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The Worst Episodes of Get a Life

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Every episode of Get a Life ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
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8.7
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  • Clip Show
    8.0/10(221)
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    #1 - Clip Show

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 3/8/1992

    While on his first jet airplane flight, Chris falls out, and is disappointed when his life flashes before his eyes and it only covers the past eighteen months.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: David Mirkin

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  • Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
    8.2/10(280)
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    #2 - 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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    #3 - 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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  • Prisoner of Love
    8.3/10(233)
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    #4 - Prisoner of Love

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 12/14/1991

    When his pen-pal gets released from prison, she comes to stay with Chris. She takes him hostage when the police come after her when she starts criminal activities under Chris' nose.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: Charlie Kaufman

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  • The Sitting
    8.4/10(252)
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    #5 - 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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  • Dadicus
    8.5/10(255)
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    #6 - 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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    #7 - 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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    #8 - 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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    #9 - 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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  • Larry on the Loose
    8.5/10(223)
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    #10 - Larry on the Loose

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 11/16/1991

    Larry takes off after to listening to Chris reminding him of everything wrong with his life. So Chris goes in search of Larry and when he fails, he goes in search of a new best friend.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: Bob Odenkirk

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  • Girlfriend 2000
    8.5/10(230)
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    #11 - Girlfriend 2000

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 1/12/1992

    After getting hit by her car, Chris falls for (and stalks) a doctor, later while stalking her, he starts getting stalked by the girl from the drugstore who has fallen for him.

    Director: David Mirkin

    Writer: David Mirkin

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  • Paperboy 2000
    8.6/10(250)
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    #12 - 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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    #13 - 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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    #14 - 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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    #15 - 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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  • 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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  • Chris vs. Donald
    8.8/10(254)
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    #21 - 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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    #22 - 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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    #23 - 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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    #24 - 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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    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Clip Show" is the worst rated episode of "Get a Life". It scored 8/10 based on 221 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by David Mirkin, it aired on 3/8/1992. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Terror on the Hell Loop 2000".