Bridget Loves Bernie
Wealthy white-bread Bridget Fitzgerald and lower-class cabdriver Bernie Steinberg meet, fall in love and marry. Even though their love for each other is never in doubt, both are constantly forced to deal with their parents, who are uncomfortable with their kids' differences in social status and religion.
- 1972-1973
- 1 season
- CBS
- Comedy
- TV-PG
Wealthy white-bread Bridget Fitzgerald and lower-class cabdriver Bernie Steinberg meet, fall in love and marry. Even though their love for each other is never in doubt, both are constantly forced to deal with their parents, who are uncomfortable with their kids' differences in social status and religion.
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
Bridget Loves Bernie
Sat, Sep 16, 1972 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie instantly fall in love, but face an uphill battle for their parents' approval due to their differing religious backgrounds.
Episode 2
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Vatican
Sat, Sep 23, 1972 30 mins
When the Steinbergs win a trip to Rome for a private audience with the pope, the Fitzgeralds try to prevent what they feel would be an embarrassment.
Episode 3
Wake Up We're Getting Married Today
Sat, Sep 30, 1972 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie's parents want their children to have a religious wedding in place of the civil ceremony.
Episode 4
The Last of the Red Hot Playwrights
Sat, Oct 7, 1972 30 mins
Bernie writes a play called "Everybody Has One" based upon his family and in-laws.
Episode 5
Who's Watching the Store?
Sat, Oct 14, 1972 30 mins
With the Steinberg's away, Bridget and her family run the deli for the day- with disastrous consequences.
Episode 6
The Newlybeds
Sat, Oct 21, 1972 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie feel pressured when each set of parents buys them a new bed.
Episode 7
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Moe
Sat, Oct 28, 1972 30 mins
Uncle Moe sparks a romance with Walt's widowed sister Theresa.
Episode 8
Bernie's Last Stand
Sat, Nov 4, 1972 30 mins
Movin' on up. The Fitzgeralds gift Bridget and Bernie an upscale uptown luxury apartment. But Bernie feels like a gefilte fish out of water, a sentiment shared by the antisemitic apartment manager. Bernie rallies the troops for a protest.
Episode 9
How to Be a Jewish Mother
Sat, Nov 11, 1972 30 mins
Bridget feels she may be able to relate to Bernie better, and become closer to his family, if she learns more about Judaism.
Episode 10
The Little White Lie That Grew and Grew
Sat, Nov 18, 1972 30 mins
Bridget and her parents pretend to be Jewish for Bernie's visiting aunt.
Episode 11
The In-Laws Who Came to Dinner
Sat, Nov 25, 1972 30 mins
When their apartment is destroyed by a fire the Steinbergs stay with the Fitzgeralds, but Walt fears they'll interfere with his business deal.
Episode 12
The Homecoming
Sat, Dec 2, 1972 30 mins
Bernie begins questioning himself when he sees how at home Bridget is in the upper class lifestyle.
Episode 13
You Are Cordially Not Invited
Sat, Dec 9, 1972 30 mins
The Steinbergs are insulted to not be invited to a party the Fitzgeralds are throwing to honor Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan.
Episode 14
'Tis the Season
Sat, Dec 16, 1972 30 mins
Celebrating Christmas becomes complicated for Bridget and Bernie due to the Steinberg's strong Jewish beliefs. When the couple plans to leave and spend Christmas elsewhere, the families begin to realize what's most important.
Episode 15
Belated Honeymoon
Sat, Dec 23, 1972 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie's plans for a belated honeymoon become increasingly complicated.
Episode 16
Honesty Is the Worst Policy
Sat, Jan 6, 1973 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie learn that the other had a serious relationship when they met.
Episode 17
Life Begins at 65
Sat, Jan 13, 1973 30 mins
When the Steinbergs begin treating Uncle Moe as too old to work he leaves home and becomes the Fitzgeralds' butler.
Episode 18
With This Ring
Sat, Jan 20, 1973 30 mins
Bridget can't bring herself to tell Bernie that she's lost the diamond ring he just bought her.
Episode 19
Into Every Life a Little Snow Must Fall
Sat, Jan 27, 1973 30 mins
A blizzard forces the families to stay together with Walt and Sam angry with one another.
Episode 20
To Teach or Not to Teach
Sat, Feb 3, 1973 30 mins
The families are upset that Bridget is teaching a sex ed class. Meanwhile, Sam and Moe are awaiting a stripper film for a bachelor party. Things go hilariously wrong when the films get mixed up.
Episode 21
Painting, Painting - Who's Got the Painting?
Sat, Feb 10, 1973 30 mins
The Steinbergs and Fitzgeralds argue over ownership of what appears to be a Botticelli Old Master.
Episode 22
Steinberg and Son
Sat, Feb 17, 1973 30 mins
Sam and Walt bring Bernie into their respective businesses.
Episode 23
The Information Gap
Sat, Feb 24, 1973 30 mins
When Bridget and Bernie ask their parents for more privacy Moe spies to think they are bringing a baby into the family.
Episode 24
Greener Pastures
Sat, Mar 3, 1973 30 mins
Bridget and Bernie consider moving away from the city.