The Flying Nun

1967 · 25m · TMDB 6.3/10 (36 votes)

ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

About 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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
6.3/10 from 36 votes
Seasons
3
Episodes
82

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 3

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S3 E125 min

The Big Game

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.

S3 E225 min

My Sister the Star

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.

S3 E325 min

Speak the Speech, I Pray You

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 person.

S3 E425 min

The Paolo Story

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 with a kind heart.

S3 E525 min

Marcello's Idol

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

S3 E625 min

Guess Who's Coming to Picket

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

S3 E725 min

The Not So Great Impostor

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.

S3 E825 min

A Convent Full of Miracles

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

S3 E925 min

Hector and the Brass Band

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

S3 E1025 min

The New Habit

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 Bertrille to fly.

S3 E1125 min

Bertrille and the Silent Flicks

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 is former silent film actress Gloria Davenport, the movie's star.

S3 E1225 min

A Ticket For Betrille

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.

S3 E1325 min

The New Carlos

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.

S3 E1425 min

Dear Aggie

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.

S3 E1525 min

My Sister, the Doctor

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 convent to get away from the shop talk that would happen if she stayed at the hotel.

S3 E1625 min

Armando and the Pool Table

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.

S3 E1725 min

Hello Columbus

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 store went bankrupt.

S3 E1825 min

The Dumbest Kid in School

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.

S3 E1925 min

A Man's Best Friend Isn't

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 dog, with someone.

S3 E2025 min

The Somnaviatrix

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.

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