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COLLECTION · Series · 1967

The Flying Nun

Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her means are often bemoaned by Mother Superior. The other Sisters must cope with their beloved Sister's aerodynamics and antics as she flies in and out of trouble.

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* 6.3 (36)ComedyFantasyScience FictionUnited States
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Creators
Marie Teresa Ríos · Bernard Slade · Harry Ackerman
Countries
United States
Studios
ABC · Screen Gems Television
Runtime
25 min/ep
Age rating
TV-G
Release
07/09/1967
Score
6.3 / 10 (36)
Where to watch
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. A Look Back at the Flying Nun
25 min

An extended interview with the series' star. Her previous sitcom, Gidget, had been canceled by ABC but became a surprise hit during summer reruns. Rather than start production on Gidget again, the network asked the show's producer to come…

Season 1
Season 1
30 episodes · 1967
Episode 1. The Flying Nun (Pilot)
1967-09-07 · 50 min

Located atop a hill in old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Convent San Tanco is populated by, among others, Sister Bertrille, a new novice from New York, who is to teach kindergarten, but discovers that the strong winds of San Juan coupled…

Episode 2. The Convert
1967-09-14 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille tries to explain her flying ability to Carlos.

Episode 3. Old Cars for New
1967-09-21 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille goes to a greedy car salesman to get a new station wagon for San Tanco.

Episode 4. A Bell for San Tanco
1967-09-28 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille and Carlos try to salvage the convent's bell from the ocean.

Episode 5. The Fatal Hibiscus
1967-10-05 · 25 min

Rumors of Sister Bertrille's imminent demise lead to a conspiracy to brighten her last days.

Episode 6. Flight of the Dodo Bird
1967-10-12 · 25 min

A psychiatrist pays a visit to San Tanco.

Episode 7. Polly Wants a Cracked Head
1967-10-19 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille and Sister Jaqueline try to hide a bird in the convent.

Episode 8. Ah Love, Could You and I Conspire
1967-10-26 · 25 min

A hit man's girl poses as Mother Superior's secretary, but makes friends with the Sisters.

Episode 9. Days of Nuns and Roses
1967-11-02 · 25 min

To raise money for the convent, Sister Bertrille and the others try to market sea grape juice under the title ""Nector of San Tanco."" But, however, they get more than they bargain for.

Episode 10. With Love from Irving
1967-11-09 · 25 min

After helping a pelican on the beach, Sister Bertrille has to cope with a lovesick bird.

Episode 11. It's an Ill Wind
1967-11-16 · 25 min

When Mother Superior goes on a business trip in Saint Thomas, Sister Bertrille uses her powers to give Plaseato something very important that she forgot. When the wind dies down, she lands on a small island where some gamblers are staying.

Episode 12. A Young Man with a Cornette
1967-11-23 · 25 min

When she and Sister Jaqueline volunteer at a hospital, Sister Bertrille befriends a boy with a knack for telling lies. The boy sees Bertrille flying, but no one else believes him!

Episode 13. The Patron of Santa Thomasina
1967-11-30 · 25 min

Sisters Bertrille and Jaqueline try to stop a civil war between the village of Santa Thomasina.

Episode 14. If You Want to Fly, Keep Your Cornette Dry
1967-12-07 · 25 min

After a day picnicking, the gang are ready to head back to the convent, however their station wagon isn't being cooperative. Sister Bertrille decides that she will fly to a pay telephone and call Carlos to come pick them up. But the…

Episode 15. The Dig In
1967-12-14 · 25 min

When looking for rocks, Sister Bertrille gets stuck in a mine with an ex-con.

Episode 16. Wailing in a Winter Wonderland
1967-12-21 · 25 min

After pulling the name of an elderly nun from the Christmas grab bag, Sister Bertrille tries to make it snow. Even though her intentions are good, all goes wrong.

Episode 17. With a Friend Like Him
1967-12-28 · 25 min

A clumsy brother comes to the convent to help with the library.

