List of Providence episodes

This is a list of episodes from the NBC series Providence. A total of 96 episodes aired over five seasons.

Series overview[]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
	1	17	January 8, 1999 (1999-01-08)	May 21, 1999 (1999-05-21)	18	13.9^[1]
	2	23	September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24)	May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)	25	13.14^[2]
	3	22	October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)	43	11.5^[3]
	4	22	September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)	36	11.4^[4]
	5	12	October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	December 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)	39	10.9^[5]

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1999)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Pilot"	Michael Fresco	John Masius	January 8, 1999 (1999-01-08)	63001
2	2	"Home Again"	Michael Fresco	John Masius	January 15, 1999 (1999-01-15)	63002
3	3	"All Good Dogs Go to Heaven"	Tucker Gates	Robert De Laurentiis	January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22)	63003
4	4	"Sisters"	Ian Toynton	Lance Gentile	January 29, 1999 (1999-01-29)	63004
5	5	"Runaway Sydney"	John Patterson	Nell Scovell	February 5, 1999 (1999-02-05)	63005
6	6	"Tying the Not"	Marc Buckland	Todd A. Kessler	February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12)	63006
7	7	"If Memory Serves"	John Whitesell	Judith Kahan	February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19)	63007
8	8	"Blind Faith"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentiis	February 26, 1999 (1999-02-26)	63008
9	9	"Taste of Providence"	Joe Ann Fogle	Lance Gentile	March 12, 1999 (1999-03-12)	63009
10	10	"You Bet Your Life"	Ian Toynton	Nell Scovell	March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)	63010
11	11	"Pig in Providence"	Randall Zisk	Todd A. Kessler	April 2, 1999 (1999-04-02)	63011
12	12	"Saint Syd"	John Patterson	Andrew Gottlieb	April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09)	63012
13	13	"Family Tree"	Michael Fresco	Patty Holmes	April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)	63013
14	14	"Good Fellows"	Michael Fresco	Todd A. Kessler	April 30, 1999 (1999-04-30)	63014
15	15	"Two to Tango"	Michael Fresco	Melissa Gould	May 7, 1999 (1999-05-07)	63015
16	16	"Guys and Dolls"	Ian Toynton	Carol Barbee	May 14, 1999 (1999-05-14)	63016
17	17	"Heaven Can Wait"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentis	May 21, 1999 (1999-05-21)	63017

Season 2 (1999–2000)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
18	1	"The Third Thing"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentiis & John Masius	September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24)
19	2	"The Letter"	Ian Toynton	Tim Kring	October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01)
20	3	"The Birthday Party"	John Patterson	Carol Mendelsohn	October 22, 1999 (1999-10-22)
21	4	"You Can't Hurry Love"	Tony Wharmby	Dana Baratta	October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29)
22	5	"He's Come Undone"	Ian Toynton	Antoinette Stella	November 5, 1999 (1999-11-05)
23	6	"The Phantom Menace"	Oz Scott	Elle Triedman	November 12, 1999 (1999-11-12)
24	7	"Sail Away"	Ian Toynton	Carol Barbee	November 19, 1999 (1999-11-19)
25 26	8 9	"Thank You Providence"	Michael Fresco	Story by : Robert DeLaurentis & John Masius Teleplay by : Robert DeLaurentis & Carol Barbee	November 26, 1999 (1999-11-26)
27	10	"Home for the Holidays"	Tony Wharmby	Mike Kelley	December 17, 1999 (1999-12-17)
28	11	"The Kiss"	Melanie Mayron	Tim Kring	January 7, 2000 (2000-01-07)
29	12	"Mother and Child"	Rick Rosenthal	Carol Mendelsohn	January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21)
30	13	"The Reunion"	Michael Fresco	Dana Baratta	February 4, 2000 (2000-02-04)
31	14	"The Apartment"	David Straiton	Antoinette Stella	February 11, 2000 (2000-02-11)
32	15	"Sibling Rivalry"	Monica Wyatt	Elle Triedman	February 18, 2000 (2000-02-18)
33	16	"Do the Right Thing"	Tony Wharmby	Carol Barbee	February 25, 2000 (2000-02-25)
34	17	"The Storm"	Michael Fresco	Norman Morrill	March 17, 2000 (2000-03-17)
35	18	"Don't Go Changin'"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rob Fresco	March 31, 2000 (2000-03-31)
36	19	"Family Ties"	Rick Rosenthal	Mike Kelley & Eli Talbert	April 14, 2000 (2000-04-14)
37	20	"Taking a Chance on Love"	Michael Fresco	Carol Barbee & Antoinette Stella	April 28, 2000 (2000-04-28)
38	21	"Love Is in the Air"	Rick Rosenthal	Elle Triedman	May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05)
39	22	"Syd in Wonderland"	Randall Zisk	Tim Kring	May 12, 2000 (2000-05-12)
40	23	"Paradise Inn"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentiis	May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)

