The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

📊 Series Specifications

Network UPN
Episode Runtime ~21 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 9
Original Language EN

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)

⭐ 3.0 / 5 (2 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 9 Episodes 🏷️ Comedy 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer is an American sitcom that aired on UPN in 1998. Before it was even debuted, the series set off a storm of controversy because of a perceived light-hearted take on the issue of American slavery.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 A.O.L.: Abe On-Line

Lincoln engages in ""telegraph sex"" with a woman he's never seen.

E2 Up, Up and Away

Desmond, Nibblet and the President wind up trapped behind enemy lines after a freak accident with an observation balloon, and President Lincoln must dress in drag to escape Southern territory. Meanwhile, General Grant tries sobriety.

E3 Saving Mr. Lincoln

When Lincoln falls ill before a meeting with Queen Victoria, Mary Todd decides to hire a body double to impersonate the president. Little does the body double know that she's got another use in mind for him.

E4 Once Upon a Mistress

When foreign dignitaries bring their mistresses to visit, President Lincoln finds temptation in a gift from a foreign dignitary. Meanwhile, Nibblet concocts a tonic for Mary's migraines.

E5 Pilot

After managing to get himself hired as President Lincoln's butler, Desmond Pfeiffer schemes to return to his native England.

E6 Pigeon English
E7 Kidnapped

When Confederate soldiers kidnap Mrs. Lincoln, Grant retaliates by kidnapping Robert E. Lee's wife.

E8 School Daze
E9 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner