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Bless Me, Father Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1978 - 1978
Episode 1
Baptism of Fire
25 mins
Father Neil, the young new curate, arrives at the Parish of St. Jude, and crusty old Father Duddleswell wants to know what kind of man he's been sent. For Father Neil's baptism of fire - his very first confessionals.
Episode 2
The Bell of St Jude's
Sun, Oct 1, 197824 mins
Billy Buzzle, whose property abuts St. Jude's, has pigeons that roost in the church tower and keep Father Duddleswell from his afternoon nap. The father has a solution. Get a bell for the tower to ring at dawn, noon ad dusk. Now it's Billy who can't sleep, and a noisy neighbor war begins.
Episode 3
The Parish Bazaar
25 mins
Father Duddleswell sets himself the lofty goal of raising 600 pounds in this year's parish bazaar - over twice what they barely pulled in the previous year. Despite the many doubters around him, Father D moves doggedly forward while insisting all should have faith, but is his faith blind?
Episode 4
The Doomsday Chair
25 mins
The absence of true faith always leads to superstition. That's Father Duddleswell's stand which he must now back by challenging the local legend of the doomsday chair - a cushioned seat, situated in a local pub, that reputedly brings death within a week to whomever sits on it.
Episode 5
Father and Mother
25 mins
A dour portrait of the saintly french nun who founded the orphanage near St. Jude is damaged, revealing a rare and valuable work beneath it. If taken to auction, to whom should the money go, or should the only known image of the orphanage's foundress be preserved instead? Father Duddleswell must reluctantly meet with the imposing and humorless Mother Stephen about it.
Episode 6
The Tennis Match
25 mins
The town of Fairwater will get its first Catholic mayor and Father Duddleswell asks him to remain open about his faith. There's a price. The mayor-elect needs to show that he's not in the priests' pocket, so he asks Fathers Duddleswell and Boyd to agree to play doubles against the Anglicans in a clergy tennis match. Father D agrees superficially but then schemes to prove he can win without ever touching the ball.
Episode 7
The Seal of Confession
24 mins
"Faith comes from hearing" says the good book, but St. Jude's needs some sound help: it's confessional walls are cardboard thin and it's pulpit speaker system hums loudly. While Father Duddleswell okays these improvements, Mrs. Pring's treatment of Father Neil's earwax buildup leaves the curate with temporary hearing problems, but the real disaster descends when Father D forgets to shut off his new cordless mic while in the otherwise soundproofed new confessional.