9.1/10238 votesLoading...#1 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1991
Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Edd Hall
9.1/10262 votesLoading...#2 - SPEWEY and Me
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1992
When an alien crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Jace Richdale
9.0/10244 votesLoading...#3 - Chris Wins a Celebrity
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/1991
Chris wins a weekend with his favorite talk show host, a contest the host first regrets he agreed to, but later Chris regrets he entered, when the host decides to stay.
Director: Dean Parisot
Writer: Adam Resnick
9.0/10246 votesLoading...#4 - Married
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/24/1991
During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
9.0/10238 votesLoading...#5 - The Big City
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/1991
Chris loses his wallet in the big city, and the big city give him the key to the city and other perks to make him feel better.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Marjorie Gross
9.0/10246 votesLoading...#6 - Neptune 2000
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1991
When Chris was 12 he got a job as a paperboy so he could buy a submarine from the back of a comic book. Four to six hundred weeks later when the kit arrives, Chris and his father put it together; however when they embark on the sub's maiden voyage (in Chris's bathtub) they become trapped.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Steve Pepoon
9.0/10242 votesLoading...#7 - Psychic 2000
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1991
Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
8.9/10249 votesLoading...#8 - Chris vs. Donald
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1991
At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.
Director: Dwayne Hickman
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.9/10240 votesLoading...#9 - Houseboy 2000
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/10/1991
After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Marjorie Gross
8.9/10234 votesLoading...#10 - Camping 2000
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/1991
Chris and Larry join Mr. Peterson on a camping trip, when Mr. Peterson manages to lose them, the hungry boys eat some berries that cause them to hallucinate.
Director: Dean Parisot
Writer: Steve Pepoon
8.9/10247 votesLoading...#11 - The Construction Worker Show
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/1991
Chris becomes a construction worker with the men who are renovating his parents kitchen. When they tell him one of their trade secrets, Chris has a problem with their dishonesty.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.9/10222 votesLoading...#12 - Chris Moves Out
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/1991
Chris turns 31 and decides it's time to move out, so he goes in search of a new place to live and he moves into Gus' garage.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Mirkin, Adam Resnick
8.9/10227 votesLoading...#13 - Chris Becomes a Male Escort
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/21/1991
Chris decides on a whim to become a male escort, hoping for free plays and dates with young women. What he gets is a elderly woman who is hard up.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.9/10222 votesLoading...#14 - Chris' Brain Starts Working
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/1992
Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Steve Pepoon
8.8/10255 votesLoading...#15 - Zoo Animals on Wheels
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1990
Much to Sharon's dismay, Chris auditions for and gets the lead part in a local community theatre production of Andrew Todd Keller's musical Zoo Animals on Wheels.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.8/10244 votesLoading...#16 - The Counterfeit Watch Story
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1991
Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.8/10227 votesLoading...#17 - Health Inspector 2000
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/1991
After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.
Director: Dean Parisot
Writer: Steve Pepoon
8.8/10219 votesLoading...#18 - Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/1991
Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: N/A
8.8/10224 votesLoading...#19 - Bad Fish
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/1992
After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Bob Odenkirk
8.7/10246 votesLoading...#20 - Paperboy 2000
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1990
The newspaper fires all the paper boys and replaces them with the Paperboy 2000, a paper delivering robotic vehicle, so Chris challenges it in a paper delivering contest.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Adam Markowitz, Bill Freiberger
8.7/10247 votesLoading...#21 - Drivers License
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1990
There's a new waitress at the local diner, and Chris wants to take her out, but he needs to drive a car for the date. His problem is he never got a license.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
8.7/10253 votesLoading...#22 - Bored Straight
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1990
While delivering papers in the bad side of town, Chris meets a group of young hoodlums and he decides to ""take back the streets"" by helping the kids.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Marjorie Gross
8.6/10275 votesLoading...#23 - The Prettiest Week of My Life
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1990
Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.6/10251 votesLoading...#24 - Pile of Death
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1990
Chris tries to raise money to help save a playground, so he tries to set a world record by having the most things piled on top of him.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Adam Resnick
8.6/10223 votesLoading...#25 - Meat Locker 2000
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/1991
Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: Jace Richdale
The Best Episodes of Get a Life
Every episode of Get a Life ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Get a Life!
Get a Life is a television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8,...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life". It scored 9.1/10 based on 238 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by Edd Hall, it aired on 5/12/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "SPEWEY and Me".