Season 3 (2000–01)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
41	1	"Safe at Home"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentiis	October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)	63851
42	2	"Trick or Treat"	Ian Toynton	Tim Kring	October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27)	63852
43	3	"The Good Doctor"	Tony Wharmby	Ken LaZebnik	November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)	63853
44	4	"Rescue Me"	Greg Beeman	Rob Fresco	November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)	63854
45	5	"The Unsinkable Sydney Hansen"	Duane Clark	Carol Barbee	November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17)	63856
46 47	6 7	"The Thanksgiving Story"	Michael Fresco	Robert De Laurentiis & Elle Triedman	November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24)	63855
48	8	"The Gift"	Ian Toynton	Mike Kelley	December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15)	63857
49	9	"Big Night"	Michael Fresco	Tim Kring	January 5, 2001 (2001-01-05)	63858
50	10	"The Gun"	Rick Rosenthal	Ken LaZebnik	January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12)	63859
51	11	"Saved by the Bell"	Michael Fresco	Bob Fresco	February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)	63860
52	12	"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"	John R. Leonetti	Elle Triedman	February 9, 2001 (2001-02-09)	63861
53	13	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	Rick Rosenthal	Carol Barbee	February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16)	63862
54	14	"The Invisible Man"	Greg Beeman	Robert De Laurentis & Mike Kelley	February 23, 2001 (2001-02-23)	63863
55	15	"Parenthood"	Monica Wyatt	Rob Fresco	March 2, 2001 (2001-03-02)	63864
56	16	"Love Story"	Ian Toynton	Elle Triedman	March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16)	63865
57	17	"Exposure"	Rick Rosenthal	Carol Barbee	March 30, 2001 (2001-03-30)	63866
58	18	"Magician"	Ian Toynton	John Romano	April 20, 2001 (2001-04-20)	63867
59	19	"Meet Joe Connelly"	Michael Fresco	Mike Kelley	April 27, 2001 (2001-04-27)	63868
60	20	"Trial & Error"	John Patterson	Carol Barbee & Elle Triedman	May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04)	63869
61	21	"Rule Number One"	Tony Wharmby	Rob Fresco	May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)	63870
62	22	"Falling"	Michael Fresco	Teleplay by: Robert DeLaurentis & Ray DeLaurentis Story by: Ray DeLaurentis	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)	63871