Episode 18. Tonio's Mother
1968-01-04 · 25 min

A little boy believes Sister Bertrille is his mother.

Episode 19. A Fish Story
1968-01-11 · 25 min

Sister Sixto's uncle uses Sister Bertrille to help him catch fish.

Episode 20. The Hot Spell
1968-01-18 · 25 min

A hot spell is drifting through San Juan, and with it comes gangster Rufus Morgan, who has vowed to take over Carlos' casino.

Episode 21. My Sister, the Sister
1968-01-25 · 25 min

Carlos falls for Sister Bertrille's sister.

Episode 22. Sister Lucky
1968-02-01 · 25 min

A gambler thinks Sister Bertrille is good luck.

Episode 23. The Sister and the Old Salt
1968-02-08 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille helps a sailor who plans on going from San Juan to Miami in a tiny ship.

Episode 24. Cyrano de Bertrille
1968-02-22 · 25 min

Pedro Alvarez and Juan Cortez are business partners of a produce business, Juan the business oriented partner, Pedro the customer oriented partner. When Pedro reveals he is illiterate and can't read a letter from his girlfriend in Miami,…

Episode 25. Reconversion of Sister Shapiro
1968-02-29 · 25 min

When a lonesome Jewish girl comes to stay at Convent San Tanco while her parents are away on vacation, Sister Bertrille takes on chief babysitting duties--and perhaps goes too far in the Big Sister department before little Linda Shapiro…

Episode 26. Where There's a Will
1968-03-14 · 25 min

In the will of a benefactor, the convent is the sole beneficiary of the estate. Unfortunately the only asset of the estate is the contract of a boxer, the Buffalo Buzzsaw aka Mike Sever.

Episode 27. The Puce Albert
1968-03-21 · 25 min

Carlos is doing his mandatory two-week active duty with the marine corps, and is stationed on a small remote island near San Juan.

Episode 28. May the Wind Be Always at Your Back
1968-03-28 · 25 min

Bridgett Faulkner and Joel Bascomb reluctantly accept their prizes donated by Carlos Ramirez as the top students at the convent, the award being a day out on the town and dinner at the Captains Table.

Episode 29. Love Me, Love My Dog
1968-04-04 · 25 min

One of the convent children takes an interest in Scraples, a kleptomanic dog.

Episode 30. You Can't Get There from Here
1968-04-11 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille, Carlos, and one of Carlos's girls are stranded on a desert island.

Season 2
Season 2
26 episodes · 1968
Episode 1. Song of Bertrille
1968-09-26 · 25 min

Psychedelic episode featuring The Sundowners. Sister Bertrille hears that Sonny and the Sundowners will be performing at Casino Carlos A-Go-Go. She knew Sonny and wants to say hello. When they meet, Sonny offers to help the convent and…

Episode 2. The Crooked Convent
1968-10-03 · 25 min

The new Captain of Police, Gaspar Fomento, is frequenting the convent's bazaar. Carlos has donated a lot to the bazaar, has won some of his donations back, and the captain has lost much. He has suspicions that the convent and Carlos are…

Episode 3. The Rabbi and the Nun
1968-10-10 · 25 min

The Temple Beth Sholom overseen by Rabbi Mendez is the only synagogue in San Juan. Rabbi Mendez has a problem: engaged couple Alfredo Acquilar and Sophia Baldazon want to get married but the temple is too small to hold all their invited…

Episode 4. The Return of Father Lundigan
1968-10-17 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille needs to see Dr. Paredes, the dentist, to have a toothache fixed, but Sister Bertrille is scared of dentists. So the Reverend Mother goes with her to hold her hand. To calm Sister Bertrille's nerves, Dr. Paredes puts her…

Episode 5. The Convent is Condemned
1968-10-24 · 25 min

By-the-book Captain Fomento is getting bored in San Tanco, a town where he says nothing exciting happens, and is thinking of resigning. To stop him, Sister Bertrille tells him that there is a crime wave at Carlos' casino.

