Name: Grounded for Life
Genre: Family, Comedy
Rating: 6.8

About this series

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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⭐ 6.8/10 104 votes

Quick facts

First Aired

2001

Seasons

Episodes

TMDB Rating

⭐ 6.8/10

Votes

104

Genre

Family, Comedy

Status

Ended

Network

FOX

Director

Mike Schiff

Language

Seasons

S01E01

Lily B. Goode

Jan 10, 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 …

S01E02

In My Room

⭐ 8.3

Jan 17, 2001 30 min

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…

S01E03

I Wanna Be Suspended

⭐ 7.0

Jan 24, 2001 30 min

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…

S01E04

Devil with a Plaid Skirt

⭐ 7.0

Jan 31, 2001 30 min

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

S01E05

Action Mountain High

⭐ 6.5

Feb 7, 2001 30 min

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…

S01E06

You Can't Always Get What You Want

⭐ 7.0

Feb 21, 2001 30 min

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 …

S01E07

Like a Virgin

⭐ 7.0

Feb 28, 2001 30 min

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…

S01E08

Devil's Haircut

Mar 28, 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.

S01E09

Eddie's Dead

Apr 4, 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.

S01E10

Catch Us If You Can

Apr 18, 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,…

S01E11

Jimmy's Got a Gun

Apr 25, 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.

S01E12

Jimmy Was Kung-Fu Fighting

May 2, 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…

S01E13

Loser

May 9, 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…

S01E14

Mrs. Finnerty, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

May 16, 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…