3rd Rock From The Sun: Season 5

3rd Rock From The Sun: Season 5

Starz / Anchor Bay (1999)
Comedy, Science Fiction
USA / English / Color / 462 min
8
Cast View More ↓
John Lithgow Dr. Dick Solomon
John Lithgow High Commander Dick Solomon
John Lithgow Dick Solomon
Kristen Johnston Sally Solomon
French Stewart Communicator Harry Solomon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Information Officer Tommy Solomon
French Stewart Harry Solomon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tommy Solomon
Kristen Johnston Security Officer Lieutenant Sally Solomon
Wayne Knight Don
Elmarie Wendel Mrs. Dubcek
Jane Curtin Dr. Mary Albright
Simbi Khali Nina Campbell
Elmarie Wendel Mrs. Mamie Dubcek
Wayne Knight Officer Don Orville
James Earl Jones
Crew View More ↓
Director Terry Hughes, James Burrows
Writer Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Aron Abrams, Chris Atwood
Producer Marcy Carsey, Michael Glouberman
Photography Ronald W. Browne
Musician Ben Vaughn, Jeff Sudakin
Trailer
Plot
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.
Episodes
1
Episode I : The Baby Menace
30 min 1999-09-21
Greatly relieved when Vicki's baby turns out to be human, the aliens are freshly alarmed to discover that she intends to sell her story to the tabloids.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Jim O'Doherty, David M. Israel
Guest starring: Curtis Armstrong, Jeff Austin, Kevin Ruf
2
Dick for Tat
30 min 1999-09-28
After he learns that Mary once had a fling with Dr. Strudwick, Dick determines that he must retaliate -- but he has to convince Mrs. Strudwick to take part in his plan.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Bill Martin, Mike Schiff
Guest starring: Kim Johnston Ulrich, Richard McGonagle, Cesar Herrera, Jacqueline Torres
3
The Fifth Solomon
30 min 1999-11-02
The Solomons don't realize how fond they are of their car until Dick wrecks it. Meanwhile, Harry finds out about insurance.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Gregg Mettler
Guest starring: Bob Odenkirk, Joel McCrary, Steve Witting
4
Dial M for Dick
30 min 1999-11-09
The Solomons attend an interactive murder mystery at a mansion, but they don't have a clue that other guests are actors and that the action is scripted.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Christine Zander
Guest starring: Billy Connolly, Janet Carroll, Dennis Cockrum, Madison Mason, Andrea C. Robinson, John Balma, David Chisum, Melissa Greenspan
5
Dick & Tuck
30 min 1999-11-16
After seeing Mary and Nina drooling over a photo of Harrison Ford, Dick looks into the possibility of undergoing plastic surgery. Meanwhile, Harry has his outlook changed after the surgeon assesses his features and pronounces them perfect.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Bob Kushell
Guest starring: David Hasselhoff
6
Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner?
30 min 1999-11-23
The Solomons learn about racism when they mistakenly attend a white power rally, then enter a poetry contest for elementary school students.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David Goetsch, Jason Venokur
Guest starring: Jane Morris, Larry Dorf, Emily Osment, The Brookinaires
7
Sex and the Sally
30 min 1999-11-30
While Sally finds out about birth control and Dick learns about tipping, Tommy and Harry discover the rewards of panhandling.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Julie E. Sherman
Guest starring: Aaron Lustig, Victoria Kelleher, Brian Dunkleman, Phil Reeves
8
Charitable Dick
30 min 1999-12-14
Dick finds out what it means to be charitable when he attends a charity auction and gets into a bidding war with Strudwick over a worthless painting. Meanwhile, Sally tries to stop snoring, and Harry and Tommy attempt to write a new statement for the Solomons' mission.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David Sacks
Guest starring: Bob Bancroft, Ron Fassler, Philip Bolden, Lori Hall, Mendi Segal
9
The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary
30 min 2000-01-11
Albright gets a grant to make a documentary about the Solomons, whom she admits she has been studying for the past four years and has concluded are ""the typical American family."" Taking this as the ultimate tribute to the success of their secret mission, Dick orders everyone to cooperate, but when the action begins, all sorts of dramatic revelations occur. To cover up their true secret, the aliens find themselves inventing escalating cover stories: Sally is really a lesbian, Tommy wets his bed (but only because Dick beats him), Harry is an alcoholic, and Dick -- well, Dick is a posturing, authoritarian fool. Who'd have thought it?
