Mom P.I. (1990)

Name: Mom P.I.
Rating: 7.0

Rating: 7.0

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1990-10-12

Last Air Date: 1992-04-20

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Chris Haddock

Networks: CBC Television

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Top Cast

Rosemary Dunsmore as Sally Sullivan
Stuart Margolin as Bernie Fox
Shane Meier as Ray Sullivan
Emily Perkins as Marie Sullivan
Blu Mankuma as Johnny
Freda Perry as Nadine
Peter Dvorsky as Tony Fideau
Robert Ito as Books
Terry Barclay as Tenant
John Pyper-Ferguson as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (1990)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: When Sally Met Bernie (Pilot) (1990-10-12)

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.
Ep. 2: Career Moves (1990-10-15)

Sally, eager to try a little more detective work, inadvertently gets her own client while waiting for Bernie in his office.
Ep. 3: Duck Flambé (1990-10-22)

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.
Ep. 4: Murder Maybe (1990-10-29)

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.
Ep. 5: Gumshoe (1990-11-05)

A defense attorney hires Bernie and Sally to track down more witnesses to a pool hall homicide.
Ep. 6: Undue Influence (1990-11-12)

Due to his morbid fear of hospitals, Bernie brings in Sally to investigate the circumstances of an old man's will.
Ep. 7: Brendan B. Gone (1990-11-19)

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.
Ep. 8: Return to Sender (1990-11-26)

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.
Ep. 9: Looking for a Living (1990-12-03)

Sally and Bernie set up a stakeout on a hotel room, only to learn that somebody else is spying on their quarry.
Ep. 10: Blue Christmas (1990-12-10)

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.
Ep. 11: Beneath the Pacific (1991-01-07)

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.
Ep. 12: Over the Edge (1991-01-14)

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.
Ep. 13: Spinal Trap (1991-01-21)

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.