# Martha Speaks season 2

The second season of the animated series Martha Speaks was originally broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States between September 4, 2009 and May 14, 2010. The second season contained 15 episodes (27 segments).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date |
| 41a | 1a | "Martha's Chair" | antique, donate, upholstery, profit, valuable, furniture, worth, worthless, rich, cost, clean | September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) |
| Martha's family has a birthday surprise — a new dog bed! After a few sleepless nights, the family realizes that Martha misses her stinky old chair. But Mrs. Demson bought it and has plans of her own for the chair after she sees one just like it on Antiques Roadshow. |||||
| 41b | 1b | "T.D. the Pack Rat" | worthless, rubbish, clutter, salvage, priceless, perspective, garbage, junk, collect, keep, sell | September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) |
| T.D. has too much junk! T.D.'s mom makes him an offer: He can keep everything he has, as long as he doesn’t bring anything else home. Does T.D. have the willpower? |||||
| 42a | 2a | "Painting for Peanuts" | realistic, easel, participate, abstract, portrait, painting, artwork, brushes, course, sculpture, pose | September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15) |
| The zoo is in danger of closing! Helen and T.D. volunteer for an animal painting class to try and save it. But it turns out animal painting isn't exactly what they thought ... |||||
| 42b | 2b | "Martha's No Dummy" | pantomime, routine, rehearse, ventriloquist, entertain, host, show, old-fashioned, star, act | September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15) |
| Granny Flo is hosting a variety show. Helen and Carolina team up to perform a pantomime, Alice practices her tap dance routine, and Truman perfects his water glass symphony, but T.D. and Martha struggle to come up with an act. Will they ever find their voice? |||||
| 43 | 3 | "Martha Puts Out the Lights" | petition, illegal, cause, picket, goal, ban, protest, sign, ask, on strike, purpose, signature, unite, majority, prohibit, fireworks, summer, write, support | September 16, 2009 (2009-09-16) |
| Part 1: For Martha and the other dogs, Saturday night fireworks are the worst part of summer, and Mrs. Demson could not agree more. In fact, she's trying to get people to sign a petition to ban fireworks.Part 2: Helen and her friends are devastated about the fireworks ban. Martha realizes that she helped Mrs. Demson ruin their fun, but can she find a way to reverse the ban and still protect her sensitive ears? |||||
| 44a | 4a | "The Penguin Always Rings Twice" | mystery, clue, culprit, hunch, motive, first, second, next, last, after | September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17) |
| Someone keeps stealing the zoo's peanut supply. All clues point to Jeffy the elephant, but Martha and Skits are determined to prove his innocence. Can their crack crime-fighting team — a lemur, a bat, a penguin, a baby tiger, and Jeffy — help them outwit the thieves? |||||
| 44b | 4b | "The Martha Code" | code, decipher, message, gibberish, arbitrary, break, unbreakable, crack, secret, key, figure out | September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17) |
| After Martha accidentally eats a secret code, it's really, really hard to understand what she's saying. Now Martha's lost and she's leaving Helen coded phone messages. Can Helen break the code and find out where she is? |||||
| 45a | 5a | "Martha in the Hold" | cargo, passenger, turbulence, taxi, arrive, depart, travel, suitcase, flight, trip, take off | September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) |
| Martha's family is going to Montana on vacation and Martha doesn't want to be left behind. But that cargo hold where dogs have to travel sounds scary. Can Martha find her ticket to ride? |||||
| 45b | 5b | "Get Along, Little Dogies!" | vacation, stampede, lodging, sightseeing, cattle drive, scenery, wagon, cowboy, camp, outdoors, tour | September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) |
| Martha is excited to go on a cattle drive. Cookie the cowhand isn't so sure that Martha is fit for the trip and he might be right. Can Martha show Cookie that she has what it takes to be at home on the range? |||||
| 46 | 6 | "Martha in the White House" | neighborhood, national, volunteer, recommend, community, nominate, president, white house, leader, country, mission, function, appoint, advise, representative, cabinet, aide, serve, official, secretary | February 15, 2010 (2010-02-15) |
| Part 1: The new president is looking for a dog to live in the White House. Martha knows the perfect dog for the job! What better way to recommend some of her neighborhood pals than to put in a few calls to the White House herself?Part 2: The president is calling! One of his aides heard about Martha's speaking ability and he needs her to report to the White House immediately. But why does the president want Martha? Is there a top-secret cat conspiracy? |||||
| 47a | 7a | "The Jakey Express" | schedule, delivery, funicular, delay, transportation. flag down, lift, early, late, traffic, on time | February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16) |
| Stuck in a traffic jam, Helen's father tells the story of the day Jake was born, and how Martha was able to help Helen's mother get on the hospital on time. |||||
| 47b | 7b | "Martha, Sled Dog" | serum, sled, vehicle, transform, accelerate, glide, hitch, steer, haul, brake | February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16) |
| Truman tells Martha the story of Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog. Now Martha wants to become a sled dog, too! Weaselgraft and Pablum overhear her desire to mush. Will "Malto" deliver herself right into their hands? |||||
