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The Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1

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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!

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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  1. Background image for Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
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    #1 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    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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  2. Background image for The Prettiest Week of My Life
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    #2 - The Prettiest Week of My Life

    S1:E2

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

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #3 - Dadicus

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Tony Dow
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    #4 - A Family Affair

    S1:E4

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

    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Pile of Death

    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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    #6 - Paperboy 2000

    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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    #7 - Drivers License

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #8 - The Sitting

    S1:E8

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

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    #9 - Bored Straight

    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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    #10 - Zoo Animals on Wheels

    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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    #11 - Roots

    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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    #12 - The Counterfeit Watch Story

    S1:E12

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

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #13 - Chris vs. Donald

    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 - Chris Wins a Celebrity

    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.

    Director:Dean Parisot
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    #15 - Houseboy 2000

    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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    #16 - Married

    S1:E16

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

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #17 - Camping 2000

    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.

    Director:Dean Parisot
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    #18 - The Construction Worker Show

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #19 - The Big City

    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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    #20 - Neptune 2000

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
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    #21 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    S1:E21

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Edd Hall
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    #22 - Psychic 2000

    S1:E22

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

    Director:David Mirkin
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Terror on the Hell Loop 2000" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by David Mirkin, Adam Resnick, it aired on 9/23/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Prettiest Week of My Life".