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The Flying Nun was an odd little comedy about a nun in a Puerto Rican convent who, when wearing her cornette, had the ability to fly. Despite the silly premise, the show was surprisingly down-to-earth (so to speak).

Here is the complete episode list for The Flying Nun. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions.

	7-Sep-1967	Episode 1	Season 1 Number 1	The Flying Nun (Part 1)	Sr. Bertrille (Sally Field) tries to get Carlos (Alejandro Rey) to donate land to the convent.
	7-Sep-1967	Episode 2	Season 1 Number 2	The Flying Nun (Part 2)	Sr. Bertrille (Sally Field) tries to get Carlos (Alejandro Rey) to donate land to the convent.
	14-Sep-1967	Episode 3	Season 1 Number 3	The Convert	Sr. Bertrille tries to explain her flying ability to Carlos.
	21-Sep-1967	Episode 4	Season 1 Number 4	Old Cars for New	A car dealer finds the perfect sucker: Sr. Bertrille.
	28-Sep-1967	Episode 5	Season 1 Number 5	A Bell for San Tanco	Sr. Bertrille and Carlos try to salvage the convent's bell from the deep.
PURE	5-Oct-1967	Episode 6	Season 1 Number 6	The Fatal Hibiscus	Rumors of Sr. Bertrille's imminent demise lead to a conspiracy to brighten her last days.
	12-Oct-1967	Episode 7	Season 1 Number 7	Flight of a Dodo Bird	A psychologist creates problems for the grounded Sr. Bertrille.
	19-Oct-1967	Episode 8	Season 1 Number 8	Polly Wants a Cracked Head	A parrot has the sisters all aflutter and the Reverend Mother aghast.
	26-Oct-1967	Episode 9	Season 1 Number 9	Ah Love, Could You and I Conspire	A gangster's girlfriend takes refuge with the nuns, vowing not to budge until she gets a wedding band.
	2-Nov-1967	Episode 10	Season 1 Number 10	Days of Nuns and Roses	Sr. Bertrille's latest business venture: sea-grape juice.
PURE	9-Nov-1967	Episode 11	Season 1 Number 11	With Love from Irving	Sr. Bertrille has a new admirer: a pelican that thinks she's a bird of a feather.
	16-Nov-1967	Episode 12	Season 1 Number 12	It's an Ill Wind	A meeting of mobsters is disrupted when Sr. Bertrille makes a landing in their midst.
	23-Nov-1967	Episode 13	Season 1 Number 13	A Young Man with a Coronet	A boy who saw Sr. Bertrille's inadvertent take-off is in Dutch for telling lies.
	30-Nov-1967	Episode 14	Season 1 Number 14	The Patron of Santa Thomasina	A pack-mule trip plummets Sr. Bertrille into a predicament.
	7-Dec-1967	Episode 15	Season 1 Number 15	If You Want to Fly, Keep Your Coronet Dry	Sr. Bertrille and 10 children try to find their way out of the jungle.
	14-Dec-1967	Episode 16	Season 1 Number 16	The Dig In	Sr. Bertrille is trapped in a mine cave-in with Bill Watkins, derelict, born loser and avowed pessimist.
	21-Dec-1967	Episode 17	Season 1 Number 17	Walking in a Winter Wonderland	A white Christmas, courtesy of Sr. Bertrille, threatens San Juan's tourist trade.
	28-Dec-1967	Episode 18	Season 1 Number 18	With a Friend Like Him	Sr. Bertrille lends a hand to Brother Paul, a walking calamity who made a historic discovery — then lost it.
	4-Jan-1968	Episode 19	Season 1 Number 19	Tonio's Mother	A boy is making a shambles of his father's wedding plans: he's convinced that the flying nun is his mother returned from heaven.
	11-Jan-1968	Episode 20	Season 1 Number 20	A Fish Story	Sr. Bertrille helps a salty old seaman fish for another line of work.
	18-Jan-1968	Episode 21	Season 1 Number 21	The Hot Spell	Outflanked by gangsters, Carlos passes ownership of his casino to the nuns.
	25-Jan-1968	Episode 22	Season 1 Number 22	My Sister, the Sister	Sr. Bertrille, her sister Jennifer and Carlos embark on a medical mission in the jungle.
	1-Feb-1968	Episode 23	Season 1 Number 23	Sister Lucky	Sr. Bertrille is adopted as a charm by a hapless gambler in search of good luck.
	8-Feb-1968	Episode 24	Season 1 Number 24	The Sister and the Old Salt	Sr. Bertrille flies out to sea to aid a foundering craft.
	22-Feb-1968	Episode 25	Season 1 Number 25	Cyrano de Bertrille	Albert Paulsen plays an illiterate determined to learn to read and write.
