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- With the Class of 1970 High School Reunion coming up, some surprising characters appear. Not only did Grace Musso graduate then, but Larry's dad, Parker's dad, and the dads of his two best buds. The fore-runner of Parker, Mr. Lewis was the resident prankster along with his buddies, and in their day they perpetrated the ultimate prank. Now the only evidence of their identities in the prank are about to be revealed as the time capsule from 1970 will be opened in front of the entire graduating class. Can Parker cover up the crime, or will his dad's legendary episode from years past cause Parker's downfall from Musso?
- Sometimes a bunch of little events occurs at just the right time to culminate into one big disaster. This is one of those days, as Grace Musso's review is done surprisingly at Santo Domingo. Chaos ensues, Grace is demoted to teaching the home-economics class, and Dr. Pankow becomes the new principal. When the new principal turns the school into a prison, Parker must figure out how to get Grace her job back.
- When not in school, Parker and the guys hang out at the mall. In this outing Jerry feels like the odd man out as he is the only jobless one. Mikey, on the other hand, finds that the promotion at his job is driving up his stress. Parker is after a girl who's always just out of reach, Musso deals with her addiction to buying clothes, and Shelly strives to prove that Frank Lemmer is a vampire. Just a typical day at the mall.
- Many of Santo Domingo's main characters are trapped in the Atlas Diner and chaos ensues. Various panic attacks follow as the trapped people face certain doom in one way or another. A bittersweet episode, as it is entertaining and action packed, but by the end of it two characters disappear from the show.
- Deep in the bowels of Santo Domingo, a secret has been lying dormant since the 1960s: Santo Domingo's own pirate radio station. When Parker, Jerry, and Mikey stumble across the hidden radio station, they feel like they must bring it back to life. The more Principal Musso tries to shut down the station, the more the students listen, causing a major thorn in her side. As Parker and gang find out the amount of good the station has on the students the more they feel they need to keep it going. That is unless Grace and Frank Lemmer find a way to uncover the station's secret hiding spot.
- Once in a while a teacher comes along who not only keeps the class interested and entertained but is able to get through to them. Mr. Rips is such a teacher, able to teach in a way that even Kubiac learns a thing or two. Unfortunately, teachers' salaries aren't able to support teachers with growing families, and Mr. Rips is forced to quit to pursue a higher-paying job. The class, along with Musso, must deal with the likely loss of one of the most-respected teachers to grace the halls of Santo Domingo.
- Jerry's not acting normal and as his buds, Parker and Mikey get to the bottom of the problem. Surprisingly the motive is Jerry's love of a girl, and Parker and Mikey ditch their responsibilities so he can pilot nervous Jerry through his date with the girl. Now the guys must help their friend, avoid Musso, and avoid Mr. Lewis. At the same time, Larry is experiencing growth spurts that him even more of a behemoth.
- A secret admirer has it out for Mikey and the gang tries to find this person. Meanwhile, Parker's attention is focused on Grace Musso more than ever as she is bent on having him make up three months' worth of missed first-period classes. This lack of attention might throw a fork in Parker being able to locate the correct girl who has eyes for Mikey.
- Parker constantly takes advantage of situations where he (or his buddies) can benefit. When Frank Lemmer finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard place he turns to Parker. As Musso is trying to hook Lemmer up with her 'unsuitable' (in Frank's opinion) niece, Lemmer cuts a deal with Parker for him to find a more suitable date. As Jerry needs help for an upcoming test that Lemmer can help with, the deal seems simple enough. Naturally, this simple task for Parker hits a series of snags... and Parker only worsens the situation.
- Getting invited to one of Melinda's parties is a big deal, and when Shelly gets invited, she strives to get a date. When she grows desperate, she seeks her brother's help--well, she blackmails him. As Parker helps her by using Jerry as her training date, Jerry starts to find interest in her. Larry Kubiac also tries to get into the party, but he wasn't invited. At party time, Shelly finds that maybe the date of her dreams isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
- Ms. Donnelly is the definition of coolness as she not only makes class interesting, but she lets her student have fun. When pranks backfire, Ms. Donnelly usually covers for Parker. As he gets a bit carried away, her patience slowly dwindles. The heroic teacher finally resigns, leaving the students to fend for themselves. One of the biggest issues is a fight looming between Kubiac and McDonald which Ms. Donnelly would usually be able to stop. Seeing that her downfall is largely Parker's fault, he must try to get her to return to teaching.
