3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Brains and Eggs
Jan 9, 1996 · 22 min
The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.
Post-Nasal Dick
Jan 16, 1996 · 22 min
When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.
Dick's First Birthday
Jan 23, 1996 · 22 min
Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.
Dick Is From Mars, Sally Is From Venus
Jan 30, 1996 · 22 min
Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.
Dick, Smoker
Feb 6, 1996 · 22 min
While Sally does a slow burn at being the often-overruled second in command, Dick lights up his life by taking up smoking.
Green-Eyed Dick
Feb 13, 1996 · 18 min
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.
Lonely Dick
Feb 20, 1996 · 22 min
Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
Body & Soul & Dick
Feb 27, 1996 · 22 min
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 aca
Ab-Dick-ted
Mar 5, 1996 · 22 min
Dick receives a roundabout lesson in family values from Dr. Albright's loopy brother, who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
Truth or Dick
Mar 12, 1996 · 22 min
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
The Art of Dick
Mar 19, 1996 · 22 min
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.
Frozen Dick
Mar 26, 1996 · 22 min
A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.
Angry Dick
Apr 2, 1996 · 22 min
The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.
The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
Apr 9, 1996 · 22 min
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.
I Enjoy Being a Dick
Apr 21, 1996 · 22 min
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.
Dick Like Me
Apr 23, 1996 · 22 min
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.
Assault with a Deadly Dick
Apr 30, 1996 · 22 min
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 bask
Father Knows Dick
May 7, 1996 · 22 min
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 o
Selfish Dick
May 14, 1996 · 22 min
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.
See Dick Run (1)
May 21, 1996 · 22 min
Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.