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.
CreatorChris Haddock
When Sally Met Bernie (Pilot)
Oct 12, 1990
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.
Career Moves
Oct 15, 1990
Sally, eager to try a little more detective work, inadvertently gets her own client while waiting for Bernie in his office.
Duck Flambé
Oct 22, 1990
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.
Murder Maybe
Oct 29, 1990
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.
Gumshoe
Nov 5, 1990
A defense attorney hires Bernie and Sally to track down more witnesses to a pool hall homicide.
Undue Influence
Nov 12, 1990
Due to his morbid fear of hospitals, Bernie brings in Sally to investigate the circumstances of an old man's will.
Brendan B. Gone
Nov 19, 1990
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.
Return to Sender
Nov 26, 1990
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.
Looking for a Living
Dec 3, 1990
Sally and Bernie set up a stakeout on a hotel room, only to learn that somebody else is spying on their quarry.
Blue Christmas
Dec 10, 1990
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.
Beneath the Pacific
Jan 7, 1991
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.
Over the Edge
Jan 14, 1991
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.
Spinal Trap
Jan 21, 1991
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.
