3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

04x21 Dick vs. Strudwick

Dick's faculty nemesis, Dr. Vincent Strudwick, writes a physics book that's hailed as a work of genius. When Dick realizes that writing a better book would expose him as a superior alien being, he seeks another means of getting even, finally seizing on Strudwick's displeasure at learning that his teenage daughter Alissa is dating dreaded Solomon spawn Tommy. Dick manipulates Alissa to cause trouble between her and her father, and the conflict comes to a head at the taping of a TV panel show about Strudwick's book, which erupts into Jerry Springer-style fisticuffs. Meanwhile, Sally and Don, feeling "lonely" since their breakup, find themselves succumbing to "ex sex." Also, once Albright befriends a group of misfit Nobel laureates who are in town to hail the publication of Strudwick's book, she can't shake them -- they've imprinted on her like a litter of helpless kittens.

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Wayne Knight Wayne Knight As: Don Orville
John Lithgow John Lithgow As: Dick Solomon
Kristen Johnston Kristen Johnston As: Sally Solomon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt As: Tommy Solomon
Jane Curtin Jane Curtin As: Mary Albright
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Dick's faculty nemesis, Dr. Vincent Strudwick, writes a physics book that's hailed as a work of genius. When Dick realizes that writing a better book would expose him as a superior alien being, he seeks another means of getting even, finally seizing on Strudwick's displeasure at learning that his teenage daughter Alissa is dating dreaded Solomon spawn Tommy. Dick manipulates Alissa to cause trouble between her and her father, and the conflict comes to a head at the taping of a TV panel show about Strudwick's book, which erupts into Jerry Springer-style fisticuffs. Meanwhile, Sally and Don, feeling "lonely" since their breakup, find themselves succumbing to "ex sex." Also, once Albright befriends a group of misfit Nobel laureates who are in town to hail the publication of Strudwick's book, she can't shake them -- they've imprinted on her like a litter of helpless kittens.


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 11 May, 1999 at 8:00 am

Language: German, English, French

Country: United States

Runtime: 25m

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Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Don Orville

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Dick Solomon

Kristen Johnston

Kristen Johnston

Sally Solomon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Tommy Solomon

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Mary Albright

French Stewart

French Stewart

Harry Solomon

Jan Hooks

Jan Hooks

vicki dubeck

Elmarie Wendel

Elmarie Wendel

Mamie Dubcek

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali

Nina Campbell

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali

Elmarie Wendel

Elmarie Wendel

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