Life with Derek

Comedy tracing the constant feud between Casey and her stepbrother Derek as they vie for control of their household.

Cast:Michael Seater , Ashley Leggat , Jordan Todosey , Danny Mags , Joy Tanner , John Ralston , Ariel Waller , Shadia Simmons , Arnold Pinnock , Kit Weyman , Robbie Amell , Shane Kippel , Kate Todd , Lauren Collins , Joe Dinicol , William Greenblatt , John Nelles , Michael Kanevsky

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Room

Sat, Sep 17, 2005

Casey finds her room in the new house too small to live in so she manifests her dissatisfaction with the parents. It turns out in a battle between the two "step" siblings to determine who will have Derek's room.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Fall

Sat, Sep 24, 2005

Derek manages to insult his new step-sister, making Casey clumsily fall down at school and earn the nickname Klutzilla. And it just keeps getting worse as Casey continues her klutz streak. Finally Derek realizes something, besides his rude behavior, that might be making Casey fall and decides that helping her reputation will help his, as it's bound to get out that they are newly step-sibs.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Party

Sat, Oct 1, 2005

Casey and Derek are left alone for the weekend, but Derek throws an outrageous party.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Puppy Dog Tails

Sat, Oct 15, 2005

Casey is sickened by the men of her new home. Between the smell and the disgusting habits the boys have grown to have, Casey feels like she and her family don't belong in their new house. Casey convinces her mom, Nora, to redecorate the house so it feels more at home for her and the rest of the girls. Naturally, the boys are extremely upset and the two families cause a fight between George and Nora.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Grade-Point: Average

Sat, Oct 22, 2005

Casey scrounges for every grade point she can, no matter how high her grade is. When her best friend, Emily, tells Casey that grade grubbing and it's not a good thing Casey tries to lose her new rep. Derek isn't allowed to fail another grade and tries to use Casey's grub rep to get an A, while Casey is using Derek's rep to get a bad grade.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Wedding

Sat, Oct 29, 2005

Casey plays wedding planner for her aunt's wedding, having to put up with her annoying new step-brother and her equally annoying cousin. Derek gets put in charge of the wedding video.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Poxfather

Sat, Nov 5, 2005

Derek gets the chicken pox which keeps him in quarantine and while he has the chicken pox he is doing something very sneaky. Casey figures it's drugs and finds our he's running a business and selling CD's and what not.She helps him out and starts helping him sell, which gets her in trouble. Meanwhile George is trying not to get sick from Derek.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ House of Games

Sat, Nov 12, 2005

Casey is sick of having no room in the Venturi house and brings up the subject to Derek and the rest of their siblings. Derek, who doesn't like sharing or losing, tells Casey how they get things in his house. After handing out marbles to represent the disputed areas in the house they start challenging one another for the other marbles. Neither side plays fair, and both sides will be underestimated.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Marti the Monster

Sat, Dec 3, 2005

Nora and George need a babysitter for an upcoming day trip and Derek ends up being left in charge of Marti who has fun terrorizing him as he tries to impress the new girl from school, Sandra.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Sweet Misery

Sat, Dec 10, 2005

After a clumsy mishap, Casey sprains her ankle and black mails Derek into giving her whatever she wants. But when she gets his concert tickets Derek wants revenge so he comes up with a plot to get Casey to hurt him so he can black mail her. Both turn out bad and hopeless when Marti decides to make a "picture" with the tickets.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Babe Raider

Sat, Dec 17, 2005

After Casey is offended by Derek and Edwin playing Babe Raider (a spoof on the game Tomb Raider), she makes a manifesto stating that they can't play Babe Raider in the house. However, after furthering her research and playing the game, Casey finds that it's not such a bad game after all. Derek is mad about having to take down his posters and feels that he and Edwin are being "brainwashed".

