Pearl Caraldo/Rhea Perlman, a mature widow with humble beginnings, enrolls in college after realizing she’s missed opportunities. Despite her grown son’s resistance, she forms strange friendships on campus.
Pearl Caraldo (Rhea Perlman),a mature widow from modest beginnings, enrolls in college despite her grown son’s resistance when she realizes the opportunities missed out on. Her unconventional friendships clash with her snobbish philosophy professor.
Aired: Sep 16, 1996Pearl, a longshoreman's widow turned college freshman, enrolls in a tough cla...
Aired: Sep 18, 1996To get in with Prof. Pynchon, zealous Pearl becomes his teaching assistant. B...
Aired: Sep 23, 1996To compensate for cheating on a philosophy test, Pearl persuades Prof. Pyncho...
Aired: Sep 30, 1996Pynchon's tippling brother arrives from Scotland with their father's ashes.
Aired: Oct 7, 1996Pearl's longtime friendship with Annie is tested.
Aired: Oct 14, 1996When Pynchon's former university professor, who intimidated him when he was a...
Aired: Oct 29, 1996Unable to drive, Pynchon asks Pearl for a ride into New York City to see a pl...
Aired: Nov 5, 1996When Carlo, Pearl's new classmate, falls hard for her and asks her to a dance...
Aired: Nov 12, 1996Dates for the grand homecoming ball hinge on a lost wager, an attempted bribe...
Aired: Nov 19, 1996When the University threatens to remove controversial books from its library,...
Aired: Dec 10, 1996When Pearl, confused about what courses to enroll in next semester, asks Pync...
Aired: Dec 17, 1996An attack dog that Pynchon's brother sent him for Christmas proves to be a bi...
Aired: Jan 7, 1997Prof. Pynchon's students have written papers on the abuse of power - and that...
Aired: Jan 14, 1997When Uncle Bobo's widow Tina arrives to collect a $5,000 debt incurred by Pea...
Aired: Jan 28, 1997When Pearl, Amy and Frankie get stuck with a freak student nicknamed ""Weird ...
Aired: Feb 4, 1997Unbeknownst to either Pynchon or Pearl, Annie fixes them up on a blind date f...
Aired: Feb 11, 1997Outlandish dream sequences depict Pearl's attempts to write fiction, includin...
Aired: Feb 18, 1997Pearl's work of ""fiction"" continues with Joey having a litter of kids, Anni...
Aired: Jun 4, 1997While Pearl and Annie bicker over who a seemingly nice erudite ex con they li...
Aired: Jun 11, 1997Frankie's mother, Miriam Spivak, arrives in town and announces that she's lef...
Aired: Jun 18, 1997When Frankie decides he wants to be a documentary filmmaker, Pynchon allows h...
Aired: Jun 25, 1997When Pynchon's brother returns to town and asks Pearl on a date, Pearl questi...
