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The Best Episodes of Get a Life

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Every episode of Get a Life ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Get a Life!

Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and...
Episodes
35
Avg. Rating
8.7
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  • Married
    9.0/10(249)
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    #1 - 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

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  • The Big City
    9.0/10(242)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Neptune 2000
    9.0/10(251)
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    #3 - 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

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  • The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
    9.0/10(241)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Psychic 2000
    9.0/10(245)
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    #5 - 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

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  • SPEWEY and Me
    9.0/10(267)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Chris Wins a Celebrity
    8.9/10(249)
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    #7 - 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

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  • Chris Moves Out
    8.9/10(225)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Chris vs. Donald
    8.8/10(254)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Houseboy 2000
    8.8/10(243)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Camping 2000
    8.8/10(237)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Construction Worker Show
    8.8/10(250)
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    #12 - 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

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  • Health Inspector 2000
    8.8/10(231)
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    #13 - 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

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  • Chris Becomes a Male Escort
    8.8/10(230)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Chris' Brain Starts Working
    8.8/10(225)
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    #15 - 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

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  • Drivers License
    8.7/10(252)
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    #16 - 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

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  • Zoo Animals on Wheels
    8.7/10(260)
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    #17 - 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

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  • The Counterfeit Watch Story
    8.7/10(248)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
    8.7/10(222)
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    #19 - 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

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  • Bad Fish
    8.7/10(228)
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    #20 - 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

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  • Paperboy 2000
    8.6/10(250)
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    #21 - 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

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  • Bored Straight
    8.6/10(257)
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    #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

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  • Meat Locker 2000
    8.6/10(226)
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    #23 - 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

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  • 1977 2000
    8.6/10(233)
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    #24 - 1977 2000

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 3/1/1992

    Chris time travels to save Gus' career as a law enforcement officer. However he soon discovers the trouble with messing with the past which includes two-headed zombies named Sharon.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: Charlie Kaufman

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  • Dadicus
    8.5/10(255)
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    #25 - Dadicus

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/7/1990

    Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: Marjorie Gross

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Best Episodes Summary

"Married" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life". It scored 9/10 based on 249 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by David Mirkin, it aired on 3/24/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Big City".