The Bernie Mac Show - Season 3 - Eps 12: Saving Sergeant Tompkins
Bernie discovers that Jordan has taken his framed Redd Foxx ticket stub for the school time capsule when he is asked to include something that connects him to his past and doesn't have anything of his own. Bernie tells Jordan the hard facts about his past – how his father left them and that when life deals a rough hand one has to suck it up. But the hard facts harden Jordan and Bernie's afraid he's gone too far, so he decides to rewrite history a bit and make Jordan believe that his father left him a keepsake from when he was a sergeant in the Army. When Vanessa hears about Bernie's lies, she is infuriated but eventually agrees it is important that Jordan think well of their father. She gives Jordan the only picture she has of her father so that he can have a real connection to his past.
About The Bernie Mac Show

Title: The Bernie Mac Show
First Air Date: 2001-11-14
Last Air Date: 2006-04-14
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 60 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 104
Network: FOX
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Wilmore Films, New Regency Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Regency Television
Synopsis
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
Cast

Bernie Mac
Bernie 'Mac' McCullough

Jeremy Suarez
Jordan Thomkins

Camille Winbush
Vanessa 'Nessa' Thompkins

Dee Dee Davis
Bryana 'Baby Girl' Thomkins

Kellita Smith
Wanda 'Baby' McCullough