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ All Systems No Go

Sat, Jan 14, 2006

Casey seeks more organization within the McDonald-Venturi household.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Male Code Blue

Sat, Jan 21, 2006

Casey and Derek's best friend, Sam, like each other. When Derek gets the feeling Sam wants to ask out Casey he conveniently lets Sam know about the Male Code which states siblings are off limits and step-sibs count. George and Nora don't think they know their kids.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Date with Derek

Fri, Jun 30, 2006

Derek goes out with Emily to make Casey jealous; Lizzie has a dance-phobia.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ He Shoots, She Scores

Fri, Jul 28, 2006

Sibling rivalry heats up between Derek and Casey when Casey tries to help Edwin with his girl problem and Derek is forced to help Lizzie with her hockey. Both become too wrapped up in being a better big-sib than the other and forget about the needs of the younger siblings they are trying to help.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Middle Manic

Thu, Sep 21, 2006

Derek couldn't care less that Casey and Sam are always breaking up and getting back together, until they break up for good and Sam's ability to play hockey goes down the tubes.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ The Venturian Candidate

Thu, Sep 28, 2006

Casey is disgusted with her fellow students' apathy about the upcoming school election. Sheldon Schlepper expects to be a shoe-in, until Casey convinces Derek to lend his cool factor to the process by running himself.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Battle of the Bands

Thu, Oct 5, 2006

Derek's band is so desperate for a singer that they ask Casey to join; even though she's more folk than metal and thinks they're a bunch of posers. George, remembering his rock 'n roll youth, longs to join the band himself

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Lies My Brother Told Me

Thu, Oct 12, 2006

Casey, compromising all her principles, takes Derek's advice and lies when she desperately needs an extension on a school assignment. Soon she is trapped in a web of deceit and the harder she tries to extricate herself, the worse it gets.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Crushing the Coach

Thu, Oct 19, 2006

Lizzie's soccer coach falls for Casey.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Prank Wars

Thu, Oct 26, 2006

To pay Derek back for his many practical jokes, Casey pulls a huge prank of her own: stealing the office furniture from the new uptight Vice Principal. Everyone assumes Derek did it. The only two people who know he didn't are Casey and Derek.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Freaked Out Friday

Thu, Nov 2, 2006

While Casey is freaking out about her upcoming dance competition and Derek is freaking out (by being annoying) about his upcoming hockey playoffs, Lizzie and Edwin decide they're sick of being the ever-accommodating middle-kids.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Bet

Thu, Nov 9, 2006

There are way to many bets stirring up at the Macdonald/Venturi household. When Derek makes a bet with Casey and she loses she is out to prove she can win and bets Derek that she can make a boy that is the opposite of her usual liking ask her out by Friday.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Mice and Men

Thu, Nov 30, 2006

Venturi men are afraid of mice we find out when two mice inhabit their house. Casey's English partner, Kendra, has a thing for Derek, who shares this affection and tries to change his immature ways to impress her, only to find out that she likes immature boys. Casey uses the mice to get Derek and Kendra together when she finds out Derek really likes Kendra.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Dinner Guest

Thu, Dec 7, 2006

Casey invites her dad to dinner and tries to make it perfect. When it all goes terribly wrong and she breaks down crying in front of Derek the good guy in him comes out and he calls her dad to make things better.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Dating Game

Thu, Dec 14, 2006

When Casey is dateless, Kendra offers to play matchmaker. Casey gets angry when Kendra posts misleading fliers, however is content when Kendra tells her of her cross-referencing plan. Meanwhile, this is an open chance for Derek to throw a party. When George declines the request, Derek informs him it's a party for Casey to meet the finalists Kendra prepared for Casey to choose a date from, Nora has to intervene George's second response of 'No' to make the party happen. George and Nora promise to stay upstairs, but break the promise and come down to crash the party, and they end up being cool among Derek's friends, which does not sit well with Derek. Casey is hopeless, sitting in her room. A handsome boy walks in accidentally, looking for the bathroom. He asks her if she's found what she's looking for, and Casey, lovestruck, tells this new boy Max that she thinks she has.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Two Timing Derek

Thu, May 10, 2007

Since Derek already has a girlfriend, Casey is shocked when he asks out a friend of hers. She tries to get him to do the right thing before she does it for him.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ It's Our Party

Thu, May 17, 2007

George and Nora plan a joint birthday party for Lizzie and Edwin. It's a fiasco until Casey and Derek reluctantly provide emergency help.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Misadventures in Babysitting

Wed, May 30, 2007

Derek turns out to be the world's worst babysitter, so Edwin invites his friend Teddy over to stir up some trouble.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Slacker Mom

