The Parkers Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Parkers: Season 5 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 5 Episode 19: At Last

  Part three of three. Professor Oglevee realises he's in love with Nikki, but when he tries to prevent the wedding taking place, Andell takes prompt action to stop him. Last-ever episode

• Season 5 Episode 18: A Little Change Never Hurt Anybody

  Part two of three. Johnnie is offered a job in New York, prompting Nikki to try desperately to talk him out of it. Meanwhile, Kim enlists Stevie's help in starting her own business

• Season 5 Episode 17: Could It Be You?

  Part one of three. Andell sets Nikki up on a blind date with Johnnie. Although reluctant at first, she soon realises how much she has in common with him

• Season 5 Episode 16: Practice What You Preach

  Nikki bumps into an old friend at church, and Kim tries to teach Professor Oglevee how to sing

• Season 5 Episode 15: Judge Not a Book

  An author convinces Nikki to write a book which subsequently becomes a bestseller, and Kim assists a supermodel's stylist

• Season 5 Episode 14: She's Positive

  T strikes up a friendship with an attractive girl while out celebrating his birthday. Unfortunately, she soon reveals she is HIV positive

• Season 5 Episode 13: Can Two Wrongs Make a Right?

  Nikki's prospects of a scholarship are put in jeopardy when her assessor suddenly makes an early appearance

• Season 5 Episode 12: School of Hard Knocks

  Two radio DJs vie for Kim's attention, and Nikki is annoyed when Andell becomes Professor Oglevee's new star student. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 5 Episode 11: Out With the Old, In With the New

  When Stevie's mom (Shannon Tweed) brings home her new boyfriend, Stevie accepts an invitation to join him for a more private meeting; Nikki enlists the gang's help in throwing a garage sale.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Cheaters Never Prosper

  Nikki becomes Professor Oglevee's assistant and soon clashes with a flirtatious student. Meanwhile, $5,000 is up for grabs for volunteers willing to live in cramped quarters in aid of a psychology study

• Season 5 Episode 9: Foul Ball

  Kim, Stevie and Nikki recruit Olympic softball player Jennie Finch to help them win the annual game, forcing the guys to bring on MLB player Eric Davis as a ringer.

• Season 5 Episode 8: I Never Rapped for My Father

  T's father, a former member of a one-hit-wonder group, visits his son with the intention of starting a new band with him. Meanwhile, Andell's cousin Lurlene from Louisiana accidentally makes a date with Professor Oglevee

• Season 5 Episode 7: Kimmie Has Two Moms

  The Professor helps T to charm an older woman, while Kim and Nikki win a guest appearance on a talk show

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Mack is Like Wo!

  Professor Oglevee decides to go on a matchmaking game show, and is horrified to find Nikki lined up as one of his potential dates. American sitcom, starring Dorien Wilson and Mo'Nique

• Season 5 Episode 5: The Accidental Therapist

  Nikki blackmails Professor Oglevee into attending therapy sessions, while T and Stevie enlist Kim's help to snap celebrity photos for a tabloid. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Dorien Wilson

• Season 5 Episode 4: Mama, I'm Baaack!

  Kim unexpectedly returns from Harvard, while Nikki and Andell hatch a plan to oust their new room-mate. Comedy, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 5 Episode 3: A Plot with a View

  Stevie and T hire a new singer for the band as a replacement for Kim, and Nikki decides to buy a burial plot for herself and Professor Oglevee from a distinctly shady undertaker

• Season 5 Episode 2: Squatter's Rights

  When the tax man takes away the Professor's inheritance and his old apartment has been occupied, Nikki offers him her home; Andell convinces Nikki that the Professor will not marry her if she continues to let him freeload.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Till Death Do Us Part - And Make it Soon

  Nikki sneaks aboard the professor's yacht and discovers that his wife is plotting to murder him.

The Parkers: Season 4 (2002 - 2003)

• Season 4 Episode 25: An Ivy League of Her Own

  Nikki fears Professor Oglevee is heading for trouble when he inherits his uncle's $10million fortune and falls for a sexy widow with a string of rich, dead husbands. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 4 Episode 24: Jury Duty

  Professor Oglevee is thrilled by the prospect of jury duty - until he realises he'll be serving with Nikki. Meanwhile, Kim catches the eye of a substitute tutor. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn, Mo'Nique and Dorien Wilson

• Season 4 Episode 23: The Good, The Bad and The Funny

  After seeing a picture of a Wild West bandit who resembles Professor Oglevee, Nikki imagines herself as the no-nonsense sheriff of a frontier town