Episode 6. The Organ Transplant
1968-11-07 · 25 min

Carlos will do anything to get away from Manuel, who wants Carlos to audition his step-niece by marriage for his nightclub show.

Episode 7. Two Bad Eggs
1968-11-14 · 25 min

Condorillo hawks and their eggs are outlawed by the authorities since they are considered a nuisance, especially to sugar cane farmers. However Sister Bertrille stumbles across a pair of such orphaned eggs and cannot in good conscience…

Episode 8. All Alone by the Convent Phone
1968-11-21 · 25 min

While everyone else is at a charity benefit, Sister Bertrille is alone at the convent nursing sick child Felix. She hears a news bulletin on the radio that escaped convict Ignacio Ferrante is in the vicinity of San Tanco, and she gets…

Episode 9. It's an Ill Windfall
1968-11-28 · 25 min

Misunderstandings start when a $5,000 donation check is destroyed and the sisters, who have never met the donator, try to find him so that he can write them another one.

Episode 10. Slightly Hot Parking Meters
1968-12-12 · 25 min

Captain Fomento has had parking meters installed in San Tanco, but he's the only one who likes them.

Episode 11. To Fly or Not to Fly
1968-12-19 · 25 min

There are two upcoming important events: the novices are approaching their rededication ceremony, and the Reverend Mother is attending a conference in Chicago. With the latter, she can take one travel companion, and all the sisters do…

Episode 12. How to Be a Spanish Grandmother
1968-12-26 · 25 min

Carlos is looking for a wife - only temporarily. His grandmother, Amalia Ramirez, is coming for a visit, and once, when it looked as if she was dying, he told her he was married with a family to make her happy.

Episode 13. The Landlord Cometh
1969-01-02 · 25 min

The 99 year lease of the Convent is up. The Landlord decides to move in for a while, much to the sisters dismay.

Episode 14. Sister Socko in San Tanco
1969-01-16 · 25 min

Convent orphan Michael Antonio idolizes his uncle, renowned magician and juggler Marko the Magnificient. Marko is coming to San Tanco to visit Michael, an opportunity Sister Bertrille cannot let pass.

Episode 15. A Star is Reborn
1969-01-23 · 25 min

Actress Sabrina Michaels is trying to escape from her movie star life and her philandering co-star and fiancé, Spencer Michaels. She has walked off the set of her movie and in her escape, has a near fatal drowning caused by and saved by…

Episode 16. The Great Casino Robbery (1)
1969-01-30 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille's family friend, "Uncle" Reggie Overton Perkins, has taken a job in San Juan. Uncle Reggie has somewhat of a shady past and present, but has managed to get a job at Carlos' casino as security expert, which includes…

Episode 17. The Great Casino Robbery (2)
1969-02-06 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille finds Uncle Reggie, who is still the prime suspect in the casino robbery. Unfortunately for Uncle Reggie, Captain Fomento also finds him. Sister Bertrille however convinces Carlos and Captain Fomento of Uncle Reggie's…

Episode 18. The Boyfriend
1969-02-13 · 25 min

While on a retreat with Sister Jacqueline, Sister Bertrille runs into one of her old boyfriends, Randy Putnam.

Episode 19. The Kleptomonkeyac
1969-02-20 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille is looking after Pepe, a chimpanzee, as a favor to Dolores, one of Carlos' girlfriends. Pepe's arrival at the convent coincides with a rash of thefts in the neighborhood, thefts of small, rather insignificant trinkets.…

Episode 20. The Moo is Blue
1969-02-27 · 25 min

Farmer Gonzalo, the convent's milk supplier, is moving to St. Thomas and can't take Alicia, his beloved cow with him. Sister Bertrille decides to buy Alicia for the convent as a cheap, constant and reliable milk supply for the kitchen and…

Episode 21. The Breakaway Monk
1969-03-06 · 25 min

The sisters need to call in accident-prone Brother Paul back to the convent to do some bookkeeping work. The sisters do everything in their power to keep Brother Paul from doing harm to himself, to them or to the convent.

