3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
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Episode 1 - Brains and Eggs
Release Date: 1996-01-09The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.
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Episode 2 - Post-Nasal Dick
Release Date: 1996-01-16When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.
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Episode 3 - Dick's First Birthday
Release Date: 1996-01-23Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.
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Episode 4 - Dick Is From Mars, Sally Is From Venus
Release Date: 1996-01-30Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.
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Episode 5 - Dick, Smoker
Release Date: 1996-02-06While Sally does a slow burn at being the often-overruled second in command, Dick lights up his life by taking up smoking.
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Episode 6 - Green-Eyed Dick
Release Date: 1996-02-13Dick discovers the emotion of jealousy when Dr. Albright's old boyfriend returns to visit on a promotional tour of the novel he dedicated to her. Harry adopts a stray dog.
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Episode 7 - Lonely Dick
Release Date: 1996-02-20Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
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Episode 8 - Body & Soul & Dick
Release Date: 1996-02-27When an obnoxious professor dies during a party in his honor, Dick finds the will specifies that he must deliver a “forthright and honest” eulogy about the universally despised academic. Tommy neglects his female pal August to hit it off with an “easy” cheerleader.
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Episode 9 - Ab-Dick-ted
Release Date: 1996-03-05Dick receives a roundabout lesson in family values from Dr. Albright's loopy brother, who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
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Episode 10 - Truth or Dick
Release Date: 1996-03-12Dick discovers the consequences of unvarnished truth when he repeats some of Dr. Albright's unflattering comments at an academic committee meeting. Sally and Harry apply for driver's licenses.
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Episode 11 - The Art of Dick
Release Date: 1996-03-19While Dick and Harry take up painting (Harry's good; Dick isn't), Sally takes over the school bake sale with the gusto of Gen. Patton.
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Episode 12 - Frozen Dick
Release Date: 1996-03-26A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.
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Episode 13 - Angry Dick
Release Date: 1996-04-02The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.
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Episode 14 - The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
Release Date: 1996-04-09When Dick's evasive about his past, Dr. Albright suspects he's a '60s radical fugitive. Harry joins a CD-of-the-month club, and is swamped with CDs.
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Episode 15 - I Enjoy Being a Dick
Release Date: 1996-04-21Flummoxed by feminism, Dick dons a dress to infiltrate Dr. Albright's women-only study group. Harry and Sally get jobs at a pancake restaurant.
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Episode 16 - Dick Like Me
Release Date: 1996-04-23Dick decides that the Solomons don't ôfit in” on Earth, so he shops for an ethnic group to join. Meanwhile, Sally wants to fit in with Tommy's handsome teacher.
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Episode 17 - Assault with a Deadly Dick
Release Date: 1996-04-30The Solomons' faith in human nature is shaken when they fall victim to crime (""This planet is in a bad neighborhood,"" sighs Sally). Meanwhile, Dick makes Tommy join the school basketball team.
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Episode 18 - Father Knows Dick
Release Date: 1996-05-07Dick decides the reason Harry is “odd” is because he lacks a father, and sets out nurture the suddenly rebellious Harry. Meanwhile, sparks fly when Sally meets the hostile mother of her boyfriend.
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Episode 19 - Selfish Dick
Release Date: 1996-05-14Albright gets a new office, much to Dick's chagrin. Sally lands in the hospital---where she, Harry and Tommy pretend to be “ER” doctors.
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Episode 20 - See Dick Run (1)
Release Date: 1996-05-21Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.