3rd Rock from the Sun American television situation comedy with a science fiction undercurrent. The show ran for six seasons on NBC from January , 1996 to May of 2002 spanning a total of 139 episodes. The show was produced by the Carsey-Werner Company and YBYL Productions . The premise of the series involves a group of extraterrestrials who come to Earth to study its cultures. They assume humanoid form and masquerade as a family under the surname Solomon. John Lithgow plays Dick Solomon , the High Commander of the group who helps them to establish their cover identities and encourages the others to go out and see what the planet has to offer. Kristen Johnston plays Sally Solomon , the team's security officer, who is unaccustomed to taking on the form of a female, and must deal with all of the foibles of masquerading as an Earth woman. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Tommy Solomon who, while assuming the form of a teenage boy is actually the eldest member of the group. Tommy's life becomes difficult when he finds himself struggling with puberty and the tribulations of high school. The team's communications officer, Harry Solomon (played by French Stewart ), poses as Dick Solomon's younger brother and is known for his quirky and erratic behavior. He is also responsible for receiving and transmitting message to their superior, the Big Giant Head. Rounding out the cast is Jane Curtin who plays Mary Albright , a human anthropology professor at Pendelton State University in Ohio . She becomes the colleague and potential love interest to Dick Solomon, but is unaware that he and the others are aliens from another planet.
Episodes [ ] Season One [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
1x1
Brains and Eggs January 9th , 1996
1x2
Post-Nasal Dick January 16th , 1996
1x3
Dick's First Birthday January 23rd , 1996
1x4
Dick Is from Mars, Sally Is from Venus January 30th , 1996
1x5
Dick, Smoker February 6th , 1996
1x6
Green-Eyed Dick February 13th , 1996
1x7
Lonely Dick February 20th , 1996
1x8
Body & Soul & Dick February 27th , 1996
1x9
Ab-dick-ted March 4th , 1996
1x10
Truth or Dick March 12th , 1996
1x11
The Art of Dick March 19th , 1996
1x12
Frozen Dick March 26th , 1996
1x13
Angry Dick April 2nd , 1996
1x14
The Dicks They Are A-Changin' April 9th , 1996
1x15
I Enjoy Being a Dick April 21st , 1996
1x16
Dick Like Me April 23rd , 1996
1x17
Assault With a Deadly Dick April 30th , 1996
1x18
Father Knows Dick May 7th , 1996
1x19
Selfish Dick May 14th , 1996
1x20
See Dick Run May 21st , 1996
Season Two [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
2x1
See Dick Continue to Run (Part 1) September 22nd , 1996
2x2
See Dick Continue to Run (Part 2) September 22nd , 1996
2x3
Hotel Dick September 29th , 1996
2x4
Big Angry Virgin from Outer Space October 6th , 1996
2x5
Much Ado About Dick October 13th , 1996
2x6
Dick the Vote October 27th , 1996
2x7
Fourth and Dick November 3rd , 1996
2x8
World's Greatest Dick November 10th , 1996
2x9
My Mother the Alien November 17th , 1996
2x10
Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick November 24th , 1996
2x11
Dick Jokes December 8th , 1996
2x12
Jolly Old St. Dick December 15th , 1996
2x13
Proud Dick January 5th , 1997
2x14
Romeo & Juliet & Dick January 12th , 1997
2x15
Guilty as Dick February 2nd , 1997
2x16
A Dick on One Knee February 16th , 1997
2x17
Same Old Song and Dick March 9th , 1997
2x18
I Brake for Dick March 16th , 1997
2x19
Dick Behaving Badly March 23rd , 1997
2x20
Dickmalion April 13th , 1997
2x21
Sensitive Dick April 27th , 1997
2x22
Will Work for Dick May 4th , 1997
2x23
Fifteen Minutes of Dick May 11th , 1997
2x24
Dick and the Single Girl May 11th , 1997
2x25
A Nightmare on Dick Street (Part 1) May 18th , 1997
2x26
A Nightmare on Dick Street (Part 2) May 18th , 1997
Season Three [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
3x1
Fun With Dick and Janet (Part 1) September 24th , 1997
3x2
Fun With Dick and Janet (Part 2) September 24th , 1997
3x3
Tricky Dick October 8th , 1997
3x4
Dick-In-Law October 15th , 1997
3x5
Scaredy Dick October 29th , 1997
3x6
Moby Dick November 5th , 1997
3x7
Eleven Angry Men and One Dick November 12th , 1997
3x8
A Friend in Dick November 19th , 1997
3x9
Seven Deadly Clips December 3rd , 1997
3x10
Tom, Dick and Mary December 3rd , 1997
3x11
Jailhouse Dick December 17th , 1997
3x12
Dick on Roll January 7th , 1998
3x13
The Great Dickdater January 21st , 1998
3x14
36! 24! 36! Dick! (Part 1) January 25th , 1998
3x15
36! 24! 36! Dick! (Part 2) January 25th , 1998
3x16
Pickles and Ice Cream January 28th , 1998
3x17
Auto Eurodicka February 4th , 1998
3x18
Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man February 25th , 1998
3x19
Stuck With Dick March 18th , 1998
3x20
My Daddy's Little Girl April 1st , 1998
3x21
The Physics of Being Dick April 15th , 1998
3x22
Just Your Average Dick April 28th , 1998
3x23
Dick and the Other Guy April 29th , 1998
