The BEST episodes of Life With Derek
Every episode of Life With Derek ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Life With Derek!
Life with Derek is a half-hour comedy series about a modern blended family, with two type-A 15 year-olds, Casey (Ashley Leggat) and Derek (Michael Seater). Each episode is an alpha-teen comic war between two self-obsessed teenagers in a take-no-prisoners fight for control of their house, their school, and their world.
#1 - Two Timing Derek
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/11/2007
When Derek already has a girlfriend, Casey is shocked when he asks out a friend of hers, Lucy. Casey asks Emily to dig up information on whether Max is available or not. Meanwhile, Nora has set up a dinner with another family, but some members of her family object.
#2 - Show-Off-Tune
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2007
When Derek gets bumped up from the chorus into a lead role in the school musical, Casey gives him some advice so he won't ruin the show.
#3 - Home Movies
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2007
Casey tries to film a heartwarming saga of a blended family for her school project, but her family members won't cooperate.
#4 - The Bully Brothers
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2007
Edwin and Derek both battle school bullies, and when Casey finds out about the one who's threatening Derek, she does everything she can to thwart the potential showdown.
#5 - Don't Take a Tip From Me
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/2007
Casey and Derek both land jobs at the same restaurant, and things don't go quite as Casey expected when Derek is a great waiter and she is a terrible waitress.
#6 - Power Failure
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/2007
Casey is shocked when Derek is selected to be a prefect at school and sets out to prove he's not the man for the job; Edwin and Lizzie are jealous that Marti always gets her way.
#7 - Slacker Mom
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2007
Nora decides to quit her job for a while to spend more time with her family who she assumes she's been neglecting. But Casey risks losing her 'cool' status when Nora tries to recruit her new friends to help at the high school fun fair.
#8 - Misadventures in Babysitting
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/2007
Casey and Derek turn out to be the world's worst babysitters, so Edwin invites his friend, troublemaker Teddy, over to stir up some trouble, such as tying Derek to his chair, tickling his feet, and forcing him to eat broccoli. Casey sees Max, with his ex-girlfriend Amy and assumes they are getting back together.
#9 - It's Our Party
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/18/2007
George and Nora plan a joint birthday party for Lizzie and Edwin. It's a fiasco until Casey and Derek reluctantly provide emergency help.
#10 - Summer School Blues
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/26/2007
Derek is forced to attend summer school, but sneaks out and injects some fun into Casey's dull camp curriculum; Edwin and Lizzie set up a lucrative pet-sitting business.
#11 - Dating Game
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/2006
Kendra volunteers to help Casey get a boyfriend by throwing a small get together at the Venturi-McDonald home. However, Derek uses the opportunity to throw a huge house party.
#12 - Dinner Guest
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/2006
Casey tries to get rid of Derek for the dinner party she has planned with her biological father. But to Casey's surprise, Derek and the rest of the Venturis get along great with her father, leaving her jealous.
#13 - Mice and Men
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/2006
When Derek starts to have a crush on a girl named Kendra (Casey's new study partner), Casey tricks him into changing his laid-back image into a more mature person because he wiped out Casey's report on the computer. While George, Edwin, and Derek are afraid of the mice living in their house they try to kill them, but Lizzie won't allow it and makes the mice her new pets.
#14 - The Bet
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/2006
Derek keeps making bets with people and when Casey wants to join in, she bets that she can get a punk guy, Trevor, from school to ask her out. George and Nora worry about Casey's new look because it scares their family. Meanwhile, Edwin bets Lizzie that someone will call him cool.
#15 - Freaked Out Friday
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/2006
While Casey is freaking out about her upcoming dance competition and Derek is freaking out about his upcoming hockey playoffs, Lizzie and Edwin decide they're sick of being the ever-accommodating middle-kids.
#16 - Prank Wars
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2006
To pay Derek back for his many practical jokes, Casey pulls a huge prank of her own: stealing the office furniture from the new uptight Vice Principal. Everyone assumes Derek did it. The only two people who know he didn't are Casey and Derek.
#17 - Crushin' the Coach
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2006
When Casey becomes attracted to Scott, Lizzie's soccer coach, he asks her out. But Lizzie too, is attracted to Scott. Derek feels guilty after hearing from Scott that he's dating other soccer sisters. Meanwhile, George is upset after Nora says that she did not feel love at first sight with George.
#18 - Lies My Brother Told Me
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2006
Casey, compromising all her principles, takes Derek's advice and lies when she desperately needs an extension on a school assignment. Soon she is trapped in a web of deceit and the harder she tries to extricate herself, the worse it gets.
#19 - Rumor Mill
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2008
After Derek breaks up with Kendra so he won't have to buy her a Valentine's Day gift, Kendra asks Casey's boyfriend Max to the Valentine's Day dance. George forgets to plan for his first Valentine's Day with Nora.
#20 - Allergy Season
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/16/2008
Casey develops a mysterious allergic reaction after Max gives her his football jacket. George gets fed up with Derek's jokes and makes a deal with Derek that if he can be nice for one week, he won't have to pay for the insults he said.
#21 - Derek's School of Dating
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/5/2008
Derek and Edwin both strike out despite Derek's patented dating techniques.
#22 - Things That Go Bump in the Night
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/29/2008
Grounded for the weekend for fighting again, Casey and Derek try to sneak out to go to a party, but they end up putting a dent on George's car.
#23 - Cheerleader Casey
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/2/2008
Casey tries out for the school cheerleading squad. But not even her phenomenal dancing skills are enough to get her acceptance, especially when the head cheerleader is Max's ex-girlfriend.
#24 - Make No Prom-ises
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2008
Casey's dream of a romantic prom night turns into a nightmare when Derek accidentally ruins her dress.
#25 - Driving Lessons
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/2008
Casey is thrilled to get her driver's license before Derek, until she gets stuck playing chauffeur to her younger siblings. Meanwhile, Derek fails his driving test again, and George gets his license suspended.