Even Stevens

For the racehorse, see Even Stevens (horse). For Latter-day Saint composer and hymnwriter, see Evan Stephens.

Even Stevens
Intertitle
Format	Teen sitcom
Created by	Matt Dearborn
Starring	Shia LaBeouf Christy Carlson Romano Nick Spano Tom Virtue Donna Pescow
Theme music composer	John Coda
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Brookwell Sean McNamara (both; entire run) Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren (episode 10+) Matt Dearborn (season 3)
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Production company(s)	Brookwell McNamara Entertainment Disney Channel Original Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel (USA)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	June 17, 2000 (2000-06-17) – June 13, 2003 (2003-06-13)
Chronology
Followed by	The Even Stevens Movie (2003)

Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 13, 2003. It follows the life of the Stevens, a Jewish family living in suburban Sacramento, California, mainly focusing on the clashing personalities of its two younger siblings, Ren and Louis.

The series was produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It is often cited as launching Shia LaBeouf's breakout career as an actor. The show features a fast motion photography, which features in every episode.

The feature-length Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series, The Even Stevens Movie, premiered on June 13, 2003, and serves as the series finale.

As of January 15, 2010, in America, Even Stevens has been removed from television syndication altogether, though The Even Stevens Movie continues to air on Disney Channel occasionally. However, in the UK, Even Stevens continues to air on CITV and now Pop Girl in 2012, and in Canada, it will be shown on Disney XD.

Characters

Main characters

"Louis Stevens" redirects here. For the British politician, see Lewis Stevens. For the American football player, see Louis Stephens. For the American singer, see Louis Stevenson.

• Louis Anthony Stevens (Shia LaBeouf) - Louis is viewed as the immature, rude, selfish youngest Stevens offspring. His entire family is viewed as perfect next to him. He is always pulling jokes with Alan Twitty (his best friend), and is described as ruining everyone's lives. He never seems to change with time. His parents seem to favor his sister Ren and brother Donnie because of the great successes both have achieved, but his parents do love him dearly and try to defend him. Louis tends to do unattractive things (saying nasty things, picking nose, etc.), though everything is presented to the audience in endearing ways. He ends the series with a girlfriend, Tawny Dean.

• Renee "Ren" Stevens (Christy Carlson Romano) - An intelligent, perfectionist 8th-grader, Ren is the middle sibling. She is the classic overachiever, constantly running for Hall Monitor and Class President while trying to keep Louis's schemes from becoming disasters. She is the head newscaster for "The Wombat Report," and spent a few weeks on her school's Cheerleading squad. Ren is the editor of the School Newspaper and the Yearbook, a straight-A student, and Principal Wexler's highly-valued assistant. Despite her top-student ranking, Ren got sentenced to, and served, detention on at least one occasion. Ren's favorite color is purple. She eventually became the shortest next to Eileen.

• Eileen Stevens (Donna Pescow) - A successful, no-nonsense, Jewish American State Senator who launched a campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and was narrowly defeated. She is the mother of Donnie, Ren, and Louis.

• Steven "Steve" Stevens (Tom Virtue) - A quirky lawyer. He played college football for Michigan State University with the nickname "Stiffie" Stevens. He used to be a wrestler for his school. He is the father of Donnie, Ren, and Louis.

• Donald "Donnie" Stevens (Nick Spano) - Ren and Louis' athletic big brother. Donnie is highly concerned with his appearance. Although he excels in many sports, he's an airhead.

Recurring characters

• Alan Twitty (A.J. Trauth) - Louis' best friend who is similar to Louis but usually isn't as extreme and often has to get Louis out of situations. Referred to as "Twitty" by his friends. He is on the Basketball team and the Baseball team, plays guitar, and also has success with girls. Twitty's catch phrases are "Dude" and "Sweet."

