7.3/1025 votes#1 - The Mourning After
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2002
Following an evening of drowning his sorrows after losing his job, Professor Oglevee awakes from a drunken slumber mortified due to his one-night stand with Nikki. A month later, Nikki starts to feel queasy and soon later learns that she is expecting Professor Oglevee's child. With all this sudden news, Professor Oglevee unexpectedly proposes to Nikki. Meanwhile, Kim pursues a relationship with Alan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1021 votes#2 - She's Hysterical
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002
An old flame (Paulette Braxton) sparks temptation in Oglevee (Dorien Wilson) on the eve of his wedding to Nikki; Allen and Kim squabble at the spa. Allen: Jamal Mixon. Kim: Countess Vaughn James. Andell: Yvette Wilson. T: Ken Lawson. Nikki: Mo'Nique.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1022 votes#3 - High Heels and Videotapes
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2002
Nikki starts a campaign to get her beloved Prof. Oglevee reinstated to the university faculty; Kim invites Allen's parents to dinner. Dean Whitter: Jim Meskimen. Allen: Jamal Mixon. Pa-Tel: Wajid. Prof. Oglevee: Dorien Wilson. Stevie: Jenna Von Oy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1021 votes#4 - Meter Maids Need Love, Too
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2002
Nikki has a running battle with a traffic warden who's dating Andell. While three ex-cons pledge Kim and Stevie's sorority, a hapless pledge irks frat brothers Professor Oglevee and T.
Director: N/A
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6.8/1020 votes#5 - Food Fiasco
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002
Nikki takes over as the cook at Andell's bistro, when her regular chef goes into labor, and wows a critic with her dishes. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee hires Kim to keep Nikki at bay.
Director: Erma Elzy-Jones
Writer: N/A
7.4/1020 votes#6 - And the Winner Is...
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002
Kim, T and Stevie each audition for a national talent show without telling each other. Meanwhile, Nikki wins a big-screen TV with Professor Oglevee's help, whereupon ownership becomes an issue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1022 votes#7 - Kim's 21st Birthday
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2002
musical guest: Tweet When Kim lets it be known that her birthday wish is to see R&B vocalist Tweet, Nikki and Andell do whatever it takes to make it happen. Meanwhile, Stevie doesn't understand why T is acting jealous of her new boyfriend until T makes a romantic move on her.
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6.7/1021 votes#8 - It's Gary Coleman
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2002
Gary Coleman moves into Nikki and Kim's apartment building, inspiring Nikki to move into a career as his manager. Meanwhile, Stevie and T start dating.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1021 votes#9 - Road Trip
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2002
Kim, Stevie and T go on a road trip to Las Vegas with their friend Hakeem, but when Hakeem's car breaks down in the middle of the desert, they are at the mercy of a price-gouging entrepreneur who owns all of the businesses in town. T's jealousy also cramps Stevie's style. Meanwhile, Nikki, Andell and their friends drag Professor Oglevee into their poker game.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1023 votes#10 - Sign of the Shaq
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2002
Nikki and Andell infiltrate the L.A. Lakers locker room to get an autographed jersey from Shaquille O'Neal after the one belonging to Professor Oglevee is ruined. Meanwhile, Kim takes in a stray dog.
Director: William Allen Young
Writer: N/A
8.1/1029 votes#11 - Lights, Camera, Action
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2002
Nikki's catering job on a popular soap opera turns into an acting role when the soap's director witnesses her confront the soap's star hitting on Professor Oglevee. Meanwhile, Kim uses her mother's connections to get a part on the show.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1021 votes#12 - The Parent Trap
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2003
Nikki and Andell get excited about the possibility of becoming sisters when Nikki's biological father and Andell's mother start dating, but when the fledgling romance goes sour, it causes a rift between the two friends. Meanwhile, Alan returns to Kim a changed man.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
7.3/1021 votes#13 - Dead Clown Walking
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2003
Already depressed about her birthday, Andell and Kim try to cheer up Nikki by tracking down Nikki's favorite clown, who used to entertain at her childhood birthday parties. Nikki realizes how much she has to be thankful for following the clown's untimely, albeit accidental, death.