- The announcement of the Queen and King of the Junior Prom is surprising and scandalous at the same time. On his own, Jerry is responsible for the outcome of Larry Kubiac winning. Now that the whole thing has gone to Kubiac's head, coming out with the truth proves to be hard and potentially painful for Jerry. In the end, Kubiac takes the news poorly, and the ensuing embarrassment makes him drop out of school. It'll take Parker and the rest of the school to undo the damage and get Kubiac back.
- Parker has many good days, some mediocre days, but only one worst day. Everything imaginable that can go wrong does. Even Shelly one-ups Parker when she plays an embarrassing video of Musso to the entire school instead of the video Parker really made for Musso. portraying her in a good light. In the end Parker has enough and ditches the rest of his day. Could this be the end of Parker Lewis?
- Parker Lewis is a force to be reckoned with in whatever he does, and now he decides to run for class president. When the girl that really wants the position puts her all into it only to pale in comparison to Parker, guilt follows. For once Parker decides to lose at something and throw the election against his competitor, Becky Grant. but it seems that Parker can't lose even if he tries, and his ratings soar higher than ever.
- Mikey finds love with a new girl in school at the same time Parker finds love with a new girl ("they" turn out to be the same girl). Being a true bud, Parker steps aside and helps Mikey by asking her out. Complicating matters further, the girl, Robin, is more interested in Parker anyway. The final straw comes in the form of a 300+ lb. football player named Larry Kubiac who wants to destroy Parker. It seems life couldn't be more complicated for the Junior who normally holds all the cards.
- The last confrontation between Grace Musso and Dr. Pankow left Pankow in shambles. Now he's back begging Grace for a job at Santo Domingo. Parker knows better than to trust him and is out to get to the bottom of his plan. Pankow was left in shambles. In a game of cat-and-mouse, Pankow, Musso, and Parker Lewis are out to win. With twists and turns all around who will come out on top?
- In this installment of "Shelly finding herself" she strives to be a "Vogue." The trend-setting snob girls take Shelly in and help her see the light. Shelly is blinded to the fact that the Vogues are selfish and uncaring and she must decide whether her popularity is worth burning the people closest to her. Meanwhile, Parker is on a mission from Musso to help slender down Larry. Shelly's transformation into the Vogues' world collides with Parker's mission, which causes tension all around.
- Parker takes on a new role as Larry Kubiac's agent. While Larry is a force to be reckoned with on the football field, his communication skills are lacking. When college-football scouts are on campus, Parker must help the giant impress them or else wind up a failure. Now Parker must find a way to help Kubiac or else risk a future of pain, courtesy of the Kube.
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are helpless against the rising rate of theft from Mondo Video. Parker realizes that Kubiac could help solve the problem in the form of a rent-a-cop. All's well at Mondo and the amount of shoplifting drops to zero--but then iron-fisted Larry Kubiac takes the job a little TOO seriously and the customers of Mondo are afraid to even enter the store. Logically, if there are no customers coming in, then none of them will be stealing. As usual, Parker must fix the problem.
- Musso and Dr. Pankow are at it again. Each is trying to get something from the school board and naturally are willing to going to extremes to get their way. Pankow tries to win Musso's heart--and consequently her vote at the school board hearings. Parker discovers what Pankow is scheming and tries to convince Musso that she is being had. Can Parker get through to her before she ends up looking like a fool?
- Kubiac's lack of funds impact his ability to buy what he craves most: food. This forces him to stealthily seek out other people's food. A true menace, Kubiac can't be stopped, and the students of Santo Domingo suffer. Then, in an unlikely turn of events, Kube wins a sweepstakes, which makes him an instant millionaire. He'll truly never go hungry again... At least until he starts spreading his wealth all around Santo Domingo at a staggering pace. Parker tries to help Kubiac manage his new wealth, but notices that he's hard to control.
- Parker learns the lesson that love really isn't blind. A girl he's connected with through the Santo Domingo online community seems to be the Yin to his Yang. When he asks the girl to the upcoming "Truth or Dare" dance, he finally meets his dream girl--but the dream turns into a nightmare for his reputation: the girl (Harriet Guzman) is a plus-sized girl who otherwise wouldn't stand a chance with someone like him. Will he take Harriet to the dance or be uncool and drop her to take Melinda (this episode's hottie)?
