8 Simple Rules Season 1

Select season:
Pilot
awaiting 5 votes
1x01 Pilot aired Sep 17, 2002

Paul had grown accustomed to Cate taking care of their son and two daughters. His job as a sports writer kept him on the road a lot during the kids' formativ... read more

Wall of Shame
awaiting 5 votes
1x02 Wall of Shame aired Sep 24, 2002

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. But much to Paul's dismay, the game... read more

Bridget's First Job
awaiting 5 votes
1x03 Bridget's First Job aired Oct 01, 2002

After seeing how much money Bridget spends on keeping up with the latest fashions, Paul tells her to go out and get a job to learn how to be fiscally respon... read more

Wings
awaiting 5 votes
1x04 Wings aired Oct 08, 2002

Bridget takes drastic measures when an overprotective Paul keeps coming up with excuses to delay her from taking her driver's test. Meanwhile, after convinci... read more

Son-in-Law
awaiting 5 votes
1x05 Son-in-Law aired Oct 15, 2002

A sports-struck Paul lets Bridget do whatever she wants when she breaks up with Kyle and begins dating high school basketball wonder Travis "The Rainman" Smi... read more

Cheerleader
awaiting 5 votes
1x06 Cheerleader aired Oct 22, 2002

Bridget is ecstatic when the cheerleading squad has an opening for a new member. But after telling Kerry that she is not cut out to be a cheerleader, Bridget... read more

Trick or Treehouse
awaiting 5 votes
1x07 Trick or Treehouse aired Oct 29, 2002

Paul seems to be the only one looking forward to a family Halloween, as Bridget, Kerry and Rory make plans to spend the spooky evening away from home and wit... read more

By the Book
4.4
5 votes
1x08 By the Book aired Nov 05, 2002

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 parenting book for some quick advice.... read more

Two Boys for Every Girl
4.4
5 votes
1x09 Two Boys for Every Girl aired Nov 12, 2002

Paul's plan backfires when--after telling Bridget to tell Kyle the truth about her date with another boy -- Kyle breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Kerry's first... read more

Give It Up
4.4
5 votes
1x10 Give It Up aired Nov 19, 2002

When no one can agree on where the family vacation should take place, Paul challenges the Hennessey clan to give up their bad habits for a week and the winne... read more

Paul Meets His Match
4.4
5 votes
1x11 Paul Meets His Match aired Nov 26, 2002

After meeting his new editor Nick, Paul becomes quick friends with the man when he discovers they both have a common bond-being married fathers of teenage gi... read more

All I Want for Christmas
4.2
5 votes
1x12 All I Want for Christmas aired Dec 10, 2002

Paul discovers that he has his work cut out for him for the holidays when he tries to find perfect gifts for the family to make up for last year's Christmas ... read more

Rory's Got a Girlfriend
4.4
5 votes
1x13 Rory's Got a Girlfriend aired Dec 17, 2002

When a proud Paul lets 13-year-old Rory go out on his first date, Bridget and Kerry accuse him of unfairly changing the rules because they were never allowed... read more

Career Choices
4.4
5 votes
1x14 Career Choices aired Jan 07, 2003

Paul and Cate are shocked when they are called into the principal's office and informed that Bridget wants to skip her college prep classes in order to becom... read more

Kerry's Big Adventure
4.4
5 votes
1x15 Kerry's Big Adventure aired Jan 21, 2003

After Kerry and her boyfriend break up, Paul tries to cheer up his blue daughter by getting Bridget to take her little sister with her to a party. But while ... read more

Come and Knock on Our Door
4.4
5 votes
1x16 Come and Knock on Our Door aired Jan 28, 2003

After discovering that boyfriend Kyle kissed Kerry at a party (the previous episode, "Kerry's Big Adventure," airing Jan 21), Bridget gives her sister the si... read more

Drummer Boy (1)
4.4
5 votes
1x17 Drummer Boy (1) aired Feb 04, 2003

Bridget defies the rules of the house after Paul forbids her from going out on a date with Ben (Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter) -- her college-age drum instruc... read more

Drummer Boy (2)
4.4
5 votes
1x18 Drummer Boy (2) aired Feb 11, 2003

Bridget takes the car and follows her older boyfriend, drum instructor Ben (Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys), to his college dorm. Conclusion of a two-part epis... read more

Cool Parent
4.4
5 votes
1x19 Cool Parent aired Feb 18, 2003

When Paul has to pick up Bridget and Kerry from a party that's been broken up by the police -- and "supervised" by co-worker Tommy (Larry Miller) -- Paul cha... read more

Every Picture Tells a Story
4.4
5 votes
1x20 Every Picture Tells a Story aired Feb 25, 2003

When Paul is asked by race car driver Carter Tibbits (Jason Priestley, "Beverly Hills 90210") to write a book about him, Paul brings the family to Tibbits' m... read more

Kerry's Video
awaiting 5 votes
1x21 Kerry's Video aired Mar 11, 2003

Kerry devotes her school video project to sister, Bridget, to illustrate the hypocrisy that life is much easier for the ’beautiful people.' But when Bridget ... read more

Good Moms Gone Wild
4.4
5 votes
1x22 Good Moms Gone Wild aired Mar 25, 2003

While vacationing in Florida at Cate's parent's home, Paul and Cate catch Bridget and Kerry on the evening news partying with a group of Spring Breakers. But... read more

Career Woman
4.4
5 votes
1x23 Career Woman aired Mar 28, 2003

Paul's job as parental guardian becomes more of a full-time position when Cate is up for a promotion and has to spend more time at the hospital. Meanwhile, a... read more

Queen Bees and King Bees
4.4
5 votes
1x24 Queen Bees and King Bees aired Apr 08, 2003

Bridget and Paul are surprised to find themselves in similar situations when they are both alienated in their social circles. But they devise a plan to settl... read more

Bake Sale
4.4
5 votes
1x25 Bake Sale aired Apr 29, 2003

Bridget begrudgingly becomes a mother when she is assigned to take care of a baby made out of a sack full of flour for school. When Kerry and Rory bake cooki... read more

The Doyle Wedding
4.4
5 votes
1x26 The Doyle Wedding aired May 06, 2003

After reluctantly inviting socially inept neighbors Fred and Mary Ellen Doyle ("Cheers'" John Ratzenberger & Shelley Long) and their kids over for dinner, Pa... read more

Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (1)
4.4
5 votes
1x27 Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (1) aired May 13, 2003

Having learned that her sister, Maggie (Cybill Shepherd), is having marital problems, Cate is nevertheless not too thrilled when Paul invites Maggie to stay ... read more

Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (2)
4.4
5 votes
1x28 Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (2) aired May 20, 2003

The sibling rivalry between Cate and Maggie (Cybill Shepherd) comes to a boiling point when Maggie gets a sexy, new makeover and gives Bridget a water bra as... read more

Activity

Followers (513)