"3rd Rock from the Sun" Dick Is from Mars, Sally Is from Venus (1996)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Robert Berlinger

Writers:

Bill Martin (writer)
Mike Schiff (writer)

TV Series:

"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996)

Original Air Date:

30 January 1996 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Sally has her very first date and Tommy starts going to high school.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Human Form | Alien | Police Officer | Family Relationships

Cast

John Lithgow	...	Dr. Dick Solomon
Kristen Johnston	...	Sally Solomon
French Stewart	...	Harry Solomon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Tommy Solomon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Curtin	...	Dr. Mary Albright
Michael Milhoan	...	Coach Strickland
Whitney Rydbeck	...	Mr. Kersey
Elayn Taylor	...	Teacher #1

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Sally Solomon: This is all your fault. I didn't want to be the woman. You made me be the woman.
Dr. Dick Solomon: You're a decorated veteran. I thought you could handle it.
Sally Solomon: Well, I can't. This is hard.

She's swallowed a tiny monkey.

See Sally's first date! See Tommy begin his high-school experience! See an alien cry for the first time!

"Dick Is from Mars, Sally Is from Venus" isn't quite as clever as its three predecessors, but it's still quite a day at the office. In their perpetual quest to fulfill their human duties, Dick tells Sally she needs to experience sex. So Nina and Mary set her up with a date who's perfect for her-- or is he?

With everything fun must come something painful-- that's an essence of humanity. And it's something Sally learns here for the first time in this intelligent, but slightly weak, entry. But it's nice to know that this show didn't decrease in quality as steeply as some shows did (cough "Mad Men" cough...).

"He asked me where I'd been all his life." "You didn't tell him?" "All the coordinates! Thank heavens he didn't believe me so I didn't have to kill him.