Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

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For a cool high school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is not a problem.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Pilot

Air Date: 1990-09-02

Parker and Mikey both find the girl of their dreams-- the same girl.

2. Operation Kubiak

Air Date: 1990-09-09

Larry's college football scholarship is in jeopardy when it is discovered he can't add.

3. Power Play

Air Date: 1990-09-16

A new student challenges Parker's authority at Santo Domingo and drafts Jerry into his camp.

4. Parker Lewis Must Lose

Air Date: 1990-09-23

Parker runs for class president, but can't decide whether to win or to ask his opponent for a date.

5. Close, But No Guitar

Air Date: 1990-09-30

Mikey drops out of school to become a guitar hero.

6. G.A.G. Dance

Air Date: 1990-10-07

Parker is waiting for the right girl, Tracy Lee Summers, to ask him to the Girls Ask Guys Dance.

7. Love's a Beast

Air Date: 1990-10-14

The buds search for Mikey's secret admirer named ""Breathless"" and Parker doesn't like the result.

8. Saving Grace

Air Date: 1990-10-21

Parker tries to get Musso her job back after he discovers the replacement is much worse than she was.

9. Musso & Frank

Air Date: 1990-10-28

Frank helps Jerry with American history. In exchange, Parker tries to find a date for Frank.

10. Deja Dudes

Air Date: 1990-11-04

Parker crashes his dad's reunion and finds out how he inherited his coolness.

11. Radio Free Flamingo

Air Date: 1990-11-11

The buds use the school's pirate radio station to unwittingly turn everyone against them.

12. Science Fair

Air Date: 1990-11-18

Parker and Mikey help Jerry overcome stage fright so he can win the district science fair.

13. Teacher, Teacher

Air Date: 1990-12-02

Parker pulls one too many scams, causing one of his favorite teachers to quit.

14. Rent-a-Kube

Air Date: 1990-12-16

Larry is hired to prevent shoplifting at the Lewis's video store, but he scares away the customers.

15. Heather the Class

Air Date: 1991-01-13

Shelly snubs her long-time friend to join the Vogues, the Heathers-like clique.

16. Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie

Air Date: 1991-02-03

Jerry becomes addicted to video games. Musso's mother visits.

17. Splendor in the Class

Air Date: 1991-02-10

Parker's new girlfriend keeps him too busy to spend time with his buds.

18. The Human Grace

Air Date: 1991-02-17

Parker fixes up Dr. Pankow with Ms. Musso, but Dr. Pankow may be plotting against her.

19. Citizen Kube

Air Date: 1991-02-24

Larry wins a magazine sweepstakes and discovers friends he never had before.

20. Randall Without a Cause

Air Date: 1991-03-10

Mikey joins a biker club and finds out it is no ""easy ride"" when he gets arrested.

21. Jerry's First Date

Air Date: 1991-03-24

Parker and Mikey play Cyrano on Jerry's first date.

22. Against the Norm

Air Date: 1991-04-07

Dr. Pankow returns to oust Musso, and Parker must save her.

23. King Kube

Air Date: 1991-04-28

Jerry gets Kubiac elected homecoming king as a joke, but Larry takes it seriously.

24. Teens from a Mall

Air Date: 1991-05-05

At the mall, Parker searches for his elusive dream girl, Jerry searches for a job, and Musso tries to stop spending money.

25. My Fair Shelly

Air Date: 1991-05-12

Shelly blackmails Parker into helping her find a date for a party.

26. Parker Lewis Can't Win

Air Date: 1991-05-19

Parker's first bad day of the year is the last day of the school year.

1. Father Knows Less

Air Date: 1991-08-11

A local business man sponsors a family build-a-better-toaster contest and Mikey can't participate because his mother doesn't have the time.

2. A Walk on the Dark Side

Air Date: 1991-08-18

Shelly joins the Dark Siders, whose initiation calls for her to be suspended from school.

3. Full Mental Jacket

Air Date: 1991-09-01

The buds try to break Jerry of his lack of self-confidence when he is without his coat.

4. Future Shock

Air Date: 1991-09-08

Musso forces Parker to make a decision about his future. Kubiac runs from his booster shot. Shelly takes revenge on the cheerleaders.

5. The Undergraduate

Air Date: 1991-09-15

Parker has a crush on one of his teachers. Jerry wants a part in the school's production of The Music Man.

6. Stormy Mikey

Air Date: 1991-09-22

Mikey lets his school work slide when he gets a chance to impress a record executive.

7. Fat Boy and Little Man

Air Date: 1991-09-29

Jerry joins the football team and becomes king of the gridiron, but fumbles on his friendship with Kube.

8. Aging Gracefully

Air Date: 1991-10-06

Musso mellows as she approaches her 40th birthday, so Parker calls in Dr. Pankow to get the old Musso back.

9. The Parker Chronicles

Air Date: 1991-10-13

Parker's diary falls into the wrong hands and he is afraid of the possible consequences if it gets out.

10. Rock 'n' Roles

Air Date: 1991-10-27

Shelly tries everything to meet her favorite rock star.

11. Loves Handles

Air Date: 1991-11-03

Parker asks out a girl he met on a computer bulletin board, but considers backing out when she is less than he hoped for.

