The Magic School Bus Season 2

The Magic School Bus Season 2 has built a real following on and among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 134 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Lily Tomlin leads a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason The Magic School Bus Season 2 keeps coming up in conversation. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry The Magic School Bus Season 2 through its more ambitious moments. Season 2 of The Magic School Bus includes 13 episodes. It aired from September 1995 to December 1995. This season stars Lily Tomlin, Max Beckford and Daniel DeSanto. Lily Tomlin and Max Beckford lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1995. The Magic School Bus Season 2 resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find The Magic School Bus Season 2 genuinely rewarding. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Lily Tomlin's performance is the anchor the more ambitious moments need. The world-building pays off in ways you will not anticipate on a first watch.

🎬 The Magic School Bus Season 2 — Episode Guide

Blows Its Top

1995-09-09

To help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!

Flexes Its Muscles

1995-09-16

Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a field trip to R.U. Humerus's Body Shop. They learn how bones, muscles and joints all work together to help us move.

The Busasaurus

1995-09-23

Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a dinosaur dig, courtesy of her old school chum, paleontologist Dr. Carmina Skeledon, and travels 67 million years back in time!

Going Batty

1995-09-30

When Ms. Frizzle invites the class’ parents in to see that their kids are learning about bats, Ralphie and the gang are convinced The Friz is a vampire! With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom; Eartha Kitt as Keesha’s grandmother; Elliot Gould as Arnold’s dad; Dana Elcar as Phoebe’s dad; and Edward James Ol...

Butterfly and the Bog Beast

1995-10-07

The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!

Wet All Over

1995-10-14

Arnold and Wanda are due to give a report on the town waterworks. But Ms. Frizzle thinks it's field DRIP time! She turns the bus and class into water drops and the kids evaporate, condense, become rain and rush by river into the ocean. After several trips through the water cycle, they're ready to tu...

In a Pickle

1995-10-21

Keesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame?

Revving Up

1995-10-28

The school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!

Taking Flight

1995-11-04

Shrunk inside Tim’s model airplane, the class goes on a high-flying field trip to find out how things fly.

E10

Getting Energized

1995-11-11

The class is ready to plug in their “Double-Trouble Wheel of Wonder” at the town carnival, when they discover all the electrical outlets are taken.

E11

Out of This World

1995-11-18

When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.

E12

Cold Feet

1995-11-25

Liz has gone off to a mysterious place called “Herp Haven.” Thinking she’s in trouble, the class rushes to Herp Haven, where they turn into reptiles. With Michael York as Herpst.

E13

Ups and Downs

1995-12-02

There’s a monster in Walkerville Lake! Wanda competes with Gerri Poveri, a TV reporter whose ratings are sinking, to be the first one underwater.