The WORST episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Every episode of Parker Lewis Can't Lose ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - Musso: a Wedding
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/2/1993
Much to Kohler's dismay, Grace gets married to a man with a six-figure salary; however the bridegroom drops dead soon afterward.
#2 - The Kiss
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/1992
Shelly tries to get her first kiss, and she sets her eyes on Brad Penny. Parker tries to stop her from completing her mission.
#3 - Kohler Buys the Diner
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/27/1992
Coach Kohler takes over the guy's hangout.
#4 - Saving Grace
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1990
Parker tries to get Musso her job back after he discovers the replacement is much worse than she was.
#5 - The Last Supper
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/13/1993
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.
#6 - Hungry Heart
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/1992
Kohler is interested in the mother of the boy that Kubiak is babysitting. Annie tries to fix them up.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Boy Meets Girl II
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1992
Parker and Annie open their souls to the audience to try to save their relationship.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Beauty and the Kube
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/6/1992
While working together, Kubiak develops a crush on Annie.
#12 - Love is Hell
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/13/1992
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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - The Love Bug
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/1993
When he has trouble reading her, Parker fears that Annie may want to break up with him and he seeks advice from his mother.
#17 - Civil Wars
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1992
When his wife takes a philosophy class, Parker's father questions the universal truth of their marriage.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Close, But No Guitar
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1990
Mikey drops out of school to become a guitar hero.
#20 - Glory Daze
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1992
Santo Domingo's favorite alumnus returns to accept an award.
#21 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1990
Parker and Mikey both find the girl of their dreams-- the same girl.
#22 - The Rocky Kohler Picture Show
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/6/1993
Kube gets invited to a movie party but trouble ensues when he invites Kohler to tag along.
#23 - The Bitch is Back
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/25/1993
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.
#24 - Educating Brad
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/1993
Parker's nemesis Brad Penny returns and gets back into school and takes over the poetry class. Jerry gets a job at the diner.
#25 - 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.