The Bernie Mac Show

Season 5 - The Bernie Mac Show

• Season 5 Episode 22: Bernie's Angels (2006) The kids' carelessness causes Bernie to have a near-death experience.
• Season 5 Episode 21: Growing Pains (2006) Bernie makes Vanessa prove she can manage her money.
• Season 5 Episode 20: Spinning Wheels (2006) Wanda's sister visits and wants to throw a roller-disco party for Wanda's birthday.
• Season 5 Episode 19: Never As Bad As the First Time (2006) Jordan dates a good-looking cheerleader, surprising everyone.
• Season 5 Episode 18: What Would Jason Do (2006) Bernie coaches Vanessa's prom date on how to win her heart.
• Season 5 Episode 17: Who's Your Mama (2006) Bryan moves in and strives to be a perfect housekeeper when Wanda leaves on a business trip.
• Season 5 Episode 16: Bar Mitzvah Crashers (2006) Bernie pushes Jordan to hang out with the new kid next door to expand his cultural horizons.
• Season 5 Episode 15: Fantasy Football (2006) Bernie and Jordan join a fantasy football league together, but differing philosophies on player picks soon come between them as Jordan eventually leaves Bernie to get a higher ranking.
• Season 5 Episode 14: An Exercise in Fertility (2006) Bernie and Wanda focus on having a baby, neglecting the children they already have.
• Season 5 Episode 13: Exercise in Fertility (2006) After several failed attempts, Bernie and Wanda realize that making a baby is harder than they thought, and Wanda begins to question their fertility.
• Season 5 Episode 12: Fumes of Détente (2006) When Wanda invites Tasha, Vanessa's best friend from Chicago, to stay with them, Bernie is worried he will have another difficult teen in his house.
• Season 5 Episode 11: Sorely Missed (2005) When Bernie and Wanda find themselves spending all of their time with the kids, Bernie decides they need some time alone.
• Season 5 Episode 10: Some Church Bull (2005) In an effort to bring the family closer together, Wanda insists they participate in the annual parish retreat organization.
• Season 5 Episode 9: Prison Break (2005) Bernie realizes his punishment system is no longer effective so he puts the kids into a total lockdown.
• Season 5 Episode 8: Pop Pop Goes the Weasel (2005) When Bryana's father, Bryan (Anthony Anderson), visits, he threatens Bernie's relationship with Jordan and undermines Bernie's barbecuing techniques.
• Season 5 Episode 7: For Whom the Belt Tolls (2005) Wanda learns about Bernie's secret discipline-keeping device, and its power corrupts her.
• Season 5 Episode 6: Night of Terror (2005) While baby-sitting Bryana, Jordan watches a horror movie and scares himself into believing that zombies are trying to kill him and Bryana.
• Season 5 Episode 5: Car Wars (2005) Curtis offers to help fix Vanessa's new car, but Bernie thinks he has an ulterior motive.
• Season 5 Episode 4: The Big Payback (2005) When Bernie gives Vanessa money for school clothes, she decides to spend it all on an expensive pair of shoes.
• Season 5 Episode 3: Marathon Mac (2005) When Bernie agrees to participate in a celebrity marathon, Vanessa declares she will finish the race ahead of him.
• Season 5 Episode 2: Wrestling With a Sticky Situation (2005) When Jordan joins the wrestling team, he overeats and finds himself in a weight class in which he is outmatched.
• Season 5 Episode 1: Father Knows Best (2005) When a man arrives from Chicago claiming to be Bryana's father, Bernie is cautiously supportive.

