The WORST episodes of The Bernie Mac Show
Every episode of The Bernie Mac Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Bernie Mac Show!
Bernie and his wife, Wanda, reluctantly step into the role of parents when his sister drops off her three kids -- naive Bryanna, nerdy Jordan and teenager Vanessa -- en route to rehab.
#1 - Go Bernie, It's Your Birthday
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/22/2004
Bernie's turning 40-something and instead of getting everything he wants … his day ends up being a disaster. He gets electrocuted by an old lady, forced to be a clown at a child's birthday party, and sent shopping for his own present! But it's all because his family has planned a big surprise party.
#2 - The Music Mac
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/1/2005
Legendary soul and R&B musician Isaac Hayes makes a guest appearence in Bernie Mac's confessional, offering him advice on how to nuture Vanessa's newly unveiled musical talent.
#3 - The Big Picture
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/18/2005
Bernie is being honored at his high school in Chicago, but when Wanda mixes up the dates and Bernie misses the ceremony, he hires an assistant to help him, which offends Wanda. Meanwhile, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H becomes the victim of Jordan's anonymous prank phone calls.When Bernie blows Jordan's cover, there will be ""H"" to pay.
#4 - I Don't Wanna Be a Playa No More
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/11/2005
When Jordan develops a crush on a girl, Bernie teaches Jordan how to be a ""player"" and get his girl.
#5 - You Got Served
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/25/2005
Against his better judgment,Bernie throws Bryana a themed birthday party, complete with a blow-up ""moon-jumper"", which ends up being the scene of the ""crime"" after Bryana's new friend,Riley,breaks her wrist. Riley's parents sue Bernie, claiming that he is a negligent parent, and in turn, Bernie counter-sues for defamation of character. A whirlwind of lawyer battles begins, during which Bernie's parenting skills come into question.
#6 - You Don't Know Squad
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/2005
Vanessa's high school guidance counselor explains to the Macs that her good grades are not enough to warrant acceptance into a good college. Reluctantly, Vanessa boosts her extracurricular activities by joining the Drill Team, which pleases Bernie greatly - until he sees one of the squad's racy and provacative routines.Bernie launches a mean offense, getting the principal and PTA to intervene, but he grossly underestimates Vanessa's rebellious teenage ways.
#7 - Manchild in Vanessa Land
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/2005
Bernie learns Vanessa has a boyfriend, Rahim, who is 18 years old, but when he discovers that the teen has a child, he hits the ceiling.
#8 - Jack & Jacqueline
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/2005
When Bernie disapproves of Vanessa's slacker friends, Wanda urges her and the other kids to join Jack & Jacqueline, a 70-year-old organization set up to enrich the lives of upper-class black youth that Wanda once belonged to. But when Vanessa and her new friends get picked up for shoplifting, they quickly see that these ""respectful"", ""well-mannered"" and college-bound youths aren't all they seem to be.
#9 - Stone Nuts
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/2005
Jordan wants to fit in with the popular kids in school, and Bernie suggests that he try playing games with them. When asking them to fly kites doesn't work and he's dubbed ""Benjamin Franklin"", Jordan tries his hand at their game, poker, and quickly loses his lunch money. Bernie teaches Jordan how to play cards and he becomes a whiz. Meanwhile, Wanda's friend Cheryl makes Bernie doubt that the gift he bought Wanda for her birthday is nice enough, so he enlists the help of his neighbor,Carl Reiner, on a search for the coveted and rare cognac-colored diamond.
#10 - Nerdy Mac
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/21/2005
When Bryana's standardized test scores come back and she is ranked in the 39th percentile nationally, Bernie and Wanda decide to pull her out of her current school and put her into Jordan's. But Bryanna is so far behind that they threaten to move her back a grade. Meanwhile Jordan is depressed because the kids at school think he's a nerd.Bernie tells him that he's not a nerd, but a ""smart man"" who can help his sister with her schoolwork and save her from being held back.
#11 - Who Gives This Bride
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/14/2005
Bernie's sister, Benita, is back in town and announces that she and her fiance are eloping in Las Vegas. Wanda offers the Mac residence as a wedding site, but has an ulterior motive- she's planning the wedding she never had. Excited at the idea of giving his baby sister away, Bernie is passed over when Benita ask their older brother Carl to do the honors.
#12 - My Privacy
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2005
Bryana accidentally walks in on Bernie getting out of the bathtub and catches a glimpse of his ""privacy."" Bernie reprimands her and a few days later at parent night at Bryana's school, is horrified to see that she has drawn a picture of him naked in the bathroom with his privacy exposed. He then realizes that Bryana and Jordan are too old to be sharing a room and moves Bryana in with Vanessa. But Vanessa feels invaded and is not making it easy on her new roommate. Wanda and Bernie decide to add another room onto the house for Bryana but in the meantime, while they've got a contractor in the house, Wanda decides to redo part of the master bedroom as well.
#13 - Thanksgiving
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/29/2004
Bernie is thankful that Vanessa is doing well in school due to the support of her teacher, Mr. Diggs. But when Mr. Diggs' influence turns her into a vegetarian, a jealous Bernie puts his foot down. Meanwhile, Jordan makes Bryana dread her first year sitting at the kids' table at Thanksgiving.