Fri, Jun 22, 2007

Casey risks losing her 'cool' status when Nora tries to recruit her new friends to help at the high school fun fair.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Power Failure

Fri, Jul 6, 2007

Thinking it will look great on her university applications, Casey (Ashley Leggat) suggests that Thompson High establish a prefect program to help ensure order at the school. The principal agrees, but it's not Casey he makes a prefect it's Derek (Michael Seater). Though he's hesitant at first, Derek quickly embraces his newfound authority, and is soon doling out detentions for offenses like bringing tuna sandwiches for lunch and studying in the hall. Casey is determined to put an end to his reign of terror and sets out to prove Derek is not prefect material. When she learns that Derek and his band are planning an unauthorized rehearsal after hours in the cafeteria, she arranges for Sheldon (William Greenblatt), another prefect, to catch them in the act. But instead of busting them, Sheldon joins Derek onstage to sing with the band. Casey can't believe her plan has failed, but gets an even bigger shock when the principal shows up, strips Derek and Sheldon of their prefect badges and sentences everyone Casey included to detention. Meanwhile, Edwin (Daniel Magder) and Lizzie (Jordan Todosey) are frustrated that George (John Ralston) and Nora (Joy Tanner) always give in to Marti (Ariel Waller) because she's so cute. Edwin and Lizzie decides that they, too, can play the cute card, but meet with less success than they'd hoped.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Don't Take a Tip from Me

Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Casey and Derek both land jobs at the same restaurant, and things don't go quite as Casey expected.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Bully Brothers

Fri, Jul 27, 2007

Edwin and Derek both battle school bullies, and when Casey finds out about the one who's threatening Derek, she does everything she can to thwart the potential showdown.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Home Movies

Sat, Aug 4, 2007

Casey tries to film a heartwarming saga of a blended family for her school project, but her family members won't cooperate.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Show-Off-Tune

Fri, Aug 10, 2007

When Derek gets bumped up from the chorus into a lead role in the school musical, Casey gives him some advice so he won't ruin the show.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Summer School Blues

Sat, Aug 25, 2007

Derek sneaks out of summer school and injects some fun into Casey's dull camp curriculum; Edwin and Lizzie set up a lucrative pet sitting business.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Grade A Cheater

Mon, Sep 10, 2007

Derek switches test papers with Casey, and then lures her into a scheme that will keep them both out of trouble.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Adios, Derek

Mon, Sep 24, 2007

George and Derek's mother Abby are dismayed Derek is failing Spanish and decide that he should live with Abby in Spain for six months.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Fright Night

Sun, Oct 14, 2007

When Casey lectures Derek and Edwin for watching scary movies which she finds silly and fake they take her admonishment as a dare to scare.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Sixteen Sparkplugs

Sun, Nov 4, 2007

The family stages an intervention to convince George to buy a new car; Derek faces the scary possibility of spending his 16th birthday at home with his family.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ When Derek Meets Sally

Sun, Nov 25, 2007

Derek falls in love with a waitress at work. Too bad she already has a boyfriend.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ A Very Derekus Christmas

Sun, Dec 2, 2007

When Christmas plans go awry, Aunt Madge encourages Derek to help restore the family's holiday spirit.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Ivanwho?

Sun, Jan 6, 2008

Idealistic Casey expects her boyfriend Max to be as chivalrous as the literary hero Ivanhoe.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Rumor Mill (Valentine's Day)

Sun, Feb 10, 2008

After Derek breaks up with Kendra, so he won't have to buy her a Valentine's Day gift, Kendra asks Casey's crush Max to the Valentine's Day dance.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Derek Un-Done

Mon, Nov 26, 2007

When signals get crossed, Derek thinks he has a chance with Sally, and Casey is sure Max is going to dump her.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Not So Sweet Sixteen

Sun, Dec 2, 2007

Casey's hopes for the Sweet 16 of her dreams are thwarted by an unexpected trip to the hospital.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Driving Lessons

Fri, Apr 18, 2008

Casey is thrilled to get her driver's license before Derek, until she gets stuck playing chauffeur to her younger siblings.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Make No Prom-ises

Thu, Dec 6, 2007

Casey's dream of a romantic prom night turns into a nightmare when Derek accidentally ruins her dress.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Cheerleader Casey

Thu, Nov 29, 2007

Casey tries out for the school cheerleading squad. But not even her phenomenal dancing skills are enough to get her acceptance, especially when the head cheerleader is Max's ex-girlfriend.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Allergy Season

Wed, Dec 5, 2007

Casey develops mysterious allergies after Max gives her his football jacket.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ Things That Go Bump in the Night

Sat, Jun 28, 2008

Grounded for the weekend, Derek and Casey put a dent in George's car when they try to sneak out to a party.