Season 4 - The Bernie Mac Show

• Season 4 Episode 16: Walk Like a Man (2005) Bernie sees children walking to school on their own and decides it is time for Jordan to do the same, despite Wanda's objections.
• Season 4 Episode 15: The Music Mac (2005) When Vanessa surprises everyone with her musical talent, Isaac Hayes offers Bernie advice on how to nurture it.
• Season 4 Episode 14: The Big Picture (2005) Jordan's prank anonymous phone calls have surprising consequences.
• Season 4 Episode 13: I Don't Wanna Be a Playa No More (2005) When Jordan develops a crush on a girl at school, Bernie takes it upon himself to teach Jordan how to be a 'player' and get the girl.
• Season 4 Episode 12: You Got Served (2005) Bernie is sued for being a negligent parent after a birthday bash for Bryana results in broken bones.
• Season 4 Episode 11: You Don't Know Squad (2005) Vanessa tries to increase her chances of being accepted into a college by joining the drill team, which pleases Bernie until he sees one of the squad's provocative routines.
• Season 4 Episode 10: Manchild in Vanessa Land (2005) Next on: Friday 17th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie learns Vanessa has a boyfriend, Rahim, who is 18 years old, but when he discovers that the teen has a child, he hits the ceiling.
• Season 4 Episode 9: Jack & Jacqueline (2005) Next on: Thursday 16th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Wanda urges Vanessa to join an enrichment organization she once belonged to, but they learn times have changed when Vanessa and her new friends are charged with shoplifting.
• Season 4 Episode 8: Stone Nuts (2005) Next on: Wednesday 15th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Jordan tries to fit in with the popular crowd and, after taking Bernie's advice, winds up losing his lunch money in a poker game.
• Season 4 Episode 7: Nerdy Mac (2005) Next on: Tuesday 14th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bryana's standardized test scores prompt Bernie to send her to Jordan's school, but she is so far behind that they threaten to move her back a grade.
• Season 4 Episode 6: Who Gives This Bride (2005) Next on: Monday 13th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie's sister, Benita, announces her plans to elope in Las Vegas, and Wanda offers her the Mac residence as a wedding site.
• Season 4 Episode 5: My Privacy (2005) Next on: Friday 10th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie realizes Bryana and Jordan are too old to share a room, so he moves her in with Vanessa, who is less than thrilled.
• Season 4 Episode 4: Mac Overdrive (2004) Next on: Thursday 9th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie has no patience when trying to teach Vanessa to drive.
• Season 4 Episode 3: Being Bernie Mac (2004) Next on: Wednesday 8th October 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie must baby-sit for Bryana and deal with Jordan, who was sent home from school for pulling a fire alarm unnecessarily.
• Season 4 Episode 2: Stiff Upper Lip (2004) Next on: Tomorrow at 1:30pm PDT - WWOR TV Channel 9 (Local New York) (MyNetworkTV) Bernie decides Bryana is too old for training wheels, but her first lesson without them proves to be disastrous.
• Season 4 Episode 1: Big Brother (2004) Next on: Today at 9:00pm PDT - WDCW (CW) Bernie resorts to spying when he decides Vanessa is being secretive about her activities, but his security cameras pick up more than he bargained for.

