When Pearl, confused about what courses to enroll in next semester, asks Pynchon for advice on the subject, he recommends the services of a ""senior advisor"" - a 9-year-old genius. The tables are turned on Pynchon when, instead of Samantha advising Pearl on education, Pearl (...
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...
