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8 Simple Rules

Season 1 Episode 7: Trick-or-Treehouse

Paul is looking forward to a traditional family Halloween, but the kids have each made plans of their own. A saddened and dejected Paul announces that he's retiring his man-with-ax-in-head costume and is done with holiday. For his final...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 17, 2002

In the Pilot episode, Cate decides to return back to work while Paul tends wi...

Episode 2 Wall of Shame

2. Wall of Shame

Aired: Sep 24, 2002

Cate attends a seminar, while Paul stays home to watching the big Michigan/Oh...

Episode 3 Bridget's First Job

3. Bridget's First Job

Aired: Oct 1, 2002

Paul gets angry at Bridget for spending too much money on fashion, and tells ...

Episode 4 Wings

4. Wings

Aired: Oct 8, 2002

Paul's worried about Bridget wanting to take a driver's test & Kerry,at his u...

Episode 5 Son-in-Law

5. Son-in-Law

Aired: Oct 15, 2002

Paul is upset when he walks in on Bridget and Kyle alone on the couch, unawar...

Episode 6 Cheerleader

6. Cheerleader

Aired: Oct 22, 2002

Bridget learns that there's a tryout for the cheer leading squad and thinks s...

Episode 7 Trick-or-Treehouse

7. Trick-or-Treehouse

Aired: Oct 29, 2002

Paul is looking forward to a traditional family Halloween, but the kids have ...

Episode 8 By the Book

8. By the Book

Aired: Nov 5, 2002

Paul and Cate come home to find Rory rolled up in a carpet in the living room...

Episode 10 Give It Up

10. Give It Up

Aired: Nov 19, 2002

Paul announces to the family that he wants to go to the cabin on the lake for...

Episode 11 Paul Meets His Match

11. Paul Meets His Match

Aired: Nov 26, 2002

Paul wants to have a quiet Thanksgiving with just the family. Kerry comes dow...

Episode 14 Career Choices

14. Career Choices

Aired: Jan 7, 2003

Bridget needs one of her parents' signatures for a permission slip that will ...

Episode 17 Drummer Boy: Part 1

17. Drummer Boy: Part 1

Aired: Feb 4, 2003

Bridget comes home, past curfew, after a night out at a music concert and fin...

Episode 18 Drummer Boy: Part 2

18. Drummer Boy: Part 2

Aired: Feb 11, 2003

Paul and Cate force Rory to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" for a book report in...

Episode 19 Cool Parent

19. Cool Parent

Aired: Feb 18, 2003

Paul drives Rory to school, who begs his dad not to leave the car - ever - af...

Episode 21 Kerry's Video

21. Kerry's Video

Aired: Mar 11, 2003

Bridget has taped over Kerry's video project for school. Kerry is enraged bec...

Episode 22 Good Moms Gone Wild

22. Good Moms Gone Wild

Aired: Mar 25, 2003

Kerry and Bridget are caught partying on the evening news while the family is...

Episode 23 Career Woman

23. Career Woman

Aired: Mar 28, 2003

Rory wants a monkey, so Paul gives him baseball cards instead. But Rory won't...

Episode 25 Bake Sale

25. Bake Sale

Aired: Apr 29, 2003

Cate brings Kerry home after giving her a tour of the hospital. Kerry tells P...

Episode 26 The Doyle Wedding

26. The Doyle Wedding

Aired: May 6, 2003

Everyone in the neighborhood uses every possible excuse to distance themselve...

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Info about 8 Simple Rules

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Drama