Bridget Loves Bernie
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1972
t's love at first sight when cab driver (and struggling writer) Bernie Steinberg picks up his fare, Bridget Fitzgerald, on a rainy New York day.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1972
t's love at first sight when cab driver (and struggling writer) Bernie Steinberg picks up his fare, Bridget Fitzgerald, on a rainy New York day.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1972
Bernie's parents, Sam and Sophie, win a raffle ticket for a private audience with Pope Paul VI that was sold by Bridget's mother, Amy. Her father, Walt, fears that the Steinbergs may end up causing him major embarrassment.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1972
After being married in a civil ceremony, Bridget and Bernie agree to their parents' wishes to have a religious ceremony, but the conflict of religions causes havoc.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1972
Despite several rejections, a reluctant Bernie decides to write a play drawn from his own experiences and personal acquaintances.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1972
Confusion and chaos reign when Catholic Bridget runs a Jewish delicatessen, aided by her socialite mother and brother who's a priest.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1972
Trying to replace a perennially-breaking bed results not only in sleeping trouble for Bridget and Bernie, but also causes an inter-family squabble.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1972
Bernie's Uncle Moe falls in love with Bridget's aunt, which leads to all sorts of trouble.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1972
Despite a generous (and belated) wedding gift of one year's free rent on a plush apartment from Walt and Amy, she and Bernie are reluctant to accept the offer.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1972
After Bernie rejects Bridget's breakfast of ham and eggs, she decides to take a crash course in Jewish cooking, which leads to disaster.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1972
Bridget and her parents become Jewish for the weekend when Bernie's devout aunt stops in New York on her way back from Israel.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1972
Walt and Amy fear that their ability to influence an important art collector will be compromised by the smoke damage that currently has their apartment under repair.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1972
Bridget and Bernie spend the weekend at the Fitzgerald country estate and after Bernie meets some of Bridget's friends, he becomes aware of the style to which she was previously accustomed.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1972
Sam and Sophie aren't invited to a party that Walt and Amy are holding for United Nations delegates. However, his mother is determined to attend after discovering Moshe Dayan will be the guest of honor.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1972
Bridget and Bernie reach the holiday season unsure of whether to celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1972
Increasing tensions between Bridget and Bernie lead both sets of parents to send them on the honeymoon they never had.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1973
Bernie is distressed when he discovers that Bridget was engaged when they met and never once mentioned there being another man in her life.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1973
After Uncle Moe turns 65, he runs away from home after Sam and Sophie decide he should retire from the deli.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1973
Bernie is finally able to buy Bridget an engagement ring, but she quickly loses it.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1973
Bridget and Bernie talk their fathers into spending a weekend at Walt's hunting lodge.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1973
Bridget announces that she's going to teach a sex education class to her fourth graders.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1973
Bridget has a hard time finding a home for a painting that once hung in her nursery until she discovers a potentially rare painting is found hidden under the surface of the canvas.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1973
Sam and Walt each get the chance to realize their dream of having Bernie work for them.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1973
In an effort to get some measure of privacy, Bridget and Bernie decide to ignore all questions and phone calls from their parents.
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1973
Bernie is offered the opportunity to work for a newspaper in Providence.