3rd Rock from the Sun — Season 1

Aired 9 January 1996 • 22 min

The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.

Aired 16 January 1996 • 22 min

When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.

Aired 23 January 1996 • 22 min

Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.

Aired 30 January 1996 • 22 min

Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.

Aired 6 February 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.

Aired 13 February 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.

Aired 20 February 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.

Aired 27 February 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 academic. Tommy neglects his female pal August to hit it off with an “easy” cheerleader.

Aired 5 March 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.

Aired 12 March 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's licenses.

Aired 19 March 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.

Aired 26 March 1996 • 22 min

A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.

Aired 2 April 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.

Aired 9 April 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.

Aired 21 April 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.

Aired 23 April 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.

Aired 30 April 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 basketball team.

Aired 7 May 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 of her boyfriend.

Aired 14 May 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.

Aired 21 May 1996 • 22 min

Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.