The BEST episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Every episode of Parker Lewis Can't Lose ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose!

The series depicts the tribulations of the title character Parker Lewis, a Santo Domingo High School student, for whom nothing is impossible. Parker often narrates in shows. Just like his best friends, Jerry Steiner and Mikey Randall and his girlfriend Annie Sloan, his prime concern is achieving and maintaining "coolness" during the turbulent years of puberty. However, their efforts are often thwarted by Parker's little sister, Shelly, and principal Grace Musso. Apart from various aspects of teenage life, embedded in a surreal, living-cartoon-like quality and the clever camera angles and filming techniques (dissolves from one scene to the next were done by ever larger pixels), an episode regularly contains more or less subtle references to movies, politics, and celebrities. The 3,100 students are called "Flamingos", after their football team.

Last Updated: 2/10/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Senior Jerry
star
8.60
5 votes

#1 - Senior Jerry

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/30/1993

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.

Directors: Mike Finney
Science Fair
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8.43
14 votes

#2 - Science Fair

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1990

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

Directors: Max Tash
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Teens from a Mall
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8.33
12 votes

#3 - Teens from a Mall

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1991

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

Directors: Andy Tennant
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Summer of '92
star
8.25
4 votes

#4 - Summer of '92

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/6/1992

While Annie is away, Parker and Mikey go on a double date with two girls that they meet.

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King Kube
star
8.22
9 votes

#5 - King Kube

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
Parker Lewis Can't Win
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8.20
10 votes

#6 - Parker Lewis Can't Win

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/19/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Tom Straw
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An Unmarried Musso
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8.20
5 votes

#7 - An Unmarried Musso

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1993

Parker's mother plays Cupid for Ms. Musso and her brother. Musso changes her approach and thinks she has a relationship that will last.

Directors: Rob Bowman
Writer: Renee Palyo
Rent-a-Kube
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8.14
44 votes

#8 - Rent-a-Kube

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1990

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

Directors: Andy Tennant
Writer: Tom Straw
Boy Meets Girl
star
8.13
8 votes

#9 - Boy Meets Girl

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/10/1991

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

Directors: Rob Bowman
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Love Handles
star
8.13
8 votes

#10 - Love Handles

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/3/1991

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

Directors: Rob Bowman
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Full Mental Jacket
star
8.10
10 votes

#11 - Full Mental Jacket

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/1991

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

Directors: Rob Bowman
Radio Free Flamingo
star
8.05
19 votes

#12 - Radio Free Flamingo

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/1990

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

Directors: Jeff Melman
Goodbye Mr. Rips
star
8.00
8 votes

#13 - Goodbye Mr. Rips

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1992

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

Directors: Larry Shaw
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Boys Night In
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8.00
5 votes

#14 - Boys Night In

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/23/1993

Parker and Mikey invite Jerry to Mikey's apartment for a weekend of being men, they later decide a trip to a strip joint is in order. Jerry is out of the room when Parker and Mikey get pulled out of there in a raid. Jerry experiences this part of life on his own. Musso battles her fear of spiders by enlisting the aide of Kohler, who is only to happy to help.

Directors: Larry Shaw
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A Night to Remember
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8.00
4 votes

#15 - A Night to Remember

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/9/1993

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.

Directors: Rob Bowman
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Write or Die
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8.00
4 votes

#16 - Write or Die

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/18/1993

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.

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Jerry's Journey
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8.00
5 votes

#17 - Jerry's Journey

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/20/1992

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

Directors: Rob Bowman
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Cape Flamingo
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8.00
4 votes

#18 - Cape Flamingo

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/1992

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.

Directors: Rob Bowman
Money Talks
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8.00
6 votes

#19 - Money Talks

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/26/1992

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
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Tower of Power
star
8.00
7 votes

#20 - Tower of Power

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1991

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

Directors: Mark Jean
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Rock 'n' Roles
star
8.00
9 votes

#21 - Rock 'n' Roles

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/27/1991

Shelly tries everything to meet her favorite rock star.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Aging Gracefully
star
8.00
8 votes

#22 - Aging Gracefully

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
The Undergraduate
star
8.00
8 votes

#23 - The Undergraduate

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/1991

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

Directors: Jeff Melman
Father Knows Less
star
8.00
12 votes

#24 - Father Knows Less

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/1991

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.

Directors: Rob Bowman
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My Fair Shelly
star
8.00
10 votes

#25 - My Fair Shelly

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/12/1991

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

Directors: Andy Tennant
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