#14 - Walk Like a Man
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/2005
Bernie feels that Jordan is ready to walk home from elementary school after noticing other kids in his class doing the same. Although Wanda feels Jordan is too young to take such a big step, Bernie sees it as a rite of passage. But when Bernie hears that a bully is beating up kids on their way home, he has a change of heart.
#15 - Five Stages of Bryana
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/15/2004
Bernie and Wanda struggle with how to discipline Bryana when she begins to change from their adorable baby girl into a bratty little bully. They consult a child therapist to determine what is making her suddenly throw tantrums, become a bully at school and fight with her siblings at home. Meanwhile, Bernie buys Bryana a guinea pig but it's Wanda who ends up taking care of the pet and eventually bonding with it
#16 - The Talk
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2004
Bernie catches Jordan looking at his men's magazines and playing provocative video games, so Wanda tells him it's time for Jordan to learn about the ""birds and the bees."" Bernie is having trouble getting the words out, so he stops by the Playboy Mansion to get advice from the expert, Hugh Hefner. When Jordan thinks he got a girl pregnant by kissing her, Bernie realizes it's time for the talk.
#17 - That Old Mac Magic
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/26/2004
Bernie's agent Jerry Best takes Jordan to his office on national ""Take Your Child to Work Day,"" and Jordan lands a commercial for the designer knock-offs store, ""Magic Malvert's."" But when they threaten to fire Jordan, Bernie steps in and is forced to do the commercial. Bernie goes before the American Idol judges in his confessional and they critique his performance in the commercial.
#18 - Mac-Inations
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/2004
Bernie believes that he is the master of all pranks until his neighbor Carl Reiner, Wanda, and the kids join forces against him for the ultimate practical joke. They make Bernie believe that he accidentally killed Carl's beloved dog with rat poison. But it isn't until Ashton Kutcher comes into the picture that Bernie is put in his place.
#19 - Who's That Lady
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/2004
Psychologist Dr. Phil makes a house call in Bernie's confessional. He counsels Bernie on how to deal with an angry Wanda, who feels left out after Bernie and his buddies bring a woman, Lynette, into their group. Meanwhile, the kids find where Bernie hides all of their dangerous toys and end up almost killing each other to keep the secret.
#20 - Easy Rider
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/2004
Bernie is tired of living in a child-friendly house and having to give up all of his favorite things because of the kids. When the studio gives him a motorcycle and Wanda suggests that he give it to charity because it is unsafe, he puts his foot down and decides to keep it until he crashes, passes out and sees what the Mac house would be like without him. When he comes to, he realizes that Wanda is right, and he child-proofs everything in the house and becomes over-protective of the kids. Meanwhile, Jordan is caught trying to sell Bernie's girlie magazines to the boys at school and Bernie and Wanda are called into another meeting with Father Cronin.
#21 - The Getaway
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/2004
The family heads to San Diego for a nice relaxing family vacation. But it's not the kids who have a problem relaxing, it's Bernie. He jumps on the last flight to Las Vegas to meet the boys for some gambling and debauchery. While in Vegas he meets up with boxer Sugar Shane Mosley, but it's Wanda who throws the punches.
#22 - It's Mac-ademic
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/2004
Bernie doesn't like it that Bryanna's education consists of playing in the sandbox, tag and tiddlywinks, and he begins to question the teaching methods at the Wellington School. So Bernie volunteers as a teacher's helper for a week to see for himself. Things go wrong from the start when he demands respect from the kids and asks them to call him Mr. Mac instead of by his first name, as they do with the other adults at the school. When he gets resistance from the kids, the teachers tell Bernie that since he does not respect the Wellington way he must be on his way. He takes Bryanna with him but enrolling her in a new school isn't as easy as it seems. Meanwhile, Wanda thinks she can reason with Vanessa and Jordan and resists using violence against violence to get them to stop fighting, but she's beginning to think it's the only thing that will work.
#23 - Saving Sergeant Tompkins
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/14/2004
Bernie discovers that Jordan has taken his framed Redd Foxx ticket stub for the school time capsule when he is asked to include something that connects him to his past and doesn't have anything of his own. Bernie tells Jordan the hard facts about his past – how his father left them and that when life deals a rough hand one has to suck it up. But the hard facts harden Jordan and Bernie's afraid he's gone too far, so he decides to rewrite history a bit and make Jordan believe that his father left him a keepsake from when he was a sergeant in the Army. When Vanessa hears about Bernie's lies, she is infuriated but eventually agrees it is important that Jordan think well of their father. She gives Jordan the only picture she has of her father so that he can have a real connection to his past.
#24 - Make Room for Caddy
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2004
Bernie's in-laws pay the family a visit and, as usual, Bernie and Wanda's father, Lloyd, bicker continuously. Wanda asks Bernie to go easy on Lloyd this time as her parents are having money problems and cannot buy a new Cadillac. But even when Bernie offers to buy the car, Lloyd refuses because it's not the top-of-the line model he wants. Meanwhile, we learn why the two men don't get along in a series of flashbacks, as Bernie takes us back to when he met Wanda and her father didn't approve of his daughter dating a comic delivery man who told jokes on the subway.
#25 - J-O-R-D-A-N Spells Funny
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2004
Jordan enters the school spelling contest. Bernie gives him a little advice that humor can help him overcome his fear. But his material proves that Jordan has no place in the comedy business.