Get a Life

A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.

Cast:Chris Elliott , Bob Elliott , Robin Riker , Elinor Donahue , Sam Robards , Taylor Fry , Brian Doyle-Murray , Brady Bluhm , Bo Sharon , Earl Boen , Wesley Jonathan , Lee Garlington , Deborah Benson , Graham Jarvis , Art Kassul , Don Sparks , Zachary Benjamin , Anastasia Barzee

0Season 1

S1.E0 ∙ Unaired Pilot

1990

The pilot is the same as the first episode. The only difference is Chris' mom is played by a different actress.

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

Sat, Sep 22, 1990

Chris wakes up, kisses Daryl Hannah, does his paper route, drags his neighbor to an amusement park and gets stuck on a roller coaster.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Prettiest Week of My Life

Sat, Sep 29, 1990

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

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Dadicus

Sat, Oct 6, 1990

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

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ A Family Affair

Sat, Oct 13, 1990

When Sharon's sister pays a visit, she, surprisingly, finds Chris to be charming.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Pile of Death

Sat, Oct 20, 1990

To save his childhood park, Chris raises money by trying to break the world record for having things piled on you.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Paperboy 2000

Sat, Nov 3, 1990

The newspaper fires Chris and the rest of the delivery boys and replaces them with a robot, so Chris challenges the machine to a contest.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Drivers License

Sat, Nov 10, 1990

Chris asks out a waitress but first has to get a driver's license.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Sitting

Sat, Nov 17, 1990

The home in which Chris is house sitting appears to haunted.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Bored Straight

Sat, Dec 1, 1990

Chris takes a group of young punks under his wing to make them better citizens.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Zoo Animals on Wheels

Sat, Dec 15, 1990

Chris auditions and gets the lead in a musical based on animals that wear roller skates - much to the chagrin of his nemesis, Sharon.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Roots

Sat, Jan 5, 1991

Chris finds evidence that he was adopted and goes in search of his birth parents.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Counterfeit Watch Story

Sat, Feb 2, 1991

Chris buys a counterfeit watch from a disreputable vendor who won't refund his purchase price.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Chris vs. Donald

Sat, Feb 9, 1991

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

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Chris Wins a Celebrity

Sat, Feb 23, 1991

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.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Houseboy 2000

Sat, Mar 9, 1991

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

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Married

Sat, Mar 23, 1991

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

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Camping 2000

Sat, Mar 30, 1991

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 and become paranoid.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Construction Worker Show

Sat, Apr 6, 1991

Chris hangs out with the construction workers who are working on his parents house.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ The Big City

Sat, Apr 20, 1991

Chris' wallet is stolen in The Big City, and the Big City gives him the key to the city and other perks to make him feel better.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Neptune 2000

Sat, Apr 27, 1991

20 years after mail ordering Chris receives the submarine kit "Neptune 2000". After putting it together with the aid of his father, they embark on the sub's maiden voyage inside Chris' bathtub.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Chris and Larry Switch Lives

Sat, May 11, 1991

Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching lives. This way Chris realizes how pathetic and submissive is Larry's life.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Psychic 2000

Sat, May 18, 1991

After a near-death experience from choking on cereal, Chris gains psychic abilities. He then tries to prevent one of the predictions when he sees a vision of somebody trying to murder Sharon.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Chris Moves Out

Fri, Nov 8, 1991

When Chris hits the age of 31, he believes it's time for him to grow up and move out. So he moves in with retired cop Gus, but soon has doubts about his new home.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Larry on the Loose

Fri, Nov 15, 1991

After listening to Chris reminding him of what a living hell his life truly is, Larry runs away. So Chris goes in search of Larry and thinks he found him - but it's actually just a hobo who doesn't speak any English.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Meat Locker 2000

Fri, Nov 22, 1991

Sharon makes Chris pretend to be her boyfriend to impress her snooty friends but things go awry when the two of them get locked in her walk-in meat freezer.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Health Inspector 2000

Fri, Nov 29, 1991

Chris gets a job as a health inspector after finding a dead rat in his carton of milk.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Chris Gets His Tonsils Out

Fri, Dec 6, 1991

After having minor surgery, Chris acts like he's dying.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Prisoner of Love

Fri, Dec 13, 1991

Chris has a prison pen pal who comes to stay with him. She sets up a criminal enterprise at his place; and ends up holding him hostage.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Chris Becomes a Male Escort

Fri, Dec 20, 1991

Chris decides to become a male escort to meet woman but winds up with a much older woman.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Girlfriend 2000

Sat, Jan 11, 1992

Chris falls in love with a woman who hit him with her car and starts stalking her.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Chris' Brain Starts Working

Sat, Jan 18, 1992

Chris becomes intelligent after exposure to toxic waste, so Gus enters him in spelling bees across the world.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Bad Fish

Sat, Feb 1, 1992

Gus and Sharon get amnesia after eating rancid shellfish and Chris convinces them they are all three best friends.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ SPEWEY and Me

Sat, Feb 8, 1992

When an alien creature crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the Government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF as its only superpower is the ability to spew and spray body fluids all over the place.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ 1977 2000

Sat, Feb 29, 1992

The sad story of Gus's dismissal from the police force fifteen years ago inspires Chris to travel back through time and attempt to set things right.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Clip Show

Sat, Mar 7, 1992

Chris falls out of an airplane while trying to find the bathroom and the last "year and a half ago" flashes before his eyes.