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The Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1

Every episode of Get a Life Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1!

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...
  1. 9.0/10(252 votes)

    #1 - Neptune 2000

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    S1:E20

    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.

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    Director:David Mirkin
  2. 8.9/10(250 votes)

    #2 - Married

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    S1:E16

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

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    Director:David Mirkin
  3. 8.9/10(243 votes)

    #3 - The Big City

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    S1:E19

    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.

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  4. 8.9/10(242 votes)

    #4 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

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    S1:E21

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

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    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Edd Hall
  5. 8.9/10(246 votes)

    #5 - Psychic 2000

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    S1:E22

    Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

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    Director:David Mirkin
  6. 8.8/10(250 votes)

    #6 - Chris Wins a Celebrity

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    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:Dean Parisot
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  8. 8.8/10(244 votes)

    #7 - Houseboy 2000

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    S1:E15

    After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

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  9. 8.8/10(238 votes)

    #8 - Camping 2000

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    S1:E17

    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.

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    Director:Dean Parisot
  10. 8.8/10(251 votes)

    #9 - The Construction Worker Show

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    S1:E18

    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.

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    Director:David Mirkin
  11. 8.7/10(261 votes)

    #10 - Zoo Animals on Wheels

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    S1:E10

    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.

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  12. 8.7/10(249 votes)

    #11 - The Counterfeit Watch Story

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    S1:E12

    Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

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    Director:David Mirkin
  13. 8.7/10(255 votes)

    #12 - Chris vs. Donald

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    S1:E13

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

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  14. 8.6/10(251 votes)

    #13 - Paperboy 2000

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  15. 8.6/10(253 votes)

    #14 - Drivers License

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    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:David Mirkin
  16. 8.6/10(258 votes)

    #15 - Bored Straight

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    S1:E9

    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.

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  17. 8.5/10(256 votes)

    #16 - Pile of Death

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  18. 8.4/10(256 votes)

    #17 - Dadicus

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    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Tony Dow
  19. 8.4/10(262 votes)

    #18 - A Family Affair

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    S1:E4

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

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    Writer:N/A
  20. 8.4/10(253 votes)

    #19 - The Sitting

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    S1:E8

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

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  21. 8.4/10(248 votes)

    #20 - Roots

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    S1:E11

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

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  22. 8.2/10(281 votes)

    #21 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  23. 8.2/10(281 votes)

    #22 - The Prettiest Week of My Life

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    S1:E2

    Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

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    Director:David Mirkin

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Neptune 2000" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 252 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by Steve Pepoon, it aired on 4/28/1991. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Married".