- There's a disturbance in the force as there can't be two Parker Lewises. A new student at Santo Domingo threatens to steal Parker's glory as he's able to outdo Parker at every turn. In the blink of an eye Parker is no longer the coolest kid in school and struggles to keep his sanity. His world is crumbling around him unless he can find a way to beat Matt Stiles.
- The Almighty Kube with his child-like mentality backs down from nothing--except his do-gooder request for him to not fight anymore. Seeing a chance the school's don "Donald 'the Don' Yemano" jumps to attention and takes over the school with an iron fist. Everyone is pushed into a corner waiting for the mighty Kubiac to help, Will Larry Kubiac come out of retirement and fight Donald, or will this tale, told in children's-story style, not end happily ever after?
- Once again Shelly's found a new identity, to Parker's dismay. The newest music sensation 'Jezebel' has captured the attention of the girls at Santo Domingo. Like everyone else, Shelly feels that Jezebel is speaking to her in her music, and she faithfully worships her and is consumed with getting hold of a ticket to her upcoming concert, even if she must resort to being devious. Parker tries to help his sister as she seems brainwashed by Jezebel and must come to terms with right and wrong. The end result is actually pretty good and a lesson is learned.
- It's that time of the year when the geeks rejoice. With the science fair approaching, the rivalry between Grace Musso and Dr. Pankow heats up. Both sides are confident that their schools will win the science fair, and they place bets on their schools. With the threat of failure, Jerry (Santo Domingo's best chance at winning) spirals downward and causes Musso to panic. When she realizes that Santo Domingo will lose and Pankow is without any promising projects, the bet changes: The school with the worst science project will win the bet.
- Constantly finding herself in her brother's shadow, Shelly finds a new identity. The 'Dark Siders' are a group of kids that don't fit the regular high-schooler mold as they dress darkly, wreak havoc, and are very mysterious in nature. The 'Dark Siders' are essentially everything Parker is not--so they're very appealing to Shelly. As much as Parker likes distancing himself from his sister, the prospect of Shelly becoming a Dark Sider could be disastrous as she could very well get in over her head. Parker must decide to intervene to save his sister from possible self-destruction.
- A parent/student projects starts off innocently enough, then unravels many Santo Domingo students' relationships with their parents. Parker deals with his over-thinking father, Jerry and his father could probably create cold fusion with their brain power, and Mikey's rocky home life comes out. A potentially disastrous episode begs the question of how Parker can fix this one.
- Mikey's always lived without routine and responsibility--until Nick decides to lend him a hand. To help Mikey get the girl this time, Nick hires Mikey to work in the diner. Mikey must learn that sometimes responsibility comes with a price tag as he must decide between his job and his time. Mikey does his normal self-destructive thing, but can he pull himself out of the latest hole he's dug for himself?
- On his latest evil mission, Dr. Pankow decides to target Santo Domingo one CD at a time. With the advent of "explicit lyric" labels, Pankow sends one of his evil henchmen into Mondo Video to catch Mr. Lewis selling such CDs to minors. Mr. Lewis fights right back against Pankow's scheme to undermine the First Amendment. Parker garners a new respect for his father as Mr. Lewis risks everything to stand up for his rights.
- Sometimes fate isn't disguised as an angel with a bow and arrow, but as a diner manager. Nick Comstock notices a lonely Jerry is about to sit out another Friday night as Parker and Mikey double-date with their girlfriends. Playing his hand at fate, he gives Jerry a ticket to the show at the planetarium that evening. Jerry gets a surprise when it's not Nick who meets him at the planetarium that evening, but another single freshman.
- In an interesting change-up in the Parker Lewis world, Principal Musso's sneaky sidekick is put in the spotlight as he finds a girl interesting. Lemmer takes up a job working with Nick Comstock at the diner to pick up tips from the master. At the same time, Nick has his eyes on a girl.
- Parker is the leader, Mikey is the flirt and wild one, and Jerry is the brains. While Jerry's jacket has become a part of him and constantly saves the group's hides, it seriously crimps Jerry's love life. It starts innocently enough: Parker and Mikey take Jerry's jacket and try to help him impress a girl. When Jerry needs his jacket back. it mysteriously disappears, and other parties' interests are piqued when they find that Jerry doesn't have his jacket. In true Parker Lewis form, the end is climatic as everyone seeks out the power of the jacket.