Season 3 - The Bernie Mac Show

• Season 3 Episode 22: Thanksgiving (2004) Bernie has to put his foot down after Mr. Diggs, Vanessa's teacher, convinces her to become a vegetarian.
• Season 3 Episode 21: Go Bernie, It's Your Birthday (2004) Next on: Tuesday 14th October 1:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. On Bernie's 40th birthday, he is electrically shocked by an old lady and forced to be a clown at a children's party.
• Season 3 Episode 20: Five Stages of Bryana (2004) Next on: Monday 13th October 2:30pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Bernie and Wanda seek a child therapist's help in figuring out why Bryana has become a bully; Wanda winds up caring for a guinea pig Bernie bought for Bryana.
• Season 3 Episode 19: The Talk (2004) Next on: Monday 13th October 2:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Bernie stops by the Playboy Mansion to get advice from Hugh Hefner on how to talk to Jordan about sex.
• Season 3 Episode 18: That Old Mac Magic (2004) Next on: Monday 13th October 5:30am PDT - FX Networks Inc. 'American Idol' judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson critique Bernie's performance in a commercial.
• Season 3 Episode 17: Mac-Inations (2004) Next on: Monday 13th October 5:00am PDT - FX Networks Inc. Neighbor Carl Reiner plays the ultimate practical joke on Bernie.
• Season 3 Episode 16: Who's That Lady (2004) Next on: Friday 10th October 2:30pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Dr. Phil McGraw counsels Bernie on how to deal with Wanda, who feels left out after Bernie and the guys draft a woman (Mo'Nique) into their group.
• Season 3 Episode 15: Easy Rider (2004) Next on: Friday 10th October 2:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. A motorcycle accident changes Bernie's perspective about protecting the kids; Jordan is caught trying to sell Bernie's girlie magazines to other boys at school.
• Season 3 Episode 14: The Getaway (2004) Next on: Friday 10th October 5:30am PDT - FX Networks Inc. The family goes to San Diego for a relaxing vacation; Bernie, unable to relax, goes to Las Vegas for some gambling and debauchery.
• Season 3 Episode 13: It's Mac-ademic (2004) Next on: Thursday 9th October 2:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Bernie volunteers as a teacher's helper to assess the teaching methods used at Bryana's school; Wanda is at wits' end trying to reason with Vanessa and Jordan.
• Season 3 Episode 12: Saving Sergeant Tompkins (2004) Next on: Thursday 9th October 5:30am PDT - FX Networks Inc. Bernie decides to be less than truthful so that Jordan will think well of his father.
• Season 3 Episode 11: Make Room for Caddy (2004) Next on: Wednesday 8th October 1:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Despite Bernie's offer to buy him a car, Wanda's father cannot get along with him; flashbacks show when they all met.
• Season 3 Episode 10: J-O-R-D-A-N Spells Fun (2004) Next on: Wednesday 8th October 5:30am PDT - FX Networks Inc. Jordan tries comedy as a way of overcoming stage fright; Vanessa makes a documentary about her home life.
• Season 3 Episode 9: Droobie or Not Droobie (2004) Next on: Tomorrow at 12:00pm PDT - FX Networks Inc. Bryana is upset when Bernie takes a villainous role opposite her favorite character, a friendly dinosaur (David Faustino); Jordan sells candy bars at school.
• Season 3 Episode 8: Family Reunion (2004) Next on: Tomorrow at 5:30am PDT - FX Networks Inc. Relatives pester Bernie at a family barbecue; Bernie quashes Vanessa's flirtation with a distant cousin.
• Season 3 Episode 7: It's a Wonderful Wife (2004) Next on: Tomorrow at 5:00am PDT - FX Networks Inc. Wanda disrupts Bernie's writing process as he prepares for an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'
• Season 3 Episode 6: Love Bug (2004) Bernie tries to scare away Vanessa's new boyfriend, but realizes what a good role model he is for Jordan; Wanda has trouble letting go of her old shoes.
• Season 3 Episode 5: Hair Jordan (2004) Bernie takes Jordan to his favorite barbershop, but the owner (Charlie Robinson) throws them out; Wanda and the girls try to change the batteries in a smoke detector.
• Season 3 Episode 4: Laughing Matters (2003) Bernie turns to Angela Bassett for acting advice when he lands a dramatic role as a stroke victim; Jordan leads a revolt at a day-care facility; Vanessa pretends to be poor.
• Season 3 Episode 3: Road to Tradition (2003) When the children become obsessed with gifts, Bernie decides to cancel Christmas altogether; Wanda loses the Christmas spirit when she tries to get everyone on her staff a gift.
• Season 3 Episode 2: Love Thy Nephew (2003) When a litigious neighbor (Greg Germann) asks Bernie to tear down the treehouse he built for Jordan, it leads to an all-night standoff.
• Season 3 Episode 1: Eye of the Tiger (2003) Jordan tries out for the basketball team, but the coach decides he is better suited for gymnastics -- as a ribbon dancer.

