Gene Simmons: Family Jewels

- Season 2

(2007)

Moments away from getting his facelift, Gene receives a call telling him the KISS publicity tour has been rescheduled. While he hops a plane to New York, Aunt Tracy takes Nick on an embarrassing shopping spree to get a pregnancy test for Shannon.

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 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.

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.

Gene and Shannon undergo over 8 hours of surgery. The procedures go smoother for Gene than for Shannon, who has a much harder time post surgery and must be hospitalized longer than expected. Meanwhile, Gene returns home and has a very emotional and upsetting reunion with Nick and Sophie.

A bruised and weary Shannon returns home. Wrapped head to toe and heavily sedated, she and Gene begin recuperating at opposite ends of their 16,000 square foot mansion and drive the whole family crazy in the process. Nick and Sophie enlist crazy Aunt Tracy to rescue them while Gene defies doctor's orders, pushing Shannon over the edge and jeopardizing their recovery.

Shannon's girls' weekend in Aspen is dampened when Sophie convinces Gene and Nick they should all join her. Gene's spa recovery is cut short when he learns Sophie's hidden agenda - a cute skier she wants to spend time with. Determined to learn more about this boy, Gene gets in over his head - literally, and must be rescued by the Ski Patrol.

Gene's inability to follow doctor's orders is hampering his recovery, forcing him to miss a "Rent-A-Bachelor" charity event he committed to. Nick reluctantly agrees to go in his place and is shocked to learn who placed the winning bid.

When Gene learns his business partner's 30-year old nephew is getting a divorce he decides to show him a good time in Las Vegas. After learning the poor guy has only been with one woman his entire life, Gene makes it his personal mission to show him a very good time.

When Sophie is assigned a school paper on the U.S. Armed Forces, Gene arranges a private tour of San Diego's Camp Pendleton to aid in her research. While there, some good-natured father-daughter smack talk results in the two going head to head in brutal basic training exercises.

Under pressure from his friends, Nick decides to investigate leaving home for college. Although a weekend orientation program turns into the trip from hell, Sophie convinces him to tell Gene and Shannon he is having a blast in hopes their parents will sweeten the pot and bribe them with gifts to go to school locally.

With brand new wrap-arounds featuring Gene and the family, we take a look back at Season One including: never before seen couch interviews, outtakes, the Best of Gene's Bad Jokes and other themed montages.

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.

While in London, Sophie is spotted by an A-list French fashion photographer. Gene agrees to accompany her to France for a test shoot while Nick and Shannon stay behind in London. Gene and the photographer clash over differences in Sophie's image.

Gene is hurt to learn that Sophie never informed him of a Father/Daughter Volleyball game, not realizing that she just didn't want to bother him and his busy schedule. While in Las Vegas, Gene mistakenly agrees to help a mother and son out with their family business - the oldest strip club in town. Gene rushes home to surprise Sophie and prove that he values family above all else.

To prove her father's sexist philosophies untrue, Sophie decides she wants the family to go camping for her birthday so she and Shannon can show that they are the hardcore ones in the family. After several battles with Mother Nature, including narrowingly escaping a visit from a brown bear, the family comes to appreciate Gene's definition of "vacataion" after all.

Gene muscles in on Shannon and Aunt Tracy's girls weekend to the Kentucky Derby, promising to prove he too can be fun and spontaneous. After a hotel mishap causes them to relive their youth and once again live together, Gene quickly wishes he had stayed behind.

In a panic over Shannon's 100k 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, including Jenny McCarthy, Peyton Manning, Kid Rock, Jimmy Fallon, Joey Fatone, and more. Unsuccessful, he has no choice but sit helplessly and watch his money race in "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.

A "one day" trip to the tropical paradise of Turks & Caicos becomes an extended stay in hell for Gene who loathes sun, sand, and water. While continually being blown off by Turk's Premier, Gene is forced to enjoy the "local flavor" with the Secretary of Tourism in hopes of greasing the wheels and closing a multi-million dollar deal to bring an Indy car race to the Caribbean.

Shannon goes with Tracy to a speed-dating session as a chaperone and a man tries to win Shannon over. Meanwhile, Gene wants to buy his own island.

While appearing on a morning radio show, Gene is given the ultimate public challenge: take a lie detector test and settle the score - are his sexual exploits rock star bravado or cold hard fact? With everyone from Hugh Hefner to Entertainment Tonight putting the pressure on, will Gene crack?