About this season
A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
Episodes (13)
1. Being Alone for Beginners
Aired 26 June 2006 • 30 min
Lucy discovers that not only is she an orphan but she is also not a princess.
2. Do Orphans Dream of Electric Parents
Aired 3 July 2006 • 30 min
After Brian Brain is rejected by like-minded Adopters, he creates robotic parents to fill the void.
3. An Orphans' Life Indeed
Aired 10 July 2006 • 30 min
Princess Lucy accidentally clones herself in an effort to find the perfect BFF.
4. The Perfect Lesson
Aired 17 July 2006 • 30 min
The Orphans put on a play to prospective Adopters, with disastrous results.
5. The Poster Child
Aired 24 July 2006 • 30 min
Aldous has a chance to avoid a deadly curse by being adopted by Corporate Executives.
6. Fire the Reverend
Aired 31 July 2006 • 30 min
Reverend Gamble mistakes Charlie for the Devil, until the real Satan shows up looking for his son.
7. Red, White and Orphanage
Aired 7 August 2006 • 30 min
After a shiny, new orphanage appears overnight, Brian Brain realizes he wouldn't give up being a free-thinker for all the power and possessions in the world.
8. Sammy's Episode
Aired 14 August 2006 • 30 min
Sammy is convinced he's being watched by a TV audience, and is consequently diagnosed by Brian Brain as being a megalomaniac.
9. A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness
Aired 21 August 2006 • 30 min
After a bad day, the Orphans try to find true happiness in the hapless forest.
10. Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em
Aired 28 August 2006 • 30 min
Princess Lucy obsesses over the high she gets from gambling, resulting in dire consequences.
11. Armie Loves Cigarettes
Aired 4 September 2006 • 30 min
Armie takes up smoking after idolizing Cool Carl, the only Orphan ever to be adopted from the Gurney.
12. The Frightful Flu
Aired 11 September 2006 • 30 min
After all the Orphans come down with the flu, a reformed wicked witch, Karen, is hired to get them under control.
13. Silver Screen Lucy
Aired 18 September 2006 • 30 min
Famed A-list Director, Steven Franchise, has the Orphans compete by making films to impress him into adopting them.