Episode 22. Happy Birthday, Dear Gaspar
1969-03-13 · 25 min

Captain Fomento of thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday, even the nuns.

Episode 23. Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters
1969-03-20 · 25 min

The nuns try to go into busness again, this time they have Sister Sixto baking bread.

Episode 24. The Convent Gets the Business
1969-03-27 · 25 min

The convent is willed a dry goods business, which is free and clear of debt. However it is devoid of any sense of order.

Episode 25. Cousins By the Dozen
1969-04-03 · 25 min

On a day that Carlos has promised some of the convent children a boat ride, he reneges to go to Culebra for a date with Elena.

Episode 26. The Lottery
1969-04-10 · 25 min

The convent has a fund raiser for building maintenance. When Sister Bertrille asks a farmer for a contribution, he does not have extra money, but he donates a lottery ticket, which is worth $25,000 if picked.

Season 3
Season 3
26 episodes · 1969
Episode 1. The Big Game
1969-09-17 · 25 min

The convent baseball team has its first game on the weekend. Generous Carlos outfits the team so that it will at least look like it knows what it's doing; in other words, the convent team is the underdog in the game.

Episode 2. My Sister the Star
1969-09-24 · 25 min

Local celebrity and television show host, Claudio the Clown, thinks that Sister Bertrille would be perfect person to have as a guest on his children's show.

Episode 3. Speak the Speech, I Pray You
1969-10-01 · 25 min

San Tanco is getting a new parish priest, Father Walter Larson, an old friend of the Reverend Mother's. But Father Larson has spent most of his life as an archivist, and is used to being alone with his books, and is not a very social…

Episode 4. The Paolo Story
1969-10-08 · 25 min

The Reverend Mother hires Paola Guzman as her temporary secretary. Paola, full of Latin flair with a penchant to do the bossa nova, is a bit at odds with the staunch Reverend Mother's style, but Paola is admittedly an efficient secretary…

Episode 5. Marcello's Idol
1969-10-15 · 25 min

When Marcello describes the sisters' to others as "guys", they think that he needs a fatherly male influence in his life.

Episode 6. Guess Who's Coming to Picket
1969-10-22 · 25 min

Carlos' wait staff, led by Enrique, is on strike against who they consider their tyrant boss.

Episode 7. The Not So Great Impostor
1969-10-29 · 25 min

Struggling writer and ex-newspaperman Joe Barnes/Roy Barnes thinks he's hit the jackpot when he sees Sister Bertrille fly. She will be his exclusive story. All he needs is some photographs of her in flight to accompany his story.

Episode 8. A Convent Full of Miracles
1969-11-05 · 25 min

On a dark and stormy evening, Alonzo Baldazon's jalopy of a car breaks down outside the convent where he takes refuge.

Episode 9. Hector and the Brass Band
1969-11-12 · 25 min

In trying to get rid of a brass bed, Sisters Bertrille and Sixto trade it for a donkey named Hector.

Episode 10. The New Habit
1969-11-19 · 25 min

The Mother General has issued an edict for the sisters to wear a new habit. The sisters are all thrilled by the new, modern habit, that is until one by one they all realize that the new cornette with which will no longer allow Sister…

Episode 11. Bertrille and the Silent Flicks
1969-11-26 · 25 min

When the Mother General Adelaide of Culebra wants the sisters to hold a fund-raiser, the sisters think the perfect event would be to run the silent film Lure of the West, the thought initiated after they discover that the Mother General…

Episode 12. A Ticket For Betrille
1969-12-10 · 25 min

On a day outing with Marcello, Sister Bertrille breaks three different traffic regulations. She forces Officer Juarez to give her a ticket so show Marcello that even nuns have to obey the law or pay the price.