• Tawny Dean (Margo Harshman) - Louis' other best friend, and eventually his girlfriend. Tawny at first has no friends and is an outsider, until she meets Louis. Tawny usually dresses in goth clothing, unlike her classmates.
• Thomas "Tom" Gribalski (Fred Meyers) - Louis' friend. When Louis cooks up a scheme, Tom usually tries to talk Louis out of it and usually doesn't play along. Also, Tom speaks with a scientific philosophy intelligent slang. He is commonly the victim of many pranks by Louis and Twitty. He called his mother by her name Doris. He also shows much affection for his never-seen mother, Doris. However, in Season 2 Doris is seen playing the piano when Tom's auditioning for SACCY.
• Jeff "The Cool Kid" Lee (Connor Zindroski) - The most popular kids at the school. One of Donnie's best friends.
• James Lee (Tyler Fukumoto) - Jeff Lee's one year younger brother. Usually followed Donnie around school.
• Myles Cunanan (Steven Espinoza) - Ren's stalker that often cross-dressed.
• Conrad Wexler (George Anthony Bell) - The principal of Lawrence Jr High, which he does not have very good control over (and often uses many inventive ways to get out of there). Ren is his student assistant, while Louis drives him crazy. Usually makes Ren do his dirty work.

• Bernard "Beans" Aranguren (Steven Anthony Lawrence) - The bacon-loving chinless neighbor of the Stevens who comes into their home uninvited, makes himself at home, and refuses to leave. He eventually turns into a sidekick for Louis's and Twitty's schemes. In one episode, Louis thinks he may be an alien, which, in a joke scene of that episode, is proven true. He is the trouble-maker to the family (even more annoying than Louis) and may be a little Louis.

• Jewel (Megan Miyahira) - Ren's best friend from the first episode of "Even Stevens". After the episode "Swap.com" Jewel isn't seen or mentioned again.

• Charlotte (Shannon Marshall) - Ren's best friend in the first season of "Even Stevens". After "All About Yvette" Charlotte isn't seen or mentioned again.

• Carla (Lisa Foiles) - A girl who looks up to Ren. Carla is Marla's best friend. Carla and Marla are both on the Newspaper Staff with Ren and Ruby. After "Quest for Coolness" Carla isn't seen or mentioned again.

• Marla (Krysten Leigh Jones) - A young girl who looks up to Ren just like her best friend Carla. After "Quest for Coolness" Marla isn't seen or mentioned again.

• Ruby Mendel (Lauren Frost) - Ren's best friend who loves to gossip about news that goes around in school, usually involving crushes and students who are dating. She once had a crush on Louis (while under the spell of a lucky penny) and in that same episode she had a crush on BBMak.

• Coach Terry Tugnut (Jim Wise) - The gym coach who is always tough on Louis but crazy about Donnie, Larry, and food. He loves to eat. Once he weighed over 300 lbs. He is frequently the victim of one of Louis' pranks. Coach Tugnut often serves as Wexler's enforcer/sidekick. He is obsessed with dodgeball and with the three "major points" (arm, head, stomach). A running gag throughout the series Coach Tugnut shouting, "Stevens!" when Louis causes trouble.

• Monique Taylor (Kenya Williams) - Ren's cheerleading best friend. Is a very happy and perky person. She, Ruby, and Nelson are as popular as Ren. Monique takes many things to extreme limits. Monique has a Southern accent.

• Lawrence Anthony "Larry" Beale (Eric Tyrone Hodges II) - Ren's nasty, popular, charismatic, know-it-all rival in school. He hates Ren badly but Larry is an Army brat and he always seeks to destroy her reputation, but his schemes usually backfire. His favorite victim is Ren, But at times, would seek to ruin Louis as well, but finds that Louis is just as clever as Ren. Deep down Larry is jealous of Ren, and thinks of Louis as somewhat as a threat, but he'd never admit it. It is possible that he may even have romantic feelings for Ren, in "The Even Stevens Movie", he was shown to be jealous as Ren was about to kiss Jason, an actor and Ren's love interest.

• Ivan (Eric Jungmann) - Sidekick and yes-man for Larry Beale, although he occasionally serves as a yes-man for other popular kids, such as Blake Thompson in the episode Louis in the Middle.

• Nelson Minkler (Gary LeRoi Gray) - Ren's childhood best friend who seems to be allergic to everything, as evident by his overprotection of himself when outside. Is fluent in French. Becomes a recurring character. He is usually with Ren, and at times Donny, but has only once ever talked to Louis. His character's name is a gag, because 'Nelson' was also Gray's character's name on The Cosby Show as a child.

