Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Season 02 (2004)

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The second season of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition finds host Ty Pennington and his terrifyingly efficient team of artisans renovating the houses of even more deserving families than in Season One--all the while keeping both eyes on the clock, in order to complete their job within a very limited span of time. For starters, the team provides its combined talents to fix up the home of the motherless Wofford Family--and in the process encounters unexpected danger in the form of a gas leak. Next, the team comes to the rescue of the Garay Family, who have been threatened with a breakup at the hands of Social Services unless their dilapidated house is immediately repaired. The 12-year-old daughter of the Pope Family is allergic to sunlight, requiring the team to design a house that will not only accommodate the girl but be entirely livable for the rest of the Popes. Lee Ann Womack guest stars as the team fixes up the abode of the Woffords, who have been forced to spend all their money for their daughter's medical needs. The adoptive mother of twin sons needs the help of Pennington and company after the contractor she's hired skips with her money in the episode "The Ali Family", while a woman who has dedicated her life to helping those needier than herself is rewarded with a rebuilt house in "The Mackey Family." The one "normal" child in a family with deaf parents and a blind and autistic son elicits the aid of the Home Edition squad in "The Vardon Family", an episode featuring hearing-challenged actress Marlee Matlin; and next up, a widow who is having trouble raising her kids and making ends meet on her family farm is helped out in "The Elcano Family." In later episodes, the Burns Family try to put their lives together after being cleared of a false child-abuse charge (guesting on this episode is the one-and-only Mr. T; the matriarch of the Brodbent Family, though suffering from AIDS and cancer, wants to convince her children that life is worth living; a widow whose insurance won't cover fire damage wants to move her family out of their tiny shack and into a home with indoor plumbing a real bedrooms in "The Dore Family"; and PFC Jessica Lynch, subject of a spectacular rescue during the Second Gulf War, asks the team's help to fix up the home of the Piestewa Family, whose son was killed in Iraq. Arguably the most tension-filled episode of the season is "The Anderson Family", wherein for the first time in the series' history the team is unable to complete their renovation within the allotted time-frame. And undoubtedly the most frolicsome entry is "The Harris Family", featuring guest appearances by Florence Hendersonand The Muppets! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi