Mom P.I. is a 1990-92 Canadian television comedy-drama series starring Rosemary Dunsmore, Stuart Margolin, Emily Perkins, and Shane Meier. Dunsmore plays eternal optimist Sally Sullivan, a recently widowed mother of two supporting her family as a waitress in a working-class diner, who talks her way into a job as assistant to grumpy, cynical private eye Bernie Fox, played by The Rockford Files' Margolin. Head writer for the show was Chris Haddock, who later created the much grittier Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence, also for the CBC.
Mom P.I. (Season 2)
Safe at Home (Episode 1)
Air date: 1991-09-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Is erratic pitcher Reilly Jones throwing games, or is he hiding a different problem? Bernie and Sally investigate.
Fists of Fate (Episode 2)
Air date: 1991-10-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Bernie knows who killed Arthur Pleasant, but how can he get the police to figure it out for themselves when they have already identified Bernie as a prime suspect?
Bad to be Born (Episode 3)
Air date: 1991-11-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally delivers a summons and comes back with a baby. As she tries to put things right, she and Bernie are pursued by the child's young father and a welfare worker.
Repo Ride (Episode 4)
Air date: 1991-11-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Bernie assures Sally that a car repossession will be an easy assignment, but neither one knows about the thief locked in the trunk.
Time Wounds All Heels (Episode 5)
Air date: 1991-11-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Bernie's cousin breaks out of jail and begs Bernie for help so he can visit his dying mother. When Bernie finds out that his cousin's mother is nowhere near her deathbed, he realizes he's been duped.
Cash and Money (Episode 6)
Air date: 1991-11-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Aging comic Syd Money dies mid-joke at the Pacific Café, but the case really gets interesting when Bernie and Sally find Syd's ex-partner Marty Cash, whose reaction to the comedian's death is suspiciously mixed.
A Fugue for Mr. X (Episode 7)
Air date: 1991-12-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally and Bernie roam the city in hopes of helping amnesiac Mr. X remember who he is, how he came to their door and where all his money came from.
Through a Door Quickly (Episode 8)
Air date: 1992-03-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally wants to help Bernie with a new client who has multiple-personality disorder, but it's not easy when Chick corrals her into a temporary gig as a showgirl.
Night Train (Episode 9)
Air date: 1992-03-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally and Bernie must find a reluctant murder witness and bring him in to testify.
1 For You, 19 For Me (Episode 10)
Air date: 1992-03-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: After winning big at the track, Bernie discovers he's being tailed by a tax investigator whose list of suspects includes all of Bernie's friends.
The Shadows (Episode 11)
Air date: 1992-04-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: While everyone else tries to find another gig for once-hot singing group The Shadows, Bernie and Sally are bombarded by memories of the past.
Dig That Grave (Episode 12)
Air date: 1992-04-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The second Mrs. Hardy wants Bernie to find her dog. Meanwhile, the first Mrs. Hardy wants Sally to find her husband - who was buried a year ago.
I.O.U. (Episode 13)
Air date: 1992-04-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally really wants to help Nadine, but she's not keen on putting Johnny under surveillance to do it.
Seasons
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Episodes 13