• Bobby Deaver (Brandon Davis) - Ren's boyfriend, he appeared in 7 episodes.

Production

Promotional poster

The show was originally produced as a show called "Spivey's Kid Brother". A pilot was filmed in late 1997, and was later picked up by Disney Channel as "Even Stevens". In the first episode Disney had to dub out the name "Spivey" to "Stevens". In fact, in the gym class scene, a banner is visible in the background reading, "Home of Spivey and the Wild Wombats."

In the theme song of the show, clay animations of Louis and Ren turn their remote controls into lightsabers, alluding to Star Wars. Prior to this, Ren reads a TV Guide with live-action photos of Christy Carlson Romano and Shia LaBeouf on the cover.

Although the show lasted three seasons, the timeline of the show is only two school years, since Louis and his friends remain in the 7th and 8th grades and Ren and her friends remain in the 8th and 9th grades (although as ninth graders, they continue attending the same junior high). Ren finally graduates in The Even Stevens Movie.

Syndication

From September 2006 to January 2009, Even Stevens aired on Superstation WGN (now WGN America), along with Lizzie McGuire during the week originally airing after each other on weekday afternoons before moving to the late night hours when both shows' target audiences are generally not awake with Even Stevens airing Tuesdays and Thursdays and Lizzie airing the rest of the week. On January 7, 2009, Disney Channel aired eight episodes as part of their "Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Louis" marathon to coincide with the July 2, 2007 release of Shia LaBeouf's film Transformers. This show no longer airs on Disney Channel.

In Britain, Even Stevens was screened on BBC One, BBC Two and CBBC (unlike most Disney Channel Original Series, this has never been shown on Disney Channel UK - although the channel has shown The Even Stevens Movie). As of 2009, it is now shown on CITV.

The series was removed from the Disney Channel's schedule in late 2006. In 2009, Even Stevens returned to television after a three year absence on Disney XD. It is currently only shown on CITV and as of now Pop Girl are showing them in 2012.

Episodes

Main article: List of Even Stevens episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the Disney Channel Original Series, Even Stevens. The series ran from June 17, 2000 to June 2, 2003 with 65 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons.

Series overview

Seasons		Episodes	Originally aired
	1	21	June 17, 2000 - February 23, 2001
	2	22	June 15, 2001 - February 15, 2002
	3	22	February 22, 2002 - June 2, 2003
	Film	N/A	June 13, 2003

