Gene Simmons: Family Jewels Season 2, Episode 11: Growing Pains

Under the Knife

A Bun in the Oven

While Nick, Sophie and Aunt Tracy await the results of Shannon's pregnancy test Gene and fellow KISS band member Paul Stanley serve as the Grand Marshals of the NYC Halloween Parade. After receiving a strange proposition from two groupies, Gene returns home to learn the results of Shannon's pregnancy test.

Gene's Big Mouth

Gene's suggestion that he and Shannon adopt a child is music to her ears until she learns he hopes the yearlong process will dampen her enthusiasm. While Gene chases his lost precious black book from one end of Manhattan to the other, Shannon plans to teach Gene he should think before he speaks.

Nice Day for a Facelift

Our cameras document every moment of Gene and Shannon's dual cosmetic surgeries. We are by their side as they kiss the kids goodbye, get prepped for their procedures and are put under anesthesia.

Face Off

A very graphical episode of Gene and Shannon's facelifts in which Shannon has to stay in the hospital due to the pain. Nick and especially Sophie can't really handle the initial results of their parents makeover.

Stir Crazy

Shannon is finally allowed to come home and ends up driving the kids wild. Gene thinks the doctors don't know what they are talking about and ingores there advise. Nick and Sophie turn to their Aunt Tracy for some help in escaping the madness.

Snowblind

Shannon tries to escape to Aspen for some real R & R, but Sophie talks the rest of the family into heading up their as well. Gene soon learns that Sophie wanted to go up there because of a boy she likes and Gene tries to find out all about him and ends up getting in trouble. Soon he has to be rescues by the mountain's ski patrol.

Coming Out Party

Gene plans on making a "Rent-A-Bachelor" charity event his coming out party, but being as he didn't follow the doctors orders he is unable to attend. He sends Nick in his place and the bids go wild. Gene must now find a way to heal himself before he accepts the first ever "Golden Tongue" award at the Adult Video News Awards.

The Wingman

Gene decides to take his business partner's thirty year old nephew out on the town in Las Vegas to help cheer him up after learning about his divorce. Gene soon finds out that getting game isn't as easy as it used to be.

Uncle Gene Wants You

Gene decides to take Sophie to San Diego's Camp Pendleton to help her do some research for a school paper she has to write on the armed forces. After a lot of smack talking back and forth, they are thrown into a few brutal basic training exercises. No one is laughing now.

Master Gene Theatre

A look at some hilarious outtakes, Bad jokes, and never seen before couch interviews from season one. Including a few new segments of Gene and the family.

British Invasion

Gene uses his Rock God status to throw Nick an 18th Birthday he will never forget - a personal tour of London's musical landmarks including The Beatles' Abbey Road Studios. Another family vacation is nearly torpedoed when an overly zealous young exec from Gene's English record label attempts to turn their holiday into a publicity tour.

All Grown Up

Gene takes Sophie to Paris, France for a photo shoot with a professional photographer. Of course, being his only daughter, Gene makes sure nobody takes advantage of his 14 year old daughter. Meanwhile, Shannon and Nick remain in London, Nick spend the day with a girl friend he made on the earlier episode (British Invasion) and thinks of staying in London for College

Rich Dad

Gene helps out a mother and son with their strip club while he is in Las Vegas. He rushed home after that to play volleyball with Sophie in a Father/Daughter game she never told him about because she doesn't want to bother him and his busy schedule. Gene thinks she just doesn't want him there and wants to be a proud dad.

Alpha Male

Sophie wants to go camping with the family on her birhday to prove that she and Sharon are the Alpha Males in the family, not Gene.

Sucker Bet

Sharon and Aunt Tracy are off to the Kentucky Derby and Gene insists on tagging along. A problem at the hotel leaves Gene wishing he would have stayed home. Tracy talks Sharon into betting $100,000 on a horse.

And They're Off

In a panic over Shannon's $100,000 bet on a horse she knows nothing about Gene frantically tries to sell her ticket at a discount to anyone he comes in contact with.

Trapped In Paradise

Gene, who hates the sun and sand, travels to Turks & Caicos in an attempt to bring an Indy car race there. But as usual, things don't go as planned.

Genetopia

Gene toys with the idea of buying his own island with his own rules and calling it "Genetopia." While Gene is away, Shannon tags along with Tracy as she goes to a speed dating event. Tracy soon learns that the guy she thinks she hitting it off with great, is only trying to get to Shannon, who is after all "happily unmarried."

Fact Or Fiction?

In the second-season finale, Gene appears on Adam Corolla's radio show and is challenged to take a lie-detector test to verify his boasts regarding his sexual exploits. Afterwards, he is joined by Shannon for lunch with Hugh Hefner. Gene and Shannon then travel to Las Vegas for her sister's wedding.

It Was a Very Good Year

Recap of Season 2 and deleted scenes.