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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 12
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English
Description
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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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 19
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English
Description
Dick surprises Mary at the library -- he's come with champagne in hopes of winning her back. They talk briefly, and she assures him it's over between them, but as they start to leave, they realize that they're locked in.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
Language
English
Description
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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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 18
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English
Description
Consumed with guilt after running over a chipmunk, Dick becomes an animal rights activist, forcing his views on Dr. Albright and the family. Meanwhile, Tommy writes a letter to an advice columnist after neglecting to ask August to the spring dance.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 15
Language
English
Description
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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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 2
Language
English
Description
With the help of the other aliens, Dick escapes the basement and vanquishes Evil Dick. Dennis Rodman returns as a guest star.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
Language
English
Description
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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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 6
Language
English
Description
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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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 20
Language
English
Description
Tommy has sent a report to the aliens' boss, the Big Giant Head, informing him that Dick has been squandering time in pursuit of an earth woman. When Dick hears about it, he vows to have a successful date with Dr. Albright. Nina intercedes on Dick's behalf, and Dr. Albright agrees to go to dinner at a Japanese restaurant where Dick dazzles her with his prowess as a chef.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 13
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English
Description
When Nina quizzes Dick about Mary's likes and dislikes, it becomes clear that Nina knows virtually everything about her while Dick knows nothing.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 13
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 19
Language
English
Description
It finally dawns on Dick, Harry and Tommy that their apartment has become a wreck since Sally moved out. They suggest to Sally that she still might like to do their cleaning, but she wants no part of it. When Dick asks Mary to clean for them, she refuses, but she does give him the phone number of Cathy, her maid.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
Language
English
Description
Strudwick and Judith announce that they've teamed up for the Badger Day dance contest. Although she protests that she has two left feet, Mary agrees to be Dick's partner while Nina reluctantly pairs up with Harry.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 5
Language
English
Description
Since the last episode, the aliens are in a parallel universe in New York. Dick, unhappy in his career as a high-powered attorney, walks into a dive on 48th Street and finds the love of his life. Tommy is a big success on "Saturday Night Live," while Harry is a network executive. And Sally is sleeping with the mayor.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
Language
English
Description
Dick is poking around in Mary's dresser and discovers some love letters signed "Scoochie." Dick reads the letters to Harry and Sally, and they all agree that they're brilliant.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 15
Language
English
Description
While doing a favor for Dr. Albright, Dick sprains his ankle and discovers the power of guilt. Harry, desiring his own room, moves into a tree house. Meanwhile, Tommy uses Sally to sell chocolate for a school fundraiser.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 10
Language
English
Description
Sally begins to chafe at her role as a woman when Dick invites Mrs. Dubcek and her daughter Vicki for Thanksgiving dinner. But Harry and Vicki hit it off at the dinner table. Meanwhile, it becomes a true American holiday when Tommy fights with Dick and runs away to a pool hall.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dick feels devastated and alone, deserted by his alien crewmates. While sitting in his Rambler convertible in a field, Harry, Sally and Tommy appear beside the car with Janet, a wife for Dick sent by the Big Giant Head. They explain that the BGH thinks that Dr. Albright is distracting Dick from his duties.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 6
Language
English
Description
Tommy can't decide where to go to college, and Dick is really pushing Pendleton. Dick says when it's all said and done, Princeton and Pendleton both serve fish sticks.
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