Season 1: 2000–2001

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Swap.com"	Paul Hoen	Ehrich Van Lowe	June 17, 2000	102
Louis trades a date with Ren to Ernie Morton for a trading card. Meanwhile, Ren needs volunteer time to be the #1 student. Taking advantage of this, Louis tells Ren that Ernie is part of an adopt-a-friend program to get her to spend time with him.
2	2	"Stevens Genes"	Sean McNamara	Ehrich Van Lowe	June 24, 2000	101
Louis gets interested in making a successful name for himself along with the others in his family. He is convinced that he can run as fast as his athletic brother Donnie, because Larry tricks Coach Tugnut that Louis is fast enough to fill the available spot, but Ren discovers that this is a plot by Larry Beale to embarrass the Stevens family.
3	3	"Take My Sister... Please"	Paul Hoen	Lore Kimbrough	July 1, 2000	104
Louis dreams of entering the school talent show. However, with no more slots available, he tries to convince Ren to share her slot with him.
4	4	"What'll Idol Do?"	Allison Liddi	Terry Maloney Haley & Mindy Morgenstern	July 8, 2000	103
Ren is overjoyed that June Marie is going to be her "pre-high school mentor." She excitedly sings her praises to everyone in the family, but Louis is only interested in finding his missing tape of a favorite Saturday Night Live episode. He gets some surveillance equipment from Tom and begins spying on family members to find out who taped over his show. While doing this he finds out that June Marie is only using Ren in an effort to make a play for their brother Donnie. Louis tells Ren, but she is reluctant to believe him.
5	5	"All About Yvette"	Allison Liddi	Terry Maloney Haley & Mindy Morgenstern	July 15, 2000	106
Ren becomes jealous of her best friend Charlotte's former best friend Yvette.
6	6	"Louis in the Middle"	Jonathan Winfrey	Mark Fink	July 22, 2000	105
In the cafeteria one day Louis saves the school's sort-of celebrity Blake Thompson (who's made a couple of TV commercials) from choking. Blake is grateful and takes a liking to Louis, inviting him to join his "in" crowd. Louis takes to his new status right away, putting a strain on his old friendships with Twitty and Tawny. But as soon as Blake sees that Louis is gaining some popularity himself, he drops him like a hot potato. Meanwhile, Ren is being given a hard time in her job as school policy monitor by Larry Beale, who heckles her when she speaks at lunch and fills her suggestion box with not-so-nice suggestions. Ren feels like she's "lost her mojo" when it comes to handling Larry and is going to quit her policy monitor position, but she gets some encouragement from Louis-and unexpectedly, from Larry, too.
7	7	"Foodzilla"	Peter Baldwin	Marc Warren	August 26, 2000	107
Ren is starting a school news station. Louis, wanting his fifteen minutes in fame, gives an accusing interview of the cafeteria lady, giving her the nickname "Foodzilla".
8	8	"Family Picnic"	Mark Rosman	Matt Dearborn	September 2, 2000	108
Louis discovers how competitive his father is at a picnic competition, and he feels he needs to win at any costs.
9	9	"Scrub Day"	Neal Israel	Dennis Rinsler	September 23, 2000	109
The eighth graders prepare for "Scrub Day" to prank the seventh-grade class. However, Louis becomes most-wanted scrub when he stands up to them.
10	10	"Easy Way"	Sean McNamara	Tom Burkhard	September 30, 2000	110
Louis, not enthusiastic of doing actual volunteer work, agrees to sleep in a bed for 48 hours to earn money for charity, not knowing what he might miss.
11	11	"Secrets and Spies"	Peter Baldwin	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	October 7, 2000	111
Louis discovers a hidden side to Ren... - performing karaoke.
12	12	"Deep Chocolate"	Savage Steve Holland	Jessica Simpson	November 3, 2000	112
Louis and Twitty compete against each other at a school chocolate-selling competition, which threatens their friendship.
13	13	"After Hours"	Steve Dubin	Matt Dearborn & Todd Elliasson	November 17, 2000	113
Louis unplugs Ren's alarm clock, which starts a chain reaction that lands her in detention. This happens at the worst possible time: the day she needs to set up the school's anniversary display.
14	14	"Battle of the Bands"	Savge Steve Holland	Marc Warren	November 24, 2000	114
Louis puts together a band to play at a party. To get the gig, he needs a lead singer. Ren wants to go to the party to ask out a new crush, so she auditions for Louis' band. Only one of the two can rule the band.
15	15	"Heck of a Hanukkah"	Neal Israel	Dennis Rinsler	December 1, 2000	117
Louis thinks his family would be better off if he weren't born and if instead they had someone perfect like the rest of the family, so his great great great great grandmother shows him a world where this is so.
16	16	"Luscious Lou"	Mark Rosman	Tom Burkhard	December 15, 2000	115
Louis needs to join a sports team, so he gets put into wrestling by Coach Tugnut. However, he's forced into a "lose-lose" situation when his opponent turns out to be a girl. Meanwhile, Ren attempts to retaliate at Louis for his pranks.
17	17	"Get a Job"	Jonathan Winfrey	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	January 5, 2001	116
Louis wants a sludgie machine, but needs quick money. So, naturally, he finds an unusual get-rich-quick scheme: a dog-sitting service.
18	18	"Movie Madness"	Peter Baldwin	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	January 26, 2001	118
Louis decides to make a movie, but ends up putting the success of his film over the safety and concern for his friends.
19	19	"Strictly Ballroom"	Matt Dearborn	Matt Dearborn	February 2, 2001	119
When Tawny goes to Zach's party, Louis has to go as well. There's just one problem- he can't dance. Meanwhile, Ren decides to talk to her crush, Bobby Deaver, at the same party.
20	20	"Almost Perfect"	Sean McNamara	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	February 9, 2001	120
Ren reflects on the fact that everyone expects her to be perfect when she gets a "C" in woodshop. Meanwhile, Louis gets assigned a janitor's closet as a temporary locker, which he decks out as a his own retreat.
21	21	"A Weak First Week"	David Steinberg	Matt Dearborn	February 23, 2001	121
Louis and Ren are stuck on a carnival ride, and in order to keep the repairwoman interested in fixing the ride, they tell an interesting story about their first days at Lawrence Junior High. Note: This episode contains scenes from the show's original pilot episode. The pilot itself was re-edited to air as flashback scenes for this episode.

