The Ten Best 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN Episodes of Season One

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I suppose there are two big reasons for 3rd Rock’s hierarchical downgrade, one of which is the series’ own trajectory – that is, its first season is the best and every year thereafter is less commendable, thus giving the impression that it’s not consistently rewarding. This is ironic, because, as we’ll see, the show manages to churn out a handful of gems every season (minus only in Six), so it almost always contains greatness, regardless of the collectively diminishing episodic returns that influence its overall baseline, or average, quality. And yet, it is true — only Season One is totally great. Meanwhile, the second reason for an aforementioned hierarchical downgrade is that 3rd Rock just isn’t one of the samples that most reflects this genre during the 1990s. Yes, there are major elements that lock it into its era exactly — we’ll point those out — but on the whole, it’s a high-concept fantasy from a time when low-concept realism was more popular.