The BEST episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose season 1

Every episode of Parker Lewis Can't Lose season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose season 1!

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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Science Fair
star
8.43
14 votes

#1 - 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

#2 - 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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King Kube
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8.22
9 votes

#3 - 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

#4 - 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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Rent-a-Kube
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8.14
44 votes

#5 - 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
Radio Free Flamingo
star
8.05
19 votes

#6 - 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
Against the Norm
star
8.00
12 votes

#7 - Against the Norm

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Tom Straw
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My Fair Shelly
star
8.00
10 votes

#8 - 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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Operation Kubiak
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7.98
214 votes

#9 - Operation Kubiak

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1990

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

Directors: Andy Tennant
Citizen Kube
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7.92
13 votes

#10 - Citizen Kube

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1991

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

Splendor in the Class
star
7.91
44 votes

#11 - Splendor in the Class

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1991

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

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Deja Dudes
star
7.90
20 votes

#12 - Deja Dudes

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1990

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Tom Straw
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Teacher, Teacher
star
7.85
13 votes

#13 - Teacher, Teacher

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1990

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
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Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie
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7.83
47 votes

#14 - Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
Jerry's First Date
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7.73
11 votes

#15 - Jerry's First Date

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1991

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

Directors: Bryan Spicer
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Power Play
star
7.62
174 votes

#16 - Power Play

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1990

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

Directors: Max Tash
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Pilot
star
7.40
264 votes

#17 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1990

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

Directors: Thom Eberhardt
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Heather the Class
star
7.38
16 votes

#18 - Heather the Class

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1991

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

Directors: Max Tash
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Close, But No Guitar
star
7.37
141 votes

#19 - Close, But No Guitar

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1990

Mikey drops out of school to become a guitar hero.

Directors: Bryan Spicer
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Parker Lewis Must Lose
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7.32
105 votes

#20 - Parker Lewis Must Lose

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/1990

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

Directors: Andy Tennant
Writer: Tom Straw
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The Human Grace
star
7.31
42 votes

#21 - The Human Grace

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1991

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

Directors: Max Tash
Writer: Tom Straw
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Musso & Frank
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7.26
47 votes

#22 - Musso & Frank

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/1990

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

Directors: Max Tash
Love's a Beast
star
7.23
77 votes

#23 - Love's a Beast

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1990

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

Directors: Max Tash
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Randall Without a Cause
star
7.17
12 votes

#24 - Randall Without a Cause

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1991

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

Directors: Max Tash
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G.A.G. Dance
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7.16
110 votes

#25 - G.A.G. Dance

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1990

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

Directors: Lynadll Hobbs
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