5.0/1034 votesLoading...#1 - In Praise of Drunkenness and Fornication
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2002
(From Showcase) Alice and Bob (Gina Wilkinson, Frank Schorpion), a middle-aged couple, host a Saturday night dinner party for their friends. John and Wendy (Paul Hopkins, Mitsou Gelinas), Leah and Jack (Peggy Mahon, Daniel Pilon) turn up as scheduled and, initially there is lively conversation and a few good laughs. As the gluttonous evening wears on, everyone becomes well lubricated with drink. Sparks begin to fly, as Alice eyes John with smoldering interest and Bob attempts to flirt lasciviously with Wendy. Intimidated by the tone and theme of the evening, Wendy convinces a reluctant John to leave. The whiskey continues to flow and Alice and Jack eventually dance their way into one another's arms… only to be caught in the ensuing act by Bob. Initial shock is transformed into excitement, with Bob involving Leah in some celebrating of his own. For the participants, it's a night of playful passion to rejuvenate their souls.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/1027 votesLoading...
#2 - The Value of X
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2002
(From Showcase) High school senior Jeanette (Tara Spencer-Nairn) finds herself struggling to figure out her identity. One of the most popular girls in school, Jeanette has caught the eye of the most popular boy, Eric (Paul Lemelin). On one of their first encounters, Jeanette loses herself in fantasy, picturing Eric as a woman. Confused and frightened by these feelings, Jeanette conceals these ""weird"" desires from her best friend, Marnie (Rachelle Lefevre). She soon befriends Zachary (Jason MacDonald), a boy unlike the others she has encountered, to conceal her growing attraction to Marnie. Zachary and ""J"" understand one another in a way no one else can. Slowly, them embark on an exploration that allows them to know a deeper part of themselves.
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/1017 votesLoading...
#3 - Chastity
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2003
A woman becoming a nun falls in love with one of her friends, in the end they end up having sex in a charity donation room.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1017 votesLoading...
#4 - Voice
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2002
(From Showcase) In a supernatural way, the wife of Ally's (Mikela J. Mikael) lover, Tyler (David Lovgren), manages to infiltrate Ally's dreams. Through these tense slumbers, the wife (Veronika Hurnik) warns Ally about the web of deceit Tyler is weaving for her. Not knowing if this is fact, a strange telepathic connection or just her guilty conscience speaking, Ally is eventually driven to meet this woman. In a run down motel, she finally encounters the wife. As the two women try to understand one another, an unexpected outpouring of need occurs between them. Finally, they are able to free themselves from the emotional trap that Tyler has been setting for them.
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1018 votesLoading...
#5 - The Marvellon
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2003
An older woman starts to fall for a younger woman who wear to dress up in men's clothing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1022 votesLoading...
#6 - Office Management
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2003
A woman falls for a new employee.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1022 votesLoading...
#7 - Six Days
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/21/2002
(From Shaowcase) Following a farm accident, Anna (Michele Duquet), a strong and feisty middle-aged farm woman finds herself without her lackluster and predictable husband for the first time. She hires Mike (Callum Keith Rennie), an unassuming, attractive 35-year old drifter to help with farm chores while her husband recovers in hospital. To her surprise, this sexually and emotionally repressed woman develops an intimate rapport with the farmhand, one that brings out many lost and buried feelings. As her husband's return draws near, she must decide whether she is willing to take the plunge with this new man and leave behind all that is familiar.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1027 votesLoading...
#8 - Valentine's Day in Jail
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/2002
(From Showcase) Kate (Tory Higginson) prepares to visit Angel (Adam Beach), a man serving a 10-year sentence for drug smuggling whom she met and fell in love with while teaching in prison. As a surprise, Angel has planned a Valentine's Day treat, a secret, intimate rendezvous inside the prison. If discovered by the authorities, this clandestine event would put him at great risk. In the face of Angel's attempts to share his passion with her, Kate herself is put in jeopardy . As the painful reality of his ongoing absence sets in, she grapples with whether she should continue the relationship.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1031 votesLoading...
#9 - Guys and Dolls
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2002
(From Showcase) Laura (Jenny Levine), a highly esteemed lawyer, used to being in the public eye, finds herself burdened by the expectations and responsibilities of her internationally recognized law firm. As she hits her early thirties, she is saddened by how her entire identity is tied to her career. Through a strange sequence of events, Laura finds herself alone in a bar, where she meets George (Peter Wingfield), who later invites her to his hotel room. To her surprise, she develops an exciting relationship with him. The fact that he has no idea who she is charges and liberates her in a way she could never imagine. Once he finally discovers her identity, however, the well being she has previously enjoyed is seriously threatened.
