3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 3

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: September 24, 1997

Starring: Kristen Johnston, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow

Summary: "As many intelligent people know, aliens are all around us. This is a story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they have assumed human form. This is the High Commander [Dick]. He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer [Sally], a seasoned intelligence specialist [Tommy] and [Harry], well,"As many intelligent people know, aliens are all around us. This is a story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they have assumed human form. This is the High Commander [Dick]. He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer [Sally], a seasoned intelligence specialist [Tommy] and [Harry], well, they had an extra seat."3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN is an inspired half-hour comedy series farcically dealing with the human condition set in the fictional city of Rutherford, Ohio. This gentle-hearted series stars John Lithgow as the High Commander of an investigative team sent to Earth on a mission to learn everything about humans and their so-called advanced civilization. Described by its producers as "Carl Sagan meets the Marx Brothers," 3RD ROCK has a clever, distinct point of view seen through the extraterrestrial team who has no other worldly powers except absolute truthfulness. Dick (John Lithgow, Don Quixote), Harry (French Stewart, Love Stinks), Sally (Kristen Johnston, Austin Powers) And Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 10 thing I Hate About You), arrive in our world completely innocent, while equipped with superior intelligence to analyze every experience. This bizarre vantage point of an innocent seeing everything for the first time is the comic framework from which to satire the human condition and American society, to look at all of the injustices and absurdities and humorously point them out to us. 3RD ROCK cuts through our taboos and traditions with a childlike inquisitive logic and an impeccably paced humorous twist. We the viewers see ourselves in 3RD ROCK, and we see ourselves as the aliens.The humor of 3RD ROCK is always twisting the viewpoint to show the angle of an outsider looking in. 3RD ROCK which we know as Earth is the way travellers would look at the world - an insignificant blue speck that is The 3rd Rock from the Sun.Reruns were last seen on ABC Family on April 15, 2005 at 9:00am ET with the episode "The Big Giant Head Returns Again, Part 1" and may return at some other time. Check listings.Ratings:
#22 in the 1995-1996 Season
#27 in the 1996-1997 Season… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Science Fiction

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E27. Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary (1)
Air Date: May 20, 1998
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S3:E26. The Tooth Harry
Air Date: May 20, 1998
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S3:E25. When Aliens Camp
Air Date: May 13, 1998

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Terry Kelleher

Jun 26, 2013

High-pitched farce is 3rd Rock's stock-in-trade, and sometimes it just wears us out. But we marvel at how skillfully the writers and directors keep the balls in the air as they juggle as many as three situations per episode. Read full review

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ydnar4

Dec 27, 2015

3rd Rock form the Sun continues to run on a high note during season 3. The characters continue to be hilarious and some of the side characters that we have gotten to know over the past two seasons have gotten more of a role.

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drlowdon

Apr 8, 2020

With it’s clever writing, and excellent cast, this is another funny season of 3rd Rock from the Sun.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: October 24, 2000
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1999
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 1998
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 1997
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  S3:E27. Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary (1)
  Air Date: May 20, 1998
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  S3:E26. The Tooth Harry
  Air Date: May 20, 1998
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  S3:E25. When Aliens Camp
  Air Date: May 13, 1998
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  S3:E24. Sally and Don's First Kiss
  Air Date: May 6, 1998
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  S3:E23. Dick and the Other Guy (2)
  Air Date: April 28, 1998
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  S3:E22. Just Your Average Dick (1)
  Air Date: April 28, 1998
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  S3:E21. The Physics of Being Dick
  Air Date: April 15, 1998
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  S3:E20. My Daddy's Little Girl
  Air Date: April 1, 1998
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  S3:E19. Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man
  Air Date: February 25, 1998
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  S3:E18. Stuck With Dick
  Air Date: March 18, 1998
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  S3:E17. Auto EuroDicka
  Air Date: February 4, 1998
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  S3:E16. Pickles and Ice Cream
  Air Date: January 28, 1998
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  S3:E15. 36! 24! 36! Dick! (2)
  Air Date: January 25, 1998
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  S3:E14. 36! 24! 36! Dick! (1)
  Air Date: January 25, 1998
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  S3:E13. The Great Dickdater
  Air Date: January 21, 1998
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  S3:E12. Dick on a Roll
  Air Date: January 7, 1998
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  S3:E11. Jailhouse Dick
  Air Date: December 17, 1997
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  S3:E10. Tom, Dick and Mary
  Air Date: December 3, 1997
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  S3:E9. Seven Deadly Clips
  Air Date: December 3, 1997
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  S3:E8. A Friend in Dick
  Air Date: November 19, 1997
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  S3:E7. Eleven Angry Men and One Dick
  Air Date: November 12, 1997
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  S3:E6. Moby Dick
  Air Date: November 5, 1997
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  S3:E5. Scaredy Dick
  Air Date: October 29, 1997
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  S3:E4. Dick-In-Law
  Air Date: October 15, 1997
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  S3:E3. Tricky Dick
  Air Date: October 8, 1997
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  S3:E2. Fun with Dick and Janet (2)
  Air Date: September 24, 1997
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  S3:E1. Fun with Dick and Janet (1)
  Air Date: September 24, 1997
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 1996
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 9, 1996