Season 4 (2001–02)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
63	1	"Dad"	Michael Fresco	John Masius	September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)
64	2	"Home Sweet Home"	Ian Toynton	Rob Fresco	October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)
65	3	"Impulse Control"	Monica Wyatt	Elle Triedman	October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)
66	4	"You Can Count on Me"	Michael Fresco	Carol Barbee	October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19)
67	5	"Civil Unrest"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Mike Kelley	October 26, 2001 (2001-10-26)
68	6	"Best Man"	Kristoffer Tabori	Ann Hamilton	November 2, 2001 (2001-11-02)
69	7	"The Honeymoon's Over"	John Patterson	Jennifer M. Johnson	November 9, 2001 (2001-11-09)
70	8	"Rocky Road"	Michael Fresco	Remi Aubuchon	November 16, 2001 (2001-11-16)
71	9	"Gobble Gobble"	Duane Clark	Rob Fresco	November 23, 2001 (2001-11-23)
72	10	"The Mating Dance"	Michael Fresco	Elle Triedman	December 14, 2001 (2001-12-14)
73	11	"The Start of Something"	Ian Toynton	Carol Barbee	January 4, 2002 (2002-01-04)
74	12	"Shadow Play"	Craig Zisk	Mike Kelley	January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)
75	13	"The Good Fight"	Michael Fresco	Jennifer Johnson	January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25)
76	14	"All the King's Men"	Karen Gaviola	Ann Hamilton	February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)
77	15	"Act Naturally"	Monica Wyatt	Rob Fresco	March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)
78	16	"Limbo"	TBA	TBA	March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29)
79	17	"The Whole Truth"	Michael Fresco	Jennifer Cecil	April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
80	18	"Gotcha"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Carol Barbee	April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)
81	19	"Great Expectations"	TBA	TBA	April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19)
82	20	"Things Have Changed"	James Quinn	Terrence Coli	April 26, 2002 (2002-04-26)
83	21	"Smoke and Mirrors"	Ian Toynton	Jennifer Johnson & Mike Kelley	May 3, 2002 (2002-05-03)
84	22	"Out of Control"	Michael Fresco	Elle Triedman & Ann Hamilton	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)

Season 5 (2002)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
85	1	"A New Beginning"	Michael Fresco	Elle Triedman	October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)
86	2	"It's Raining Men"	James Quinn	Carol Barbee	October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)
87	3	"Cloak and Dagger"	Michael Fresco	Jennifer Johnson	October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18)
88	4	"The Wedding Planner"	Ian Toynton	Mike Kelley	October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25)
89	5	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	TBA	TBA	November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)
90	6	"The Heart of the Matter"	TBA	TBA	November 8, 2002 (2002-11-08)
91	7	"Truth and Consequences"	TBA	TBA	November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)
92	8	"Left-Overs"	TBA	TBA	November 22, 2002 (2002-11-22)
93	9	"The Sound of Music"	Melina Kanakaredes	Ann Lewis Hamilton & Jennifer M. Johnson	December 6, 2002 (2002-12-06)
94	10	"Eye of the Storm"	TBA	TBA	December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13)
95–96	11	"The Eleventh Hour"	TBA	TBA	December 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)

References[]

^ "TV Winners & Losers: Numbers Racket A Final Tally Of The Season's Show (from Nielsen Media Research)". GeoCities. June 4, 1999. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
^ "Top TV Shows For 1999–2000 Season". Variety. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
^ "The Bitter End". Entertainment Weekly Published in issue #598 Jun 1, 2001. June 1, 2001. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
^ "How did your favorite show rate?". USA Today. May 28, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
^ "Rank And File". Entertainment Weekly Published in issue #713 Jun 6, 2003. June 6, 2003.

External links[]

Providence at IMDb

[9899season-1] "TV Winners & Losers: Numbers Racket A Final Tally Of The Season's Show (from Nielsen Media Research)". GeoCities. June 4, 1999. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-17.

[9900season-2] "Top TV Shows For 1999–2000 Season". Variety. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

[0001season-3] "The Bitter End". Entertainment Weekly Published in issue #598 Jun 1, 2001. June 1, 2001. Retrieved January 9, 2010.

[0102season-4] "How did your favorite show rate?". USA Today. May 28, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2010.

[0203season-5] "Rank And File". Entertainment Weekly Published in issue #713 Jun 6, 2003. June 6, 2003.

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