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The Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy
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Every episode of Get a Life Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1!

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...
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22
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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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  • Chris Wins a Celebrity
    8.9/10(249)
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    #6 - 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 vs. Donald
    8.8/10(254)
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    #7 - 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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    #8 - 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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    #9 - 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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    #10 - 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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  • Drivers License
    8.7/10(252)
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    #11 - 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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    #12 - 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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    #13 - 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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  • Paperboy 2000
    8.6/10(250)
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    #14 - 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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    #15 - 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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  • Dadicus
    8.5/10(255)
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    #16 - 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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  • A Family Affair
    8.5/10(261)
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    #17 - A Family Affair

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/14/1990

    Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

    Director: Dwayne Hickman

    Writer: N/A

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  • Pile of Death
    8.5/10(255)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Roots
    8.5/10(247)
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    #19 - Roots

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 1/6/1991

    Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.

    Director: Dwayne Hickman

    Writer: Adam Markowitz, Bill Freiberger

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  • The Sitting
    8.4/10(252)
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    #20 - The Sitting

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/18/1990

    Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Adam Resnick, Marjorie Gross

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  • Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
    8.2/10(280)
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    #21 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/23/1990

    Chris talks Larry into taking the day off for the world premiere of the Hell Loop 2000, a 360 degree looped rollercoaster, where they get stuck at the top of the loop. Same story as the TV pilot episode but with a different actress playing Chris' mother.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: David Mirkin, Adam Resnick

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  • The Prettiest Week of My Life
    8.2/10(280)
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    #22 - 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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Married" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life" season 1. 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 is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Big City".