Director: Adrienne Mitchell
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1028 votesLoading...
#10 - Three
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2003
(From Oxygen) Tensions and sexual jealousies mount after a free-spirited, 29-year-old woman crosses the line from friends to lovers with both of her charming and attentive male roommates.
Director: Adrienne Mitchell
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1015 votesLoading...
#11 - Badness
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2004
Donna is attracted to the lawyer she is battling in a moot court, whose legal prowess is legendary.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1014 votesLoading...
#12 - Amazon
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/15/2004
(From Oxygen) Romy is an ace hockey goalie with a chip on her shoulder. Will she trust Frank, the rink manager, to accept and love her tomboy nature?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1014 votesLoading...
#13 - Aural Sex
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2003
A disc jockey reads erotica over the air ways.
Director: Anais Granofsky
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1014 votesLoading...
- 6.8/1010 votesLoading...
#15 - The Arrangement
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/22/2004
(From Oxygen) Meenal appeases her parents in India by attending an arranged dinner date with Devinder. Can she embrace him and their shared heritage without giving up her independence?
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1015 votesLoading...
#16 - Les Petits Mots
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/29/2004
(From Oxygen) Alice, a gifted VJ on the club scene, is drawn to a bookstore owner who prefers a more quiet life. Will she let his perspective enrich her wired world?
Director: Lyne Charlebois
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1029 votesLoading...
#17 - Leaper
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2002
(From Showcase) Julie (Michelle Lipper), a young writer, sits at an outdoor café, pondering the strange encounter she has just experienced with a young homeless woman (Millie Tresierra). While trying to understand her own feelings regarding the encounter, a mysterious woman named Diane (Paule Ducharme) joins her. Diane seems to empathize with Julie's emotions. Upon parting, the women become cognizant that the area surrounding the nearby subway station is crowded with emergency vehicles. They learn that the homeless woman has thrown herself in the path of a subway train. Diane invites Julie to her apartment to escape the commotion. There, she picks up on Julie's vulnerabilities and offers her comfort in a seductive, spell-binding fashion. In a bizarre twist, Julie discovers that the dead young woman was Diane's former lover…. and that Diane is attempting to repeat the cycle with Julie, her next intended victim.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1018 votesLoading...
#18 - Tango
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2004
(From Oxygen) Beatriz leaves Argentina to start fresh in Montreal, this time with no married boss in her love life. Will she accept the advances of a sultry yet evasive tango teacher?
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votesLoading...
#19 - Steph's Life
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/2004
(From Oxygen) Steph uses a web cam to break free of her inhibitions. Anything can happen when her boyfriend discovers how erotic it is to have a virtual audience.
Director: Adrienne Mitchell
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1063 votesLoading...
#20 - Cat Got Your Tongue
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2003
(From Showcase) A 45-year-old single mom can't take her eyes off her son's 23-year-old friend, but when he makes his own longing known, she struggles to control her intense desire for him.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1011 votesLoading...
#21 - Penelope's Suitors
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2004
Single Penelope moves into a new home in the suburbs and seems sexually interested only in the anonymous young delivery men who happen to visit her house.
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1034 votesLoading...
#22 - The Footpath of Pink Roses
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2002
(From Showcase) Sarah (Victoria Sanchez) can't figure out why she us not feeling in sync with her long-time boyfriend, Marshall (David Pauls). He is smart, sweet and gentle in nature, but she is looking for something else, something she can't quite identify. Through her martial arts classes, Sarah tries to understand the meaning of her desires and discovers she has an animalistic side to her, a part Marshall can't relate to. Her run-ins with Eddy (Maurizio Terrazzano), her martial arts classmate, soon escalate into much more than simple sparring sessions. Through a twist of events, Sarah discovers that, in Eddie, she has finally found someone who can fulfill her desires.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1027 votesLoading...
#23 - Nina's Muse
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2003
(From Showcase) After secretly watching and photographing her gay neighbour and his lovers, a woman, searching for the key to sex without attachment, arranges for a much closer encounter.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1022 votesLoading...
#24 - The Piano Turner
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2003
A woman decides to ""help"" her usual Piano Turner, who happends to be blind.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Bliss
Every episode of Bliss ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Bliss!
Bliss is a Canadian produced, half hour dramatic television series, produced by Montreal-based Galafilm and Toronto-based Back Alley Films, an anthology of women's erotica. The...
Genre:Drama
Network:Showcase
Worst Episodes Summary
"In Praise of Drunkenness and Fornication" is the worst rated episode of "Bliss". It scored 5/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/18/2002. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Value of X".