The Best Episodes of Get a Life

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

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

Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

Director: David Mirkin

Writer: Edd Hall

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

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

During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

Director: David Mirkin

Writer: David Mirkin

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

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

At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

Director: Dwayne Hickman

Writer: Adam Resnick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.

Director: Dean Parisot

Writer: Steve Pepoon

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

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

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

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

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

Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.

Director: David Mirkin

Writer: Jace Richdale

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