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Valerie Watson
Guest starring: Bob Morrisey, Lisa K. Wyatt, Theresa Mulligan
10
Gwen, Larry, Dick and Mary
30 min 2000-01-25
When the aliens' washer and dryer break down, Harry, Tommy and Sally discover a whole new world at the laundromat: the men flirt outrageously, while Sally becomes the Judge Judy of laundry offences. Meanwhile, Mary suggests that she and Dick expand their social lives by finding another couple to spend time with, and when the other couple starts to avoid them, they assume it is because of Dick's bizarre behavior -- only to discover it's she they don't like.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Christine Zander
Guest starring: Genie Francis, Jonathan Frakes, Heidi Mark, Jeanette O'Connor, Jeff Lewis, Tom Kiesche, Steve Bean
11
Dick Puts the 'ID' in Cupid
30 min 2000-02-08
When he learns that Mary is seeing a therapist, Dick's paranoid about what she might be saying about him. Meanwhile, Tommy's intimidated about having sex with Alissa when he finds that it won't be her first experience. When Mary's rebellious niece Tiffany comes on to him, he is only to happy to dispose of his virginity -- and to inform Alissa he has solved ""their"" problem. (Can this be the end of Alissa?)
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David Goetsch, Jason Venokur
Guest starring: Ana Gasteyer, Lindsey McKeon
12
The Big Giant Head Returns
30 min 2000-02-22
William Shatner reprises his role as the Solomons' supreme leader, the Big Giant Head, who returns to Earth to claim his son. Even though he's startled at first that the 6-month-old doesn't resemble a warrior, Stone Phillips (the Big Giant Head's earthling name) quickly becomes a proud papa. He also falls head over heels for the infant's mom, Vicki, who has abandoned her trashy look. But she despises him and has no plans to give up his heir. This causes a frightened Dick (to find himself between a Stone and a hard place when ordered to either make Vicki love the leader--or die!
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David Sacks
Guest starring: William Shatner, Doug Maida
13
Rutherford Beauty
30 min 2000-02-22
Dick gets in trouble with Mary when he shares with her his compulsive erotic fantasies about Nina. Sally tries everyone's patience when she becomes a fanatical follower of a lifestyle guru a la Marta Stewart, and Mary asks her to cater her dinner party.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Bob Kushell, Gregg Mettler
Guest starring: Richard Livingston, Louan Gideon, Christine Zander
14
This Little Dick Went to Market
30 min 2000-03-14
Dick decides that since the Solomons have come to Earth during the greatest bull market in history, he should get in on the action. But when Dick and Tommy realize they've only made a measly 35 percent on their investments, greed takes over and they take matters into their own hands. Meanwhile, Sally feels ""emasculated"" by (and Harry falls in lust with) Rutherford's newest rookie cop Janice -- the largest, strongest, toughest woman they've ever seen.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Dave Boerger
Guest starring: Joanie Laurer, Francis X. McCarthy, David A. Kimball, Steven Pierce, Michelle N. Johnson
15
Youth is Wasted on the Dick
30 min 2000-03-21
Dick tries to experience youth for the first time by partying with his students during spring break, but his drunken antics are wasted on Mary, who is trying to relive a favorite, and more relaxing, family outing instead. Meanwhile, Sally, Harry, and Tommy become enthralled with a no-nonsense state criminal investigator, who takes over Officer Don's command post when the police set up a stake-out in the Solomon's attic to spy on a suspected video pirate in the neighborhood.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes
Guest starring: Miguel Ferrer, Pat Crawford Brown, Shane Powers
16
Dick Strikes Out
30 min 2000-03-28
When a new chancellor shakes things up at Pendleton, Dick gets a striking idea and convinces his fellow faculty members to resign en masse. Meanwhile, Tommy takes a job at a pretzel stand at the mall, but finds that working for girlfriend Alissa isn't as much fun as he expected.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Aron Abrams, Gregory Thompson
Guest starring: Lane Davies, Regan Burns, Lee Shackleford, Virginia McMath
17
Shall We Dick?