26Season 3

S3.E26 ∙ Derek's School of Dating

Fri, Jul 4, 2008

Derek and Edwin both strike out despite Derek's patented dating techniques.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Two Kisses, One Party

Fri, Jul 18, 2008

Sally is disappointed in Derek when he refuses to help out at Marti's birthday party; Casey asks Max if he wants to get back together.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Open Mic Plight

Sat, Jul 26, 2008

Derek has trouble expressing his feelings, so Sally suggests that he write her a song. Edwin is hurt when no one finds his comedy routine for the talent show funny.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Just Friends

Mon, Aug 11, 2008

Casey sets out to prove Derek wrong when he claims guys and girls can't be just friends.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ March Break

Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Casey and Derek choose to stay home alone while the rest of the family goes on a road trip to Quebec City for March Break.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ 6 1/2

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Even though she tries not to care, Casey is crushed to learn the cute new guy, Truman, rated her a mere 6 1/2 out of 10.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Derek Denies Denial

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Sally's acceptance into the University of British Columbia nearly puts a strain on Derek's relationship with her,... and everybody else. Lizzie and Marti take care of a lost dog.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Happy New Schoolyear

Mon, Oct 6, 2008

All the kids are in crisis about going back to school in September, but they have to put their problems aside to stop Derek from dropping out of school to go west with Sally.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ No Secrets

Mon, Oct 20, 2008

When Casey's dream diary - documenting her persistent dreams about Truman - goes missing, she's convinced either Edwin or Derek have taken it.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Take a Stepkid to Work

Mon, Nov 3, 2008

Casey spends a day at George's law office; Derek nearly loses business for Nora.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ No More Games

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

On gym activity sign up day, Derek (Michael Seater) makes sure Casey (Ashley Leggat) is late for school so all the popular options are booked up. Casey ends up in fencing, with Fergus (Patrick Garrow) as her instructor, and the insufferable flirt Truman (Joe Dinicol) as her partner. Although Casey and Emily (Shadia Simmons) had made a pact to swear off dating until after the Christmas exams, Casey now wants to extend the policy for the rest of the year just to keep Truman at bay. When he accidentally gooses her with his épée, Casey hits Truman on the arm with her épée and gets kicked out of fencing by Fergus. Meanwhile, George (John Ralston) brings home a new ping pong table and Edwin (Daniel Magder) beats all his siblings in turn except Derek, who considers himself the master and keeps cheating and taunting him. On Casey's advice, Edwin decides he can't lose if he doesn't play. Counter to the advice she gave Edwin, Casey begs Fergus to let her back into the class and he agrees, but only if she embraces the grace and beauty that is fencing. After some coaching, Casey decides she is ready to take on Truman. She also tells Edwin it's time he stood up to his big brother.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ How I Met Your Stepbro

Mon, Dec 1, 2008

On her wedding anniversary, Nora tries to distract herself from George's Mexican fiesta fiasco by recalling Casey and Derek's plot to stop their parents' marriage.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Casey & Ralph?!

Mon, Dec 15, 2008

When Ralph decides he's in love with Casey, Derek encourages him to go for it.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Tuesday Afternoon Fever

Mon, Dec 29, 2008

Derek threatens to ruin Casey's dreams of winning an important dance competition; Lizzie tries to convert junk food junkies George and Edwin.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Teddy's Back

Tue, Mar 3, 2009

After pulling a devious prank on Derek (Michael Seater) a year before, Teddy (Cameron Ansell) is back, hanging around, and driving everyone in the McDonald Venturi household crazy. Teddy knows they want to get rid of him, but before they send him home he appeals to Derek's ego as the master prankster. The only reason he's been hanging around and the only reason he pranked Derek last year was to earn his respect. A flattered Derek makes Teddy his personal assistant and Teddy has Derek exactly where he wants him. Edwin is deeply suspicious of Teddy's motives, and not a little jealous, but Derek won't listen to him. Teddy is now ready to make his move but is he good enough to outprank the master? Meanwhile, Truman (Joe Dinicol) promises Casey (Ashley Leggat) a first date she'll never forget and she gets it: the worst date of her life. Truman claims it was a joke but she isn't amused. To make it up to her, Truman lets Casey design the perfect date. Her date, her rules, his treat he's on!

