
Scripted series · CBS
2 Broke Girls
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How 2 Broke Girls actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
2 Broke Girls reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 137 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201124 episodes
7.0IMDbOne's street-smart and working-class born; the other's book smart and nouveau bankrupt. Together, unlikely roommates and unlikelier friends Max and Caroline are two broke girls waiting tables in a Brooklyn diner while trying to save $250,000 to start a cupcake business. It won't be easy, but the pair's outrageous saucy humor and bossoming friendship make chasing the American dream a priceless adventure.
Best episode · S01E24 And Martha Stewart Have a Ball (2)

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201224 episodes
7.1IMDbBest friends Max and Caroline are still waiting tables in Brooklyn, but the future looks bright for their start-up business venture. There's a boost from a famous television personality's review of Max's cupcakes, a lucky break in real estate, and a surprise influx of cash, resulting in the grand opening of Max's Homemade Cupcakes! But success doesn't happen overnight. There are rat droppings to be dealt with. Plus ex-boyfriends and a new flame. Not to mention long nights packing a pastry gun. And that eviction notice.
Best episode · S02E06 And the Candy Manwich

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201324 episodes
7.0IMDbThe third season of 2 Broke Girls serves up sweet surprises for two of Brooklyn's hottest waitresses, Max and Caroline. They've got a new cupcake business at the diner's back walk-up window, and Caroline and Max negotiate a work-study program at the Manhattan School of Pastry: Caroline works in the office so Max can study professional baking. Plus, love – and the aroma of freshly cooked tarts – is in the air! Caroline has the hots for the school's hunky master chef and Max falls head over sticky buns for the outrageous class clown. The girls still worry about money – but their friendship is worth a million bucks.
Best episode · S03E24 And the First Degree

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201422 episodes
6.3IMDbThe comedic duo that goes together like cupcakes and frosting is back in business and more hilarious than ever! It's season 4 of 2 Broke Girls where Max and Caroline, friends and roommates who work together at a Brooklyn diner, dish up sarcasm and smarts. They also have their own start-up business selling Max's Homemade Cupcakes at the diner's pop-up window, where they dish up the laughs. Lots and lots of laughs.
Best episode · S04E03 And the Childhood Not Included

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201522 episodes
6.4IMDbCaroline sells her life story to a film producer for $250,000.[6] She uses most of the money to expand their old cupcake space into the adjacent pizza shop, converting it into a dessert bar. The remaining $30,000 is used to purchase part ownership of the diner to help Han pay off his debts from gambling on women's tennis. While in Hollywood with Caroline consulting on her life story script, Max meets her second major love interest in the series, a Los Angeles-based "lawyer to the stars" named Randy. Meanwhile, despite her advancing age, Sophie becomes pregnant with Oleg's child
Best episode · S05E05 And The Escape Room

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201621 episodes
6.2IMDbSophie and Oleg welcome their baby daughter Barbara to the world. Randy returns to briefly continue his relationship with Max, but it does not work out. Randy wants Max to move to California, but Max, publicly acknowledging her strong friendship with Caroline for the first time, says she cannot do so because she has important people in her life now. Meanwhile, Caroline meets Bobby, a contractor who rebuilds the dessert bar after a storm, and the two start a relationship. By the end of the season, the movie about Caroline's life has been made (albeit with some "creative license" changes), but Caroline destroys a $10,000 on-loan dress at the premiere, which wipes out both her and Max's combined savings and returns them to "broke" status. Randy comes back to New York, this time permanently, and proposes to Max, who accepts
Best episode · S06E21 And 2 Broke Girls: The Movie
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E06
And the Candy Manwich
The attractive owner of a local candy store is sweet on Caroline, but she's too embarrassed to date him after she had a mishap in the store.
- Directed by Fred Savage
- Written by Lee Sung Jin, Patrick Walsh

S05E05
And The Escape Room
Han insists the diner gang attends a mandatory night out in an "Escape Room Club" when he feels they aren't working together as a team. However, once they're locked inside the "Alice in Wonderland"-themed room, they find Han has an ulterior motive.
- Directed by David Trainer
- Written by Patrick Walsh

S03E24
And the First Degree
When Caroline discovers that Max didn't graduate high school by failing to show up for only one exam, she decides to help her best friend get her degree – and reconnect with her estranged mother.
- Directed by Phill Lewis
- Written by Morgan Murphy

S02E08
And the Egg Special
Max and Caroline figure out a surprising fundraising solution when a potential storefront for Max's Homemade Cupcake becomes available for the girls to rent as the two go to great lengths to raise enough money to see their dream come true.
- Directed by Thomas Kail
- Written by Tracy Poust, Jon Kinnally

S01E24
And Martha Stewart Have a Ball (2)
Max and Caroline plan to attend a big fashion gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where Martha Stewart is scheduled to be a guest, in an attempt to have her taste their cupcakes and get her seal of approval.
- Directed by Ted Wass
- Written by Michael Patrick King

S02E10
And the Big Opening
Max and Caroline host a grand opening celebration at their new cupcake shop, and Max invites her former flames to show off her success.
- Directed by Lonny Price
- Written by Michael Patrick King
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S06E21
And 2 Broke Girls: The Movie
- Directed by Kathleen Marshall
- Written by Michelle Nader

S06E20
And the Rock Me on the Dais
- Directed by Michelle Nader
- Written by Liz Astrof



S06E17
And the Dad Day Afternoon
- Directed by John Riggi
- Written by Julie Mandel-Folly

S06E16
And the Jessica Shmessica
- Directed by Don Scardino
- Written by Charles Brottmiller
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Michael Patrick King
Creator

Whitney Cummings
Showrunner
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Michelle Nader
Executive producer

Liz Astrof
Executive producer
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Charles Brottmiller
Writer
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Nate Reger
Writer

Lee Sung Jin
Writer

Liz Feldman
Writer
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Michael Lisbe
Writer
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Tracy Poust
Writer
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Morgan Murphy
Writer
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Linda Videtti Figueiredo
Writer
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Rachel Palmer
Writer
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Rob Sheridan
Writer
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Michael Glouberman
Writer
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Brian Rubenstein
Writer
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Jon Kinnally
Writer

Patrick Walsh
Writer
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Molly McAleer
Writer

Laura Kightlinger
Writer
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Julie Mandel-Folly
Writer
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Jhoni Marchinko
Writer

Rachel Sweet
Writer

Greg Malins
Writer
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David Shecter
Writer
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Justin Sayre
Writer
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Michael Rowe
Writer
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Rachel Lind
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Liz FeldmanProducer
- Michelle NaderExecutive Producer
- Liz AstrofExecutive Producer
- Patrick WalshProducer
- Michael Patrick KingExecutive Producer
- Michael Patrick KingProducer
Writing
- Charles BrottmillerWriter
- Nate RegerWriter
- Lee Sung JinWriter
- Liz FeldmanWriter
- Michael LisbeWriter
- Tracy PoustWriter
Direction
- Jude WengDirector
- Don ScardinoDirector
- Jason ReillyDirector
- Thomas KailDirector
- Chris PoulosDirector
- Jason EnslerDirector
Cinematography
- Christian La FountaineDirector of Photography
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