8 Simple Rules
Paul and Cate are raising their three children -- Bridget, Kerry and Rory -- which is no easy task. Oldest daughter Bridget is traversing the dating scene. Kerry is cute and smart, but she has a hard time getting in touch with her true feelings because of her lack of self-confidence. The youngest of the three children, and only boy, Rory is beginning to discover one of life's greatest mysteries -- girls.
Season 1 Episodes
E1
As Cate decides to go back to work as a nurse, Paul undertakes the responsibility of watching the kids.
E2
Paul is left home alone with the kids while Cate is at a seminar on the day of the big Michigan/Ohio State football game…
E3
After seeing how much money Bridget spends on keeping up with the latest fashions, Paul tells her to go out and get a j…
E4
Bridget takes drastic measures when an overprotective Paul keeps coming up with excuses to delay her from taking her dri…
E5
A sports-struck Paul lets Bridget do whatever she wants when she starts dating Travis, star basketball player and son of…
E6
Bridget is ecstatic when the cheerleading squad has an opening for a new member. But after telling Kerry that she is not…
E7
Paul seems to be the only one looking forward to a family Halloween, as Bridget, Kerry and Rory make plans to spend the …
E8
In an effort to win back the love and respect that his daughters used to show him when they were young, Paul turns to a …
E9
After Paul convinces Bridget to tell Kyle the truth about her date with another boy, Kyle breaks up with her. Meanwhile,…
E10
When no one can agree on where the family vacation should take place, Paul challenges the Hennessey clan to give up thei…
E11
Paul becomes quick friends with his new editor Nick when he discovers they both are married fathers of teenage girls. Bu…
E12
Paul tries to find perfect gifts for the family to make up for last year's Christmas fiasco. Kerry finds a stray dog dur…
E13
When a proud Paul lets thirteen-year-old Rory go out on his first date, Bridget and Kerry accuse him of unfairly changin…
E14
Paul and Cate are shocked when they are called into the principal's office and informed that Bridget wants to skip her c…
E15
After Kerry and her boyfriend break up, Paul tries to cheer her up by getting Bridget to take her little sister with her…
E16
After discovering that boyfriend Kyle kissed Kerry at a party, Bridget gives her sister the silent treatment which is an…
E17
Bridget defies the rules of the house after Paul forbids her from going out on a date with Ben, her college-age drum ins…
E18
Bridget takes the car and follows her older boyfriend, drum instructor Ben, to his college dorm.
E19
After a party at Tommy's house is broken up by the police, Paul chastises his friend and unwittingly volunteers to host …
E20
When Paul is asked by race car driver Carter Tibbits (Jason Priestley, "Beverly Hills 90210") to write a book about him,…
E21
Kerry devotes her school video project to sister Bridget to illustrate the hypocrisy that life is much easier for the be…
E22
While vacationing in Florida at Cate's parents' home, Paul and Cate catch Bridget and Kerry on the news partying with a …
E23
Paul's job as parental guardian becomes more of a full-time position when Cate is up for a promotion and has to spend mo…
E24
Bridget and Paul are surprised to find themselves in similar situations when they are both alienated in their social cir…
E25
For a health class assignment, Bridget and Kyle have to take care of a sack of flour as if it were a baby. Kerry and Ror…
E26
After reluctantly inviting socially inept neighbors Fred and Mary Ellen Doyle and their kids over for dinner, Paul and C…
E27
Having learned that her sister Maggie is having marital problems, Cate is nevertheless not too thrilled when Paul invite…
E28
The rivalry between Cate and Maggie comes to a boiling point when Maggie gets a sexy, new makeover and gives Bridget a w…
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