- Parker is the a living god when he walks the halls of Santo Domingo. High school to Parker is just the backdrop of his life and the future isn't of interest--until now. It seems that while Parker has focused all his attention on the present, everyone else is planning for the future, and Parker will be left behind unless he figures out what to do with his post-high-school life.
- With the upcoming "G.A.G. Dance" looming, the guys at Santo Domingo are all a bit worried. G.A.G. means "Girls Ask Guys," therefore worry of the wrong girls asking guys out is very real, and Parker intervenes with a motivational speech. Parker might be able to inspire confidence to the students, but who will be there to help inspire Parker? As everyone finds dates to the dance, Parker winds up the odd man out.
- The very real threat to small-business owners is when a mega-corporation takes up shop and shuts down their competition. Mondo Video's existence is potentially in ruin as "Powder Keg Video" has opened up one of their franchises in Santo Domingo. Mr. Lewis finds that no matter what he does, Powder Keg is slowly running him out of business. He is posed with the option of shutting down Mondo Video and managing the new Powder Keg Video, but can he swallow his pride and work as a corporate slave?
- Mikey is the wild one of the gang, and temptation to leave them is always present. When some older guys offer Mikey a spot in their crew, he can't refuse. Good intentions and logic go out the window and Mikey finds himself on the wrong side of the law with his new gang. True friends will stick by you and Parker and Jerry must help out their friend. Mikey might have bitten off more than he can chew though as saving his own skin involves ratting on his new friends.
- Annie is out of town, so Parker must resist Mikey's idea to be with a pretty college girl until she's back. Michael Dorn (Worf on "Star Trek") cameos as a skeptic who questions whether Jerry's replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise is exact.
- Santo Domingo's football team is a physical force with such players as Larry Kubiac, but it lacks brain power. An upcoming game against El Carado High School prompts media attention towards Grace Musso (as the Flamingo's haven't ever scored so much as a point against their rivals) to act. Skipping other students, Grace shoots to the top of the intellectual ladder and suits Jerry Steiner up to play ball. Jerry proves an excellent addition to the team, helping them win other games, but with the big game looming, will Jerry get a big head? That and all the additional attention on Jerry takes attention off of Kubiac. In the end, will Santo Domingo come out on top?
- 1990–1993TV-PG7.1 (55)TV EpisodeJerry's constantly submersing himself into computers, school, and various other forms of geekery. Now he's been immersing himself in video games and finds himself addicted. When Jerry starts slipping at everything else in his life, Parker and Mikey must get him back on the right track. The mission proves to be tricky, and Jerry circles the drain of failure.
- To help keep track of his hectic life, Parker keeps an audio diary in the form of a miniature tape recorder. Suddenly he finds his beloved diary missing--along with all of the juicy contents recorded on it. The thief leaves a cryptic video recording to Parker, warning that at a ceremony to celebrate Kube, the contents of the diary will be broadcast to the whole school. Panic ensues as Parker's reputation is on the line along with his life if anything about the school's don "Donald 'the Don' Yemano" are revealed. Everything culminates as Parker and the crew find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place in front of the whole school.
- Parker Lewis can overcome anything in high school--until he encounters the wrath of the teacher from hell, "Mr. Tower." Mercilous Mr. Tower doesn't tolerate insubordination in his students, and his students fear him. Parker finds himself stretched thin as he's occupied by Mr. Tower, Annie, and his friends. Now that Parker is forced to study more than ever before. he finds an unusual ally: Frank Lemmer. Frank and Parker must band together to pass the class.
- In this spoof of Carrie set on the junior prom night, Parker must keep an eye on his little sister during the prom, but he fails.
- Grace Musso and Dr. Pankow are long-time rivals in the fight for control of the school board. Now an aging Grace and Pankow seem to be meeting not on the battlefield, but on dates. It's up to Parker and the gang to get beneath the facades and see if there is a true potential for a love connection or if Musso is being had. Simultanously Jerry's focus is being consumed by a HAL-9000-like computer. Parker is stuck in the middle between the love duo and the geek duo.
- Parker and Mikey want to help Jerry become a man, so they take him to a strip club. The two are taken away in a police raid and Jerry is left there alone. Grace is afraid of spiders and asks Kohler for help.