12. Boy Meets Girl

Air Date: 1991-11-10

Nick is where Parker turns to for advice when Annie breaks his heart.

13. Raging Kube

Air Date: 1991-11-24

Kubiac's girlfriend preaches pacifism, leaving the school defenseless.

14. Tower of Power

Air Date: 1991-12-15

Musso wants the buds to make a documentary about the school, but Parker has no time thanks to his new history teacher.

15. Obscene and Not Heard

Air Date: 1991-12-22

Parker's dad protests the banning of a rock album by Dr. Pankow.

16. Goodbye Mr. Rips

Air Date: 1992-01-05

Parker's favorite teacher must leave teaching for a better paying job to support his family.

17. Civil Wars

Air Date: 1992-01-19

When his wife takes a philosophy class, Parker's father questions the universal truth of their marriage.

18. Glory Daze

Air Date: 1992-02-09

Santo Domingo's favorite alumnus returns to accept an award.

19. Boy Meets Girl II

Air Date: 1992-02-16

Parker and Annie open their souls to the audience to try to save their relationship.

20. Dance of Romance

Air Date: 1992-03-01

Frank finds the girl of his dreams and turns to Nick for advice.

21. When Jerry Met Shelly

Air Date: 1992-03-22

When Shelly asks Jerry for help with her science project, Parker tries to stop the budding romance.

22. Geek Tragedy

Air Date: 1992-04-12

Jerry takes a shy ""geek"" under his wing, but when she leaves the nest too early, his own eggshell ego begins to crack.

23. Money Talks

Air Date: 1992-04-26

Mikey needs extra cash so he gets a job at the diner.

24. Home Alone with Annie

Air Date: 1992-05-03

Parker and Annie plan a quiet evening at home which is interrupted by most of their friends.

25. Diner '75

Air Date: 1992-05-17

A train spills toxic waste which traps everyone in the diner.

1. Flamingo Graffiti

Air Date: 1992-07-16

Parker decides to change a few things his life. First on his list is to spend a night with Annie.

2. Cape Flamingo

Air Date: 1992-07-23

In a remake of the film Cape Fear, tough guy Brad Penny saves Parker's life and tries to befriend him. Parker becomes suspicious and vows to never let Brad get to him.

3. The Kiss

Air Date: 1992-07-30

Shelly tries to get her first kiss, and she sets her eyes on Brad Penny. Parker tries to stop her from completing her mission.

4. Summer of '92

Air Date: 1992-08-06

5. Love is Hell

Air Date: 1992-08-13

Love is in the air as Kohler plans to win over Ms. Musso's heart, Ms. Musso meets a handsome stranger, Mikey meets a new girl, and Jerry tries to win over Shelly.

6. Jerry's Journey

Air Date: 1992-08-20

After being left out of everything, Jerry goes on a quest to become cool.

7. Beauty and the Kube

Air Date: 1992-09-06

While working together, Kubiak develops a crush on Annie.

8. Hungry Heart

Air Date: 1992-09-13

Kohler is interested in the mother of the boy that Kubiak is babysitting. Annie tries to fix them up.

9. Lewis and Son

Air Date: 1992-09-20

Mr. Lewis expects Parker to take over the family business once he's older.

10. Kohler Buys the Diner

Air Date: 1992-09-27

Coach Kohler takes over the guy's hangout.

11. Parker's Got a Brand New Car

Air Date: 1993-03-21

Parker's father wrecks the classic car that Parker just bought.

12. An Unmarried Musso

Air Date: 1993-03-28

13. Educating Brad

Air Date: 1993-04-04

Parker's nemesis Brad Penny returns and gets back into school and takes over the poetry class. Jerry gets a job at the diner.

14. The Love Bug

Air Date: 1993-04-11

15. Write or Die

Air Date: 1993-04-18

Mikey has a problem with writer's block which may cause him to attend summer school. Everyone gives him help by pitching story ideas, one of which takes on the style of the old Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

16. The B* is Back

Air Date: 1993-04-25

Parker is having an unusually lucky day until Mikey introduces him to his new girlfriend. A girl Parker once met at summer camp two years ago and whom broke his heart. Jerry tries to make a commercial for the diner that Kohler likes.

17. Musso: a Wedding

Air Date: 1993-05-02

Much to Kohler's dismay, Grace gets married to a man with a six-figure salary; however the bridegroom drops dead soon afterward.

18. A Night to Remember

Air Date: 1993-05-09

Parker must double-date with Shelley on Prom night, when his parents decide Shelley is a little young to be attending. At the event Shelley turns up missing just as his parents arrive.

19. Boys Night In

Air Date: 1993-05-23

20. Senior Jerry

Air Date: 1993-05-30

Jerry gets move into the A.S.A.P. program which makes him a senior, when he gets a B+ on his first test he freaks out, drops out and starts laying bricks. Grace has a recurring dream about The Scarlet Letter.

21. The Rocky Kohler Picture Show

Air Date: 1993-06-06

Kube gets invited to a movie party but trouble ensues when he invites Kohler to tag along.

22. The Last Supper

Air Date: 1993-06-13

Parker and the gang find out that the Atlas Diner is going to be torn down in order to provide a location for a new strip bar. A clip show featuring highlights from all three seasons ensues.

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Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

1990-09-02

Episodes

73 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Clyde Phillips Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

Columbia Pictures Television