted on November 3, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ Seidman, Robert. "Nielsen Top Cable Show TV Ratings for the week ending September 21, 2008; Monday Night Football and TNT's The Closer". Tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Gorman, Bill. "Nielsen TV Ratings Top Cable Shows September 29 – October 5, 2008: ESPN Monday Night Football, Vice Presidential Debate, Baseball Playoffs, O'Reilly Factor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, SpongeBob SquarePants, Wizards of Waverly Place". Tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert. "Weekly Nielsen Top Cable TV Show Ratings for the week ending October 12, 2008 including Monday Night Football, Presidential Debate, and Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays". Tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ a b Updated: Monday Night Football, Wizards of Waverly, Bill O’Reilly and WWE Raw SpongeBob Lead Weekly Cable Viewing Posted on October 29, 2008 by Robert Seidman
- ^ Updated: Weekly Top Cable Shows Posted on November 25, 2008 by Robert Seidman
- ^ Seidman, Robert (December 16, 2008). "Monday Night Football, WWE RAW and SpongeBob lead weekly cable viewing". Tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Updated: NBA All-Star festivities, The Closer, WWE RAW, and Monk lead week, Damages to return despite ratings Posted on February 18, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ "Disney Channel Shines with "Night of Stars" Programming Event".
- ^ WWE RAW, The Closer and President Obama lead cable viewing Posted on March 3, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ WWE RAW, Cars, Hannah Montana and SpongeBob Lead Weekly Cable Viewing Posted on March 17, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ Damages season finale draws few, WWE RAW, NCIS lead cable viewing Posted on April 7, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ "Cable favorites outside the top 20: From 'Fake Fiance' to 'The Cougar'". Zap2it. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Princess Protection Program is TV’s No. 1 Entertainment Telecast of 2009 in Kids 6–11 and Tweens 9–14
- ^ ""Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" Is Cable's Most-Watched Scripted Telecast This Year In Total Viewers". Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ^ Burn Notice, The Closer, NASCAR Top Week’s Cable Shows Posted on July 28, 2009 by Bill Gorman
- ^ Updated:The Closer, Burn Notice, Royal Pains Top Week’s Cable Shows Posted on August 4, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ iCarly, Burn Notice, The Closer, Royal Pains, WWE RAW and Monk top week’s cable shows Posted on August 11, 2009 by Robert Seidman
- ^ Updated: The Closer, WWE RAW, & True Blood Top Week’s Cable Shows Posted on August 25, 2009 by Robert Seidman