Get a Life (Season 2)

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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    Chris Moves Out (Episode 1)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1991-11-09

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Chris 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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    Larry on the Loose (Episode 2)

    Writer: Bob Odenkirk

    Air date: 1991-11-16

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Larry 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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    Meat Locker 2000 (Episode 3)

    Writer: Jace Richdale

    Air date: 1991-11-23

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.

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    Health Inspector 2000 (Episode 4)

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

    Air date: 1991-11-30

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.

  • Poster for Chris Gets His Tonsils Out

    Chris Gets His Tonsils Out (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1991-12-07

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Chris 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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    Prisoner of Love (Episode 6)

    Writer: Charlie Kaufman

    Air date: 1991-12-14

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: When 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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    Chris Becomes a Male Escort (Episode 7)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1991-12-21

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Chris 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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    Girlfriend 2000 (Episode 8)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1992-01-12

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: After 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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    Chris' Brain Starts Working (Episode 9)

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

    Air date: 1992-01-19

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Exposure 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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    Bad Fish (Episode 10)

    Writer: Bob Odenkirk

    Air date: 1992-02-02

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: After 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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    SPEWEY and Me (Episode 11)

    Writer: Jace Richdale

    Air date: 1992-02-09

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: When 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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    1977 2000 (Episode 12)

    Writer: Charlie Kaufman

    Air date: 1992-03-01

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: Chris 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.

  • Poster for Clip Show

    Clip Show (Episode 13)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1992-03-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: While 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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