The Best Episodes Directed By Tom Trbovich

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - The Clip Show II

   S3:E227/2/1993

   Another one of the infomercial for a home course in how to become a paleontologist is supplemented by clips from previous episodes. Featuring the past clips from Season 2 to Season 3.

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   #2 - Working Girl

   S4:E1211/8/1995

   Charlene becomes her father's boss when Richfield is pressured into hiring women. The only problem is, Dad won't listen to her.

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   9.0/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Changing Nature

   S4:E77/20/1994

   Efforts to solve an environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the road to doomsday.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - And The Winner Is...

   S2:E213/25/1992

   Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #5 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold

   S4:E36/22/1994

   Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."

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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Hurling Day

   S1:E35/10/1991

   Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."

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   #7 - Sea Cruise

   S1:E510/16/1987

   Danny's all-male fishing trip turns into a loveboat cruise replete with a female captain and an all-girl band.

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   #8 - Slave to Fashion

   S2:E224/1/1992

   Charlene wants to make a fashion statement with an expensive coat, but the coat leads her into a vain attempt to achieve status.

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   #9 - Wilderness Weekend

   S3:E1012/18/1992

   The males, including Earl, Robbie, and the Baby, go into the wilderness to rediscover their ""reptiles within,"" while back home the girls warm their cold blood with the boys' beer.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Swamp Music

    S3:E172/26/1993

    Robbie crosses over to the swamps and gets sold on the mammals' "swamp music", but they're liable to be sold out in a dinosaur record deal, which Robbie orchestrated.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Honey, I Miss the Kids

    S3:E162/19/1993

    Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household day shift and look after the kids.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Earl and Pearl

    S4:E1311/9/1995

    Robbie and Charlene go against Earl's orders and sneak out to see his estranged sister, Pearl, a country star, perform. Roy falls in love with Pearl and plans to settle down with her, despite Earl's protests.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Charlene's Tale

    S2:E410/9/1991

    Charlene gets a tail, which whips up strange feelings in Earl, whose little girl is no longer so little.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Unmarried ... With Children

    S2:E911/13/1991

    A liberated single female's ideas make Fran reconsider renewing her marriage license.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - I Never Ate for My Father

    S2:E310/2/1991

    When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association, Earl fears his son may be a herbivore.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Fran Live

    S2:E141/8/1992

    Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs, leaving Earl to learn how to cope with a wife who works.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Scent of a Reptile

    S4:E1411/10/1995

    Charlene's scent gland comes in and Fran explains the one boy who is attracted to her scent is the one she's destined to marry. But Charlene puts out fumes of burning rubber and attracts the school janitor who aspires to be a tree pusher.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - The Golden Child

    S2:E19/18/1991

    When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - The Last Temptation of Ethyl

    S2:E182/12/1992

    Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Network Genius

    S3:E310/16/1992

    Earl is hired as a network executive when his answers on a test for new television shows prove to be surprisingly accurate.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Discovery

    S3:E410/23/1992

    Earl hits a bad golf shot that sails off the edge of the known world and into a new one -- new, that is, to the dinosaurs.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Son Also Rises

    S3:E111/8/1993

    After failing to mow the lawn, Robbie challenges Earl for male domination of the family... and wins.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - What Sexual Harris Meant

    S2:E1312/18/1991

    Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - High Noon

    S1:E45/17/1991

    A monstrous male who notices Fran in the supermarket challenges Earl to a fight to the death.

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    #25 - Switched At Birth

    S2:E1111/27/1991

    The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.

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