	29-Feb-1968	Episode 26	Season 1 Number 26	Reconversion of Sister Shapiro	Sr. Bertrille has a problem: Carlos's Jewish goddaughter wants to become a nun.
	14-Mar-1968	Episode 27	Season 1 Number 27	Where There's a Will	The sisters inherit a boxer, turning the convent into a training camp — and Carlos into a promoter.
	21-Mar-1968	Episode 28	Season 1 Number 28	The Puce Albert	Sr. Bertrille flies to the rescue of a marine facing court-martial.
	28-Mar-1968	Episode 29	Season 1 Number 29	May the Wind Be Always at Your Back	Carlos becomes the object of a teenager's first crush.
	4-Apr-1968	Episode 30	Season 1 Number 30	Love Me, Love My Dog	A stray dog — with a penchant for stealing — upsets the convent.
	11-Apr-1968	Episode 31	Season 1 Number 31	You Can't Get There from Here	Carlos navigates new depths of despair when he's marooned on a desert island with Sr. Bertrille.
	26-Sep-1968	Episode 32	Season 2 Number 1	Song of Bertrille	A ruckus brews when Sr. Bertrille writes a song to be introduced by a rock group.
	3-Oct-1968	Episode 33	Season 2 Number 2	The Crooked Convent	Blundering Fomento (Vito Scotti) puts his worst foot forward at a convent bazaar.
	10-Oct-1968	Episode 34	Season 2 Number 3	The Rabbi and the Nun	Sr. Bertrille joins forces with a rabbi to get a groom's gambled money back from Carlos.
	17-Oct-1968	Episode 35	Season 2 Number 4	The Return of Father Lundigan	Paul Lynde stars as Father Lundigan, a psychologist mindful of convent oddities.
	24-Oct-1968	Episode 36	Season 2 Number 5	The Convent Is Condemned	The convent and Casino Carlos feel the bite when Fomento lashes out at lawlessness in San Tanco.
	31-Oct-1968	Episode 37	Season 2 Number 6	A Star Is Reborn	All eyes are on the convent when a movie star decides to become a nun.
	7-Nov-1968	Episode 38	Season 2 Number 7	The Organ Transplant	The sisters' dream becomes a nightmare when they acquire an organ.
	14-Nov-1968	Episode 39	Season 2 Number 8	Two Bad Eggs	Unrelated incidents mesh into one frenzy at the convent.
	21-Nov-1968	Episode 40	Season 2 Number 9	All Alone by the Convent Phone	An eerily deserted nunnery sets the scene for one fumbling detective and Sr. Bertrille.
	28-Nov-1968	Episode 41	Season 2 Number 10	It's an Ill Windfall	A search for a benefactor embroils the nuns in a wild misunderstanding with a politician.
	12-Dec-1968	Episode 42	Season 2 Number 11	Slightly Hot Parking Meters	Fomento accuses the sisters of swiping pennies from parking meters.
	19-Dec-1968	Episode 43	Season 2 Number 12	To Fly or Not to Fly	Sr. Bertrille struggles to keep her feet on the ground during the Mother General's visit.
	26-Dec-1968	Episode 44	Season 2 Number 13	How to Be a Spanish Grandmother	Everyone gets into the act to convince Carlos's grandmother that he is a happily married man.
	2-Jan-1969	Episode 45	Season 2 Number 14	The Landlord Cometh	The nuns meet an eviction notice with an appeal that brings their landlord to the door.
	16-Jan-1969	Episode 46	Season 2 Number 15	Sister Socko in San Tanco	A magician refuses to do a one-man benefit, so Sr. Bertrille gets into the act.
	30-Jan-1969	Episode 47	Season 2 Number 16	Great Casino Robbery (Part 1)	Sr. Bertrille's roguish uncle wreaks havoc in the convent.
	6-Feb-1969	Episode 48	Season 2 Number 17	Great Casino Robbery (Part 2)	Thanks to Sr. Bertrille's uncle, he and she are in jail.
	13-Feb-1969	Episode 49	Season 2 Number 18	The Boyfriend	Flashbacks give two versions of an adolescent romance between Sr. Bertrille and visitor Randy Putnam (Dwayne Hickman).
	20-Feb-1969	Episode 50	Season 2 Number 19	The Kleptomonkeyac	Thanks to a light-fingered monkey, Sr. Bertrille is chief suspect in a rash of thefts.
	27-Feb-1969	Episode 51	Season 2 Number 20	The Moo Is Blue	Sr. Bertrille launches a campaign to save a cow from the butcher.
	6-Mar-1969	Episode 52	Season 2 Number 21	The Breakaway Monk	Disaster-prone Brother Paul returns to help Carlos with a tax audit.
	13-Mar-1969	Episode 53	Season 2 Number 22	Happy Birthday, Dear Gaspar	Fomento thinks that a surprise party is for him.
