3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996
7.5
6 Seasons
Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comedy Drama

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.

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Brains and Eggs

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

Episode 2
Ep 2

Post-Nasal Dick

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

Episode 3
Ep 3

Dick's First Birthday

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

Episode 4
Ep 4

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.

Episode 5
Ep 5

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.

Episode 6
Ep 6

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.

Episode 7
Ep 7

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.

Episode 8
Ep 8

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 August to hit it off with an “easy” cheerleader.

Episode 9
Ep 9

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.

Episode 10
Ep 10

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.

Episode 11
Ep 11

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.

Episode 12
Ep 12

Frozen Dick

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

Episode 13
Ep 13

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.

Episode 14
Ep 14

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.

Episode 15
Ep 15

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.

Episode 16
Ep 16

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.

Episode 17
Ep 17

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.

Episode 18
Ep 18

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.

Episode 19
Ep 19

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.

Episode 20
Ep 20

See Dick Run (1)

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

Cast

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Dick Solomon

Kristen Johnston

Kristen Johnston

Sally Solomon

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Mary Albright

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Tommy Solomon

Elmarie Wendel

Elmarie Wendel

Mamie Dubcek

French Stewart

French Stewart

Harry Solomon

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali

Nina Campbell

Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Don Orville