• Season 4 Episode 22: She's a Bad Mamma Jamma

  A boy tries to get Nikki to date his father. Meanwhile, the band believe they have been booked to perform at a Seventies party - but discover it's actually an over-70s party. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mo'Nique

• Season 4 Episode 21: Internship

  Kim vies with rival Freddy Fabulous for a full-time position at a prestigious fashion house. Comedy, guest starring Kel Mitchell, with Countess Vaughn

• Season 4 Episode 20: Join the Club

  Nikki decides to join a book club in order to pursue new upscale clients for her catering business; Oglevee and T enter a chili cook-off.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Amazing Grace

  Professor Oglevee tries to tutor Kim, while a guardian angel comes to Nikki's aid when life starts to overwhelm her. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 18: That's What Friends Are For

  Nikki's best friend (Kim Coles) is still a party animal, and it causes a rift in their relationship; Kim, Stevie and T try to trick the professor into giving them the answers to an upcoming test.

• Season 4 Episode 17: A Sterling Relationship

  Professor Oglevee's brother visits and Kim writes a gossip column for the school paper, using her friends' lives as material. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mo'Nique

• Season 4 Episode 16: Somebody's Watching You

  Nikki is confined to Professor Oglevee's apartment with a broken leg, and uses the enforced idleness as an excuse to spy on her neighbours - but witnesses a murder. American sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mo'Nique

• Season 4 Episode 15: Love Potion No 83

  Nikki tries to find the antidote for a Jamaican fortune teller's potent love potion, which Kim and her friends have drunk by mistake. American sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 4 Episode 14: The Hold Up

  Nikki and Professor Oglevee are taken hostage during a bank robbery staged by crook whose ambitions exceed his stature. American sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 4 Episode 13: Dead Clown Walking

  Andell and Kim try to cheer up Nikki by tracking down the clown who used to entertain at her childhood birthday parties : but discover he's met an untimely death. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Parent Trap

  Nikki's biological father begins dating Andell's mother, but the fledgling romance soon goes sour, causing a rift between the two friends. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 4 Episode 11: Lights, Camera, Action

  Nikki lands a catering job on the set of a popular soap opera, but the director is so impressed by her bubbly personality that he gives her an on-screen role - and before long Kim is also angling for a part. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 10: Sign of the Shaq

  Nikki and Andell sneak into the LA Lakers' locker room to get an autographed jersey from basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, while Kim takes in a stray dog

• Season 4 Episode 9: Road Trip

  Kim, Stevie and T go on a road trip to Las Vegas with their friend Hakeem, but get stranded in a remote desert town, where they find themselves at the mercy of an unscrupulous entrepreneur who owns all the local businesses. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 8: It's Gary Coleman

  Nikki becomes Gary Coleman's manager, and devises a plan to get his acting career back on track by producing a cable-access show

• Season 4 Episode 7: Kim's 21st Birthday

  Kim celebrates her 21st birthday and Nikki makes sure it goes with a bang, giving her a gift she'll never forget

• Season 4 Episode 6: And the Winner Is

  Stevie, Kim and T decide to compete against one another in a talent contest. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 5: Food Fiasco

  Chef Nikki enlists the gang's help when a food critic drops by the restaurant with an army of friends.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Meter Maids Need Love Too

  Nikki has a running battle with a traffic warden who's dating Andell. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 3: High Heels and Video Tapes

  Nikki Parker comes to Professor Oglevee's rescue and manages to get him reinstated at the college. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 4 Episode 2: She's Hysterical

  Professor Oglevee finds himself being tempted by an old flame on the eve of his wedding, and Nikki discovers she isn't pregnant. Dorien Wilson and Mo'Nique star

• Season 4 Episode 1: The Mourning After

  Professor Oglevee wakes from a drunken slumber and is embarrassed about his one-night stand with Nikki. Dorien Wilson and Mo'Nique star

The Parkers: Season 3 (2001 - 2002)

• Season 3 Episode 22: Teach Me Tonight

  Professor Oglevee turns to Nikki for friendship after losing his job at the college

• Season 3 Episode 21: It's Showtime

  Former NBA star Magic Johnson hires Nikki to be the manager of his cinema : with disastrous repercussions

• Season 3 Episode 20: Mother's Day Blues

  Mother's Day celebrations are interrupted at Stevie's when the IRS evict the Van Lowes from their home

• Season 3 Episode 19: The Dates From Hell

  Kim and Stevie try speed-dating as a means of meeting new men; Nikki spots professor Oglevee with a married woman.

