8.0/1054 votesLoading...#1 - Bar Mitzvah Crashers
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2006
After a Jewish family arrive in the neighborhood, Bernie urges Jordan to befriending the son, David. Though hesitant at first Jordan begins to develop a friendship with his new neighbor. Not long after-wards David invites Jordan to attend his cousin's bar mitzvahs with him. After receiving various expensive parting gifts Jordan and David decide to crash bar mitzvahs of people to whom they do not know in order to receive more gifts. Before long it's time for David's bar mitzvahs but Jordan comes to a dilemma because this happens to be the same day of a very wealthy boy's bar mitzvahs. So Jordan must beside between friendship or material possessions.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Michael Caine, Angela Yarbrough
7.8/1067 votesLoading...#2 - If I Were N-Riched Man
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2002
After hearing Bernie use inappropriate language at home, Bryana goes to school and repeats it—much to the horror of her teacher. Soon after, a social worker shows up at the house to discuss Bernie's hostility problems.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Warren Hutcherson
7.7/1063 votesLoading...#3 - Sweet Home Chicago (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2002
Bernie takes the family on a tour of his old stomping grounds. Vanessa attempts to find her mother.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Teri Schaffer, Larry Wilmore, Steve Tompkins
7.7/1042 votesLoading...#4 - Prison Break
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2005
After misbehaving yet again, Bernie punishes Bryana and Jordan severely. Yet again Wanda thinks he's being too hard on them. But in the end, she catches on. Vanessa turns out to be the sneakiest of them all.
Director: Keith Truesdell
Writer: Antonia F. March, Jacqueline McKinley
7.7/1040 votesLoading...#5 - Who's Your Mama?
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/2006
Bryana's daddy Bryan helps out around the house and the kids start preferring him over their Uncle Bernie causing Bernie Mac to take offense. Baby Girl gets called flat-chested at school and Bryan and Bernie fight over who gets to buy her a new bra. Jordan competes for "best smile" at school.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Jerry Collins
7.7/1052 votesLoading...#6 - Bernie's Angels
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/14/2006
The kids' carelessness causes Bernie to have a near-death experience.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Teri Schaffer, Steve Tompkins
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7.6/1074 votesLoading...#7 - Bernie Mac, Ladies Man
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/2001
When Wanda plans a play date for a group of kids, Bernie ends up winning over the moms for the afternoon and becoming defensive about his masculinity.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.6/1063 votesLoading...#8 - The King and I
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2002
when Bernie realizes that anything he says to Jordan and Bryana first goes through Vanessa, he decides to stop fighting the situation and let Vanessa be responsible for the kids.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Steve Tompkins
7.6/1035 votesLoading...#9 - Exercise in Fertility: Part 1
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2006
After several failed attempts, Bernie and Wanda realize that making a baby is harder than they thought, and Wanda begins to question their fertility.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Michael Benson, Marc Abrams
7.5/1077 votesLoading...#10 - The Main Event
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/2001
Jordan is tormented by bullies at school, so Bernie teaches him some moves that unfortunately turn Jordan into a monster.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Michael Benson, Marc Abrams
7.5/1071 votesLoading...#11 - A Christmas Story
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2001
The kids get a dog from the pound, thinking it will be the perfect present for Bernie. Bernie finds the dog, hides it, thinking it is the perfect present for the kids. They think he took it back to the pound, so they try and get revenge.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Michael Benson, Marc Abrams
7.5/1057 votesLoading...#12 - Kelly's Heroes
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2002
When Kelly's girlfriend throws him out, Bernie lets him stay at the house.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Steve Tompkins
7.5/1054 votesLoading...#13 - Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2003
Wesley Snipes takes a genial comic spin as Wanda's easygoing boss, Duke, who invites the couple to a dinner party. Feeling as if the kids are ""turning my brain into mush,"" Bernie relishes this rare opportunity for adult conversation. But playing a parlor game underscores just how much being around the kids has influenced Bernie — asked to name something that flies, he submits ""Tinkerbell"" — and he takes some, well, kidding, from the Duke. Back at home, Vanessa baby-sits her siblings and takes matters into her own hand when Jordan gets troublesome.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Kriss Turner
7.5/1054 votesLoading...#14 - Raging Election
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2003
Bernie and Wanda attend Vanessa's parent night at her school. They are shocked to find that her teacher likes her, and thinks she is not being challenged enough, so he suggests she run for class president. Jordan is upset when he puts his time into making a dung beetle project, but ends up only getting the huge pile of dung done. So Bernie decides to help Jordan on his next project, which turns out to be a VERY detailed model of an old building, but Bernie does all the work. Vanessa also asks Bernie to help her on her campaign, so Bernie appears as many characters in her video of why she should be allected. It goes over so well that Vanessa asks Bernie to compete in the school talent show, to help along her campaign. Meanwhile, Jordan's project turns out great, but Bernie doesn't know that Jordan has decided to make a few extra things. He changes the roof, throws in some plastic people, and sets it on fire, laughing hysterically. Bernie trips on pieces of it, trying to put the fire out
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Steve Tompkins
7.5/1046 votesLoading...#15 - Family Reunion
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/8/2004
Bernie and Wanda host a Mac family reunion barbecue for about 50 of Bernie's extended relatives who invade L.A. for the weekend. At first, Bernie is excited and looks forward to bonding with his relatives and strengthening their family ties, but when his Aunt Sis starts to pester him about co-hosting a cooking show with her on the Food Network, cousin Lou starts to harass him, and his older brother Carl questions the way he and Wanda are raising the children, Bernie starts to question why he agreed to host the reunion in the first place. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Shonte, a distant cousin by marriage, flirt with each other until Bernie informs them that they are more closely related than they thought.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Teri Schaffer
7.5/1038 votesLoading...#16 - Sorely Missed
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2005
Bernie thinks that he and Wanda need some time alone. Bryana has trouble remembering her mother.
