This episode really gets season 2 rolling. It's funny as the students all get a parent / student project to create a device that toasts bread using only the items provided. Everyone's true intentions shine as they're forced to deal with their parents. The outcomes are drastically different and the process to create these inventions brings some relationships closer while others are blown apart. The main conflict is between Mikey and his lack of parents to help him for his project. Mikey in my opinion isn't the most believable whenever he has his 'emotional' episodes and this is one of those episodes. So as for drawbacks that's probably the one for this episode as most all of the Mikey scenes are of him sulking. Things are likely to resolve though as the judging takes place at the end...
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Re-introducing Mary Ellen Trainor as Judy Lewis
safenoe28 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
The season two opener has Mary Ellen Trainor returning to play Parker's mom, Judy Lewis. Mary was the first actress to play Parker's mom in the pilot, but Anne Bloom took over the role in season one, and then Mary Ellen Trainor returned for seasons two and three.
Anyway, here we get the parent-son or parent-daughter relationship playing out in the context of a school project, and relationships is at the forefront of this episode, with Mikey being upset his mom is too busy to help out, but thankfully all's well that ends well. I'm enjoying re-watching Parker Lewis Can't Lose, having first watched it when it debuted in the 1990s.
Anyway, here we get the parent-son or parent-daughter relationship playing out in the context of a school project, and relationships is at the forefront of this episode, with Mikey being upset his mom is too busy to help out, but thankfully all's well that ends well. I'm enjoying re-watching Parker Lewis Can't Lose, having first watched it when it debuted in the 1990s.
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