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Get a Life

1990 – 1992Show2 seasons · 35 episodesEnded

ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Rotten Tomatoes77%100%
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Rotten Tomatoes77%100%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Makes you smirk.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Makes you squirm.
  • Makes you laugh.
  • Weighs on you.

Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Retoolin 323 titlesFor once the idea to retool came from the show-runner, instead of the network.Gainax Endingin 1,436 titlesThe final episode is a clip show in which Chris falls out of a plane on the way to Iraq.All 27 tropes

Get a Life episodes

2 seasons · 35 episodes

  1. S1 E0 Unaired Pilot, 7.5
  2. S1 E1 Terror on the Hell Loop 2000, 7.4
  3. S1 E2 The Prettiest Week of My Life, 8.0
  4. S1 E3 Dadicus, 8.4
  5. S1 E4 A Family Affair, 8.2
  6. S1 E5 Pile of Death, 8.4
  7. S1 E6 Paperboy 2000, 8.5
  8. S1 E7 Driver's License, 8.6
  9. S1 E8 The Sitting, 8.3
  10. S1 E9 Bored Straight, 8.5
  11. S1 E10 Zoo Animals on Wheels, 8.5
  12. S1 E11 Roots, 8.3
  13. S1 E12 The Counterfeit Watch Story, 8.5
  14. S1 E13 Chris vs. Donald, 8.7
  15. S1 E14 Chris Wins a Celebrity, 8.7
  16. S1 E15 Houseboy 2000, 8.6
  17. S1 E16 Married, 8.9
  18. S1 E17 Camping 2000, 8.5
  19. S1 E18 The Construction Worker Show, 8.7
  20. S1 E19 The Big City, 8.9
  21. S1 E20 Neptune 2000, 8.9
  22. S1 E21 Chris and Larry Switch Lives, 8.7
  23. S1 E22 Psychic 2000, 8.6
  1. S2 E1 Chris Moves Out, 8.6
  2. S2 E2 Larry on the Loose, 8.3
  3. S2 E3 Meat Locker 2000, 8.6
  4. S2 E4 Health Inspector 2000, 8.7
  5. S2 E5 Chris Gets His Tonsils Out, 8.4
  6. S2 E6 Prisoner of Love, 8.2
  7. S2 E7 Chris Becomes a Male Escort, 8.7
  8. S2 E8 Girlfriend 2000, 8.4
  9. S2 E9 Chris' Brain Starts Working, 8.7
  10. S2 E10 Bad Fish, 8.5
  11. S2 E11 SPEWEY and Me, 8.8
  12. S2 E12 1977 2000, 8.5
  13. S2 E13 Clip Show, 7.9

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