Episode 13. The New Carlos
1969-12-17 · 25 min

After Sister Bertrille is partly the cause for Carlos' latest mishap which places him in the hospital, Carlos and Sister Bertrille individually review their relationship.

Episode 14. Dear Aggie
1969-12-31 · 25 min

Rickie Malinas is the sports writer for the San Tanco Tribune. But he's also temporarily Dear Aggie, the paper's advice columnist. He convinces Sister Bertrille to take over Dear Aggie duties until he can find a permanent replacement.

Episode 15. My Sister, the Doctor
1970-01-07 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille's sister, Dr. Jennifer Ethrington, is in San Tanco for some much needed rest and relaxation. She isn't aware that there is a medical convention in town, and as such, she takes the sisters up on their offer to stay at the…

Episode 16. Armando and the Pool Table
1970-01-23 · 25 min

Carlos donates a pool table to the convent. Sister Bertrille thinks it would be a good pastime for convent orphan Armando to partake as his current diversions are wild flights of fancy.

Episode 17. Hello Columbus
1970-01-30 · 25 min

As her lead gets ill, Sister Bertrille is looking for someone to portray Columbus in a reenactment of his landing on Puerto Rico. Carlos suggests his cousin, Luis, who is back in the casino kitchen causing Carlos grief since the dry goods…

Episode 18. The Dumbest Kid in School
1970-02-06 · 25 min

Mr. Sanders is an ex-student of the convent, now a success in his adult life. He has come back to the convent to adopt a child, namely what he calls the dumbest kid in school.

Episode 19. A Man's Best Friend Isn't
1970-02-13 · 25 min

Felix Ragusa, an independent plumber, gets a major plumbing job at Carlos' casino, the job obtained through an introduction from Sister Bertrille. Because Felix has to run around to get supplies, he has to leave his sidekick, Tiger the…

Episode 20. The Somnaviatrix
1970-02-20 · 25 min

Little does Sister Bertrille know, but she's sleep-flying. On one of her sleeping flights, she comes across Carlos with Sophia Novello, the daughter of a business associate Antonio Novello.

Episode 21. Papa Carlos
1970-02-27 · 25 min

Kim Ching is Carlos' foster daughter visiting from Korea. Carlos is expecting Kim to be a young girl who still plays with teddy bears, but she ends up being a beautiful young woman who is looking for a husband.

Episode 22. The Candid Commercial
1970-03-06 · 25 min

After the convent washing machine breaks down, the sisters are forced to go to a laundromat. When Sister Bertrille goes in to do the convent laundry, little does she know that Harry Madison and Eddie, a commercial producer and cameraman,…

Episode 23. A Gift for El Charro
1970-03-13 · 25 min

Pablo Cortina stops by the convent looking for work, and agrees to do handyman work in exchange for English lessons. To Carlos, Pablo looks a lot like El Charro, a famous bullfighter from Madrid.

Episode 24. When Generations Gap
1970-03-20 · 25 min

Sister Bertrille gets into a fender bender, caused by her running a red light. She can't really remember what happened, and is willing to accept responsibility for the accident if it was her fault. The occupants of the other car are…

Episode 25. Operation Population
1970-03-27 · 25 min

To save a children's day camp in a park in San Tanco, Sister Bertrille and the nuns must attract more residents to the town.

Episode 26. No Tears For Mrs. Thomas
1970-04-03 · 25 min

Thomas Martinez, Carlos' uncle, is planning his own funeral to be held next week, this funeral despite him not being ill. He admits to Sister Bertrille that he has witnessed what he calls the Martinez Sign, that which generations of his…

Cast by season
Sally Field
Sally Field
Sister Bertrille
Marge Redmond
Marge Redmond
Sister Jacqueline
Madeleine Sherwood
Madeleine Sherwood
Reverend Mother Superior Placido
Alejandro Rey
Alejandro Rey
Carlos Ramirez
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