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Get a Life : Season 2
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Air date: 09 Nov '91 - 13 episodesGet a Life is a television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show stars Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson lived in an apartment above his parents' garage. The opening credits depict Chris Peterson delivering newspapers on his bike to the show's theme song, "Stand" by R.E.M. The show was a creation of Elliott, Adam Resnick and writer/director David Mirkin. Mirkin was executive producer/showrunner of the series and also directed most of the episodes. Notable writers of the series included Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Being John Malkovich; and Bob Odenkirk, co-creator of Mr. Show with Bob and David and Tenacious D. The show was unconventional for a prime time sitcom, and many times the storylines of the episodes were surreal. For example, Elliott's character actually dies in twelve episodes. The causes of death included being crushed by a giant boulder, old age, tonsillitis,...
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List of Episodes (13)
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Get a Life (1990)
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1. Chris Moves Out
09 Nov '91Chris turns 31 and decides it's time to move out, so he goes in search of a new place to live and he moves into Gus' garage.
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2. Larry on the Loose
16 Nov '91Larry takes off after to listening to Chris reminding him of everything wrong with his life. So Chris goes in search of Larry and when he fails, he goes in search of a new best friend.
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3. Meat Locker 2000
23 Nov '91Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.
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4. Health Inspector 2000
30 Nov '91After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.
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5. Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
07 Dec '91Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.
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6. Prisoner of Love
14 Dec '91When his pen-pal gets released from prison, she comes to stay with Chris. She takes him hostage when the police come after her when she starts criminal activities under Chris' nose.
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7. Chris Becomes a Male Escort
21 Dec '91Chris decides on a whim to become a male escort, hoping for free plays and dates with young women. What he gets is a elderly woman who is hard up.
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8. Girlfriend 2000
12 Jan '92After getting hit by her car, Chris falls for (and stalks) a doctor, later while stalking her, he starts getting stalked by the girl from the drugstore who has fallen for him.
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9. Chris' Brain Starts Working
19 Jan '92Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.
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10. Bad Fish
02 Feb '92After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.
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11. SPEWEY and Me
09 Feb '92When an alien crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF.
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12. 1977 2000
01 Mar '92Chris time travels to save Gus' career as a law enforcement officer. However he soon discovers the trouble with messing with the past which includes two-headed zombies named Sharon.
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13. Clip Show
08 Mar '92While on his first jet airplane flight, Chris falls out, and is disappointed when his life flashes before his eyes and it only covers the past eighteen months.
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