The Best Episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary

   S3:E275/20/1998

   Harry and Vicki prepare for an evening of amour. Then Vicki's jealous ex crashes the party. Meanwhile, Tommy "comes out" as a gourmet chef.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch

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   Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch
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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Dick the Mouth Solomon

   S4:E184/6/1999

   When at an Italian restaurant, Sally meets an Italian-American man and begins dating him. After learning that he is known as Sammy 'The Butcher' Marchetti, she and Tommy assume that he is some kind of mobster, and when he starts giving Tommy errands to run, Tommy is delighted to think that he is an errand boy for the mob. Sally, however, is less than happy. Mary suggests that she and Dick go on a couples retreat so that they can work on their communication skills. Despite her good intentions, everybody, including Harry and Vicki, embraces Dick's openness and criticizes her for pointing the finger.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Bob Kushell, Christine Zander

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   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Bob Kushell, Christine Zander
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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Dick's Big Giant Headache (1)

   S4:E235/25/1999

   The Big Giant Head sends a message that he intends to visit Earth, so Dick quickly orders Sally to move back in and Harry to stop attempting to make a baby with Vicki. He then attempts to prepare Mary for his visit by telling her that an 'old college chum' is visiting and that she would be well advised to discuss how much he has learned in bed. Harry tries his best to avoid Vicki, but eventually resorts to telling her that he can't father a child with her right now. When the Big Giant Head arrives on Earth, he is unimpressed with Dick, his leadership skills and his choice of girlfriend, while being impressed with Sally, her style, and her body.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Mike Schiff, Bill Martin

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   Writers:Mike Schiff, Bill Martin
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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Dick for Tat

   S5:E29/28/1999

   When a drunk Mary tells Dick she once had a fling with his archenemy Vincent Strudwick, he is outraged and decides to get even with the pair of them by convincing Strudwick's wife to sleep with him. Tommy supports Dick's decision, imagining double dates - himself with Alissa and Dick with Strudwick's wife. Meanwhile, Sally gets the hots for Don after he starts riding a police motorbike, but the pair crash and Don ends up in full body plaster.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Mike Schiff, Bill Martin

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - The Fifth Solomon

   S5:E311/2/1999

   Dick crashes the car into a tree and calls an insurance company to cover it, but the salesman informs him that in order to be covered, he needed to have taken out insurance before the crash. Instead, the salesman manages to convince Harry to buy insurance, but then ignores all of Harry's attempts to call him. Dick, meanwhile, is pleasantly surprised when he discovers just how much more advanced his rental car is than the old Rambler, and so sells the latter for scrap; however, the Solomons soon begin to miss it.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writer:Gregg Mettler

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   Writer:Gregg Mettler
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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner?

   S5:E611/23/1999

   Dick is confused when Nina won't let him accompany her to her Black Student Union meeting, believing it to be a Weight Watchers type club; so, in an attempt to understand the concept, he mistakenly takes the Solomons to a racist white power rally. Dick realizes that the rally was a bad idea, and tries to make it up to Nina by firing her, to release her from what he calls her 'servile role' (as he and Mary's assistant), but she informs him that she is happy in her job. Meanwhile, Sally, Harry and Tommy are preparing to take part in a poetry competition and decide to use racism as their subject.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch

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   Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch
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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Rutherford Beauty

   S5:E132/22/2000

   Dick begins to have erotic fantasies about Nina, and makes the mistake of telling Mary about it, leading to an argument between the three of them. Dick is confused, and Don explains to him that his confession makes Mary feel as if she no longer excites him. Meanwhile, Sally falls under the spell of Margaret Williams, a lifestyle guru very similar to Martha Stewart, and an impressed Mary asks her to cater for a fund raiser she is holding. However, Sally becomes annoyed when the guests do not appreciate all the hard work she has put in.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Bob Kushell, Gregg Mettler

