The BEST episodes of Life With Derek season 3
Every episode of Life With Derek season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Life With Derek season 3!
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 - Sixteen Sparkplugs
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/5/2007
The family stages an intervention to convince George to buy a new car; Derek faces the scary possibility of spending his 16th birthday at home with his family.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Adios Derek
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/25/2007
George and Derek's mother Abby are dismayed Derek is failing Spanish, and decide that he should live with Abby in Spain for six months.
#8 - A Very Derekus Christmas
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/3/2007
When Christmas plans go awry, Aunt Madge encourages Derek to help restore the family's holiday spirit.
#9 - When Derek Met Sally
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/26/2007
Derek swears off girls until he meets Sally, the attractive new waitress at Smelly Nellie's. Lizzie is freaked out when her best friend Jamie tells her he likes her.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Not So Sweet 16
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2008
Casey's 16th birthday is coming up, and she is planning a sophisticated dinner with her friends, but Derek has other ideas, and all plans go horribly wrong with an unexpected trip to hospital.
#15 - Fright Night
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/15/2007
When Casey lectures Derek and Edwin for watching scary movies—which she finds silly and fake—they take her admonishment as a dare to scare.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Grade A Cheater
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/11/2007
Derek switches test papers with Casey, and then lures her into a scheme that will keep them both out of trouble; Edwin, Lizzie, and Marti feel that they are doing too many chores for the amount of allowance they are getting.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Derek Un-Done
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2008
When signals get crossed, Derek thinks he has a chance with Sally, and Casey is sure Max is going to dump her.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.