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The Weekenders

TV·2000–2004·4 seasons, 73 episodes·ABC·Animation, Comedy, Kids·11m·Created by Doug Langdale

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Four friends, Tino, Carver, Lor, and Tish, spend each weekend discovering and creating new levels of fun, while negotiating the obligatory obstacles of adolescence.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Home@workS01E07 · 8.0When Lor needs extra help studying for her history test, she talks Tino into helping her. Meanwhile, Tish and Carver try to hire temporary friends in their absence.
  2. 02Crevasse of DreamsS02E08 · 8.0After Tino finds a cool spot to hangout and he takes his friends all the way up there, they find the place packed with people. The others give him a hard time about his "secret mountain" and when he mentions the gang's cool old hangout "The Crevasse", it turns out that he is the only one who can actually remember it. Will Tino be capable of helping them find The Crevasse or is it just a figment of Tino's imagination?
  3. 03VengeanceS02E13 · 8.0Carver is constantly getting tricked into embarassing himself by Christie until he sends her a fake note saying she has won a contest and gets to go out with Lonnie, from a boy band, wearing a scuba outfit!

Cast

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode16Episodes2000Aired 6.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Crush Test DummiesFebruary 26, 2000 7.0Lor needs Carver's advice on clothes when she develops a crush on Thompson Oberman, but when Carven mistakes "I need Carver. I have to make
  2. S01E02Grow UpFebruary 26, 2000After playing on a Jumping Jamboree, Tino is the laughing stock of his mom's Vernal Equinox party. So he decides to act more adult, by start
  3. S01E03Shoes of DestinyMarch 4, 2000Carver has always wanted to be popular, though despite his best attempts, he could never manage to be noticed. The gang decides to help Carv
  4. S01E04Sense and SensitivityMarch 4, 2000 5.0Having made her friends angry at her for the last time, Lor vows to be sensitive for their every need. However, will her friends, family and
  5. S01E05The Perfect WeekendMarch 11, 2000 6.0Tino has the perfect weekend planned out, but the others disagree with his plan. His friends are pivotal for his plan to work, but will he b
  6. S01E06Throwing CarverMarch 11, 2000 7.0Carver can't bring himself to tell Tish her sculpture of him is terrible because he doesn't want to offend his friend, but he doesn't want t
  7. S01E07Season's bestHome@workMarch 18, 2000 8.0When Lor needs extra help studying for her history test, she talks Tino into helping her. Meanwhile, Tish and Carver try to hire temporary f
  8. S01E08To Be or Not to BeMarch 18, 2000 7.0Tish is very excited because she has recently managed to get a role in a very good play, though her role is somewhat humiliating and her fri
  9. S01E09SittersMarch 25, 2000 7.0The gang helps Carver babysit his wild baby brother with disastrous results.
  10. S01E10BandMarch 25, 2000 7.0When Carver lies in order to try to be more popular, the gang finds themselves facing impossible odds because they must convince their favor
  11. S01E11MakeoverApril 1, 2000 7.0Lor has had feelings for Thompson for quite some time, though she’s nervous about the way she looks and she believes that Thompson won’t fin
  12. S01E12The New GirlApril 1, 2000Tish's mom hangs out with the kids to be more American which makes Tish uncomfortable while her friends believe their weekend won't be enjoy
  13. S01E13Party PlanningApril 22, 2000A big party is coming up that is going to be the first boy/girl party that the friends have ever attended. Tino and Carver ask Lor and Tish
  14. S01E14Pudding BallApril 22, 2000The kids compete against each other in a pudding ball tournament. Tino and Tish team up against Carver and Lor, but will they be able to enj
  15. S01E15Dead RingerMay 6, 2000Every year each student in Bahia Bay has to compete in a sport at the Bahia Bay Park for a picnic. Everyone is excited except for Tino, becu
  16. S01E16Carver the TerribleMay 6, 2000During a game of soccer, Carver accidentally trips one of the toughest people at his school. However, all the others who saw it occur begin

