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.
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