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Rude Awakenings

Tue, Mar 10, 2009

With his D average, it's going to take more than supersonic cramming to get Derek into university.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Truman's Last Chance

Tue, Mar 17, 2009

Now that they've been dating for a few weeks, Casey (Ashley Leggat) and Truman (Joe Dinicol) have officially reached boyfriend/girlfriend status. So when Truman announces he's going to a private school party in Toronto that weekend, Casey assumes she's invited. But Nora isn't sure how she feels about Truman and doesn't like Casey travelling two hours to a party. Even though Casey volunteers to stay with her cousin Vicki (Paula Brancati), Nora still isn't comfortable with the idea. Instead, she suggests Derek (Michael Seater) chaperone. Casey is outraged at the idea, but that's the condition. Casey's not the only McDonald girl with a date Saturday night Lizzie (Jordan Todosey) has one too and with a boy Nora's never met. Nora figures Lizzie could also use a chaperone and finds Edwin (Daniel Magder) more than happy to oblige. Though Derek had intended to spend his time in Toronto hanging with his hockey buddies, he quickly changes his plans when he meets a cute girl while dropping Casey and Vicki off at the party. Unfortunately the night is less successful for Casey, who not only learns that Vicki and Truman used to date, but catches them in a kiss. Devastated, Casey finds support from a most unlikely source: Derek. Back home at Smelly Nellie's, chaperone Edwin is giving Lizzie's date, Marvin (Landon Norris), the third degree. Lizzie is furious and Marvin is very uncomfortable. Edwin finally does the right thing and leaves before Marvin does.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Surprise!

Tue, Mar 24, 2009

Prom is fast approaching, and Derek (Michael Seater) and Casey (Ashley Leggat) are scrambling to find dates. Casey had planned on going with Truman (Joe Dinicol), but isn't talking to him after what happened at the party in Toronto. And though Derek had a first, second and third choice picked out, when he finally gets around to asking, each girl has already committed to go with someone else. Casey decides prom will be more fun with a friend, and since her male pals are already spoken for, she asks Emily (Shadia Simmons) to be her date right before Derek hears that Emily is available and asks her himself. Emily tells him she can't since Casey asked first and is her best friend, though this is a hard decision after a surprise kiss reveals Derek has more than just a friend feelings for her. If he wants to take Emily to the prom, Derek's going to have to find someone else to take Casey and he thinks he knows just the person. George (John Ralston) and Nora (Joy Tanner), meanwhile, wait for an appropriate time to share a BIG secret with the family.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Futuritis

Tue, Mar 24, 2009

In the series finale of Life with Derek, Casey (Ashley Leggat) has been chosen valedictorian of her graduating class, but a case of "futuritis" has left her struggling to write her speech, which is supposed to celebrate the future. She has received a scholarship to Queens University in Kingston but is having second thoughts about moving so far away from her family. Derek (Michael Seater) claims not to be worried about anything he's planning to go to Europe the following year whether he gets into university or not. But he's having trouble convincing everyone including the principal, his girlfriend and his own father that he's not planning a prank for the graduation ceremony. Meanwhile, Edwin (Daniel Magder) is nervous about starting high school in the fall, worried that he won't live up to Derek's legendary reputation. After a discussion with his brother, he decides if he's going to make a name for himself at Thompson High, he'll have to pull off something big and fast! A prank at Casey and Derek's graduation ceremony could be just the ticket. The morning of the ceremony Casey has been up all night writing and rewriting her speech, and Derek is nowhere to be seen. Will Casey realize she has to speak from the heart? And is Derek really going to leave Edwin to carry on the 'prankster' torch alone?