Episode
The Parkers: Election 2000
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Parkers
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2000-11-06
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Election 2000 is Episode 8 in Season 2 of The Parkers. It aired on 2000-11-06. The runtime is 30 min.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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 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 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 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 3: The Oddest Couple
When Professor Oglevee hears of Veronica's engagement, he becomes so depressed that he doesn't notice Nikki's moved in to his apartment. After realizing that he has to move on and that Nikki has moved in with him, Stanley tells Nikki to leave his apartment. Meanwhile, Kim searches for a new roommate after Stevie moves into her parent's home. She prefers her roommate to be a male and comes across Bradley who had just been kicked out of his parent's house. Kim has feelings for Bradley but is saddened to learn that he's gay and throws a wild party in Kim's apartment. After kicking Bradley out, Nikki shows up to let Kim know that she needs a roommate because she gave up the lease for her own apartment.
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 2: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
While newlyweds Jerel and Kim prepare to leave for Paris, Jerel's mom, Clarise, shows up with a surprise that could threaten their marriage. Meanwhile, Professor Oglevee has a falling out with Veronica. So he takes T's advice to date another woman but it turns out he only wants Veronica.
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.