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Youth Is Wasted on the Dick

   S5:E153/21/2000

   Dick tries to experience youth for the first time by partying with his students during spring break, but his drunken antics are wasted on Mary, who is trying to relive a favorite, and more relaxing, family outing. Meanwhile, Don and the police have moved into the Solomons' apartment in order to survey a video pirate living opposite. Sally is hugely turned on when she sees Don ordering his fellows about, but he is emasculated when tough government agent Jack McMannus arrives and takes over the operation, and Sally becomes attracted to him.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Why Dickie Can't Teach

   S6:E612/5/2000

   Tommy is looking for a college to attend and Dick steers him away from the big names such as Harvard and tries to convince him to attend Pendelton instead. Upon taking one of Dick's classes, however, Tommy decides that Dick is a lousy teacher and that he would rather look elsewhere. Outraged, Dick orders Tommy to go to Pendelton. Meanwhile, Sally is concerned that Don isn't listed one of Rutherford's ten most powerful men and so she gets him a job working for one of them.

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Dave Lewman, Joe Liss

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    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Mary Loves Scoochie (1)

    S6:E175/8/2001

    Dick discovers that Mary has been receiving elaborate love letters from a mystery man named 'Scoochie' and confronts her about it. She reveals that she has been receiving them for years but has no idea who Scoochie actually is, so Dick pretends that it has been him all along. This goes wrong, however, when the real Scoochie arranges to meet Mary at the Medieval Festival. Meanwhile, after another alien unit operating in Ohio wins an award over the Solomons at the Alien Award Show, Sally and Harry make it their mission to track them down, and eventually move in with an Amish family, who they believe to be the other unit, since they are so different.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Aron Abrams, Dave Boerger, Greg Thompson

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    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Thing That Wouldn't Die (1)

    S6:E195/22/2001

    Mary is having trouble dealing with what she has just seen - Dick transforming Liam into a monkey, which he had done to stop him doing the same to the Earth's population. Dick consults the other Solomons and they decide that the best approach is to deny everything. Meanwhile, Mary meets with Nina and Judith, who confess that they believe Dick to be an international terrorist, so when Dick and Mary next meet, she demands that he tell her the truth about himself. So, Dick tells Mary that he and the others are aliens. Mary's reaction is first disbelief, then shock, and then she finds it sexy to be dating a spaceman. Elsewhere, the local store has been robbed and Sally catches Don hiding in the frozen foods freezer, where he admits that he hid because he was scared. Harry takes a different line and asks the shopkeeper Sam out on a date, but later runs into her working at a posh restaurant, where she instructs him to call her Samantha. Confused, Harry believes that he is dating twins.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Dave Jeser, Matthew Silverstein

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Selfish Dick

    S1:E195/14/1996

    Albright gets a new office, much to Dick's chagrin. Sally lands in the hospital---where she, Harry and Tommy pretend to be “ER” doctors.

    Director:Robert Berlinger

    Writer:David Sacks

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do With Dick?

    S4:E510/28/1998

    Dick is annoyed that Mary, in her new position as Dean, has little time for him anymore, and is even more annoyed when he is told that he has to share is office with new professor Jennifer Ravelli. Despite his initial dislike, and attempts to stay loyal to Mary, he soon begins to fall for Ravelli. Sally tries to fix Nina up with Don's cop friend Eric, but becomes irritated when they don't take to each other. At Happy Doug's bar, Tommy fixes up an old 'love tester' machine but is disappointed when it classifies him as 'cold fish' and Harry 'hot stuff'.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Mike Schiff, Bill Martin

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Two-Faced Dick

    S4:E101/5/1999

    After three years, the Big Giant Head has finally accepted Sally's request to have her body changed for a man's. For their convenience, the bodies of Dick and Sally are switched. Now, in each other's bodies, Dick and Sally must try and maintain each other's romantic relationships and get accustomed to the changes that their new gender brings, while waiting for their request to be switched back to be accepted. Meanwhile, Harry is left in charge of Happy Doug's when Doug goes on vacation, but becomes worried when a group of burly, tough-looking bikers arrive.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writer:Gail Goldberg

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    Writer:Gail Goldberg
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    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Brains and Eggs

    S1:E11/9/1996

    The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.