Season 2: 2001–2002

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
22	1	"Starstruck"	Jonathan Winfrey	Marc Warren	June 15, 2001	213
Ruby becomes obsessed with BBMak when they come to Sacramento and are giving away a chance to meet them as a radio contest prize. Louis finds a lucky penny.
23	2	"Shutterbugged"	Peter Baldwin	Marc Warren	June 22, 2001	202
After Principal Wexler refuses to let Ren retake her school picture, she decides to stand up to him. Louis's room turns into a disaster, and Donnie attempts to take him in.
24	3	"Duck Soup"	Sean McNamara	David Brookwell & Sean McNamara	June 29, 2001	203
Louis' desire to save a duck from becoming dinner may ruin Eileen's chance to get her bill supported by the lieutenant governor.
25	4	"Quest for Coolness"	Donna Pescow	Dennis Rinsler	July 6, 2001	201
To be cool, Louis and Twitty search for a pair of trendy sneakers, despite the fact that they're sold out everywhere in the city. Meanwhile, Ren must put together the school newspaper despite the fact that her staff is busy with Ruby's fashion show. While, Louis and Twitty have to deal with a culprit that wanted to take Louis and Twittys money for the new trendy sneakers.
26	5	"Secret World of Girls"	Fred Savage	Tom Burkhard	July 20, 2001	214
Ren hosts a slumber party, but Louis plans to sell tickets to watch the party in order to buy a suit of armor. There's been a young kid spying on Louis and Twitty. They catch him and demand to know what he wants. It turns out the youngster is new in town and is just looking for someone to hang out with. The boys are on the verge of turning him away, but Louis likes his nerve, and nicknames him "Beans". Note: The first appearance of Beans.
27	6	"Broadcast Blues"	KC Lynn De Stefano	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	July 27, 2001	215
Ren is participating in a student news competition run by her idol, reporter Cynthia Mills. Louis, wishing to meet his idol, Zippy Winds, devises a plot to guarantee that Ren will win. Meanwhile, Donnie attempts to lose his image as unintelligent.
28	7	"Thin Ice"	Jonathan Winfrey	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	August 3, 2001	204
Ren plans to go skating with Bobby Deaver, even though her parents want her at dinner with old friends who have just come back to Sacramento. Meanwhile, Louis begins prank calling.
29	8	"Head Games"	Peter Baldwin	Tom Burkhard	August 24, 2001	205
Louis ruins Twitty's chances at being a baseball star. Meanwhile, Ren tries against all odds to sit next to Bobby Deaver on the bus.
30	9	"Love and Basketball"	John Tracy	Edward C. Evans	August 31, 2001	206
Louis coaches Donnie's basketball team. Meanwhile, Ren attempts to get Bobby to kiss her.
31	10	"Devil Mountain"	Matt Dearborn	Matt Dearborn	September 7, 2001	207
Two things keep thwarting Ren's effort to be with Bobby Deaver. Her father chaperoning a bird-watching school field trip to Devil Mountain, and an amorous student named Mandy "Always Gets Her Man" Sanchez who's out to make him her next conquest. Meanwhile, Louis and Twitty get in a fight with Tom when his pizza oven breaks down.
32	11	"Wild Child"	Paul Hoen	Dennis Rinsler	September 28, 2001	209
Louis goes berserk during one of his mother's campaign commercials. Meanwhile, Donnie teaches Nelson a "lethal" martial art.
33	12	"Easy Crier"	Marc Warren	Barbie Feldman	October 5, 2001	208
Louis takes advantage of his friendship of a bulky yet sensitive transfer student. Meanwhile, Ren and Nelson are petitioning for the cancellation of dodgeball at gym.
34	13	"A Very Scary Story"	Sean McNamara	David Brookwell & Sean McNamara	October 19, 2001	222
