About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Safe at Home
Aired 30 September 1991 • 30 min
Is erratic pitcher Reilly Jones throwing games, or is he hiding a different problem? Bernie and Sally investigate.
2. Fists of Fate
Aired 28 October 1991 • 30 min
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?
3. Bad to be Born
Aired 4 November 1991 • 30 min
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.
4. Repo Ride
Aired 11 November 1991 • 30 min
Bernie assures Sally that a car repossession will be an easy assignment, but neither one knows about the thief locked in the trunk.
5. Time Wounds All Heels
Aired 18 November 1991 • 30 min
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.
6. Cash and Money
Aired 25 November 1991 • 30 min
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.
7. A Fugue for Mr. X
Aired 9 December 1991 • 30 min
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.
8. Through a Door Quickly
Aired 16 March 1992 • 30 min
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.
9. Night Train
Aired 23 March 1992 • 30 min
Sally and Bernie must find a reluctant murder witness and bring him in to testify.
10. 1 For You, 19 For Me
Aired 30 March 1992 • 30 min
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.
11. The Shadows
Aired 6 April 1992 • 30 min
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.
12. Dig That Grave
Aired 13 April 1992 • 30 min
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.
13. I.O.U.
Aired 20 April 1992 • 30 min
Sally really wants to help Nadine, but she's not keen on putting Johnny under surveillance to do it.