Grounded for Life (2002)
Thirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and his carefree brother.
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Episode 1 - Baby You Can't Drive My Car
Release Date: 26 Sep. 2001The Finnertys' car gets stolen. Eddie suggests they lie to the insurance company about any valuables inside the car. Surprisingly, Claudia agrees. Then they notice the spare keys are missing, and Lily has a confession to make.
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Episode 2 - Dream On
Release Date: 3 Oct. 2001Sean is bothered because Claudia had a sex dream about Eddie. Henry also had a weird dream... Jimmy, frustrated because Lily and Alison (whom he likes) disregard him, gets them to drink cider that isn't non-alcoholic.
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Episode 3 - Don't Let Me Download
Release Date: 21 Nov. 2001Claudia finds downloaded porn on Jimmy's computer, but is it really his doing? And how will Lily use it against Sister Helen?
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Episode 4 - Rubber Sold
Release Date: 28 Nov. 2001Sean and Eddie witnessed Brad buying condoms at the pharmacy and this upsets Claudia and Grampa. But why is the fire department arriving?
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Episode 5 - Bang on the Drum
Release Date: 5 Dec. 2001Sean storms home from Claudia's friend Lila's wedding reception, where he and Eddie were supposed to play with their band after first reforming it, but they had a problem with the drummer and their new fan-base and... it's a long story.
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Episode 6 - Smoke on the Daughter
Release Date: 12 Dec. 2001Sean catches Claudia smoking though they both made a deal to quit 10 years earlier. He gives her a talking to. Turns out someone knew and didn't tell Sean. Meanwhile, Lily's had another Worst Day of Her Life. But why?
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Episode 7 - I Saw Daddy Hitting Santa Claus
Release Date: 19 Dec. 2001Henry is upset because Santa won't be coming. Why? Sean got into a fight with Santa. Why? Something to do with Sean not wanting to buy Henry a certain toy. Why? Something to do with Sean's childhood.
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Episode 8 - Let's Talk About Sex, Henry
Release Date: 2 Jan. 2002Henry caught Claudia and Sean doing it on his bed, didn't understand what he saw but told Jimmy, who now doesn't want to sleep in his bed. Sean tried to talk about sex with Henry. And not to do it like Walt. But Sean's way backfired.
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Episode 9 - Is She Really Going Out with Walt?
Release Date: 16 Jan. 2002It's poker night at the Finnertys. Walt is sulking in Lily's room because his woman friend left him. Lily finds herself thinking about Brad. Eddie got beaten up. Henry and Jimmy don't have anywhere to be in the house.
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Episode 10 - We Are Family
Release Date: 23 Jan. 2002Sean and Eddie have a vet treat a cat Sean hit with his car. Sean is worried someone is following them. What is going on? And what do the sewer line repair men have to do with it?
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Episode 11 - Mr. Roboto
Release Date: 30 Jan. 2002Jimmy got an F for his science project - a robot. What went wrong? And what will Grampa do with a box full of lobsters Eddie obtained? And why is Lily happy about her friend Kelly's leg getting broken? And what exactly has Eddie done?
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Episode 12 - Don't Fear the Reefer
Release Date: 6 Feb. 2002It's Super Bowl time and Sean has just caused a block-wide blackout - how? And how is Henry connected to it? And how can Jimmy help the adults? And what secret of Lily's did Sean find out?
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Episode 13 - Take It to the Limit
Release Date: 13 Feb. 2002Sean has ruined his dad's car - how? And why did Eddie let into the house a strange man who escapes when Sean sees him?
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Episode 14 - Eddie Said Knock You Out
Release Date: 20 Feb. 2002The Finnertys have been tough boxers for generations. So why did Sean quit? Claudia has a current problem: Brad's mom is spreading lies that Claudia's breasts aren't real. Eddie comes up with a counter-attack.
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Episode 15 - Safety Dance
Release Date: 6 Mar. 2002Sean and Claudia have ended up as chaperons at the 10th graders' dance - how? Sister Helen catches Lily with a boy - and a bottle of alcohol. Lily claims innocence - what is the bottle's long story?
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Episode 16 - Relax!
Release Date: 27 Mar. 2002Sean and Claudia have invited Sean's co-worker Paul to their house for a dinner party - why? Lily is jealous because girls and women are literally pushing themselves at Dean.
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Episode 17 - The Kids Are Alright
Release Date: 3 Apr. 2002Sean and Claudia return from a successful vacation to Atlantic City - what went right? Unfortunately, despite Eddie's claims that his child sitting went fine, things got out of hand - what went wrong?
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Episode 18 - Swearin' to God
Release Date: 10 Apr. 2002Connie O'Keefe's thrilled. But Sister Helen looks at her and reconsiders. Claudia can keep her new position. When Sister Claudia curses Sean out during an argument, Sean thinks he has her where he wants her.
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Episode 19 - Eddie and This Guy with Diamonds
Release Date: 17 Apr. 2002Sean winds up in jail for buying some shady diamond earrings for Claudia from Eddie's so-called "connection"; Lily protests the nuns's donkey-basketball game.
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Episode 20 - I Fought the In-Laws
Release Date: 24 Apr. 2002Claudia's parents have been on a visit for a full week and it's taken it's toll on Sean. How? Fortunately they are leaving, right? Right? And what's the story with the karaoke machine?
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Episode 21 - Dust in the Wind
Release Date: 1 May 2002The Finnertys are leaving for Sean's cousin Scott's funeral - he lived life to the full until it killed him. Then, at the wake, Walt discovers that Scott's urn is full of... coffee? What did Sean do? And why?
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Episode 22 - Oops!... I Did It Again
Release Date: 8 May 2002Sean finds a pregnancy test box in the trash and thinks it's Lily's. Lily feels betrayed when she and Dean go to get tattoos, and Dean chickens out. And Jimmy is plagued by the world's biggest zit.