    Director:James Burrows

    Writers:Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner

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    Writers:Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner
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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - World's Greatest Dick

    S2:E811/10/1996

    Dick's delighted (but Tommy isn't) when Tommy's accepted to a school for smart kids. Sally falls for a guy she met in a gay bar. Harry dabbles in magic.

    Director:Robert Berlinger

    Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch

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    Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch
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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Same Old Song and Dick

    S2:E173/9/1997

    Dick fears his relationship with Mary has grown stale. Tommy's growing tired of August's “perfection.” Harry and Sally switch jobs.

    Director:Robert Berlinger

    Writer:Katy Ballard

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Will Work For Dick

    S2:E225/4/1997

    When an insulted Nina has had enough and quits, Harry becomes secretary to Dick and Dr. Albright. Meanwhile, Sally decides to live out the human childhood she never had.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Jason Venokur, David Goetsch

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Dick and the Single Girl

    S2:E245/11/1997

    A shy and brainy librarian is attracted to Dick, while Sally realizes why she's attracted to Officer Don. Meanwhile, Tommy and Harry write a “killer” episode of The X-Files.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Christine Zander, Mark Brazill

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Collect Call for Dick

    S4:E410/21/1998

    The Solomons discover a brand of new collectibles called Fuzzy Buddies (a parody of Beanie Babies) when eating at a fast food diner, and Dick soon becomes so obsessed with collecting them that he begins to lose control of his family's finances. Tommy's coach is annoyed at his lack of team 'pep' and so makes him the school mascot - a giant owl called Hootie. Things goes wrong, however, when Tommy becomes so high on school pep that he attacks the coach.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Jim O'Doherty, David Israel

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Sally Forth

    S4:E132/9/1999

    Dick is in a dispute with the Dubceks because Mrs. Dubcek won't fix his sink until he pays the rent, and he won't pay the rent until she fixes his sink. Eventually, Mrs. Dubcek ends up shutting off the Solomons' power, while Vicki invites Harry to move in with them. Sally has other things on her mind; after voicing to Officer Don that she is fed up with living with the other Solomons, he has proposed to her - but she doesn't know if she is ready. Meanwhile, Tommy deliberately lands himself in detention with his dream girl Alissa, so that he has a chance ask her out.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writer:David Sacks

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The House That Dick Built

    S4:E152/23/1999

    Dick begins to feel that the unit is falling apart when Sally announces her plans to move out, and he tries in vain to clip her wings. That isn't the last of his problems, however, since Harry is considering having a baby with Vicki - despite the possibility that it could turn out to be an alien. Meanwhile, Tommy sees babysitting with Alissa as an opportunity to prove to a dubious Harry that she really is his girlfriend.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Mike Schiff, Bill Martin

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Citizen Solomon

    S4:E194/29/1999

    Dick, Tommy, and Harry begin to notice that, since Sally moved out, their apartment has become filthy. Mary suggests that Dick hires her maid part time, but, to her annoyance, Dick ends up stealing her full time. When Sally finds out that she has been replaced, she is hurt. Tommy has managed to get himself in charge of the school newspaper, but he becomes so dedicated to printing the absolute truth that he begin to worry school officials and even alienate his girlfriend Alissa.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writer:Chris Atwood

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Episode I: The Baby Menace

    S5:E19/21/1999

    The Solomons are relieved when Vicki's baby turns out to be human, but horrified when she announces her plans to sell her story to the papers. When a reporter comes sniffing around, Sally gives Dick the title of Security Officer and orders him to kill him; however he can't, so she makes him High Commander and herself Security Officer so that she can kill the reporter herself. Dick then reminds Sally that he is now the High Commander, and that there is nothing she can do to reverse it.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writers:Jim O'Doherty, David Israel

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Dial M for Dick

    S5:E411/9/1999

    Mary invites the Solomons on a murder mystery weekend, thinking that it might prove a fun activity. However, she goes down with food poisoning and retreats upstairs to her room. Downstairs, meanwhile, the Solomons are horrified when the first murder takes place, believing it to be real and, annoyed at the apparent lackadaisical efforts of Scotland Yard detective "Inspector McAffrey", they decide to try to solve the mystery themselves.

    Director:Terry Hughes

    Writer:Christine Zander

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