Season 2 - The Bernie Mac Show

• Season 2 Episode 22: For a Few Dollars More (2003) Bernie decides to throw a party to celebrate Jordan's 10th birthday - but must compete with one of his nephew's schoolfriends, who appears to be having a more interesting bash on the same day. Last in series, starring Bernie Mac and Kellita Smith
• Season 2 Episode 21: Meet the Grandparents (2003) Wanda's mother and father visit the McColloughs, and Bernie hopes they'll take the chance to develop a relationship with their grandchildren - but instead, the couple begin criticising their parenting skills. Bernie Mac and Kellita Smith star
• Season 2 Episode 20: The Other Sister (2003) Bernie's free-spirited sister causes chaos in the Mac household, turning Bryana into a black activist and giving Jordan an unhealthy obsession as she watches her walk around the house in her robe. Comedy, starrring Bernie Mac and Kelita Smith
• Season 2 Episode 19: Nut Job (2003) Bernie encourages the kids to take up new hobbies, but ends up getting dragged into helping them, leaving him with precious little time to himself
• Season 2 Episode 18: Maid Man (2003) Bernie hires a maid, who the kids take much delight in ordering around. However, things soon change when he leaves his new helper in charge
• Season 2 Episode 17: The Incredible Bulk (2003) Wanda is driven to distraction when Bernie starts buying all his favourite things in bulk. Bernie Mac and Kelita Smith star
• Season 2 Episode 16: Chess Wars (2003) Bernie tries to use the principles of chess to find out exactly what his children want - but isn't happy to learn Jordan's desires. Bernie Mac and Kelita Smith star
• Season 2 Episode 15: Pink Gold (2003) The comedian succumbs to the green-eyed monster when Chris Rock is given preferential treatment at the doctor's and his poker buddies treat him like a god. Guest starring Jay Leno, with Bernie Mac and Kelita Smith
• Season 2 Episode 14: Leaving Los Angeles (2003) Bernie delays his Las Vegas flight to take the children to the movies as promised; Bryanna and Jordan sneak out of a G-rated movie to watch more-exciting fare.
• Season 2 Episode 13: Raging Election (2003) Bernie drives himself to exhaustion as he helps Vanessa run for class president while building a very detailed model for Jordan - which ends up bursting into flames
• Season 2 Episode 12: Magic Jordan (2003) Jordan attempts to impress one of Vanessa's friends by using daring and perplexing feats of magic. Starring Bernie Mac and Jeremy Suarez
• Season 2 Episode 11: Bernie Mac - Rope-a-Dope (2003) Wanda's boss invites the couple round for dinner, but Bernie has trouble making adult conversation. Meanwhile, Vanessa finds babysitting the children more trouble than she anticipated. Guest starring Wesley Snipes
• Season 2 Episode 10: Sin Cup (2003) American comedy about a stand-up comedian who volunteers to look after his sister's kids while she takes time off from the pressures of parenthood. Bernie Mac and Kelita Smith star
• Season 2 Episode 9: The Sweet Life (2002) Bernie reluctantly goes on a diet when his doctor diagnoses him with high cholesterol. However, his new neighbour reckons his problems have an entirely different cause - one which healthy living will only make worse. Don Rickles guest stars
• Season 2 Episode 8: The United Front (2002) Bernie persuades Wanda to be tougher with the kids, but she doesn't like the way they respond
• Season 2 Episode 7: Tryptophan-tasy (2002) Bernie decides the best way to ensure he gets enough meat at Thanksgiving is to cook his own turkey - but thanks to Jordan, the bird comes out a little underdone
• Season 2 Episode 6: Bernie Mac Dance Party (2002) Next on: Thursday 16th October 9:30pm PDT - WDCW (CW) Vanessa reluctantly asks Bernie to come to a father-daughter dance with her - and promptly ditches him on arrival
• Season 2 Episode 5: Welcome to the Jungle (2002) Next on: Wednesday 15th October 9:30pm PDT - WDCW (CW) Bryana decides she wants her own pet when Jordan has to look after a snake as part of his homework. Guest starring wildlife expert Jules Sylvester
• Season 2 Episode 4: Mac Local 137 (2002) Next on: Tuesday 14th October 9:30pm PDT - WDCW (CW) The kids go on strike after Bernie makes the