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The Worst Episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun

Every episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun!

The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick...
Genres:FamilySci-Fi & FantasyComedyDrama
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Seven Deadly Clips" is the worst rated episode of "3rd Rock from the Sun". It scored 6.3/10 based on 341 votes. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Andrew Orenstein, Michael Glouberman, it aired on 12/3/1997. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dick'll Take Manhattan (2)".

  • Seven Deadly Clips
    6.3/10341 votes
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    #1 - Seven Deadly Clips

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1997

    The Solomons reflect on their sinful ways in an episode that illustrates their misdeeds in clips from past episodes.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Andrew Orenstein, Michael Glouberman

  • Dick'll Take Manhattan (2)
    7.2/10284 votes
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    #2 - Dick'll Take Manhattan (2)

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/2000

    Dick takes Mary up to his penthouse and wines and dines her, but she tells him that she doesn't believe in true love anymore, no matter how hard he might try to persuade her otherwise. Meanwhile, Sally isn't happy being second fiddle to Don's wife so she asks him to break up with her. Don, however, wants to run for president and so refuses, so Sally breaks up with him; while at NBC, Tommy's huge ego and demand for a high pay on Saturday Night Live leads Harry to fire him.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Christine Zander, Mark Nutter

  • Les Liaisons Dickgereuses
    7.3/10295 votes
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    #3 - Les Liaisons Dickgereuses

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2000

    Mary's wealthy sister Renata Albright has donated a large sum of money to have an extension built onto Pendelton University, but Mary knows that it is in fact a spiteful gesture designed to quite literally block the sunlight into her office. To retaliate, Dick schemes with Mary that he will woo Renata, win her, and then break her heart. Meanwhile, Sally and Harry are given ten thousand dollars by Renata to convert their house into a teen center.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: David Goetsch, Jason Venokur

  • Dick'll Take Manhattan (1)
    7.3/10314 votes
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    #4 - Dick'll Take Manhattan (1)

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/2000

    The Solomons visit a parallel universe, in which they are living in New York City, where Dick is a highly regarded attorney, Sally writes a sex column and Harry is President of NBC, while Tommy is a star on Saturday Night Live. Despite this, Dick is unhappy because he cannot find Mary; however, upon entering a basement bar he discovers her, a failed actress-turned torch singer who has renamed herself Kiki Lyle. Meanwhile, Sally discovers that Don is the Mayor of New York, and that she isn't his girlfriend, but his mistress.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Christine Zander, Mark Nutter

  • My Mother, My Dick
    7.3/10264 votes
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    #5 - My Mother, My Dick

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/20/2001

    Mary's mother Martha arrives in town and Dick decides to tell her what Mary really thinks of her - that she ruined her childhood. Angry, Martha tries to attack Dick and falls over, ending up in hospital. When Dick goes to visit, however, Martha tells him her side of the story, and a deeply moved Dick takes her side and promises to tend to her during her recovery. Meanwhile, Harry and Sally get a nasty surprise when throwing junk in the time space portal - a new alien.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes

  • Dick Soup for the Soul
    7.3/10273 votes
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    #6 - Dick Soup for the Soul

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 5/1/2001

    Dick accompanies Mary and Nina to a book-signing for a self-help book entitled 'A Road Map to Happiness', and despite first thinking it stupid, Dick opens the book and is immediately converted. He then concludes that his relationship with Mary stands in the way of his happiness, and attempts to break up with her. At college, Tommy is attempting to get into a fraternity but is doubtful that he'll pass the entry rituals, so he enlists Sally's help, but she just ends up making it harder. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dubcek gives Harry the job of painting the kitchen ceiling, and he is determined to create a work of art.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Sean Veder

  • The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
    7.4/10449 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • Fun with Dick and Janet (1)
    7.4/10348 votes
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    #8 - Fun with Dick and Janet (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1997

    Sally, Tommy and Harry return from the home planet with a surprise for Dick: a bride-to-be.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Bob Kushell, Mark Brazill

  • Fun with Dick and Janet (2)
    7.4/10337 votes
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    #9 - Fun with Dick and Janet (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1997

    Dick tries to hide his Janet predicament from Mary; Officer Don suspects that aliens have landed.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Bob Kushell, Mark Brazill

  • Episode I: The Baby Menace
    7.4/10305 votes
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    #10 - Episode I: The Baby Menace

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1999

    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

    Writer: Jim O'Doherty, David Israel

  • InDickscretion
    7.4/10272 votes
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    #11 - InDickscretion

