Tough Love (season 2)

Notes

Taylor Royce appeared on the first season of Tough Love and returns to the cast this season.

Kanisha Johnson appeared on the Tyra Banks Show and on the 2008 CW series Farmer Wants a Wife. She also made an appearance on an episode of Judge Pirro, suing friend Jessie Lewis IV for an unpaid loan. Recently, she appeared on Divorce Court (10/26/2010) accusing her (ex)husband of cheating with her best friend and spending her money without her knowledge.

Melissa "Rocky" Brasselle appeared on the 2008 VH1 series I Know My Kid's a Star with her daughter. She introduces herself to her dates as Rocky or Raquel, not Melissa.

Angel Moore appeared on LA Ink on Oct. 13, shown getting a tattoo by Ruthless on the episode "The Missing Piece".

Episode Progress

     The contestant had the best progress/date of the week      The contestant was commended for good progress/date      The contestant had average progress/date      The contestant had poor progress/date      The contestant had the worst progress/date of the week      The contestant had good progress and was in the hot seat.      The contestant returned from the previous season after leaving, and was included later in the episode.

Episode 1

First aired November 15, 2009

Challenge: First Impression

Challenge Winner: Liz

Weakest Participant: Kanisha

Episode Notes:

Taylor from last season returns to boot camp at the end of the episode. Unlike last season, she no longer holds the title of "Miss Gold Digger".

Episode 2

First aired November 22, 2009

Challenge: Communication

Challenge Winner: Rocky

Weakest Participant: Angel

Episode 3

First aired November 29, 2009

Challenge: Sexiness

Challenge Winner: Sally

Weakest Participants: Tina & Taylor

Episode Notes:

This was the first time that two people were put on the hot seat.

Episode 4

First aired December 6, 2009

Challenge: Parental Skills

Challenge Winner: Angel

Weakest Participant: Taylor

Episode Notes:

Liz decided to break up with Dave, whom she met in Episode 1.

Alicia decided to end her relationship with Jeff after Steve claimed that Jeff "is just not that into you."

Angel tells Adam about her son and her way of providing for him.

Episode 5

First aired December 13, 2009

Challenge: The WOW Factor

Challenge Winner: Taylor

Weakest Participant: Jenna

Episode 6

First aired December 20, 2009

Challenge: You Can't Handle the Truth

Challenge Winner: Jenna

Weakest Participant: Alicia

Episode 7

First aired January 3, 2010

Challenge: Money Can't Buy me Love

Challenge Winner: Sally

Weakest Participant: Liz

Episode 8

First aired January 10, 2010

Challenge: Revenge of the Exes

Challenge Winner: Kanisha

Weakest Participant: Jenna

Episode Notes:

Liz got back together with Dave in this episode, whom she previously broke up with in Episode 4. Angel confronted her fears about telling her parents about her "dancing", while Adam helped her through it. At the end of the episode, Steve decides to "do things differently" and added an extra seat next to Jenna for Jeremy. The show ended on that cliffhanger.

Episode 9

First aired January 17, 2010

Challenge: Ghosts of Dating Future

Challenge Winner: Rocky

Weakest Participant: Taylor

Episode 10

First aired January 24, 2010

Challenge: Away We Go

Episode 11 (Season Finale)

Best: Angel