Louis plans on pulling a big Halloween prank, at the same time as certian strange goings on, are occurring. Every time a student leaves a room, where they take a supposed "eye examination", they leave with dark pairs of sunglasses, follow all the school rules, and a sudden craving for milk. When Louis asks his friends to take off their glasses, it reveals that they have no eyes. Louis sneaks into the "examination room" where it turns out that Principal Wexler, and his Igor assistant, are using a hypnotic ray to control the minds of the students, and make them obey school rules, at the same time taking away their eyes. Louis tries to warn his family, but everyone, except Ren, fall victim. Louis finally finds Ren, and tries to escape, with her, when it is revealed that it was Ren's plan all along. She gives Louis a bag, full of the victims' eyes, the same prank that Louis was going to play on her. She then uses a machine that transforms the appearance of all the hypnotized people, along with Wexler and Igor, into beings with her likeness. When she forces Louis into the machine, wearing his penguin costume, it turns him into a penguin/Louis/Ren hybrid. It is then revealed that this is all a story, that Louis is telling his neighbor, Beans. Beans then runs away, when Ren walks in, with cartons, of milk. When asked if anything thing is wrong, Louis denies it, then loudly drinks his milk, the same why all the hypnotized people, in his story, drank milk.
35	14	"Sadie Hawkins Day"	Gregory Hobson	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	November 2, 2001	212
A turnaround dance causes trouble for Ren and Louis as they attempt to get last-minute dates.
36	15	"Sibling Rivalry"	KC Lynn De Stefano	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	November 3, 2001	210
Ren and Louis show their animosity on a local reality game show. Meanwhile, Donny asks Nelson to help him talk to his french-speaking date Sandrine (Danica McKellar).
37	16	"Wombat Wuv"	Donna Pescow	Tom Burkhard	November 30, 2001	211
Ren becomes a cheerleader and Louis becomes the school mascot to get closer to the beautiful new cheerleading coach.
38	17	"Uncle Chuck"	Ken Ceizler	Dennis Rinsler	December 21, 2001	217
Uncle Chuck (Richard Kind) visits and gives Louis new ideas that get him into enormous trouble. Meanwhile, Ren's cooking class project turns out too big for her to handle. Mindy Sterling guest stars as Ms. Lynch, Ren's cooking teacher.
39	18	"The Thomas Gribalski Affair"	Paul Hoen	Scott Frazee & Brooke Kaiser	December 28, 2001	218
Louis feels that Tom is replacing his role in the Stevens family. Meanwhile, Ren must demonstrate bicycle safety in a school program, despite the fact that she never learned to ride a bike.
40	19	"Ren-Gate"	Neal Israel	Matt Dearborn	January 4, 2002	219
Louis surprises everyone when he does a good job as a hall monitor. However, he ends up discovering a secret about Ren, and vows to blow the whistle on her.
41	20	"Tight End in Traction"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Matt Dearborn	January 11, 2002	216
When Louis's prank for revenge on Donnie ends up severely injuring him, it may ruin Donnie's chance at a college scholarship.
42	21	"Influenza: The Musical"	Sean McNamara	Marc Warren	January 25, 2002	220
Ren contracts influenza and her parents insist she stay in bed, but she has no intentions of giving up her perfect attendance record. Unfortunately, she ends up unprepared for school. Louis gives his all to getting out of Coach Tugnut's physical endurance test. Ren sings the song "We Went to the Moon" written by Charles McKenzie in 1969.
43	22	"Gutter Queen"	Dennis Rinsler	Story by: Matt Dearborn Teleplay by: Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	February 15, 2002	221
Ren's mother signs herself and Ren up for a mother-daughter bowling tournament. Also, Louis hires a butler for a week after winning a contest.