Director: Erma Elzy-Jones
Writer: N/A
7.4/1023 votes#14 - The Hold Up
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2003
Nikki's efforts to get a loan are sidetracked when she and Professor Oglevee are taken hostage during a bank heist staged by a little person.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
7.1/1023 votes#15 - Love Potion No. 83
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2003
Nikki tries to find an antidote after her daughter and friends unwittingly ingest a Jamaican fortune teller's potent love potion.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Jay Abramowitz
6.2/1021 votes#16 - Somebody's Watching You
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2003
When Nikki is holed up in Professor Oglevee's apartment with a broken leg, she starts spying on the neighbors and, after she thinks she witnesses a murder, worries her own life is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Kim's top-secret clothing design idea gets stolen and used in a school fashion show.
Director: Erma Elzy-Jones
Writer: N/A
6.9/1018 votes#17 - A Sterling Relationship
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2003
Professor Oglevee is visited by his pompous, successful older brother, Sterling. Meanwhile, Kim writes a gossip column for the school paper, using her friends as material.
Director: Chip Fields
Writer: N/A
6.8/1021 votes#18 - That's What Friends Are For
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2003
When Nikki's wildly spontaneous friend from high school returns to town to participate in the annual AIDS WALK, she drags Nikki to a rave party in San Diego which results in Nikki's arrest. Meanwhile, Kim, T and Stevie cram for Professor Oglevee's exam.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
6.7/1021 votes#19 - Amazing Grace
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/2003
When Nikki overextends herself, a guardian angel appears to her in the form of Grace, who helps Nikki get through some stressful times while preparing for a gospel festival hosted by television personality Bobby Jones. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee attempts to tutor Kim in order to get her grades up so that she will finally pass his class.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
6.2/1019 votes#20 - Join the Club
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2003
Kim tries to be a friend to Regina so Nikki can stir up catering business at a book club, while Professor Oglevee enlists T's help for a chili-cooking contest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1020 votes#21 - Internship
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2003
Kim and her fashion school nemesis Freddy Fabulous both get internships at a high profile design house, but the competition heats up when they learn that only one of them will end up getting hired in the future.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
7.3/1024 votes#22 - She's a Bad Mamma Jamma
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2003
musical guest: Nivea When the young son of a widowed friend of Professor Oglevee decides that he wants Nikki to be his new mother, he attempts to get Nikki to give up the Professor so that Nikki will date his father. Meanwhile, Freestyle Unity performs at a ""'70s"" party in the student union, but a mix-up has the party populated with senior citizens.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1028 votes#23 - The Good, the Bad and the Funny
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/2003
After seeing a picture of an Old West bandit who resembles Prof. Oglevee, Nikki imagines herself the no-nonsense sheriff of a frontier town who falls for Oglevee's clumsy sidewinder.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: N/A
7.3/1020 votes#24 - Jury Duty
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/12/2003
Professor Oglevee is thrilled by the prospect of jury duty---until he realizes he'll be serving with Nikki. Meanwhile, Kim captivates a substitute professor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1020 votes#25 - An Ivy League of Her Own
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/2003
When Professor Oglevee inherits his uncle's $10 million fortune, Nikki fears his attraction to Paris---a sexy widow with a string of rich, dead husbands---may prove fatal and warns him against getting involved. Meanwhile, Kim also faces a professorial dilemma when her psychologist boyfriend wants her to move to Harvard, where he's landed a teaching job after using her as an unwitting test subject.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of The Parkers Season 4
Every episode of The Parkers Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Parkers Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Mourning After" is the best rated episode of "The Parkers" season 4. It scored 7.3/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/2002. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "She's Hysterical".