30 min 2000-04-18
Over Mary's objections that she can't dance, Dick insists that together they can win the school Badger Day dance contest. Meanwhile, Sally and Alissa become pals -- and when they go clothes shopping together, Tommy's frustrated because Sally has a chance to see Alissa naked in the dressing room. Meanwhile, when Harry and Nina join the contest, it soon becomes clear to Dick that if he wants to win, he'll have to change partners to dance. A competitive Dick enters the Badger Day dance contest but when his tangle footed partner Mary quits in disgust, he commandeers Harry's date, the more nimble Nina, out from under his nose. Elsewhere, just when it appears that Sally will finally become friends with Alissa, she turns vindictive when Alissa accidentally walks in on Officer Don and sees him ""au natural.""
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Bill Martin, Mike Schiff
18
Dick and Harry Fall Down a Hole
30 min 2000-05-02
Dick and Harry tumble down an abandoned airshaft, prompting a televised search-and-rescue headed by an eccentric Scottish expert known as ""the Hole,"" who promptly clashes with an agitated Sally over his unorthodox rescue method. Meanwhile, down in their dark prison, an excitable Dick finally loses control while Zen-like Harry remains cool and calm. Above ground, Tommy tries to make a fast buck by hawking souvenirs of his trapped friends.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Aron Abrams, Gregory Thompson
Guest starring: Alan Cumming, Trisha Simmons, Kevin Ruf, Jim Hanna, Bonita Friedericy, Irene White
19
Frankie Goes to Rutherford
30 min 2000-05-09
Frank, a former student of Mary's, returns for a lecture series and makes Dick (unaware Frank is gay) jealous. When Frank confesses he has a secret, Dick jumps to the conclusion that Frank is also an alien, ""comes out"" to Frank, and is soon cavorting in Rutherford's finest gay bar while thinking it is a hangout for other covert aliens. Meanwhile, the other Solomons plan a bank robbery, but fall prey to mutual suspicion.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Will Forte, Gregg Mettler
Guest starring: Enrico Colantoni, Michael Dempsey, Larry Cox
20
Dick Solomon's Day Off
30 min 2000-05-16
While Dick discovers the pleasures of faking ""a sick day,"" the other Solomons find new kicks listening to cell-phone calls on Officer Don's misplaced scanner.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Jim O'Doherty, David M. Israel
Guest starring: Lane Davies, Olivia d'Abo, Jerry Hauck, Brian Palermo
21
The Big Giant Head Returns Again (1)
30 min 2000-05-23
It's troubled relationship time in the season closer. The Solomons' supreme commander arrives with a troubled marriage to Vicki and a surprise for one of the gang: he's in love. Meanwhile, Harry summons up the courage to ask new police recruit Janice out on a real date; and Sally becomes convinced that Alissa is preparing to dump Tommy.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David Goetsch, Jason Venokur
Guest starring: William Shatner, Joanie Laurer, Scott Torrence, Shiloh Strong, Paul Connor
22
The Big Giant Head Returns Again (2)
30 min 2000-05-23
It's troubled relationship time in the season closer. The Solomons' supreme commander arrives with a troubled marriage to Vicki and a surprise for one of the gang: he's in love. Meanwhile, Harry summons up the courage to ask new police recruit Janice out on a real date; and Sally becomes convinced that Alissa is preparing to dump Tommy.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Jeffrey B. Hodes, Nastarani Dibai
Guest starring: William Shatner, Joanie Laurer, Scott Torrence, Shiloh Strong, Paul Connor
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
013131462395 1 2006-08-15
5027626295349 2
9315842031718 4 2007-02-16
5027626223144 2005-01-24
9318500035882
8716777924839