3x24
Sally and Don's First Kiss May 6th , 1998
3x25
When Aliens Camp May 13th , 1998
3x26
The Tooth Harry May 20th , 1998
3x27
Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary May 20th , 1998
Season Four [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
4x1
Dr. Solomon's Traveling Alien Show September 23rd , 1998
4x2
Power Mad Dick October 7th , 1998
4x3
Feelin' Albright October 14th , 1998
4x4
Collect Call for Dick October 21st , 1998
4x5
What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do With Dick? October 28th , 1998
4x6
I Am Dick Pentameter! November 4th , 1998
4x7
D3: Judgment Day November 11th , 1998
4x8
Indecent Dick December 8th , 1998
4x9
Happy New Dick! December 15th , 1998
4x10
Two-Faced Dick January 5th , 1999
4x11
Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons January 12th , 1999
4x12
Dick and Taxes February 2nd , 1999
4x13
Sally Forth February 9th , 1999
4x14
Paranoid Dick February 16th , 1999
4x15
The House That Dick Built February 23rd , 1999
4x16
Superstitious Dick March 2nd , 1999
4x17
Y2dicK March 16th , 1999
4x18
Dick "The Mouth" Solomon April 6th , 1999
4x19
Citizen Solomon April 27th , 1999
4x20
Alien Hunter May 4th , 1999
4x21
Dick v. Strudwick May 11th , 1999
4x22
Near Dick Experience May 18th , 1999
4x23
Dick's Big Giant Headache (Part 1) May 25th , 1999
4x24
Dick's Big Giant Headache (Part 2) May 25th , 1999
Season Five [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
5x1
Episode I: The Baby Menace September 21st , 1999
5x2
Dick for Tat September 28th , 1999
5x3
The Fifth Solomon November 2nd , 1999
5x4
Dial M for Dick November 9th , 1999
5x5
Dick and Tuck November 16th , 1999
5x6
Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner November 23rd , 1999
5x7
Sex and the Sally November 30th , 1999
5x8
Charitable Dick December 14th , 1999
5x9
The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary January 11th , 2000
5x10
Gwen, Larry, Dick and Mary January 25th , 2000
5x11
Dick Puts the "Id" in Cupid February 8th , 2000
5x12
The Big Giant Head Returns February 22nd , 2000
5x13
Rutherford Beauty February 22nd , 2000
5x14
This Little Dick Went to Market March 14th , 2000
5x15
Youth is Wasted on the Dick March 21st , 2000
5x16
Dick Strikes Out March 28th , 2000
5x17
Shall We Dick? April 18th , 2000
5x18
Dick and Harry Fall Down a Hole May 2nd , 2000
5x19
Frankie Goes to Rutherford May 9th , 2000
5x20
Dick Solomon's Day Off May 16th , 2000
5x21
The Big Giant Head Returns Again (Part 1) May 23rd , 2000
5x22
The Big Giant Head Returns Again (Part 2) May 23rd , 2000
Season Six [ ]
Episode
Title
Airdate
6x1
Les Liasons Dickgereuses October 24th , 2000
6x2
Fear and Loathing in Rutherford October 31st , 2000
6x3
InDickscretion November 14th , 2000
6x4
Dick'll Take Manhattan (Part 1) November 21st , 2000
6x5
Dick'll Take Manhattan (Part 2) November 28th , 2000
6x6
Why Dickie Can't Teach December 5th , 2000
6x7
B.D.O.C. December 12th , 2000
6x8
Red, White & Dick December 19th , 2000
6x9
Dick Digs January 9th , 2001
6x10
There's No Business Like Dick Business January 16th , 2001
6x11
A Dick Replacement January 30th , 2001
6x12
Dick's Ark February 6th , 2001
6x13
You Don't Know Dick February 13th , 2001
6x14
My Mother, My Dick February 20th , 2001
6x15
Glengarry Glen Dick April 17th , 2001
6x16
Dick Soup for the Soul May 1st , 2001
6x17
Mary Loves Scoochie (Part 1) May 8th , 2001
6x18
Mary Loves Scoochie (Part 2) May 15th , 2001
6x19
The Thing That Wouldn't Die (Part 1) May 22nd , 2001
6x20
The Thing That Wouldn't Die (Part 2) May 22nd , 2001
Notes & Trivia [ ] The title of the series refers to the planet Earth and its spatial relationship as the third planet from the sun. The name of the series is often referred to as simply 3rd Rock . Most of the episode names are double entendres that incorporate the word "Dick" into the titles. Dick Solomon is one of the main characters on the series. 108 out of 139 episodes contain some variation of the word Dick in the title. Another show that made use of this formula (though without the sexual inuendo) was the 2008 relaunch of the Knight Rider Collections [ ]
Collection
Episodes
Region 1 release
Region 2 release
Region 4 release
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 1 20
July 6th , 2005 May 17th , 2004 November 9th , 2005
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 2 26
October 25th , 2005 June 21st , 2004 November 9th , 2005
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 3 27
February 21st , 2006 August 30th , 2004 February 8th , 2006
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 4 24
May 2nd , 2006 October 25th , 2004 July 6th , 2006
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 5 22
August 15th , 2006 January 24th , 2005 February 7th , 2007
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 6 20
November 14th , 2006 June 10th , 2002 February 7th , 2007
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