3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 3 (1996)

Awesome!!

I absolutely love 3rd Rock! John Lithgow is amazing. He is so expressive and funny I could watch him all day! This season was a great one! September 1, 2008

3rd Rocked Me

this show is stupid-funny but not rediculous. the cast is so talented, john lithgow, joseph gordon lithgow, and wayne knight, to name a few. if you get the show, you'll love it; if you don't, just remember that they only know human activity from television. July 19, 2008

Third Rock Never Fails to Entertain!

Third Rock from the Sun never fails to entertain! John Lithgow and French Stewart (and the amazing cast & crew) give stellar performances as always! Very funny dialogue and situations, as can always be expected from this series. July 14, 2008

Season three is a bit of a letdown.

Because of jobs and children I rarely got to watch prime-time TV in the 1990s. So I missed a whole decade of TV and am only catching up now. Seasons one and two of Third Rock was a blind buy for me, and I was blown away by it. Being a fan of British comedy, I enjoyed the refreshingly non-American off the wall comedy. Lithgow is brilliant. Season two ended with a bang and a larger budget than usual. So I was looking forward to Season three. I'm only a third of the way through, and I am disappointed.
First, what was the point of doing the big-budgeted, one hour season ending of year two if they were going to resolve the whole story in less than two minutes at the opening of season three? That made no sense.
Second, I was able to swallow my EXTREME dislike of Rosanne and watch the two part season opener. Again, what was the point? Why break up the romance of Dick and Mary in such an uncomfortable (and implausible) way? I can only imagine the writers were going down the 'Cheers' path (romances breaking up and resolving multiple times) which has been done ad nauseam over and over again in American sitcoms.
'Scardy Dick' was one of the worst episodes yet. Dick has gone from child-like to whiney.
I can only hope the rest of the season improves, and I am looking forward to the John Cleese two-parter.
I give it three stars ONLY because of the brilliance of John Lithgow and the other cast members who are able to overcome substandard stories. June 10, 2008

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 3

The best and funniest TV show then, and still is today. What the networks offer currently in comedy pales in comparison. Period. July 23, 2007

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