The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.

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5x01 Father Knows Best

24 September, 2005 4:00 am
Bryan, Bryanna's father, shows up to spend more time with his daughter-and ends up spoiling her.

5x02 Wrestling with a Sticky Situation

24 September, 2005 4:00 am
When Jordan makes the wrestling team, Bernie turns to Stone Cold Steve Austin for advice.

5x03 Marathon Mac

01 October, 2005 4:00 am
Berine better put his money where his mouth is when he agrees to Charles Barkley's bet that he will beat Bernie’s time in a 10-K charity race.

5x04 The Big Payback

08 October, 2005 4:00 am
Vanessa spends her money on shoes after Bernie specifically told her not to, which forces Bernie to have Vanessa work in his business.

5x05 Car Wars

22 October, 2005 4:00 am
Jordan turns 13, but still acts like a monster fighting with Bryana. Eventually Jordan lets Bryana walk all over him to avoid further punishment. When he gets his gifts back, Bernie holds back an R-rated movie. Later when Bernie asks Jordan to babysit Bryana one night, Jordan accepts just so he can watch the R-rated movie behind his back.

5x06 Night of Terror

29 October, 2005 4:00 am
Jordan turns 13, but still acts like a monster fighting with Bryana. Eventually Jordan lets Bryana walk all over him to avoid further punishment. When he gets his gifts back, Bernie holds back an R-rated movie. Later when Bernie asks Jordan to babysit Bryana one night, Jordan accepts just so he can watch the R-rated movie behind his back.

5x07 For Whom the Belt Tolls

05 November, 2005 4:00 am
The kids finally cross Aunt Wanda's line while Bernie's away. Bernie gives Aunt Wanda "Big Mama's Belt" to keep them in line. The kids wind up fearing her even more than Bernie Mac.

5x08 Pop Pop Goes the Weasel

12 November, 2005 4:00 am
When Bryana's father, Bryan (Anthony Anderson), visits, he threatens Bernie's relationship with Jordan and undermines Bernie's barbecuing techniques.

5x09 Prison Break

19 November, 2005 4:00 am
After misbehaving yet again, Bernie punishes Bryana and Jordan severely. Yet again Wanda thinks he's being too hard on them. But in the end, she catches on. Vanessa turns out to be the sneakiest of them all.

5x10 Some Church Bull

03 December, 2005 4:00 am
In an effort to bring family members closer together, Wanda insists they participate in the annual parish retreat.

5x11 Sorely Missed

17 December, 2005 4:00 am
This episode Bernie and Wanda seriously discuss adopting the children as their own. They talk about it in the car dealership where I try and sell them a car.

5x12 Fumes of Detente

07 January, 2006 4:00 am
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.

5x13 Exercise in Fertility: Part 1

14 January, 2006 4:00 am
After several failed attempts, Bernie and Wanda realize that making a baby is harder than they thought, and Wanda begins to question their fertility.

5x14 Exercise in Fertility: Part 2

21 January, 2006 4:00 am
Bernie and Wanda have undertaken fertility treatments. Wanda suffers from mood swings due to hormonal issues. Distracted with the idea of having a child the couple neglect to stay on top of the kids they already have. Vanessa shares her experience with babies joining a family. She explains the baby will be Bernie's own baby girl, or his son. Everyone will have to adjust, and one will be replaced. Bernie and Wanda adjust to ups and downs with treatment, having to ride out extreme highs, lows, hopes, fears, and consider how committed they have to be to the process, rife...

5x15 Fantasy Football

28 January, 2006 4:00 am
Jordan and Bernie Mac start a fantasy football league but do poor; and Bernie Mac won't really listen to Jordan. With that, Jordan eventually goes to a different league secretly behind Bernie Mac's back. Vanessa primps herself up with make-up for her senior photo. Bryana wants some of the make up too, so Vanessa gives her some of her old makeup. But Bryana gets caught with it at school.

5x16 Bar Mitzvah Crashers

04 February, 2006 4:00 am
After a Jewish family arrive in the neighborhood, Bernie urges Jordan to befriending the son, David. Though hesitant at first Jordan begins to develop a friendship with his new neighbor. Not long after-wards David invites Jordan to attend his cousin's bar mitzvahs with him. After receiving various expensive parting gifts Jordan and David decide to crash bar mitzvahs of people to whom they do not know in order to receive more gifts. Before long it's time for David's bar mitzvahs but Jordan comes to a dilemma because this happens to be the same day of a very wealthy boy's bar mitzvahs. So Jordan must beside between friendship or material possessions.

5x17 Who's Your Mama?

01 April, 2006 5:00 am
Baby girls daddy Brian helps out around the house and the kids start preferring him over their Uncle Bernie causing Bernie Mac to take offense. Baby girl gets called flat chested at school and Brian and Bernie fight over who gets to buy her a new bra. Jordan competes for best smile at school.

5x18 What Would Jason Do?

01 April, 2006 5:00 am
Vanessa's school prom is coming up so Bernie Mac picks a boy friend out for her (after doing his usual protective background check). Even after he chooses, he has all these worried fantasies. Bryana injures her ankle so Jordan has to be her servant, but in the end after Bryana took it a bit far Jordan gets some redemption.

5x19 It's Never as Bad as the First Time

08 April, 2006 4:00 am
Jordan dates Erica, one of the cheerleaders at school. Bernie is delighted, but when Jordan and Erica break up, he tries to remedy the situation.

5x20 Spinning Wheels

08 April, 2006 4:00 am
Wanda's sister visits and wants to throw a roller-disco party for Wanda's birthday.

5x21 Growing Pains

15 April, 2006 4:00 am
Bernie makes Vanessa prove she can manage her money.

5x22 Bernie's Angels

15 April, 2006 4:00 am
In the series finale, after having a near-death experience involving the microwave, Bernie decides to turn his life around and starts being nicer and overly sensitive. Meanwhile, Jordan begins to take advantage of Bernie's new attitude. Vanessa is still working on finding a good college but she doesn't want Bernie's help. Bryana has to learn what belongs in a microwave and what doesn't since she was the one responsible for Bernie's near-death experience. In the end, Bernie discovers that Jordan has been using him and he reconciles with Vanessa. In the final scene, Bernie takes back the iPod he bought for Jordan and delivers a farewell message to "America".

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