- "PLCL" has focused on many of the "communities" found in every high school, but until now hasn't focused much on the geek community from which Jerry was spawned. Parker and Mikey learn about the dark underworld of the geek and the terrible fate that afflicts geeks who fade from attention. Jerry decides to take one of these geeks under his wing, but he has a hard time keeping this geek from fading to the underworld. Naturally it takes the whole group, especially Jerry, to find resolution is this dark installment.
- Oftentimes in high school there are legends from years past of whom tales travel through the generations. Ronnie Ray is probably the biggest legend in Santo Domingo's history and the legend returns to be honored. When Parker digs deeper into Ronnie Ray's high-school career, he unearths several disappointments and finds that this hero still lives in the past. Parker sees first-hand that sometimes legends should remain legends, as reality is the ultimate buzz-kill.
- Coach Hank Kohler's back-story has until now been a mystery. Out of the blue Hank's dad appears and gives him his share of inheritance from his mother's death. Kohler is his own worst enemy and, as his dad anticipated, spends the money in the blink of an eye as he buys Atlas Diner. Knowing nothing about running a restaurant, he's bitten off more than he can chew (no pun intended) as he runs the restaurant into the ground. The only person who can get through to him is his mother and as her estate allowed him to buy the restaurant, it looks like Hank's belittling father was right and Hank is about to lose it all.
- Love is definitely in the air and everyone wants a piece. Musso's found a suave piano player, Mikey's found a good looker but has yet to talk to her, and Kubiac thinks he found a match for Kohler. However, things aren't what they seem, and everyone who thinks they've found love learns that "Love is Hell."
- Grace meets her old rich flame, who's been through a divorce. They hook up again and get married. Then he suddenly dies.
- Parker goes head-over-heels for a girl. His buds find that their leader has fallen under her spell and they are powerless to stop her. He grows brainwashed enough that MIkey and Jerry can no longer depend on him, which causes quite a ripple in the "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" Universe. Now Jerry and Mikey need to save their friend before the group permanently disbands.
- Parker just can't get a break, as he finds out when he plans a quiet night alone with Annie (his parents are out of town). As word gets out that Parker has the house to himself, everyone at Santo Domingo wants a piece, and a party quickly forms. Throughout the episode Parker is caught between time with Annie and the various troubles forming downstairs at the party. Parker quickly becomes overwhelmed as various subplots grow to drown out any possibility of anything developing between him and Annie.
- Whenever girls are involved with the buds, it's either with Parker or with Mikey. Now when both guys are going on a double date Jerry is completely left behind. Wanting to break out and do something different before summer is over, Jerry bumps into Brad Penny and his group. Jerry proceeds to experience life from a different vantage point in Brad's group instead of with Mikey and Parker. Now Jerry gets to see what being a bad boy is all about.
- Jerry was always at the top of his class, receiving A+ on each and every test, so he gets to skip a year and join a senior class. However, he then gets a B+ and has a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile, Grace dreams about "The Scarlet Letter."
- High school is not exactly high on Mikey's list of priorities. In typically Mikey fashion, a girl steals his interest and offers him something too good to be true. The girl's father happens to run a big recording studio, and father and daughter offer Mikey a recording contract. Parker knows that Mikey could possibly be throwing his life away as the lovestruck teen's mind is set solely on the deal. Parker must get to the bottom of everything and decide how to wake Mikey up to reality.
- If high school were powered by something, that something would be gossip. The rumor-mill has been working overtime about Ms. Mason, the school's resident hot teacher, through the stories told by one of the jocks. Now that Parker has been invited over to the teacher's house for some one-on-one planning for a class, Parker lands in the center of the gossip. Are the rumors true? Will Parker get the teacher? Or will he end up looking foolish? This episode explores the concept that teachers are people too and have their own thoughts and intentions.
- 1990–1993TV-PG6.9 (31)TV EpisodeParker's at the age when he deals with the responsibility of purchasing his first car. Against his dad's wishes for a safe and reliable Volvo, Parker decides on a convertible sports car instead. Parker's dad feels as if he's losing his son as he grows older and more independent, and this decision weighs heavily on both of them.
- This episode kicks off the Parker and Annie Sloan saga. While volunteering to help set up a school dance, Parker meets the love of his life: Annie Sloan. As with teenage love, the two experience a puppy love, then things become rocky as each of them over-complicate things. In a new-to-"PLCL" style this episode seems documentary, with individual scenes of Annie or Parker discussing their feelings and worries for the future. The catalyst is the one and only Nick Comstock (the diner manager). Will his views help the couple or help destroy it?
