The BEST episodes of Get a Life season 1

Every episode of Get a Life season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Get a Life season 1!

A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.

Last Updated: 9/26/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
star
8.00
61 votes

#1 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1990

Chris talks Larry into taking the day off for the world premiere of the Hell Loop 2000, a 360-degree looped rollercoaster, where they get stuck at the top of the loop.

Directors: David Mirkin
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Married
star
7.33
9 votes

#2 - Married

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/24/1991

During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
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The Prettiest Week of My Life
star
7.04
56 votes

#3 - The Prettiest Week of My Life

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1990

Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

Directors: David Mirkin
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A Family Affair
star
6.93
15 votes

#4 - A Family Affair

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1990

Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

Directors: Dwayne Hickman
Writer: Ian Gurvitz
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Dadicus
star
6.83
18 votes

#5 - Dadicus

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1990

Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

Directors: Tony Dow
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Zoo Animals on Wheels
star
6.77
13 votes

#6 - Zoo Animals on Wheels

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1990

Much to Sharon's dismay, Chris auditions for and gets the lead part in a local community theatre production of Andrew Todd Keller's musical Zoo Animals on Wheels.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Adam Resnick
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Houseboy 2000
star
6.75
8 votes

#7 - Houseboy 2000

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/10/1991

After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Drivers License
star
6.69
13 votes

#8 - Drivers License

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1990

There's a new waitress at the local diner, and Chris wants to take her out, but he needs to drive a car for the date. His problem is he never got a license.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
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Bored Straight
star
6.67
12 votes

#9 - Bored Straight

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1990

While delivering papers in the bad side of town, Chris meets a group of young hoodlums and he decides to take back the streets by helping the kids.

Directors: David Mirkin
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Chris vs. Donald
star
6.60
10 votes

#10 - Chris vs. Donald

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1991

At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

Directors: Dwayne Hickman
Writer: Adam Resnick
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Chris Wins a Celebrity
star
6.45
11 votes

#11 - Chris Wins a Celebrity

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/1991

Chris wins a weekend with his favorite talk show host, a contest the host first regrets he agreed to, but later Chris regrets he entered, when the host decides to stay.

Directors: Dean Parisot
Writer: Adam Resnick
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The Construction Worker Show
star
6.43
7 votes

#12 - The Construction Worker Show

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/1991

Chris becomes a construction worker with the men who are renovating his parents kitchen. When they tell him one of their trade secrets, Chris has a problem with their dishonesty.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: Adam Resnick
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Pile of Death
star
6.38
13 votes

#13 - Pile of Death

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1990

Chris tries to raise money to help save a playground, so he tries to set a world record by having the most things piled on top of him.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Camping 2000
star
6.33
9 votes

#14 - Camping 2000

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/1991

Chris and Larry join Mr. Peterson on a camping trip, when Mr. Peterson manages to lose them, the hungry boys eat some berries that cause them to hallucinate.

Directors: Dean Parisot
Writer: Steve Pepoon
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Roots
star
6.23
13 votes

#15 - Roots

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1991

Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.

Directors: Dwayne Hickman
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Paperboy 2000
star
6.22
9 votes

#16 - Paperboy 2000

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1990

The newspaper fires all the paper boys and replaces them with the Paperboy 2000, a paper delivering robotic vehicle, so Chris challenges it in a paper delivering contest.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Neptune 2000
star
6.20
5 votes

#17 - Neptune 2000

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1991

When Chris was 12 he got a job as a paperboy so he could buy a submarine from the back of a comic book. Four to six hundred weeks later when the kit arrives, Chris and his father put it together; however when they embark on the sub's maiden voyage (in Chris's bathtub) they become trapped.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: Steve Pepoon
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The Counterfeit Watch Story
star
6.08
12 votes

#18 - The Counterfeit Watch Story

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1991

Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: Adam Resnick
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The Sitting
star
6.08
13 votes

#19 - The Sitting

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1990

Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

Directors: David Steinberg
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Psychic 2000
star
6.00
6 votes

#20 - Psychic 2000

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1991

Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
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The Big City
star
5.80
5 votes

#21 - The Big City

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/1991

Chris loses his wallet in the big city, and the big city give him the key to the city and other perks to make him feel better.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
star
5.50
4 votes

#22 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1991

Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: Edd Hall
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