All Episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun
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Season 1
7.9/10769 votesLoading...Brains and Eggs
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/1996
The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner
7.9/10623 votesLoading...Post-Nasal Dick
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1996
When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Andrew Orenstein, Michael Glouberman
7.9/10603 votesLoading...Dick's First Birthday
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1996
Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Andy Cowan
7.8/10543 votesLoading...Dick Is From Mars, Sally Is From Venus
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1996
Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Mike Schiff, Bill Martin
7.7/10520 votesLoading...Dick, Smoker
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/1996
While Sally does a slow burn at being the often-overruled second in command, Dick lights up his life by taking up smoking.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Mike Schiff, Bill Martin
7.8/10528 votesLoading...Green-Eyed Dick
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1996
Dick 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Joe Fisch
7.8/10517 votesLoading...Lonely Dick
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/1996
Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Christine Zander
8.0/10530 votesLoading...Body & Soul & Dick
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/1996
When 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner
7.5/10486 votesLoading...Ab-Dick-ted
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/1996
Dick receives a roundabout lesson in family values from Dr. Albright's loopy brother, who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Bob Kushell, Christine Zander
7.9/10477 votesLoading...Truth or Dick
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/1996
Dick 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner
7.7/10467 votesLoading...The Art of Dick
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/1996
While 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Bob Kushell
8.0/10526 votesLoading...Frozen Dick
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/1996
A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Linwood Boomer
7.7/10461 votesLoading...Angry Dick
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/1996
The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Linwood Boomer
7.4/10454 votesLoading...The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/1996
When 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Andrew Orenstein, Michael Glouberman
8.0/10455 votesLoading...I Enjoy Being a Dick
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/21/1996
Flummoxed by feminism, Dick dons a dress to infiltrate Dr. Albright's women-only study group. Harry and Sally get jobs at a pancake restaurant.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Christine Zander
8.2/10478 votesLoading...Dick Like Me
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/1996
Dick decides that the Solomons don't “fit in” on Earth, so he shops for an ethnic group to join. Meanwhile, Sally wants to fit in with Tommy's handsome teacher.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Joe Fisch
7.7/10446 votesLoading...Assault with a Deadly Dick
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/30/1996
The 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Andrew Orenstein, Michael Glouberman
7.5/10440 votesLoading...Father Knows Dick
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/1996
Dick 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.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Bob Kushell
7.8/10442 votesLoading...Selfish Dick
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/1996
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
8.1/10441 votesLoading...See Dick Run (1)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/1996
Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Mike Schiff, Bill Martin