3rd Rock from the Sun season 2

Cast and characters

Main cast

• John Lithgow as Dick Solomon
• Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon
• French Stewart as Harry Solomon
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy Solomon
• Jane Curtin as Dr. Mary Albright

Recurring cast

• Simbi Khali as Nina Campbell
• Elmarie Wendel as Mrs. Mamie Dubcek
• Wayne Knight as Officer Don Leslie Orville
• David DeLuise as Bug Pollone
• Ian Lithgow as Leon
• Danielle Nicolet as Caryn
• Chris Hogan as Aubrey Pitman
• Ileen Getz as Dr. Judith Draper
• Shay Astar as August Leffler
• Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek
• Ron West as Dr. Vincent Strudwick

Episodes

The Solomons free the real Dick, who arrives upstairs to find his evil counterpart wooing Mary in the living room. Dick is upset by this, and retreats outside to the Rambler, but his family tell him that they've had enough of his evil counterpart, and convince Nice Dick to take on and defeat Evil Dick.

Special Guest: Dennis Rodman

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #75 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.

Special guest George Takei.

Sally runs into Officer Don again and decides that she wants to become a cop, much to Dick's horror.

Tommy is frustrated because he does not have any transportation.

Sally enters what she does not realise is a gay bar. She meets a gay man whom she is attracted to, but does not realize his sexual orientation. He assumes that she is a drag queen; he is shocked and disappointed when he discovers that she is a woman.

Guest appearances by Valarie Rae Miller and Ken Howard.

Dick pleads with Mary to let him feed her fish when she goes away. He accidentally kills them all, when he buys them a carnivorous 'friend'.

Harry and Vicki are attracted to each other, and have sex on Mrs. Dubcek's kitchen table.

Sally builds shelves to hold her growing collection of shoes.

Harry is upset because he has lost his beloved fur coat.

Harry is blown off the roof by a tornado and temporarily loses his memory, leaving him terrified when he discovers he is living with aliens.

Mary's parking fines have finally caught up with her, and she is faced with a huge charge, but Sally is convinced that Officer Don can get rid of them.

Harry is tired of sleeping on the washing machine and is seeking a new bedroom, so builds a den in a tree. Elsewhere, Tommy struggles to sell chocolate for school, until he realizes that he can use Sally's sex appeal.

Sally and Harry switch jobs, with Sally spending all day watching television and Harry doing all the shopping and housework; however, while Harry loves his new job, feeling a sense of purpose, Sally cannot stand doing nothing all day.

At school, Tommy is delighted when he discovers that August has faults.

Tommy feels guilty because he neglected to ask August to the school dance, and is trying to pen a letter to an agony aunt in the paper.

Sally and Harry take up wrestling each other at home.

At school, Tommy tries to impress a girl (Linda Cardellini) by becoming a punk.

Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki returns for her high school reunion and Harry escorts her as her date.

Sally persuades Officer Don to let Tommy behind the wheel of his squad car, so that he can learn to drive.

Meanwhile, Sally begins to realize that she is only attracted to Officer Don because of his police uniform.

Harry and Tommy attempt to pen their own, perfect, episode of The X-Files.

References

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