• Season 3 Episode 18: The Crush

  Nikki receives the unwanted attention of Professor Oglevee's 12-year-old nephew

• Season 3 Episode 17: A Beautiful Lie

  Kim, Stevie and T take an IQ test but the results get mixed up. Countess Vaughn stars

• Season 3 Episode 16: Make a Joyful Noise

  Nikki's choir is chosen to compete at the gospel festival, but Kim joins a rival group instead

• Season 3 Episode 15: Don't Believe the Hype

  T has to decide between rapping with the band or an offer of work from an old friend

• Season 3 Episode 14: To Love or Not to Love

  Kim gets Nikki to join a support group when her crush on Oglevee gets way out of hand. Countess Vaughn stars

• Season 3 Episode 13: My Two Dads

  Nikki's biological father makes a surprise visit, causing tension with the father who raised her.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Revolution

  Professor Oglevee tells the story of the student union and radio station that spurred the Black Studies Programme. Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow star

• Season 3 Episode 11: Secret Santa

  The gang gets locked in a department store on Christmas Eve.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Family Ties and Lies

  The family take part in a game show where home truths are revealed. Countess Vaughn stars

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Altos

  Nikki goes to work in a garbage facility and suspects her boss is a mobster

• Season 3 Episode 8: Take the Cookies and Run

  Nikki asks for the Big Sisters' help to sell cookies in order to buy concert tickets

• Season 3 Episode 7: Mummy's the Word

  Steve and T throw a Hallowe'en party in the hope of raising enough money to pay for their demo tape

• Season 3 Episode 6: Baby, You've Got to Go

  Nikki moves into Andell's apartment after Kim's new boyfriend (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) moves in with her.

• Season 3 Episode 5: A Knockout Times Two

  Nikki stages a boxing match with a magazine editor who set her sights on professor Oglevee.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Nobody's Fool

  Nikki is choosen to co-host a Lady Egyptian informercial, but is disappointed when she meets the real Lady Egyptian

• Season 3 Episode 3: Not So Super, Supers

  Nikki and Kim elect themselves superintendents of their apartment building despite lacking technical expertise.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Crazy Love

  Professor Oglevee tries to woo Nikki from her new love with the help of singer Brian McKnight.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Baby Girl

  Professor Oglevee is accused of being in love with Nikki by his therapist. Countess Vaughn stars

The Parkers: Season 2 (2000 - 2001)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Love the One You're With

  Kim tries to adjust to the news that Michael is a single father; Professor Oglevee considers his feelings about Nikki.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Love and Hisses

  Kim rekindles an old romance; Nikki hopes to make Professor Oglevee jealous by dating one of his friends.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Et Tu Andell

  Nikki and the gang go to a salsa club, but Nikki still can't forget all the men she is interested in are taken

• Season 2 Episode 19: In Sickness and In Health

  Kim, Stevie and T make a music video but get kicked out of college for its graphic content. Comedy, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 2 Episode 18: Kim Who?

  Kim has an accident on T's scooter and suffers memory loss

• Season 2 Episode 17: Single Black Female

  Andell becomes suspicious of Nikki's new friend Elaine. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 2 Episode 16: Hands Off, Grandma

  Nikki's grandmother tries to make a love connection with Professor Oglevee.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Who's Your Mama?

  A girl who claims she and Kim were switched at birth arrives in town looking for her mother

• Season 2 Episode 14: Blind Date Mistake

  Nikki and Kim go out with a father and son after appearing on Blind Date

• Season 2 Episode 13: Field of Dreams

  Kim, Stevie and Nikki prepare for a black cultural festival.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Mama, I Want to Sing

  Nikki becomes the new choir director for a forthcoming church event

• Season 2 Episode 11: Cheers

  Professor Olgevee tries to appear younger in a bid to impress a girl, while Nikki is rejected by the cheerleading team because of her figure, and decides to hit back by forming a squad of her own

• Season 2 Episode 10: Turkey Day Blues

  Nikki and Kim have an argument about the stuffing for Thanksgiving dinner, resulting in the latter dining elsewhere

• Season 2 Episode 9: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

  For a creative-writing project, Kim imagines her family as the Ewings from 'Dallas.'

• Season 2 Episode 8: Election 2000

  Nikki, Kim and Regina compete against each other to become school president. Comedy, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 2 Episode 7: Scary Kim

  Hallowe'en approaches, and Kim's spooky pranks backfire when she receives a threatening note

• Season 2 Episode 6: Whassup with Heyyy?

