Episode
The Parkers: In Sickness and in Health
Overview
Kim, Stevie and T make a music video for their music band, Freestyle Unity, for MTV to air it on their weekly music series. But due to the video's graphic content and since they never received permission to shoot the video on campus, they face getting kicked out of SMC and the banishment to air their video on MTV. But the school decides to give each of them community service arrangements in order to stay in school. Professor Oglevee has surgery but doesn't have any peace and quiet when Nikki visits him at the hospital.
Details
- Series
- The Parkers
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2001-03-19
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
In Sickness and in Health is Episode 19 in Season 2 of The Parkers. It aired on 2001-03-19. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 18: Kim Who?
When Kim rides T's scooter without a helmet, she becomes injured and loses her memory. Everyone, including her dad, Mel, tries to help Kim recall past memories in hopes of her gaining her memory back.
Episode 20: Et Tu Andell?
The gang hits a local salsa club to help Nikki relieve some stress, but the outing winds up having the opposite effect when she sees Professor Oglevee with the school's new dean of students Toni Ross. Stanley runs into an old friend named Kenny Davis who becomes attracted to Nikki, but Nikki rejects all of his advances. Later, she becomes bothered by Andell's new relationship with Mel.
More episodes from this season
Episode 17: Single Black Female
A new friend named Elaine in Nikki's life threatens the bond between her and Andell, who has a feeling that something is amiss with Nikki's pal. Meanwhile, Kim tries to give up solid foods for two weeks.
Episode 21: Love and Hisses
Professor Oglevee believes that Nikki ruined his date with Toni. He tries to patch things up with Toni by asking her out to dinner again. Kenny, Stanley's friend and the man from the salsa club that Nikki rejected, tells Stanley that he wants another chance with her. Later, Nikki reluctantly agrees to go out on a date with Kenny in the hopes of making Professor Oglevee jealous. As their plan works, Stanley advises Nikki that Kenny is playing with her emotions just to get her in bed and reveals his scheme for her to back off. Hurt, Nikki decides to leave both Professor Oglevee and Kenny alone. Andell thinks that Nikki should give Kenny another chance. Meanwhile, Kim receives a letter from her old high school boyfriend Michael and decides to rekindle their romance. Kim and Michael make up for lost time. But when Michael is always leaving so suddenly, Kim suspects that he's cheating on her. Later, she, T and Stevie learn that he has been seeing a girl named Alisa. When Kim goes to confron
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.
Episode 22: Love the One You're With
After meeting Michael's daughter Alisa, Kim agrees to help Michael care for her by looking after Alisa. Over Professor Oglevee, Nikki decides to resume her relationship with Kenny after he extends his forgiveness to her. With Nikki on his mind, Stanley visits a therapist who informs him that he may be falling in love with Nikki. While waiting for Michael to return from work, Kim receives news that there was an oil-rig explosion and Michael may or may not have made it out on time; leaving Kim to care for Alisa.
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 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 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 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 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.
Episode 10: Turkey Day Blues
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.