The second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between October 11, 1990, and July 11, 1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with "Bart Gets an "F".

Mark Kirkland and Jim Reardon received their first directorial credits on the show while Jeff Martin and David M. Stern joined the writing staff.

The season saw the introduction of several new recurring characters, including Mayor Quimby,[5] Kang and Kodos,[6] Maude Flanders,[7] Bill and Marty,[8] Dr. Hibbert,[9] Roger Meyers Jr.,[10] Sideshow Mel,[10] Lionel Hutz,[11] Dr. Nick Riviera,[11] Blue-Haired Lawyer,[11] Rainier Wolfcastle,[12] Troy McClure,[13] Groundskeeper Willie,[14] Hans Moleman,[15] Professor Frink,[16] Snake and Comic Book Guy.

[17] Due to the show's success during its abbreviated first season, Fox decided to move The Simpsons from its Sunday night lineup on August 23, 1990.

[18] It would not be until the seventeenth episode of the third season, "Homer at the Bat," that The Simpsons would beat The Cosby Show in the ratings.

[citation needed] At the 7th annual Television Critics Association Awards, the second season of the show was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Comedy" but lost to Murphy Brown.

Homer eventually discovers that his half-brother is Herb Powell, the head of a car manufacturer in Detroit.

Herb immediately starts to bond with Bart and Lisa and he invites Homer to design his own car.

After finding some old paintings she did of Ringo Starr, Marge decides to take an art class at Springfield Community College.

When Miss Hoover falls ill with a suspected case of Lyme disease, she is replaced by substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom.

The DVD boxset for season two was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on August 6, 2002, eleven years after it had completed broadcast on television.