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode25Episodes2000–01Aired 6.6Season avg
  1. S02E01Radio DramaSeptember 9, 2000 6.0Tino, Carver and Lor want to take a weekend to just relax and do nothing, but when Tish signs them up to do a Radio Play, their plans are ru
  2. S02E02The TraditionSeptember 9, 2000 6.0Tish's parents want her to participate in Momatuche, a ceremony from the old country. Tish wants nothing to do with the tradition until she
  3. S02E03To Each His OwnSeptember 16, 2000 7.0Since the friends missed their previous weekend plans due to external circumstances, they decide to find ways to spend the weekend this time
  4. S02E04DiarySeptember 16, 2000 5.0While helping Tish clean her room Carver purposefully drops open Tish's diary and reads a page that says her and her family and moving back
  5. S02E05The InvitedSeptember 23, 2000 7.0Tino and Tish get invited to a Costume Party and they don't want to tell Lor and Carver that they were note invited. However, Carver and Lor
  6. S02E06Real FakeSeptember 23, 2000 7.0The gang is excited about appearing in a film-makers documentary about children until they realize that they're lives aren't exactly the mos
  7. S02E07Super KidsNovember 4, 2000 7.0Carver's parents decide he isn't goal orientated, so they force him to attend 12-year-old super-achiever Tripp Nickerson's motivational semi
  8. S02E08Season's bestCrevasse of DreamsNovember 4, 2000 8.0After Tino finds a cool spot to hangout and he takes his friends all the way up there, they find the place packed with people. The others gi
  9. S02E09DixonNovember 11, 2000 7.0An amusement park is re-opening and the gang tries to earn tickets while Tino frets about his mom's upcoming date but after finding out his
  10. S02E10Taking SidesJanuary 13, 2001 7.0Tino gets fed up with Carver always trying to be cool and impress people and Carver decides Tino is holding him back, so the two split up an
  11. S02E11To TishJanuary 13, 2001 7.0The others make up the word "Tishing" to describe when Tish acts smart. It's not long before their lingo catches on throughout the city and
  12. S02E12TicketsJanuary 27, 2001 7.0Tino wins two tickets to the sold out Chum Bukkit concert and must pick one of his three friends to go with him.
  13. S02E13VengeanceJanuary 27, 2001 8.0Carver is constantly getting tricked into embarassing himself by Christie until he sends her a fake note saying she has won a contest and ge
  14. S02E14MurphFebruary 3, 2001 6.0Tino can't understand why everyone likes him except for one guy, Murph. Can Tino manage to convince Murph to like him so that he doesn't fee
  15. S02E15Uncool WorldFebruary 3, 2001 6.0Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish get sick of Colby and Bree constantly making fun of those who are "beneath them", so Tino confronts them and argu
  16. S02E16My Punky ValentineFebruary 10, 2001 7.0Tino gets a crush on a punk girl so he turns into a punk himself to try and impress her, but it doesn't seem to work. The others, who don't
  17. S02E17Brain EnvyFebruary 10, 2001 6.0Lor discovers that Thompson and Tish have something in common, as they're both really smart. This leads her to think that Tish is after Thom
  18. S02E18Tish's HairFebruary 17, 2001 5.0Tish gets a new hairdo and the gang is too afraid to tell her it's ugly.
  19. S02E19I Want to Be Alone!February 17, 2001 6.0Tish decides to spend the weekend alone and the gang goes on a mission to discover why.
  20. S02E20Baskets for BucksMarch 3, 2001 6.0Lor is under pressure when she must sink three baskets in a row to win money, and thinks that losing will end her friendship with the others
  21. S02E21PruMarch 3, 2001 7.0A popular girl makes the gang popular to get back at her friends.
  22. S02E22Talent ShowMarch 10, 2001 6.0Lor tries out for the talent show.
  23. S02E23Relative BoredomMarch 10, 2001 7.0Tino's super geeky cousin is coming over for the weekend, conflicting his plans to see the new Chum Bukket movie.
  24. S02E24New FriendsMarch 17, 2001 7.0After Tino meets his mom's former best friend, he decides that the differences he has with his friends will only end in tears.
  25. S02E25The Awful WeekendMarch 17, 2001 6.0The gang experiences a terrible weekend, but end up laughing in the end because it's so terrible.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode24Episodes2001Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S03E01Crushin' RouletteSeptember 9, 2001 7.0Tish is upset because everyone else has a crush except her, so she decides the others should survey people around the town and decide who sh
  2. S03E02Lucky ShoesSeptember 9, 2001 6.0Carver, convinced he can win a race as long as he is running in his lucky shoes, bets that if he loses, the others will be his opponent's sl
  3. S03E03CrySeptember 16, 2001 7.0After Tino cries at a movie in school, he decides to no longer have emotions. Will he be capable of doing such a grandiose task or will he f
  4. S03E04The Perfect SonSeptember 16, 2001 7.0When Tino starts staying over at Carver's house, Carver gets the suspicion that his Dad likes Tino more and pictures Tino as a "model son".
  5. S03E05Listen UpSeptember 23, 2001 7.0Carver tries to learn listening skills after getting kicked out of Mrs. Duong's Preteen Pals, though will he be able to improve his skills b
  6. S03E06Never Say DioramaSeptember 23, 2001 7.0For this weekend Tish, Tino, Lor and Carver have to design Dioramas for school, but Lor and Carver keep slacking off. Tino and Tish finish t
  7. S03E07Secret AdmirerSeptember 30, 2001 7.0Carver finds a note in his locker from a secret admirer. The others try and help him figure out who it is, but get annoyed when Carver insis
  8. S03E08The Lone Wolves ClubSeptember 30, 2001 6.0Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish are excited when they find out the towns coolest club, the Lone Wolves, are accepting a new member. That night, T
  9. S03E09The Most Dangerous WeekendOctober 6, 2001 5.0Tino misunderstands what a nurse tells him and is convinced that the world is too dangerous to live in. He attempts to follow every safety p
  10. S03E10Charity CaseOctober 7, 2001 4.0Tish convinces the others they should try and help BeeBee, a girl at school who has no friends. However, BeeBee isn't exactly a kind individ
  11. S03E11BestOctober 14, 2001 7.0The school yearbooks are voting on the students with the best or most ability to do something. While the other friends seem to have somethin
  12. S03E12Season's bestBrokenOctober 14, 2001 8.0Tino is excited about a parade that is going to occur that gives out badges to people. He decides to try to get one for having a great non m
  13. S03E13Father's DayOctober 21, 2001 7.0It's Father's Day, though Tino always gets depressed on this day because he doesn't get to see his father that often. Carver, Lor and Tish a
  14. S03E14Follow the LeaderOctober 21, 2001 7.0The gang is having trouble trying to figure out what to do as they all have different ideas as to how to spend the weekend. The only way the
  15. S03E15CareersOctober 28, 2001 7.0The group takes an aptitude test to see what careers they will be most suited for when they grow up, but they are surprised by their results
  16. S03E16TutorOctober 28, 2001 7.0Thomson becomes Lor's tutor, and she tries to impress him by being romantic, but will she be able to execute her plan considering she knows
  17. S03E17The Tao of BlukeNovember 4, 2001 7.0Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish decide that they want to win a treasure hunt so that they can win a pool table, and they are farily certain that
  18. S03E18An Experimental WeekendNovember 4, 2001 7.0Tish has her mind set on winning a psychology prize.
  19. S03E19CelebrityNovember 11, 2001 8.0Tish stars in an episode of Teen Canyon and becomes a celebrity, so Carver tries to teach her how to behave like one, but she soon starts to
  20. S03E20ClownNovember 18, 2001 6.0Tino attends a clown school so as to conquer his fear of clowns, though will he be able to overcome the fear that has plagued him since chil
  21. S03E21Testing DixonNovember 18, 2001 6.0At the beginning of the weekend, Tino's mom decides to marry her boyfriend, Dixon. When Tino hears of this, he tells Lor, Carver and Tish ab
  22. S03E22CroquemboucheNovember 25, 2001 7.0The gang bakes a french cake that they are entering in a contest to win free passes to every museum in the city.
  23. S03E23ImperfectionNovember 25, 2001 7.0Tish tries to overcome her perfectionist ways.
  24. S03E24The Worst Holiday EverDecember 2, 2001 7.0The Christmas season approaches, but because each member of the gang celebrates different holidays; Lor celebrates Christmas, Tino celebrate

