Mom P.I. is a 1990–92 Canadian television comedy-drama series starring Rosemary Dunsmore, Stuart Margolin, Emily Perkins, and Shane Meier.[1] 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 (Margolin).
Mom P.I. | |
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Genre | Comedy-Drama |
Created by | Chris Haddock |
Starring | Rosemary Dunsmore Stuart Margolin Emily Perkins Shane Meier |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Production locations | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | October 12, 1990 March 30, 1992 | –
The head writer for the show was Chris Haddock, who later created the much grittier Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence, also for the CBC.[2]
Cast
edit- Rosemary Dunsmore as Sally Sullivan
- Stuart Margolin as Bernie Fox
- Emily Perkins as Marie Sullivan
- Shane Meier as Ray Sullivan
Episodes
editSeason 1 (1990–91)
editNo. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "When Sally Met Bernie" | Unknown | Unknown | October 12, 1990 |
2 | 2 | "Career Moves" | Unknown | Unknown | October 15, 1990 |
3 | 3 | "Duck Flambé" | Unknown | Unknown | October 22, 1990 |
4 | 4 | "Murder Maybe" | Unknown | Unknown | October 29, 1990 |
5 | 5 | "Gumshoe" | Unknown | Unknown | November 5, 1990 |
6 | 6 | "Undue Influence" | Unknown | Unknown | November 12, 1990 |
7 | 7 | "Brendan B. Gone" | Unknown | Unknown | November 19, 1990 |
8 | 8 | "Return to Sender" | Unknown | Unknown | November 26, 1990 |
9 | 9 | "Looking for a Living" | Unknown | Unknown | December 3, 1990 |
10 | 10 | "Blue Christmas" | Unknown | Unknown | December 10, 1990 |
11 | 11 | "Beneath the Pacific" | Unknown | Unknown | January 7, 1991 |
12 | 12 | "Over the Edge" | Unknown | Unknown | January 14, 1991 |
13 | 13 | "Spinal Trap" | Unknown | Unknown | January 21, 1991 |
Season 2 (1991–92)
editNo. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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14 | 1 | "Safe at Home" | Unknown | Unknown | September 30, 1991 |
15 | 2 | "A Fist of Fate" | Unknown | Unknown | October 28, 1991 |
16 | 3 | "Bad to Be Born" | Unknown | Unknown | November 4, 1991 |
17 | 4 | "Repo Ride" | Unknown | Unknown | November 11, 1991 |
18 | 5 | "Time Wounds All Heels" | Unknown | Unknown | November 18, 1991 |
19 | 6 | "Cash and Money" | Unknown | Unknown | November 25, 1991 |
20 | 7 | "A Fugue for Mr. X" | Unknown | Unknown | December 9, 1991 |
21 | 8 | "Through a Door Quickly" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 1992 |
22 | 9 | "Night Train" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 1992 |
23 | 10 | "1 For You, 19 For Me" | Unknown | Unknown | March 30, 1992 |
24 | 11 | "The Shadows" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 1992 |
25 | 12 | "Dig That Grave" | Unknown | Unknown | April 13, 1992 |
26 | 13 | "I.O.U." | Unknown | Unknown | April 20, 1992 |
References
edit- ^ Ted Shaw, "New role mirrors Dunsmore herself". Windsor Star, October 12, 1990.
- ^ "Sally Sullivan and Bernie Fox". The Thrilling Detective Web Site. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
External links
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