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Pearl

Season 1 Episode 19: The Two Mrs. Rizzos

While Pearl and Annie bicker over who a seemingly nice erudite ex con they like, Freddy Rizzo, likes best, Rizzo is obsessed with meeting his idol - Professor Pynchon.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 16, 1996

Pearl, a longshoreman's widow turned college freshman, enrolls in a tough cla...

Episode 2 Teacher's Pet

2. Teacher's Pet

Aired: Sep 18, 1996

To get in with Prof. Pynchon, zealous Pearl becomes his teaching assistant. B...

Episode 3 Your Cheatin' Heart

3. Your Cheatin' Heart

Aired: Sep 23, 1996

To compensate for cheating on a philosophy test, Pearl persuades Prof. Pyncho...

Episode 4 Billy

4. Billy

Aired: Sep 30, 1996

Pynchon's tippling brother arrives from Scotland with their father's ashes.

Episode 6 Pynchon's Pynchon

6. Pynchon's Pynchon

Aired: Oct 14, 1996

When Pynchon's former university professor, who intimidated him when he was a...

Episode 7 Ticket to Ride

7. Ticket to Ride

Aired: Oct 29, 1996

Unable to drive, Pynchon asks Pearl for a ride into New York City to see a pl...

Episode 8 Homecoming: Part 1

8. Homecoming: Part 1

Aired: Nov 5, 1996

When Carlo, Pearl's new classmate, falls hard for her and asks her to a dance...

Episode 9 Homecoming: Part 2

9. Homecoming: Part 2

Aired: Nov 12, 1996

Dates for the grand homecoming ball hinge on a lost wager, an attempted bribe...

Episode 10 Lessons in Love

10. Lessons in Love

Aired: Nov 19, 1996

When the University threatens to remove controversial books from its library,...

Episode 11 The Tutor

11. The Tutor

Aired: Dec 10, 1996

When Pearl, confused about what courses to enroll in next semester, asks Pync...

Episode 12 Christmas Daze

12. Christmas Daze

Aired: Dec 17, 1996

An attack dog that Pynchon's brother sent him for Christmas proves to be a bi...

Episode 13 Power Play

13. Power Play

Aired: Jan 7, 1997

Prof. Pynchon's students have written papers on the abuse of power - and that...

Episode 14 Pearls Before Swine

14. Pearls Before Swine

Aired: Jan 14, 1997

When Uncle Bobo's widow Tina arrives to collect a $5,000 debt incurred by Pea...

Episode 15 Mission ImPearlsible

15. Mission ImPearlsible

Aired: Jan 28, 1997

When Pearl, Amy and Frankie get stuck with a freak student nicknamed ""Weird ...

Episode 16 Dean Cuisine

16. Dean Cuisine

Aired: Feb 4, 1997

Unbeknownst to either Pynchon or Pearl, Annie fixes them up on a blind date f...

Episode 19 The Two Mrs. Rizzos

19. The Two Mrs. Rizzos

Aired: Jun 4, 1997

While Pearl and Annie bicker over who a seemingly nice erudite ex con they li...

Episode 20 Mommy Dearest

20. Mommy Dearest

Aired: Jun 11, 1997

Frankie's mother, Miriam Spivak, arrives in town and announces that she's lef...

Episode 22 Billy Returns

22. Billy Returns

Aired: Jun 25, 1997

When Pynchon's brother returns to town and asks Pearl on a date, Pearl questi...

Info about Pearl

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Comedy