| 48a | 8a | "Paws and Effect" | discard, litter, thoughtless, debris, recycle, careless, trash, important, broke, injured | February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) |
| When Martha gets a piece of glass in her paw, Everyone realizes that littering hurts more than the environment. But what can they do about it? As Alice, Helen and T.D. know, Protecting the environment (and Paws) is important, But it is easier said than done. |||||
| 48b | 8b | "The Trouble with Teddy" | hazardous, ingest, environment, poisonous, pesticide, rotten, spoil, safe, dangerous, gross | February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) |
| Teddy, a neighborhood dog, is sick, and the vet doesn't know why. When Martha is called in to consult, even she can't diagnose the patient. Enlisting the help of the dog pack, they scour the yard for hazardous materials — when the cause of the problem could be right under their noses. |||||
| 49a | 9a | "¿Qué Pasa, Martha?" | pronounce, bilingual, recite, memorize | February 18, 2010 (2010-02-18) |
| Alice is nervous about doing an oral report in Spanish. |||||
| 49b | 9b | "T.D. Is Talking Dog" | enunciate, language, linguist, vocabulary | February 18, 2010 (2010-02-18) |
| Inspired by an old Tarzan-style movie, T.D. decides to learn animal languages and become an animal linguist. Under Martha's tutelage, he begins his lessons. |||||
| 50a | 10a | "Dogs in Space" | solar system, orbit, planet, star | February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19) |
| Mrs. Clusky asks the class to present projects on the solar system, but T.D. finds himself distracted by comic books. Can he save the Planet of the Dogs from evil space cats and still get his homework in on time? |||||
| 50b | 10b | "Dogs from Space" | universe, humane, invasion, extraterrestrial, astronomy, astronaut, asteroid, alien, world, creature | February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19) |
| Inspired by T.D.'s comic about the Planet of the Dogs, Martha has a dream about what life would be like as an alien space dog. |||||
| 51a | 11a | "Skits on Ice" | risky, thaw, solid, freeze, frozen, defrost, ice, cold, melt, puck, hockey, thin | April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12) |
| Skits is afraid of hockey pucks, but why? Helen tells the story of how puppy Skits chased a puck onto thin ice, and how quick thinking by Martha saved the day. |||||
| 51b | 11b | "Martha's Steamed!" | emergency, scorching, parched, sizzling, broiling, panting, sweat, heat, thirsty, page | April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12) |
| When Helen and Martha discover a dog locked in a hot car on a sweltering summer's day, they snap into action. While they try to track down the owner, it becomes almost impossible for them to keep their cool. |||||
| 52 | 12 | "Martha's Life in Crime" | autobiography, possible, yearn, promise, narrate, flashback, tell, back then, now, recall, before, reminiscing, background, aspire, sequence, time, past, wish, happened, when | May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10) |
| Part 1: Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. But it turns out that Helen wasn't the first person who adopted Martha.Part 2: Puppy Martha's new owner turns out to have unsavory plans for her. Can Martha turn the tables on the bumbling crooks and still find a family? |||||
| 53a | 13a | "Martha Plays Favorites" | include, exclude, notice, snub, replace, favorite, special, touchy, cute, cuddly | May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11) |
| Truman is worried that his mom doesn't think he's special anymore. She's too busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. Martha knows just how he feels. She felt the same way when the family got that cute puppy Skits. |||||
| 53b | 13b | "Martha and the Doggie Lover" | sensitive, aggressive, delicate, aggravate, out of control, shy, gentle, choke, careful, tame | May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11) |
| T.D.'s little cousin C.D. really likes dogs. C.D. loves dogs so much he squeezes them too hard; can Martha teach C.D. how to be gentle with dogs? |||||
| 54a | 14a | "Martha and the One Thousand Fleas" | charity, contribute, fundraiser, salesman, benefit, funds, grand finale, money, owe, raise | May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13) |
| Helen is shocked to find that someone has eaten the cookies she was supposed to sell for the school fundraiser. Feeling stuffed and guilty, Martha knows just the thing to raise the money: a dog circus! |||||
| 54b | 14b | "Nice and Crabby" | complain, disposition, cruel, personality, amiable, grumpy, crabby, lovable, cranky, cheerful | May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13) |
| Crabby Mrs. Demson is suddenly friendly, cheerful, and fun. What could be wrong with her? Martha sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery. |||||
| 55 | 15 | "Martha: Secret Agent Dog" | secret agent, service, formula, surveillance, defeat, safe, steal, spy, chief, warn, trespass, self-destruct, invisible, scheme, mastermind, disguise, combination, crook, hideout | May 14, 2010 (2010-05-14) |
| Part 1: Martha is on a super secret mission to find out who's trying to steal the formula for Granny's soup. Can Martha stop the crooks before they put Granny Flo — and Martha's speaking voice — out of commission?Part 2: The life of a secret agent dog turns out to be trickier than Martha expected. Undaunted, Martha uses disguises and gadgets to hound the evil soup thieves. |||||
* ↑ "Martha Speaks - 'Martha Plays Favorites; Martha and the Doggie Lover' Episode Info - MSN TV". Tv.msn.com. 2010-05-11. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
* ↑ "Martha Speaks - 'Martha Plays Favorites; Martha and the Doggie Lover' Episode Info - MSN TV". Tv.msn.com. 2010-05-11. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-10.