	20-Mar-1969	Episode 54	Season 2 Number 23	Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters	The push is on to mass-produce bread at the convent.
	27-Mar-1969	Episode 55	Season 2 Number 24	The Convent Gets the Business	The convent goes into the red under the inept management of Carlos's cousin.
	3-Apr-1969	Episode 56	Season 2 Number 25	Cousins by the Dozens	Sister Bertrille unwittingly nets Carlos a gaggle of dependent relatives — and one more punctured romance.
	10-Apr-1969	Episode 57	Season 2 Number 26	The Lottery	Sr. Bertrille sparks a frenzy by returning a lottery ticket.
	17-Sep-1969	Episode 58	Season 3 Number 1	The Big Game	Baseball fever strikes Sr. Bertrille. Cameos by Don Drysdale and Willie Davis.
	24-Sep-1969	Episode 59	Season 3 Number 2	My Sister the Star	A TV executive tries to turn Sr. Bertrille into a show-biz nun.
	1-Oct-1969	Episode 60	Season 3 Number 3	Speak the Speech, I Pray You	Robert Cummings plays a priest unnerved by his first parish.
	8-Oct-1969	Episode 61	Season 3 Number 4	The Paolo Story	A convent secretary acquires an "abandoned" baby.
	15-Oct-1969	Episode 62	Season 3 Number 5	Marcello's Idol	Carlos's job as part-time father to a boy grows to unexpected heights.
	22-Oct-1969	Episode 63	Season 3 Number 6	Guess Who's Coming to Picket	A casual chat with strikers lands Sr. Bertrille smack in a bind between labor and management.
	29-Oct-1969	Episode 64	Season 3 Number 7	The Not So Great Impostor	A hotshot reporter worms his way into the convent, determined to get a story on the flying nun.
	5-Nov-1969	Episode 65	Season 3 Number 8	A Convent Full of Miracles	Nehemiah Persoff plays all-time good guy Alonzo Baldaran, who's showering the convent with gifts.
	12-Nov-1969	Episode 66	Season 3 Number 9	Hector and the Brass Band	It's chaos for all concerned when the convent purchases a burro.
	19-Nov-1969	Episode 67	Season 3 Number 10	The New Habit	Sr. Bertrille is grounded by a wingless bonnet.
	26-Nov-1969	Episode 68	Season 3 Number 11	Bertrille and the Silent Flicks	Sister Bertrille arranges a personal appearance of silent movie queen Gloria Davenport, now the Mother General of the order.
	10-Dec-1969	Episode 69	Season 3 Number 12	A Ticket for Bertrille	Sr. Bertrille lands in jail for illegal parking.
	17-Dec-1969	Episode 70	Season 3 Number 13	The New Carlos	Convinced no one likes him, Carlos becomes a new man.
	31-Dec-1969	Episode 71	Season 3 Number 14	Dear Aggie	The sisters become temporary — and zealous — lovelorn columnists.
	7-Jan-1970	Episode 72	Season 3 Number 15	My Sister, the Doctor	Sr. Bertrille's sister Jennifer finds her stay at the convent anything but restful.
	23-Jan-1970	Episode 73	Season 3 Number 16	Armando and the Pool Table	The nuns create a monster when they teach a boy pool.
	30-Jan-1970	Episode 74	Season 3 Number 17	Hello Columbus	Carlos's cousin is cast in a convent pageant.
	6-Feb-1970	Episode 75	Season 3 Number 18	The Dumbest Kid in School	Robert Lansing plays an alumnus of the orphanage seeking to adopt a problem child.
	13-Feb-1970	Episode 76	Season 3 Number 19	Man's Best Friend Isn't	Sr. Bertrille makes the mistake of minding the plumber's dog.
	20-Feb-1970	Episode 77	Season 3 Number 20	The Somnaviatrix	It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Sister Bertrille flying in her sleep!
	27-Feb-1970	Episode 78	Season 3 Number 21	Papa Carlos	Carlos's adopted war orphan arrives — and she's a beauty.
	6-Mar-1970	Episode 79	Season 3 Number 22	The Candid Commercial	Sr. Bertrille becomes the unwitting star of a commercial.
	13-Mar-1970	Episode 80	Season 3 Number 23	A Gift for El Charro	A bullfighter seeks sanctuary to learn to read and write English.
	20-Mar-1970	Episode 81	Season 3 Number 24	When Generations Gap	Singers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart are delayed for their engagement at Casino Carlos: they've had a traffic accident with Sr. Bertrille.
	27-Mar-1970	Episode 82	Season 3 Number 25	Operation Population	Sr. Bertrille fights city hall to save a playground.
	3-Apr-1970	Episode 83	Season 3 Number 26	No Tears for Mrs. Thomas	A septuagenarian asks the nuns to arrange his funeral — on the double.