3rd Rock from the Sun
Season 1
1996 • 20 Episodes
Episodes
1. Brains and Eggs
January 9, 1996
The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.
2. Post-Nasal Dick
January 16, 1996
When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.
3. Dick's First Birthday
January 23, 1996
Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.
4. Dick Is From Mars, Sally Is From Venus
January 30, 1996
Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.
5. Dick, Smoker
February 6, 1996
While Sally does a slow burn at being the often-overruled second in command, Dick lights up his life by taking up smoking.
6. Green-Eyed Dick
February 13, 1996
Dick discovers the emotion of jealousy when Dr. Albright's old boyfriend returns to visit on a promotional tour of the novel he dedicated to her. Harry adopts a stray dog.
7. Lonely Dick
February 20, 1996
Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
8. Body & Soul & Dick
February 27, 1996
When an obnoxious professor dies during a party in his honor, Dick finds the will specifies that he must deliver a “forthright and honest” eulogy about the universally despised academic. Tommy neglects his female pal August to hit it off with an “easy” cheerleader.
9. Ab-Dick-ted
March 5, 1996
Dick receives a roundabout lesson in family values from Dr. Albright's loopy brother, who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
10. Truth or Dick
March 12, 1996
Dick discovers the consequences of unvarnished truth when he repeats some of Dr. Albright's unflattering comments at an academic committee meeting. Sally and Harry apply for driver's licenses.
11. The Art of Dick
March 19, 1996
While Dick and Harry take up painting (Harry's good; Dick isn't), Sally takes over the school bake sale with the gusto of Gen. Patton.
12. Frozen Dick
March 26, 1996
A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.
13. Angry Dick
April 2, 1996
The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.
14. The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
April 9, 1996
When Dick's evasive about his past, Dr. Albright suspects he's a '60s radical fugitive. Harry joins a CD-of-the-month club, and is swamped with CDs.
15. I Enjoy Being a Dick
April 21, 1996
Flummoxed by feminism, Dick dons a dress to infiltrate Dr. Albright's women-only study group. Harry and Sally get jobs at a pancake restaurant.
16. Dick Like Me
April 23, 1996
Dick decides that the Solomons don't “fit in” on Earth, so he shops for an ethnic group to join. Meanwhile, Sally wants to fit in with Tommy's handsome teacher.
17. Assault with a Deadly Dick
April 30, 1996
The Solomons' faith in human nature is shaken when they fall victim to crime (“This planet is in a bad neighborhood,” sighs Sally). Meanwhile, Dick makes Tommy join the school basketball team.
18. Father Knows Dick
May 7, 1996
Dick decides the reason Harry is “odd” is because he lacks a father, and sets out nurture the suddenly rebellious Harry. Meanwhile, sparks fly when Sally meets the hostile mother of her boyfriend.
19. Selfish Dick
May 14, 1996
Albright gets a new office, much to Dick's chagrin. Sally lands in the hospital---where she, Harry and Tommy pretend to be “ER” doctors.
20. See Dick Run (1)
May 21, 1996
Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.