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Mom P.I.

Mom P.I.

★ 7.0/10•1990•TV-14•Drama•Comedy•Crime
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Eternal optimist Sally Sullivan, a recently widowed mother of two supporting her family as a waitress in a working-class diner, talks her way into an assistant job for grumpy, cynical private eye Bernie Fox.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 12, 1990

Episodes

E160m

When Sally Met Bernie (Pilot)

Sally Sullivan, a devoted mother working as a waitress to make ends meet, gets caught up in a cat-and-mouse mystery when her sister Ruth goes missing in the middle of a criminal investigation.

Oct 12, 1990

E230m

Career Moves

Sally, eager to try a little more detective work, inadvertently gets her own client while waiting for Bernie in his office.

Oct 15, 1990

E330m

Duck Flambé

Why anyone would want to burn Ivory's music store is beyond Bernie, but the uninsured charred remains testify that someone did. Both Bernie and Sally take the case.

Oct 22, 1990

E430m

Murder Maybe

Sally stumbles onto a rich man's plot to murder his wife, but when she tries to enlist Bernie's help to stop the crime, they both get in over their heads.

Oct 29, 1990

E530m

Gumshoe

A defense attorney hires Bernie and Sally to track down more witnesses to a pool hall homicide.

Nov 5, 1990

E630m

Undue Influence

Due to his morbid fear of hospitals, Bernie brings in Sally to investigate the circumstances of an old man's will.

Nov 12, 1990

E730m

Brendan B. Gone

Sally's brother-in-law, a fugitive on the run from dangerous gangsters, hopes to reconnect with his niece and nephew before he leaves the country.

Nov 19, 1990

Episode 8 - Return to SenderE830m

Return to Sender

Sally agrees to deliver a bank robber's encrypted letter to his girlfriend, hoping she might decipher the code and reveal the location of the loot.

Nov 26, 1990

E930m

Looking for a Living

Sally and Bernie set up a stakeout on a hotel room, only to learn that somebody else is spying on their quarry.

Dec 3, 1990

Episode 10 - Blue ChristmasE1030m

Blue Christmas

Marie's friend Blair wants to see her natural father just one more time before she moves away with her foster family, but Sally discovers that Blair's dad does not want to be found.

Dec 10, 1990

Episode 11 - Beneath the PacificE1130m

Beneath the Pacific

Three women use a tunnel beneath the Pacific Café for a break-in, but when the police get word of the route, Bernie is forced to choose between his past loyalties and justice.

Jan 7, 1991

E1230m

Over the Edge

Bernie knows it's a little shady to be searching the prosecutor's office on behalf of a defense attorney, but an innocent man's freedom is on the line.

Jan 14, 1991

Episode 13 - Spinal TrapE1330m

Spinal Trap

Sally and Bernie hope to prove Vic Stephens has been faking his neck injury to collect insurance money, but neither of them can seem to make him slip up.

Jan 21, 1991

Actors

Rosemary Dunsmore

Rosemary Dunsmore

Sally Sullivan

Stuart Margolin

Stuart Margolin

Bernie Fox

Shane Meier

Shane Meier

Ray Sullivan

Emily Perkins

Emily Perkins

Marie Sullivan

Blu Mankuma

Blu Mankuma

Johnny

Freda Perry

Freda Perry

Nadine

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