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Grounded for Life
Grounded for Life
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Grounded for Life

6.8 / 10
2001
5 seasons
91 episodes
FamilyComedy

Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.

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Cast

Donal Logue

Megyn Price

Kevin Corrigan

Lynsey Bartilson

Griffin Frazen

J

Jake Burbage

Bret Harrison

Richard Riehle

Miriam Flynn

Mike Vogel

Gregory Jbara

J

J.B. Gaynor

Seasons

  • Lily B. Goode

    1.Lily B. Goode

    10-01-2001

    In a desperate grab for attention, Lily makes out with the nerdish next-door neighbor, Brad O'Keefe, in his car; when Sean catches them, he responds in a rather unorthodox way--by...

  • In My Room

    2.In My Room

    7.5
    17-01-200130m

    Sean inadvertently finds a fake ID in Lily's bedroom. Sean and Claudia confront their daughter about her rebellious behavior, but they get few answers. They decide to hack into her...

  • I Wanna Be Suspended

    3.I Wanna Be Suspended

    7.0
    24-01-200130m

    Jimmy’s science project is late, because his parents made him go with them to a Ramones’ concert. When Sean pleads Jimmy’s case with the principal, he only succeeds in getting Jimm...

  • Devil with a Plaid Skirt

    4.Devil with a Plaid Skirt

    7.0
    31-01-200130m

    Jimmy's claim of demonic possession and Lily's skirt length prompt Sean's perceived battle with school head Sister Helen

  • Action Mountain High

    5.Action Mountain High

    6.5
    07-02-200130m

    Lily's trip to an amusement park with a group of her friends backfires when she calls Sean to pick her up. He doesn't like what he sees, and when he realizes HE was the one called...

  • You Can't Always Get What You Want

    6.You Can't Always Get What You Want

    7.0
    21-02-200130m

    Lily freaks out when Sean says they can't afford to send her on a ski trip with her classmates. But things get worse when she learns that Sean inherited some money and spent it on...

  • Like a Virgin

    7.Like a Virgin

    7.0
    28-02-200130m

    Claudia is looking forward to a trip to New Jersey to try to bond with Lily. However, things go from bad to worse when Claudia tells popular cheerleaders from Lily's school that h...

  • Devil's Haircut

    8.Devil's Haircut

    28-03-2001

    Sean (Donal Logue) tries to disguise the fact that he cut Henry's (Jake Burbage) hair himself instead of taking him to a barber shop.

  • Eddie's Dead

    9.Eddie's Dead

    04-04-2001

    Sean (Donal Logue) tries to keep Eddie (Kevin Corrigan) from hitting on a woman (guest star Julie Claire) Claudia (Megyn Price) is consoling after a break-up.

  • Catch Us If You Can

    10.Catch Us If You Can

    18-04-2001

    Sean catches a fly ball that's still in play and loses a game for the Yankees. Claudia's upset when the bachelorette party she's throwing for her girlfriend gets disrupted by Sean,...

  • Jimmy's Got a Gun

    11.Jimmy's Got a Gun

    25-04-2001

    Walt gives Jimmy a BB gun for his birthday, prompting an all-out war between him and Sean, which ends up with Walt in the hospital, shot in the rump.

  • Jimmy Was Kung-Fu Fighting

    12.Jimmy Was Kung-Fu Fighting

    02-05-2001

    To save for a dream vacation to Mexico, Sean and Claudia start working extra shifts at work. This leads to chaos at home, with Eddie raising the kids, Lily getting her tongue pier...

  • Loser

    13.Loser

    09-05-2001

    Sean volunteers to referee Henry's soccer team and ends up making an unethical decision in the team's favor. Which in hindsight wasn't a great idea, when Henry gets an inflated ego...

  • Mrs. Finnerty, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

    14.Mrs. Finnerty, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

    16-05-2001

    When Lily is miserable because she and her girlfriends have been booed off the stage at the school's talent show, Sean and Claudia have some explaining to do. Meanwhile, the Finne...

  • Love Child

    15.Love Child

    23-05-2001

    Sean has some explaining to do when Lily’s devastated to discover that she was born out of wedlock.

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