Season 3: 2002–2003

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
44	1	"The Kiss"	Matt Dearborn	Matt Dearborn	February 22, 2002	304
Louis and Tawny kiss and start a relationship. However, their relationship hits trouble when she is supposed to kiss Zach in Ren's school play and Louis gets jealous. Donnie feels that he needs to be more sensitive.
45	2	"Where in the World Is Pookie Stevens?"	David Brookwell	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	March 1, 2002	303
Louis holds a garage sale in order to earn money for a drums set. However, Ren's stuffed animal Mr. Pookie accidentally gets sold.
46	3	"My Best Friend's Girlfriend"	KC Lynn De Stefano	Marc Warren	March 22, 2002	306
Louis gets jealous when Twitty would rather hang out with his new girlfriend than him. Donnie becomes competitive when Ren beats him at a rock climbing contest.
47	4	"Your Toast"	Sean McNamara	Dennis Rinsler	April 19, 2002	301
Ren gets a job at the food court, but when she accidentally gets Ruby fired, their friendship could end. Meanwhile, Louis gets drums lessons from a celebrity drummer. Jason Marsden guest stars as Ren's boss, Mr. Squirelli.
48	5	"Band on the Roof"	Gregory Hobson	Tom Burkhard	May 3, 2002	305
In this "rockumentary" filmed by Tom, the Twitty-Stevens Connection slowly dissolves when Ren objects to Louis' plan to perform on the school roof.
49	6	"Little Mr. Sacktown"	Neal Israel	Marc Warren	May 10, 2002	302
Louis signs Beans up for a beauty pageant, but bails on him.
50	7	"Raiders of the Lost Sausage"	Fred Savage	Scott Frazee & Brooke Kaiser	May 31, 2002	307
Louis's father is growing tired of Louis's get-rich-quick schemes when he discovers that Louis already has plans to find buried treasure underneath the Stevens house in a parody of Indiana Jones. Ren and Larry Beale are tied together for five days when their rivalry gets out of hand.
51	8	"Close Encounters of the Beans Kind"	KC Lynn De Stefano	Steve Slavkin	June 14, 2002	314
After watching a TV show, Louis begins to notice that Beans exhibits many traits that lead him to believe Beans may be an alien.
52	9	"Short Story"	Peter Baldwin	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	June 21, 2002	308
After an incident at another junior high, several students temporarily transfer in. Among them are a short kid that Ren agrees to go to a dance with, and a Louis look-alike who gets Louis into trouble.
53	10	"Hutch Boy"	Savage Steve Holland	Tom Burkhard	July 5, 2002	309
When Louis is bullied, Tom stands up for him. Louis seeks help from Tom to fight back. Meanwhile, through a bleaching accident, Ren has a little too much fun in her new life as a blonde.
54	11	"Hardly Famous"	Gregory Hobson	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	August 9, 2002	311
When a famous star comes to host auditions for the school SACCY, Ren and Eileen are starstruck. However, when Louis faces possibility that Tawny may transfer to SACCY, he considers his feelings for her.
55	12	"The King Sloppy"	Richard Wafer	Tom Burkhard	August 16, 2002	313
Ren is assigned to guide an important exchange student. Louis and Twitty hatch a plan to eat a King Sloppy, the world's biggest hamburger.
56	13	"Boy on a Rock"	Marc Warren	Marc Warren	August 30, 2002	315
When Twitty's ex shows interest in Louis, he has to decide whether or not to go out with her. Meanwhile, Steve volunteers at Lawrence, and may end up embarrassing Ren and Louis.
57	14	"Dirty Work"	Donna Pescow	Matt Dearborn	September 6, 2002	310
Ren becomes uncomfortable doing Principal Wexler's dirty work, and becomes Coach Tugnut's assistant.
58	15	"The Big Splash"	Paul Germain	Matt Dearborn	September 9, 2002	320
Louis must decide whether to remain a class clown when his father tells him that he can't go through life being a prankster. Ren goes too far in her attempts to win "Best Smile" in the yearbook.
59	16	"Beans on the Brain"	Dennis Rinsler	Dennis Rinsler	September 16, 2002	317
Louis ditches Beans for a date with Beans' cousin and he grows a guilty conscience. Donnie gives up football.
60	17	"Snow Job"	Jonathan Winfrey	Dennis Rinsler	September 23, 2002	312
Louis thinks he will fail his algebra exam, so he hatches a scheme to cancel school. When Ren accidentally injures Lawrence's champion pole-vaulter, she must take her place and learn pole vaulting before the track meet.
61	18	"Stevens' Manor"	David Grace	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	October 28, 2002	316
With his parents gone for their anniversary, Louis turns the house into a bed and breakfast to earn money for a ski trip. Ren and Ruby have a fight about Ruby's boyfriend at a sleepover. Donnie does not appear in this episode.
62	19	"Model Principal"	Grant Heslow	Josh Lynn & Danny Warren	November 29, 2002	319
Louis has a plan to get Principal Wexler to leave Lawrence Junior High: he gets him a job as a model. Unfortunately, his replacement gets mad with power and becomes more than Louis can handle.
63	20	"Surf's Up"	Paul Hoen	Sarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie Villandry	March 31, 2003	321
When Twitty goes on a surf trip with Zach, Louis gets jealous and comes with him to the beach. Meanwhile, at the same beach, Ren falls in love with who she believes is a "merman".
64	21	"In Ren We Trust"	David Kendall	Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren	May 19, 2003	318
When Louis and the gang find a suitcase full of cash, they agree to let Ren hold it for safekeeping. However, the pressures of having to be the one to trust get to her with Ren spending the money on her self.
65	22	"Leavin' Stevens"	David Brookwell	David Brookwell & Sean McNamara	June 2, 2003	322
When it is reported that Elieen Stevens won a seat on Congress, the Stevens family prepares to move to Washington, D.C.: Ren finds her best friends a new "Ren Stevens", Steve quits his job- and Louis records a tape that tells Tawny his true feelings for her. Tawny makes a tape as well. But they later find out they are not leaving after all.