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season048Episodes2002–04AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01NevermoreOctober 19, 2002It's Halloween and Tino is very excited, as he has a great plan to get as much candy as possible. However, his friends have decided not to g
  2. S04E02Brain DeadNovember 7, 2003After Tish gets a B on her test, many people begin to think she isn't as smart as they once made her out to be. After she continuously gets
  3. S04E03Lor's WillNovember 7, 2003Lor fractures her kneecap after playing basketball and she needs to get laser surgery for it come Sunday. She goes totally paranoid about th
  4. S04E04Radio Free CarverNovember 14, 2003Carver becomes the new DJ of Bahia Bay Middle School with disastrous results. Penny McQuarrie: Lor's brother Kirk goes out with Carver's sis
  5. S04E05Dinner PartyNovember 14, 2003After being placed at the kids table Tish wants to be considered more mature and wants to change the rest of the gang as well.
  6. S04E06Laundry DayNovember 21, 2003It's laundry day at the MacQuarrie household, and it's Lor's turn to do the laundry. However, since her family is so large it would take her
  7. S04E07Penny McQuarrieNovember 21, 2003Lor's brother Kirk goes out with Carver's sister Penny, and Lor and Carver are having problems dealing with it. Will Carver and Lor be able
  8. S04E08Tino's DadFebruary 29, 2004Tino's Dad is coming to spend the weekend, though to Tino's dismay, his father is planning the trip through visiting some of his old friends

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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