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