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The Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1

Every episode of Get a Life Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Get a Life Season 1!

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Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and who seems to have an ever decreasing grip on reality.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Get a Life Season 1 Episode 1 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
    7.5/10(301 votes)

    #1 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    S1:E1

    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. Same story as the TV pilot episode but with a different actress playing Chris' mother.

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writers:David Mirkin, Adam Resnick

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  2. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 2 - The Prettiest Week of My Life
    8.1/10(300 votes)

    #2 - The Prettiest Week of My Life

    S1:E2

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  3. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 3 - Dadicus
    8.4/10(269 votes)

    #3 - Dadicus

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Tony Dow
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  4. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 4 - A Family Affair
    8.3/10(273 votes)

    #4 - A Family Affair

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Dwayne Hickman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 5 - Pile of Death
    8.5/10(266 votes)

    #5 - Pile of Death

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  6. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 6 - Paperboy 2000
    8.5/10(262 votes)

    #6 - Paperboy 2000

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writers:Bill Freiberger, Adam Markowitz

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  7. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 7 - Drivers License
    8.6/10(267 votes)

    #7 - Drivers License

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:David Mirkin

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  8. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 8 - The Sitting
    8.3/10(264 votes)

    #8 - The Sitting

    S1:E8

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

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writers:Adam Resnick, Marjorie Gross

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  9. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 9 - Bored Straight
    8.5/10(269 votes)

    #9 - Bored Straight

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  10. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 10 - Zoo Animals on Wheels
    8.6/10(272 votes)

    #10 - Zoo Animals on Wheels

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  11. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 11 - Roots
    8.4/10(256 votes)

    #11 - Roots

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Dwayne Hickman
    Writers:Bill Freiberger, Adam Markowitz

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  12. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 12 - The Counterfeit Watch Story
    8.6/10(258 votes)

    #12 - The Counterfeit Watch Story

    S1:E12

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  13. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 13 - Chris vs. Donald
    8.8/10(265 votes)

    #13 - Chris vs. Donald

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Dwayne Hickman
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  14. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 14 - Chris Wins a Celebrity
    8.8/10(259 votes)

    #14 - Chris Wins a Celebrity

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Dean Parisot
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  15. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 15 - Houseboy 2000
    8.8/10(252 votes)

    #15 - Houseboy 2000

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  16. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 16 - Married
    8.9/10(260 votes)

    #16 - Married

    S1:E16

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:David Mirkin

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  17. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 17 - Camping 2000
    8.7/10(244 votes)

    #17 - Camping 2000

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Dean Parisot
    Writer:Steve Pepoon

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  18. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 18 - The Construction Worker Show
    8.8/10(258 votes)

    #18 - The Construction Worker Show

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Adam Resnick

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  19. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 19 - The Big City
    8.9/10(250 votes)

    #19 - The Big City

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  20. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 20 - Neptune 2000
    8.9/10(264 votes)

    #20 - Neptune 2000

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Steve Pepoon

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  21. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 21 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
    8.8/10(255 votes)

    #21 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    S1:E21

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:Edd Hall

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  22. Get a Life Season 1 Episode 22 - Psychic 2000
    8.8/10(255 votes)

    #22 - Psychic 2000

    S1:E22

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

    Director:David Mirkin
    Writer:David Mirkin

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Terror on the Hell Loop 2000" is the best rated episode of "Get a Life" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 301 votes. Directed by David Mirkin and written by David Mirkin, Adam Resnick, it aired on 9/23/1990. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Prettiest Week of My Life".