Episode
The Parkers: Love is a Royal Pain
Overview
musical guest: Teena Marie At her high-school reunion, Nikki regretfully meets an old flame who cheated on her, and introduces him to Kim- whom he starts dating.
Details
- Series
- The Parkers
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2000-02-07
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Love is a Royal Pain is Episode 14 in Season 1 of The Parkers. It aired on 2000-02-07. The runtime is 30 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 13: Big is Beautiful
musical guest: So Plush
Kim's new boyfriend, Garland, scores big laughs at a comedy laugh-off. When Garland starts using fat jokes as his main act, Nikki and others get offended. But Nikki makes a comeback by offending Garland with skinny jokes.
Episode 15: Funny, Funny Valentine
musical guest: Ideal
Professor Oglevee plans to pop the question to Veronica on Valentine's Day, and questions hang in the air when Nikki and her ex start seeing each other again. Meanwhile, Kim, Stevie and the other members of ""Triple A"" try to get dates for Valentine's Day with the singing group Ideal, but they must first cancel their dates with T and his frat brothers.
More episodes from this season
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's a handful.
Episode 16: Trading Places
Professor Oglevee has his twin brother, Sylvester, take his place at a school charity auction, where Sly romances a very confused Nikki. Meanwhile, Kim and Stevie try to ditch their dates from the charity auction.
Episode 11: It's a Family Affair
Nikki's haughty sister and her daughter come for Thanksgiving dinner and she bosses Nikki around which Nikki uncharacteristically endures.
Episode 17: A Simple Plan
After Nikki and Kim fail to convince Frank to give them a large discount on a Saturn, they buy a car at a police auction. They later find $250,000 in its tire, but Nikki's joy turns to fear when a mysterious man comes looking for the car.
Episode 10: Betting on Love
Nikki's ex-fiancée walks back into her life with a promise to give up his gambling habit and a marriage proposal.
Episode 18: It's a Spring Bling Thing
musical guests: Warren G. and Lil' Zane
Kim's band, ""Freestyle Unity"", is booked for a spring-break concert in Palm Springs, but not without complications. Meanwhile, Nikki's dream of being alone with Professor Oglevee turns into a nightmare for him after he and Veronica have a fight and she leaves with Andell to go to Palm Springs.
Episode 9: And the Band Plays On
""T"", Kim and Stevie dream of stardom when they form a music group and then learn that the record-company exec at the career fair is an old friend of Nikki's.
Episode 19: Moving on Out
Feeling the need to be independent, Kim moves in an apartment with Stevie. But Nikki and Stevie's mom, Sophia Van Lowe, can't seem to let go. Kim and Stevie have a housewarming party and Nikki and Sophia decide to crash the party, after they find out that they weren't invited. Meanwhile, T. falls for the girls' apartment manager, Rachel, but he later learns that she once was a man.
Episode 8: Quarantine
Nikki and Kim's dream vacation in Mexico turns into a nightmare after they're kicked out of the country, and then exposed to a potentially deadly virus on the plane ride home and quarantined. Kim and Nikki go crazy under house arrest, as does Professor Oglevee when he unwittingly exposes himself to the virus by entering their house.
Episode 20: Unforgiven
Nikki's parents visit when they come to renew their wedding vows. But her dad renews old tensions regarding Nikki's pregnancy at a young age.