Episode
The Parkers: Turkey Day Blues
Overview
A clash between Nikki and Kim over the onions in the stuffing leaves Kim out on the street trying to find a meal on her own. She meets a homeless woman named Wilma McCoy and later they show up at a homeless shelter where Nikki and the gang are serving their Thanksgiving dinner.
Details
- Series
- The Parkers
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2000-11-20
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Turkey Day Blues is Episode 10 in Season 2 of The Parkers. It aired on 2000-11-20. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 9: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
As she struggles to come up with an idea to write about for her creative writing class, Kim fantasizes about a world of wealth, lies and deceit based on the 1980s soap Dallas.
Episode 11: Cheers
Nikki tries out for the cheerleading squad and is rejected by Regina and the other members because of her less-than-perfect figure. Kim quits the team, too. Later, both Nikki and Kim fight back by forming a squad of their own. Meanwhile, Professor Olgevee tries to act young to impress a young lady. But when she's not interested, she decides to hook him up with her mother.
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Episode 8: Election 2000
After hearing that haughty Regina is running for student-body president, Kim decides to run. But after an interview for the school newspaper ends with Nikki answering all of Kim's intended questions, Kim and Nikki have a disagreement; leading to Nikki entering the race and competing with Kim and Regina.
Episode 12: Mama, I Want to Sing
musical guest: Fred Hammond
The new Reverend at Nikki's church appoints her the new choir director for an upcoming concert. Nikki also thinks that Kim should join the choir as a soloist. But when Kim backs out on an important rehearsal, Nikki kicks her out of the choir and decides that she'll take over as the new soloist. (But she can't sing.) Later, Reverend Wright has been spending a lot of time with Nikki, which leads Nikki to believe that the Reverend is interested in her. When he shows up the next day, he announces to Nikki (who believes he's about to propose to her) that he wants Kim to rejoin the choir for the concert. Relieved, Nikki lets Kim back in the choir.
Episode 7: Scary Kim
Kim plays several pranks on Nikki and her friends on Halloween as she gets ready to celebrate her birthday. Kim's best friend, Moesha Mitchell, stops by to receive her Cinderella costume that Kim designed for her. But when a stranger appears at her door and leaves a threatening note, she assumes someone's out to kill her. Later, things get spooky and mysteriously when everyone starts disappearing. As Nikki, Kim and Professor Oglevee search for everyone's whereabouts, they surprise Kim by presenting her scare as a joke.
Episode 13: Field of Dreams
For an African-American culture festival, Nikki decides to pay tribute to her great-uncle, a former Negro League baseball player, but she is shocked to learn that her great-uncle was an ex-con. Meanwhile, Kim and Stevie try to live without the convenience of African-American inventions.
Episode 6: Whassup With Heyyy?
musical guest: Mary Mary
Inspired by the Whassup Guys at an Entrepreneur convention, Nikki, Kim, Stevie and T go into the shirt business, but, when they can't agree on a slogan, T breaks off on his own called ""Heyyy"". The girls struggle to sell more than one of their ""Dang Momma"" t-shirts and T's business proves to be a success. Then Nikki realizes she came up with T's slogan, and she decides to take him to court.
Episode 14: Blind Date Mistake
Nikki and Kim go on a blind date with a father-son duo named Ernest and Dwayne Orange when they appear on an episode of the TV show ""Blind Date"" hosted by Roger Lodge himself. Kim's date, Dwayne, seems to be perfect for her, but Nikki's date, Ernest, is a little too pushy, which quickly irritates Nikki.
Episode 5: J.C. Bowl
Under the watchful eye of Professor Oglevee, Nikki, Stevie and T team up for an academic tournament. The lackluster squad gets a boost when K.B., whose studies revolve around genetics, joins them. But once K.B. meets Kim, his attention begins to wander. Forced by Nikki to choose between the team and Kim, he chooses Kim, a move that upsets Stanley, who wagered two months salary on the team's success.
Episode 15: Who's Your Mama?
A young woman named Samantha McGee claims that she and Kim were switched at birth, and that she is Nikki's real daughter. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee enlists the help of Stevie and T to clean up his messy apartment, but they accidentally dispose of the ashes in the urn which is the remains of Stanley's deceased uncle.
Episode 4: Reunited
Nikki moves in with Kim and immediately throws her weight around, giving rise to tension between herself and Kim. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee holds a neighborhood watch in caution of a burglar on the loose.
Episode 16: Hands Off, Grandma
Nikki's grandmother, Evelyn Smith, comes to visit and causes friction with Nikki when she tries to seduce Professor Oglevee.