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Warren Hutcherson
7.5/1034 votesLoading...#17 - Fantasy Football
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2006
Jordan and Bernie Mac start a fantasy football league but do poor; and Bernie Mac won't really listen to Jordan. With that, Jordan eventually goes to a different league secretly behind Bernie Mac's back. Vanessa primps herself up with make-up for her senior photo. Bryana wants some of the make up too, so Vanessa gives her some of her old makeup. But Bryana gets caught with it at school.
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Writer: Steve Tompkins, Brian Egan
7.5/1037 votesLoading...#18 - Spinning Wheels
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2006
Wanda's sister visits and wants to throw a roller-disco party for Wanda's birthday.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Corey Nickerson
7.4/10138 votesLoading...#19 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2001
In the pilot, much to his chagrin, Bernie and Wanda are forced to take care of his sister's three children, Vanessa, Jordan, and Bryanna since she can no longer take care of them anymore.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Larry Wilmore
7.4/1068 votesLoading...#20 - Keep It on the Short Grass
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2002
It's Bernie who acts like a kid when Wanda teams with him in a charity golf tournament. Bernie sees it as a grudge match against the host, Matt Damon, who has been claiming he consistently outshot ""Mac Man"" while they were filming Ocean's Eleven. Bernie savors the thought of beating the Oscar winner in public—but his confidence wavers when he learns that Damon's warriorlike playing partner in the best-ball event is Lucy Lawless.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Michael Benson, Marc Abrams
7.4/1052 votesLoading...#21 - The Sweet Life
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2002
Don Rickles plays a neighbor who dispenses some unorthodox advice when Bernie is told he has high cholesterol. Though it's a sore shoulder and badgering from Wanda that sends Bernie to the doctor, he comes away sore at the physician for weighing him down with bad news. The problem can be controlled through diet and exercise, but that would mean avoiding the finer things to which Mac is accustomed... like fries from Royal Burger. But neighborly Don Rickles suggests that stress is the real problem, and what causes stress? Why, dieting, of course! And that's the case Bernie presents to an incredulous Wanda.
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Paul Lieberstein
7.4/1042 votesLoading...#22 - Love Thy Nephew
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2003
When a litigious neighbor asks Bernie to tear down the treehouse he built for Jordan, it leads to an all-night standoff. Meanwhile, a relentless Bryanna tries to put a bumper sticker that represents her good grades in school on Wanda's car, but Wanda tries different ways to put the sticker anywhere but on her car.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Teri Schaffer
7.4/1035 votesLoading...#23 - Exercise in Fertility: Part 2
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/2006
Bernie and Wanda have undertaken fertility treatments. Wanda suffers from mood swings due to hormonal issues. Distracted with the idea of having a child the couple neglect to stay on top of the kids they already have. Vanessa shares her experience with babies joining a family. She explains the baby will be Bernie's own baby girl, or his son. Everyone will have to adjust, and one will be replaced. Bernie and Wanda adjust to ups and downs with treatment, having to ride out extreme highs, lows, hopes, fears, and consider how committed they have to be to the process, rife...
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Michael Benson, Marc Abrams, Peter B. Aronson
7.4/1042 votesLoading...#24 - What Would Jason Do?
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2006
Vanessa's school prom is coming up so Bernie Mac picks a boy friend out for her (after doing his usual protective background check). Even after he chooses, he has all these worried fantasies. Bryana injures her ankle so Jordan has to be her servant, but in the end after Bryana took it a bit far Jordan gets some redemption.
Director: Roger Nygard
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson, Jason M. Palmer
7.3/1085 votesLoading...#25 - Now You Got It
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2001
Bernie's desperate to get away to Vegas with his frineds, but Bryana's birthday and the germ infested children that it causes make it a difficulty.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Teri Schaffer
The Best Episodes of The Bernie Mac Show
Every episode of The Bernie Mac Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Bernie Mac Show!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Bar Mitzvah Crashers" is the best rated episode of "The Bernie Mac Show". It scored 8/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Linda Mendoza and written by Michael Caine, Angela Yarbrough, it aired on 2/3/2006. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "If I Were N-Riched Man".