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2000

    Dick and Mary decide to go on a double date with Sally and Don, but things start to become uncomfortable when Dick and Sally begin talking incessantly about how good their other half is in bed. The next day Dick and Sally come to realize that neither Mary or Don said anything about how good they are, and immediately worry that they aren't. Meanwhile, in a food store, Mary and Don run into each other and, consumed by what they'd heard about each other in bed, share a kiss. Elsewhere, Harry and Tommy follow in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and take to the open road.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes

  • A Dick Replacement
    7.4/10268 votes
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    #12 - A Dick Replacement

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2001

    Dick and Mary visit a psychic together, who claims that the pair are from two different worlds and predicts that Dick will one day up and leave Mary. Horrified at this news, Dick decides to find a replacement boyfriend for her, settling on a man called Gary; who thinks he's actually being offered Dick's position of physics professor. Meanwhile, Sally and Harry decide that if the psychic really knows that they are aliens, then they must kill her, but in a way that isn't possible for her to predict.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Dave Jeser, Matthew Silverstein

  • Ab-Dick-ted
    7.5/10480 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Father Knows Dick
    7.5/10435 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Big Angry Virgin From Outer Space
    7.5/10407 votes
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    #15 - Big Angry Virgin From Outer Space

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1996

    Romantic woes between Sally and Randell don't deter Harry from signing up with a dating service. August tests Tommy's loyalty.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: Christine Zander

  • Dick Jokes
    7.5/10388 votes
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    #16 - Dick Jokes

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1996

    A jealous Dick decides to show Mary how funny he is after she asks another professor to emcee a college fund-raiser she's organizing. Meanwhile, Harry loses his beloved coat, and Sally builds a shelf to hold her shoes.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: Jim O'Doherty, David Israel

  • A Dick on One Knee
    7.5/10369 votes
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    #17 - A Dick on One Knee

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1997

    A Frenchman asks an unwitting Sally to marry him so that he can remain in the country. Tommy discovers he has a talent for flower arranging and styling. Dick is inspired to discuss marriage with Albright.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Christine Zander

  • The Great Dickdater
    7.5/10319 votes
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    #18 - The Great Dickdater

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1998

    Dick decides to date again, so he goes to Sally and Officer Don for advice; Harry and Tommy find a wallet with $200 in it, and decide to give the money back to its owner.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: David Sacks

  • Dick and Harry Fall in a Hole
    7.5/10311 votes
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    #19 - Dick and Harry Fall in a Hole

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/2000

    Dick and Harry fall into a large hole in the woods, which covers over when they attempt to climb out. Dick then panics, whilst Harry remains in a relaxed, zen-like state. A hole expert, named Angus 'The Hole' McDuff is called to the scene and devises a plan to build a second hole in order to access the one Dick and Harry are stuck in; however he becomes highly offended when Sally belittles his idea.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Aron Abrams, Greg Thompson

  • Why Dickie Can't Teach
    7.5/10271 votes
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    #20 - Why Dickie Can't Teach

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2000

    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

    Writer: Joe Liss, Dave Lewman

  • B.D.O.C.
    7.5/10274 votes
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    #21 - B.D.O.C.

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2000

    The Solomons' say goodbye to Tommy as he goes to college, but Dick soon begins to miss him and attempts to convince him to come home. Tommy, however, is enjoying college life and doesn't want to, so Dick convinces him to pull an elaborate freshman prank to gain himself popularity, but really in the hope that Tommy will be expelled. Meanwhile, Sally and Harry are interviewing candidates for Tommy's replacement and although their best candidate appears to be a woman called Christie, when a handsome man named Bryce walks through the door, Sally hires him on the spot.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Aron Abrams, Greg Thompson

  • Glengarry Glen Dick
    7.5/10265 votes
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    #22 - Glengarry Glen Dick

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2001

    After hearing a pitch for a timeshare, Dick is sold and, unable to afford it entirely, he convinces Don to pay the other half. When Dick, Mary, Sally and Don take their first holiday there, however, they find it to be dismal; small and windowless, with nothing in the surrounding area but a prison. Meanwhile, Tommy has finally outgrown Harry, leading Harry, paranoid that he is shrinking, to consult a doctor.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Aron Abrams, Greg Thompson

  • Dick the Vote
    7.6/10396 votes
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    #23 - Dick the Vote

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1996

    When Harry runs for city councilman, Dick discovers the complexity of the democratic system and struggles to make the right vote.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: David Goetsch, Jason Venokur

  • Romeo & Juliet & Dick
    7.6/10374 votes
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    #24 - Romeo & Juliet & Dick

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1997

    When Tommy asks Dick to direct his high school production of “Romeo and Juliet,” Dick takes the role a little too seriously. Sally tries to get Officer Don to fix Albright’s parking tickets.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

  • Same Old Song and Dick
    7.6/10359 votes
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    #25 - Same Old Song and Dick

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/1997

    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