S01E01 Brains and Eggs
The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.
3rd Rock from the Sun
There's a new family in town. They're not from another city... They're from another planet.
S01E07: Lonely Dick
Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
Overview
The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
Episodes
S01E02 Post-Nasal Dick
When Tommy catches a bug, the crew gets its first taste of human illness.
S01E03 Dick's First Birthday
Dick is introduced to the concept of birthdays--and it dawns on him that he's getting old.
S01E04 Dick Is From Mars, Sally Is From Venus
Dick assigns Sally to go on a date and, not surprisingly, the guy turns out to be a jerk.
S01E05 Dick, Smoker
While Sally does a slow burn at being the often-overruled second in command, Dick lights up his life by taking up smoking.
S01E06 Green-Eyed Dick
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.
S01E07 Lonely Dick
Dick's one lonely guy when Dr. Albright goes on vacation. Sally and Harry are lured by skin-care products that promise eternal youth.
S01E08 Body & Soul & Dick
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...
S01E09 Ab-Dick-ted
Dick receives a roundabout lesson in family values from Dr. Albright's loopy brother, who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
S01E10 Truth or Dick
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.
S01E11 The Art of Dick
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.
S01E12 Frozen Dick
A snowstorm -- the Solomons' first -- spoils Dr. Albright's trip to Chicago, leaving her stranded in a truck stop with Dick.
S01E13 Angry Dick
The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.
S01E14 The Dicks They Are A-Changin'
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.
S01E15 I Enjoy Being a Dick
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.
S01E16 Dick Like Me
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.
S01E17 Assault with a Deadly Dick
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.
S01E18 Father Knows Dick
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.
S01E19 Selfish Dick
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.
S01E20 See Dick Run (1)
Dr. Albright finally agrees to date Dick and Harry receives an ominous message from the home planet.
Cast
John Lithgow
Dick Solomon
Kristen Johnston
Sally Solomon
Jane Curtin
Mary Albright
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tommy Solomon
Elmarie Wendel
Mamie Dubcek
French Stewart
Harry Solomon
Simbi Khali
Nina Campbell
Wayne Knight
Don Orville
