"Parker Lewis Can't Lose"
Pilot (1990)

Director:

Thom Eberhardt

Writers:

Lon Diamond (writer)
Clyde Phillips (writer)

TV Series:

"Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (1990)

Original Air Date:

2 September 1990 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Mikey finds love with a new girl in school. At the same time Parker finds love in a new girl (who turns out to be the same girl)...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Narrative | Surreal | Teen | Character Name In Title

Cast

Corin Nemec	...	Parker Lloyd Lewis
Billy Jayne	...	Mikey Randall (as William Jayne)
Troy W. Slaten	...	Jerry Steiner (as Troy Slaten)
Maia Brewton	...	Shelly Lewis
Melanie Chartoff	...	Principal Grace Musso
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abraham Benrubi	...	Larry Kubiac
Zachary Bostrom	...	Bobby
Lisa Canning	...	Andrea Russell
Evelina Fernández	...	Registrar
Sherman Howard	...	Mr. Lewis
Taj Johnson	...	Frank Lemmer
Milla Jovovich	...	Robin Fecknowitz
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Mr. Loopman
Scott Thomson	...	Mr. Kornstein
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Mrs. Lewis

Soundtrack:

Wonderfol World

The episode that gets the whole saga rolling

Considering it's the pilot episode for PLCL the writers don't waste time setting up the Parker Lewis world. Right from the get go you see Parker's jack of all trades tendencies. Parker shows his video editing skills, his technological savvy (his auto-opening locker, compact monitors, buzzer to help Mikey cheat on a test, etc), ticket salesman, and keen ability to weasel his way through any situation. Mikey is a little different in this episode as he normally is suave with the ladies whereas here he requires Parker's assistance. Shelley shows her face as the evil sister out for her brothers destruction and Kubiac threatens to do the destructing of Parker. Milla Jovovich makes an appearance as the love interest (looking faaaantastic at that). I'd definitely recommend that if you're going to watch PLCL for the first time, or if you haven't seen it since the early 90's then you should watch this episode first.