  Kim and Nikki set up a T-shirt slogan business in an effort to rake in some much-needed cash. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 2 Episode 5: JC Bowl

  Nikki helps Professor Oglevee assemble a team for an academic competition.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Reunited

  Nikki moves in with Kim and immediately starts throwing her weight around

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Oddest Couple

  Nikki moves into Professor Oglevee's apartment without him knowing, and Kim makes a play for a new flatmate : but she's in for a shock

• Season 2 Episode 2: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

  Jerel's mother turns up with a surprise that could threaten his marriage. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn and Mari Morrow

• Season 2 Episode 1: Wedding Bell Blues

  Nikki and Professor Oglevee race to Las Vegas to try to stop Kim and Jerel's wedding

The Parkers: Season 1 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Get Me to the Church on Time

  Kim thinks she and Jerel should get married when he is offered a job in Paris

• Season 1 Episode 21: Since I Lost My Baby

  Nikki and Veronica plot to break up Professor Oglevee and his new girlfriend (Traci Bingham).

• Season 1 Episode 20: Unforgiven

  Nikki's parents come back to town to renew their wedding vows, but criticise her for getting pregnant at such a young age

• Season 1 Episode 19: Moving On Out

  Feeling the need to be independent, Kim moves in an apartment with Stevie : but Nikki finds it hard to let her go. Meanwhile, T is taken aback to learn his new girlfriend was once a man

• Season 1 Episode 18: It's a Spring Bling Thing

  Kim's band Freestyle Unity play a prestigious concert in Florida, while Nikki's dream of being alone with Professor Oglevee turns into a nightmare : for him

• Season 1 Episode 17: A Simple Plan

  Nikki finds a quarter of a million dollars stashed in one of the tyres of her recently acquired second-hand car : but unfortunately for her, a mysterious stranger also seems keen to get his hands on it. US sitcom, starring Countess Vaughn

• Season 1 Episode 16: Trading Places

  Professor Oglevee persuades his twin brother Sylvester to replace him at a school charity auction, where he romances a very confused Nikki

• Season 1 Episode 15: Funny, Funny Valentine

  Professor Oglevee plans to pop the question to Veronica on Valentine's Day, and Nikki starts seeing her ex again

• Season 1 Episode 14: Love is a Royal Pain

  Nikki attends a school reunion, where she meets an old flame who was unfaithful to her : and he wastes no time in getting to know Kim

• Season 1 Episode 13: Big is Beautiful

  Kim's new boyfriend Garland enters a comedy festival, where he causes offence by making crude jokes about fat people : prompting Nikki to indulge in a little offensive humour of her own

• Season 1 Episode 12: Bad to the Bone

  Nikki gets involved in Professor Oglevee's mentor program, acting as a big sister for a 12-year-old girl named Shaquilla who proves quite a handful

• Season 1 Episode 11: It's a Family Affair

  Nikki's haughty sister and her daughter visit for Thanksgiving dinner, setting the scene for festive discord

• Season 1 Episode 10: Betting on Love

  Nikki's ex-fiancée walks back into her life and surprises her with a promise to give up his gambling habit : and a marriage proposal

• Season 1 Episode 9: And the Band Plays On

  Kim and Stevie's dreams of a lucrative musical career are given a boost by the discovery that the record company executive at the career fair is one of Nikki's old friends from way back

• Season 1 Episode 8: Quarantine

  Nikki and Kim suffer the humiliation of being kicked out of Mexico : then learn they've been exposed to a potentially deadly virus on the plane ride home and have to go into quarantine

• Season 1 Episode 7: Kimberlale

  Kim unveils her new designs at a sorority fashion show, where they catch the eye of Professor Oglevee's mother Camille, who owns a chain of boutiques

• Season 1 Episode 6: Three's a Shag

  Kim declines Hakeem's invitation to be his date at an Austin Powers party.

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Boomerang Effect

  Stevie and Anthony try to put together a calendar of Santa Monica College most attractive men, and Kim ignores an admirer : until Nikki gives him a makeover

• Season 1 Episode 4: Taking Tae-Bo with My Beau

  Nikki and Kim begin tae-bo lessons, but Professor Oglevee is decidedly unimpressed with their new hobby : and ends up on the receiving end of a knock-out punch

• Season 1 Episode 3: Daddy's Girl

  Kim decides to move out of the house and live with her doting dad, who lets her do whatever she wants

• Season 1 Episode 2: Scammed Straight

  Kim and Nikki get a job at the psychic hotline to help pay their college expenses, and soon becomes its start attractions

• Season 1 Episode 1: Grape Nuts

  Nikki decides to join the same sorority as her daughter Kim, but finds she won't be allowed in until she can prove her worth