Series finale film

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"The Even Stevens Movie"	Sean McNamara	Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren	June 13, 2003
The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family breaks apart in front of all their friends on live national television, while the island itself is only a short distance away from Sacramento!

External links

• List of Even Stevens episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Even Stevens episodes at TV.com.

Series finale film

Main article: The Even Stevens Movie

In the 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie, the Stevens family gets an all-expenses-paid trip to an island named Mandelino. The catch is that Mandelino isn't a real island and the family is unknowingly on a new reality show called Family Fakeout.

Awards and nominations

• BAFTA Awards

2002 - Best International - Matt Dearborn, Sean McNamara & David Brookwell (Won)

• Daytime Emmy Awards

2003 - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series - Shia LaBeouf ('Won)

2003 - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series - Donna Pescow (Nominated)

2003 - Outstanding Children's Program (Nominated)

2002 - Outstanding Children's Program (Nominated)

2002 - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series - Donna Pescow (Nominated)

2001 - Outstanding Children's Program (Nominated)

2001 - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series - Donna Pescow (Nominated)

• Directors Guild of America

2003 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - Gregory Hobson for episode "Band On The Roof" (Nominated)

2002 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - Sean McNamara for episode "Very Scary Story" (Nominated)

2001 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - Paul Hoen for episode "Take My Sister... Please" (Nominated)

2001 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - Sean McNamara for episode "Easy Way" (Nominated)

• Young Artist Awards

2004 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actress - Margo Harshman (Nominated)

2003 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actor - Steven Anthony Lawrence (Won)

2003 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actress - Lauren Frost (Nominated)

2002 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress - Christy Carlson Romano (Won)

2002 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actress - Lauren Frost (Won)

2002 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor -Shia LaBeouf (Nominated)

2002 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor' - A.J. Trauth (Nominated)

2002 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor - Steven Anthony Lawrence (Nominated)

2001 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress - Christy Carlson Romano (Won)

2001 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor -Shia LaBeouf (Nominated)

2001 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Performer - Ty Hodges (Nominated)

• Young Star Awards

2000 - Best Young Actor/Performance in a Comedy TV Series - Shia LaBeouf (Nominated)

External links

• Even Stevens at the Internet Movie Database
• Even Stevens at TV.com