The BEST episodes of The Parkers season 3

#1 - Take the Cookies and Run

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2001

Stuck with 6,000 cookies, Nikki taps the girls from her Big Sister program to sell the sweets in exchange for Lil' Bow Wow tickets.

#2 - Baby Girl

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2001

With Michael missing in the aftermath of the oil-rig fire, it falls to Kim to care for his infant daughter Alisa, a job she's more than eager to do. But Nikki thinks the task calls for more maturity. She contacts Alisa's birth mother to come for her child---alienating her own daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee tries to disprove his therapist's assertion that he's in love with Nikki by trying to rekindle a romance with Toni.

#3 - Crazy Love

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2001

musical guest: Brian McKnight Professor Oglevee enlists the help- and vocal stylings- of R&B superstar Brian McKnight in his attempt to woo Nikki away from her new love, Kenny. But she turns a deaf ear to his mating call, forcing Stanley to resort to drastic measures to put an end to Nikki and Kenny's budding romance. Meanwhile, Kim baby sits T's rambunctious cousins.

#4 - The Altos

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/2001

Nikki lands an internship at a waste-removal facility and becomes convinced that her new boss is a mobster. Meanwhile, Kim pretends to have multiple personalities in order to appear on MTV's ""True Life"".

#5 - The Crush

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/2002

Professor Oglevee's nephew develops a crush on Nikki. Meanwhile, Kim feels left out of her cousin's friendship with Stevie.

#6 - My Two Dads

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2002

Nikki's biological father visits, sparking a fierce rivalry with her adoptive dad, George, for her affections. Also, Kim competes with Regina over the planning of a luncheon in Nikki's honor.

#7 - Teach Me Tonight

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2002

Kim is on academic probation and hires a tutor for help with her studies. When she learns that her tutor is her former speed-dating partner Alan, she tries to woo the disinterested fellow. Due to budget cutbacks, Professor Oglevee must fire two of his best associate professors. After appealing to the dean of students, he finds himself out of work. Depressed, Stanley simply makes everyone believe that he has been promoted a job at USC. To celebrate his new job, Woody takes Stanley for a drink at Andell's club where he becomes heavily drunk. Nikki comes to the rescue and later head for the professor's apartment. Stanley finally reveals to Nikki that he lied about his new promotion and that he was fired. Nikki comforts Stanley which later leads to an unexpected kiss.

#8 - Make a Joyful Noise

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2002

#9 - The Revolution

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2002

Professor Oglevee recalls the 1972 incident that led Santa Monica College to institute a Black Studies program.

#10 - Family Ties and Lies

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2001

Nikki is stunned by a revelation about her Aunt Rita when the entire family appears on a game show that exploits family secrets.

#11 - Mummy's the Word

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2001

Halloween approaches and Kim's excited because her birthday is right around the corner. Believing that her friends are throwing her a surprise birthday party, Kim learns that T and Stevie are not throwing her a party, but instead are looking forward to renting out a house to record a demo tape. They come across an eerie-looking house with two odd tenants named Cleo and her butler, Oliver. When they ask Cleo for permission to use her house, she turns them down. They later turn to Professor Oglevee for help, who's trying to avoid them--and especially Nikki--this Halloween. But T convinces him that he may be interested in the owner. Reluctantly, he agrees. When they arrive at the house again, Cleo, after taking one glance at Stanley, immediately changes her mind and grants T and Stevie access to use her house for their recording session only if Professor Oglevee attends. Meanwhile, Cleo and Oliver, who are revealed to be evil 4,000-year-old Egyptians, plan to steal Professor Oglevee's sou

#12 - Baby, You've Got to Go

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2001

Kim and her new boyfriend, Aaron, reconcile and agree to a living arrangement that forces Nikki to move in with Andell.

#13 - Nobody's Fool

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2001

Nikki discovers an unsavoury side of Lady Egyptian that leads her to quit her job. While attempting to create her own beauty line, she winds up cooking herself up a tasty new career. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Professor Oglevee and T, they have something in common.

#14 - Not So Super, Supers

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2001

When the apartment building tenants vote to fire the nosy superintendent Aldo, mechanically challenged Nikki and Kim elect themselves superintendents in exchange for free rent. But a series of mishaps and complaints from the tenants lead them to reconsider whether their new careers are so super after all. Also, Professor Oglevee has eyes for a new tenant, which does not go over well with Nikki.

#15 - Don't Believe the Hype

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2002

musical guest: Lil' Zane After reuniting with his childhood pal, Lil' Zane, T decides to leave Freestyle Unity, the band he, Kim and Stevie created, on the eve of their scheduled performance at the Spring Jam open mic night.

#16 - Mother's Day Blues

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2002

Stevie and her mother are evicted and move in with Nikki and Kim

#17 - It's Showtime

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2002

After Nikki's friend, Bernetta Campbell, wins the lottery, she quits her job working for Magic Johnson at the Magic Johnson Theatres and recommends Nikki to become the new theater manager. But Nikki's bossy attitude leads her staff to quit. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee has a date with actress Kenya Moore.

#18 - Secret Santa

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2001

Nikki gets into the Yuletide spirit and prepares her annual Christmas tree-trimming party, but everyone turns her invitations down flat. To lift her spirits, she visits the mall to do her last-minute shopping. When the Santa Claus at the mall suddenly deserts the anxious children waiting to have their pictures taken, Nikki seizes the moment by pretending to be Santa. Just as the mall begins to close, Nikki, Kim, Andell, Stevie, T and Professor Oglevee all end up locked in the department store after being coaxed by a strange man named Walter. Nikki tries to cheer everybody up, but they all seem bothered and grumpy. After a hectic ""Secret Santa"" gift exchange, Nikki becomes upset with everyone's bickering. Realizing how childish they have become, everyone gathers around Nikki and apologize. When the security guard comes to the rescue, Nikki reveals a description of Walter, but it turns out that no one by that name is employed at the mall. The next day, everyone exchanges gifts. Nikki rec

#19 - A Knockout Times Two

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2001

All bets are off as Nikki steps into the ring and goes toe-to-toe in a battle for Professor Oglevee. Meanwhile, Kim finds her soulmate and intellectual equal at ringside.

#20 - A Beautiful Lie

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2002

Kim, Stevie and T take an I.Q. test as part of a contest to win a car, but after a mixup with the scores, Kim is convinced she is a genius while Stevie's confidence is shattered.

#21 - To Love or Not to Love

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2002

musical guest: Kenny Lattimore After Nikki's crush on Professor Oglevee gets out of hand on Valentine's Day, Kim persuades her to join a support group for the lovelorn. Meanwhile, Kim receives gifts from a secret admirer.

#22 - The Dates From Hell

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2002

After her break-up with Aaron, Kim agrees to join Stevie in trying a speed-dating service. Meanwhile, Nikki works at Andell's club and catches Professor Oglevee on a date with another woman who turns out to be married. While on a date, Stevie frets over the fact that she doesn't act very feminine.