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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 9
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English
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Dick confides in Dr. Albright that he and Sally can't seem to stop fighting, and Mary tells him it's the same with her younger brother Roy. But when Dick meets Roy, he immediately likes him and invites him to dinner with the Solomon family. During dinner, much to Mary's embarrassment and the Solomons' alarm, Roy tells a story about being abducted from a cornfield by an alien spacecraft.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 5
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English
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When Albright is afraid to be seen with Dick in public as a couple, the Solomons discover the human obsession with what other people think. Meanwhile, sparks fly once more when Sally runs into Officer Don and decides she is going to be a cop, but Dick forbids it. And Tommy is frustrated by not having transportation.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 12
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English
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Harry finds an old wheelchair in Mrs. Dubcek's garage, and, while playing with it, Dick rolls down a flight of stairs and breaks his foot. Meanwhile, Harry's thrilled that Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki is back but horrified when she tells him she's practicing celibacy.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
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English
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When Nina leaves Dick's grade reports on the computer and he has no idea how to retrieve them, it's clear that he's a physics professor who is computer illiterate. Dick can't accept that he, a superior being, can't operate a computer. He returns his old computer to the electronics store and insists that it's broken.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 6
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English
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Dick and Jennifer are madly in love and quite pleased with themselves. A giggly Dick tells Don how happy he is, but Don says he'd better tell Mary right away because the whole thing could blow up in his face. Jennifer speaks to Dick mostly in rhyme, which he finds utterly charming. When Dick tells Mary that they both should start seeing other people, she thinks it's ludicrous.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 7
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English
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Sally urges Dick to be honest and tell Jennifer that it's over. Dick tries, but Jennifer doesn't get it. Don takes Sally bowling and finds her unorthodox style a bit alarming. Mary blames herself for losing Dick and tells Nina that she's really blown it.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 22
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English
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The other aliens learn that the BGH is Dick's father. Meanwhile, Tommy discovers that Sally dumped Alissa on his behalf.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 14
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English
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Harry and Sally fool around with the time-space portal located in the closet even though Dick has warned them not to do it. Later, Dick opens the closet door and out steps an alien from the home planet.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 4
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English
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Dick answers Mary's phone at the office and accepts an invitation for the two of them to spend the weekend with Mary's parents, who aren't aware that Dick and Mary have broken up. Mary is frantic when she finds out, but agrees to go and pretend they're still engaged.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 16
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English
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Sally goes to the gynecologist because she loves the concept of a doctor exclusively for women. In the waiting room, she announces to everyone that she's pregnant just to get some attention. Someone who looks like a homeless guy and acts like a dog shows up at the apartment: it's Pickles, Harry's pet from back home, who's followed Harry across the galaxies and has now assumed human form.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 10
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English
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Tired of always spending time with Dick's family, Mary suggests that they make plans with another couple. After a few dates, Mary and Dick are hooked on hanging with Gwen and Larry, but then the other couple mysteriously stops calling.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 9
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English
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Dick, Harry, Sally and Tommy are enjoying a dinner of ice cream and cake when the discussion turns to the concept of sin. Tommy, who just studied the seven deadly sins in school, begins to list them. When it comes to sinning, it seems that all of the Solomons are equally adept.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
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English
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When Dick attempts to put the magic back into his relationship, he learns it was never missing - their rut is really comfort. Meanwhile, Sally and Harry switch jobs. Sally discovers Harry's job is more difficult than it appears, while Harry finds himself enjoying the housework and having a purpose. Tommy finds, to his delight, that August is not perfect.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 13
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English
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The aliens and Mrs. Dubcek start feuding because she won't get their plumbing fixed and they won't pay their rent. When Sally tells Don that she wishes someone would get her out of the apartment, he thinks she wants him to propose.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 15
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English
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When Dick confronts Sally about her obsessive shopping habits, she decides that it's time she and Harry get jobs to earn their own money. Feeling excluded when Nina and Dr. Albright do some female bonding, Dick dresses in drag, crashes a women's study group meeting in the teacher's lounge, shares his feelings and humiliates Dr. Albright.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
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English
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The aliens are fed up with Seth, Sally's "artist" boyfriend. Under his influence, Sally has become unkempt, anti-establishment and extremely pretentious and when Seth's around, food disappears as if by magic. Dick has tickets to a dance performance that he ordered when he and Mary were still dating. He's upset that Mary now refuses to go with him and he has no friends to invite.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 6
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English
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Dick is perplexed when he finds that his clothes no longer fit, but it's apparent to everyone else that he's gained a significant amount of weight. Nina tells him that he's probably eating to fill the void left by Mary.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
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English
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Dick and Mary attend a charity auction benefiting an orphanage. Dick, caught up in the way the winning bidders are applauded and congratulated, outbids Strudwick for an expensive item.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 12
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English
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The aliens are introduced to the concept of paying income tax. Dick has been warned that it's a complicated process, but the aliens find the tax forms silly and boring as they make their first attempt to file a return. It isn't long, however, before they're as dazed and confused as any human taxpayer.
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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 2
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English
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With the help of the other aliens, Dick escapes the basement and vanquishes Evil Dick. Dennis Rodman returns as a guest star.
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