- After the day from Hell, Mikey has finally had enough. With no post-high-school plans, he finally figures that he might as well drop out. Now he's trying to make it as a musician, and Parker and others from Santo Domingo must intervene to help Mikey see the error of his ways. Is there really anything left at Santo Domingo for Mikey, or is the life of a drop-out the best choice?
- 1990–1993TV-PG6.8 (36)TV EpisodeKube and Kohler's friendship becomes rocky when a movie night goes wrong and Kohler realizes that Kube is having trouble with his own peers because of him. Meanwhile, Jerry tries to teach Grace how to use a computer.
- Annie sees something in Kube that no one else has seen before. She notices that the gentle giant is really good with kids and even goes so far as to have him help her watch over the daycare kids. Parker watches his Annie-time get gobbled up with busy schedules until Larry is spending more time with Annie than he is. Parker grows paranoid and Larry starts to think that maybe he'd be a better match for Annie than Parker.
- In this spoof of "Family Ties", Parker's mother decides to go back to school and continue her education. Parker's dad is dumbfounded and their marriage is at stake. At the same time, Jerry comes to live with them for a while.
- Whenever Shelly can exploit weakness in Parker, she does. Being an older, buff, and bad boy, Brad Penny is also the sworn enemy of Parker Lewis. Consequently, Shelly makes a goal of getting a kiss from him against Parker's wishes. As an added bonus, she knows that Parker is powerless against Brad with his track record of 0-2 against him. In other love news, Coach Kohler steps up his game of trying to win Grace Musso's heart. Either Valentine's Day came early this year or a few people will wind up crushed.
- Brad Penny joins the same class that Parker's in to impress a girl he likes. Soon, Brad draws all of the attention away from Parker, who becomes jealous. Kohler hires Jerry to work at his diner.
- In the diner things start slipping when Kohler finds love and puts his uptight friend in charge of managing the diner. Now Mikey is on edge with the no-holds manager who runs things by the book. Meanwhile, Parker must intervene when Hank jumps into marrying a girl he's just met. All the while Grace seeks a chance to finally rid herself of Hank by making sure Hank and Carol's marriage goes off without a hitch.
- Mikey's about to flunk Creative Writing, so his friends pitch in with story ideas for his assignment, including plot outlines from season 1 and 2 episodes of this show, a "Beverly Hills 90210" parody, and a tribute to Stephen J. Cannell.
- The constant search Grace Musso has been on to find her significant other might have come to an end. Parker's single Uncle Bill has come across Ms. Musso and fallen in love. Though finding Ms. Musso love with Bill entails special treatment from Musso, the threat of Grace becoming their aunt is a hard pill to swallow. Parker and Shelly need to decide whether they should intervene and break the two up or ride the wave of fringe benefits.
- In a strange turn of events, Brad Penny starts to treat Parker as a friend. Knowing that something must be lurking below the surface, Parker falls back in with his friends for support. Like a plague, the once-menacing Brad Penny is one step ahead and has befriended seemingly everybody in town. Now Parker faces the possibility that he's going crazy as everyone is under Brad's spell. For once Parker isn't the cool and collected guy from years past as paranoia haunts him throughout the episode.
- A bottle episode and clip show. The Atlas Diner is closing down, so all of the show's regulars are there to mark this end of an era. Each one plays his or her favorite (stock) tune on the diner's jukebox and reminisces.
- The second rocky episode in the story of Parker Lewis and Annie Sloan. As with the first part this episode focuses on Parker and Annie's relationship growing more serious. The two find each other's faults and have a hard time dealing with the new feelings that they are experiencing. Simultaneously Grace Musso is trying (as usual) to find love with a rich doctor.
- Mikey has a new girlfriend--the same girl who once broke Parker's heart. Jerry helps Kohler make a commercial for the diner, but Kohler hates all of Jerry's ideas.
- Annie starts to avoid Parker. Fearing that this is a lead-up to her breaking up with him, he asks his mom for relationship advice.
- Summer has arrived and Parker is ready for it. With a new hairstyle he checks off Step 1 of his 3-step plan towards maximum coolness... That is until his prank (Step 2) winds up with the wrong person taking the blame for the crime. This is when the character Brad Penny is introduced, as he takes the heat for the prank gone bad. Now Parker's summer might not be as bright as he planned, with the fear of Brad looming as he seeks vengeance.