Season 1 (2002)

Pilot
7.5

September 17, 2002 • 22m

As Cate decides to go back to work as a nurse, Paul undertakes the responsibility of watching the kids.

Wall of Shame
7.0

September 24, 2002 • 22m

Paul is left home alone with the kids while Cate is at a seminar on the day of the big Michigan/Ohio State football game. But much...Read more

Bridget's First Job
7.0

October 1, 2002 • 22m

After seeing how much money Bridget spends on keeping up with the latest fashions, Paul tells her to go out and get a job to lear...Read more

Wings
7.0

October 8, 2002 • 22m

Bridget takes drastic measures when an overprotective Paul keeps coming up with excuses to delay her from taking her driver's test...Read more

Son-In-Law
7.0

October 15, 2002 • 22m

A sports-struck Paul lets Bridget do whatever she wants when she starts dating Travis, star basketball player and son of baseball ...Read more

Cheerleader
6.5

October 22, 2002 • 22m

Bridget is ecstatic when the cheerleading squad has an opening for a new member. But after telling Kerry that she is not cut out t...Read more

Trick or Treehouse
7.0

October 29, 2002 • 22m

Paul seems to be the only one looking forward to a family Halloween, as Bridget, Kerry and Rory make plans to spend the spooky eve...Read more

By the Book
7.0

November 5, 2002 • 22m

In an effort to win back the love and respect that his daughters used to show him when they were young, Paul turns to a parenting ...Read more

Two Boys for Every Girl
7.0

November 12, 2002 • 22m

After Paul convinces Bridget to tell Kyle the truth about her date with another boy, Kyle breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Kerry's f...Read more

Give It Up
8.0

November 19, 2002 • 22m

When no one can agree on where the family vacation should take place, Paul challenges the Hennessey clan to give up their bad habi...Read more

Paul Meets His Match
7.5

November 26, 2002 • 22m

Paul becomes quick friends with his new editor Nick when he discovers they both are married fathers of teenage girls. But Paul soo...Read more

All I Want for Christmas
6.5

December 10, 2002 • 22m

Paul tries to find perfect gifts for the family to make up for last year's Christmas fiasco. Kerry finds a stray dog during the ho...Read more

Rory's Got a Girlfriend
7.0

December 17, 2002 • 22m

When a proud Paul lets thirteen-year-old Rory go out on his first date, Bridget and Kerry accuse him of unfairly changing the rule...Read more

Career Choices
7.5

January 7, 2003 • 22m

Paul and Cate are shocked when they are called into the principal's office and informed that Bridget wants to skip her college pre...Read more

Kerry's Big Adventure
7.0

January 21, 2003 • 22m

After Kerry and her boyfriend break up, Paul tries to cheer her up by getting Bridget to take her little sister with her to a part...Read more

Come and Knock on Our Door
7.5

January 28, 2003 • 22m

After discovering that boyfriend Kyle kissed Kerry at a party, Bridget gives her sister the silent treatment which is anything but...Read more

Drummer Boy (1)
6.5

February 4, 2003 • 22m

Bridget defies the rules of the house after Paul forbids her from going out on a date with Ben, her college-age drum instructor. M...Read more

Drummer Boy (2)
6.5

February 11, 2003 • 22m

Bridget takes the car and follows her older boyfriend, drum instructor Ben, to his college dorm.

Cool Parent
7.0

February 18, 2003 • 22m

After a party at Tommy's house is broken up by the police, Paul chastises his friend and unwittingly volunteers to host the next o...Read more

Every Picture Tells A Story
6.5

February 25, 2003 • 22m

When Paul is asked by race car driver Carter Tibbits (Jason Priestley, "Beverly Hills 90210") to write a book about him, Paul brin...Read more

Kerry's Video
7.5

March 11, 2003 • 22m

Kerry devotes her school video project to sister Bridget to illustrate the hypocrisy that life is much easier for the beautiful pe...Read more

Good Moms Gone Wild
6.5

March 25, 2003 • 22m

While vacationing in Florida at Cate's parents' home, Paul and Cate catch Bridget and Kerry on the news partying with a group of S...Read more

Career Woman
6.5

March 28, 2003 • 22m

Paul's job as parental guardian becomes more of a full-time position when Cate is up for a promotion and has to spend more time at...Read more

Queen Bees and King Bees
7.0

April 8, 2003 • 22m

Bridget and Paul are surprised to find themselves in similar situations when they are both alienated in their social circles. But ...Read more

Bake Sale
7.3

April 29, 2003 • 22m

For a health class assignment, Bridget and Kyle have to take care of a sack of flour as if it were a baby. Kerry and Rory bake coo...Read more

The Doyle Wedding
7.5

May 6, 2003 • 22m

After reluctantly inviting socially inept neighbors Fred and Mary Ellen Doyle and their kids over for dinner, Paul and Cate are sh...Read more

Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (1)
7.0

May 13, 2003 • 22m

Having learned that her sister Maggie is having marital problems, Cate is nevertheless not too thrilled when Paul invites Maggie t...Read more

Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (2)
7.0

May 20, 2003 • 22m

The rivalry between Cate and Maggie comes to a boiling point when Maggie gets a sexy, new makeover and gives Bridget a water bra a...Read more