2 Broke Girls

Max and Caroline work as waitresses in a Brooklyn diner and try to save up to open a cupcake shop.
2 Broke Girls will return in 2012.

Mondays, 8:30 PM ET, CBS

Current Season: 1 - Total Episodes: 23
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 1

“And Martha Stewart Have A Ball”

by Todd VanDerWerff May 8, 2012 -

The first season ends with an episode that's not obnoxiously bad. Hooray?

D-

“And The Big Buttercream Breakthrough”

by Todd VanDerWerff May 1, 2012 -

Hey, 2 Broke Girls is a lot like Taxi, only not at all good. We should have realized this in October and saved ourselves some strain.

C+

“And The Messy Purse Smackdown”

by Todd VanDerWerff April 17, 2012 -

An episode with all of the elements that might have made for good TV stalls out due to lack of good jokes.

“And The Drug Money”

by Todd VanDerWerff April 10, 2012 -

A not-excruciating episode suggests a series that’s pleasantly mediocre, instead of actively bad.

Ep. 23-24, Season 1
“And Martha Stewart Have A Ball”
Ep. 22, Season 1
“And The Big Buttercream Breakthrough”
Ep. 21, Season 1
“And The Messy Purse Smackdown”
Ep. 20, Season 1
“And The Drug Money”

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Season

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“And Martha Stewart Have A Ball”
Episode 23-24

The first season ends with an episode that's not obnoxiously bad. Hooray?
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B
“And The Big Buttercream Breakthrough”
Episode 22

Hey, 2 Broke Girls is a lot like Taxi, only not at all good. We should have realized this in October and saved ourselves some strain.
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D-
“And The Messy Purse Smackdown”
Episode 21

An episode with all of the elements that might have made for good TV stalls out due to lack of good jokes.
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C+
“And The Drug Money”
Episode 20

A not-excruciating episode suggests a series that’s pleasantly mediocre, instead of actively bad.
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B
“And The Spring Break”
Episode 19

2 Broke Girls tries to defend its stereotype humor. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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C+
“And The One-Night Stands”
Episode 18

2 Broke Girls had some funny ideas for some stories and scenes, then threw them all into one messy episode
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C-
“And The Kosher Cupcakes”
Episode 17

Why don't the writers of 2 Broke Girls trust us to remember who Max and Caroline are?
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C+
“And The Broken Hearts”
Episode 16

Earl gets something to do, for once, but the show remains unable to tell a coherent story.
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C
“And The Blind Spot”
Episode 15

2 Broke Girls may be a bad show, but at least it's a new kind of bad show with every new episode.
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D
“And The Upstairs Neighbor”
Episode 14

Jennifer Coolidge stops by with a few laughs and a completely hackneyed plotline.
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B-
“And The Secret Ingredient”
Episode 13

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B
“And The Pop-Up Sale”
Episode 12

At this point, this show is pretty much just taunting us.
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C
“And The Reality Check”
Episode 11

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B+
“And The Very Christmas Thanksgiving”
Episode 10

Caroline and Max celebrate the holidays, and we wonder why the show is so Laverne And Shirley-y
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B
“And The Really Petty Cash”
Episode 9

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B-
“And Hoarder Culture”
Episode 8

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B+
“And The Pretty Problem”
Episode 7

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C
“And The Disappearing Bed”
Episode 6

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C
“And The ’90s Horse Party”
Episode 5

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B
“And The Rich People Problems”
Episode 4

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B
“And Strokes Of Goodwill”
Episode 3

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B-
“And The Break-Up Scene”
Episode 2

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D+
“Pilot”
Episode 1

This fall, we’ve got so many writers who’ve seen these pilots that we thought getting two takes on each show would be helpful to you.
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B+

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