- 7.6/10139 votes7.6/10(139)
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 9/2/1990
Parker and Mikey both find the girl of their dreams-- the same girl.
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.5/1085 votes7.5/10(85)
#2 - 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.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.3/1071 votes7.3/10(71)
#3 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy
- 7.5/1077 votes7.5/10(77)
#4 - 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.
Director: Randall Miller, Andy Tennant
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1071 votes6.8/10(71)
#5 - Close, But No Guitar
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 9/30/1990
- 7.2/1081 votes7.2/10(81)
#6 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Clyde Phillips
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- 7.6/1068 votes7.6/10(68)
#7 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Peter Ocko, Adam Barr
- 7.8/1071 votes7.8/10(71)
#8 - 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.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Russell Marcus
- 7.6/1065 votes7.6/10(65)
#9 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.8/1068 votes7.8/10(68)
#10 - Deja Dudes
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 11/4/1990
Parker crashes his dad's reunion and finds out how he inherited his coolness.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1067 votes7.8/10(67)
#11 - 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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1060 votes7.3/10(60)
#12 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1063 votes7.6/10(63)
#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.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.4/1055 votes7.4/10(55)
#14 - 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.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1057 votes7.4/10(57)
#15 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy
- 7.1/1059 votes7.1/10(59)
#16 - Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 2/3/1991
Jerry becomes addicted to video games. Musso's mother visits.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 6.9/1057 votes6.9/10(57)
#17 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1059 votes7.4/10(59)
#18 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1055 votes7.3/10(55)
#19 - Citizen Kube
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 2/24/1991
Larry wins a magazine sweepstakes and discovers friends he never had before.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy
- 7.1/1054 votes7.1/10(54)
#20 - 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.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.6/1056 votes7.6/10(56)
#21 - Jerry's First Date
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 3/24/1991
Parker and Mikey play Cyrano on Jerry's first date.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Peter Ocko, Adam Barr
- 7.4/1058 votes7.4/10(58)
#22 - Against the Norm
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 4/7/1991
- 7.5/1057 votes7.5/10(57)
#23 - King Kube
Season 1 Episode 23
Aired 4/28/1991
Jerry gets Kubiac elected homecoming king as a joke, but Larry takes it seriously.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy
- 7.7/1061 votes7.7/10(61)
#24 - 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.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Clyde Phillips
- 7.6/1056 votes7.6/10(56)
#25 - My Fair Shelly
Season 1 Episode 25
Aired 5/12/1991
Shelly blackmails Parker into helping her find a date for a party.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Peter Ocko, Adam Barr
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. Discover the Best Episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose Season 1!
For a cool high school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is not a problem.
Genre:Comedy
Network:FOX
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
7.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.6
7.5
7.3
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Thom Eberhardt and written by Clyde Phillips, it aired on 9/2/1990. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Operation Kubiak".