1. "TERROR ON THE HELL LOOP 2000" (pilot) 09/23/90
Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick, David Mirkin / David Mirkin

Chris persuades Larry to take the day off work and go to an amusement park to ride the all-new Hell Loop roller coaster, but they get stuck in the loop. [Additional producer for this episode: Jason Shubb;

2. "THE PRETTIEST WEEK OF MY LIFE" 09/30/90
Adam Resnick, Chris Elliott / David Mirkin

Chris enrolls at the Handsome Boy modeling school, and becomes a male model named Sparkles. Unfortunately his career is shattered when asked to pose topless, but Chris goes on to fulfill his dream of appearing in a runway show at a department store. [music: Pretty Woman]

3. "DADICUS" 10/07/90
Marjorie Gross / Tony Dow

In an effort to preserve his status among the paperboys, Chris persuades Fred to compete in the annual father & son paperboy tournament. It seems that things have changed quite a bit since their old days of sack races and egg-carrying however. [music: Star Trek TOS fight theme]

4. "A FAMILY AFFAIR" 10/14/90
Ian Gurvitz / Dwayne Hickman

Chris falls in love with Sharon's sister younger sister Charleene, who has just broken up with her boyfriend. They have a brief but torrid affair. [music: How Deep is Your Love]

5. "PILE OF DEATH" 10/21/90
Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick / Peter Baldwin

When his beloved childhood playground is condemned by the city, Chris decides to raise money to save it by setting a world record for having stuff piled on top of him. [music: That's What I Want]

6. "PAPERBOY 2000" (90305) 11/04/90
Adam Markowitz, Bill Freiberger / Peter Baldwin

Chris and the other paperboys are fired and replaced by the new totally automated Paperboy-2000. When the machine runs amok, Chris has to come to the rescue. [Note: this episode was also known as "Chris Peterson is a Steel Drivin' Man"; End: Chris is killed by the Paperboy 2000]

7. "DRIVERS LICENSE" 11/11/90
David Mirkin / David Mirkin

Chris falls in love with a new waitress, but she won't go out with him unless he picks her up in a car. Unfortunately Chris does not have a license. After flunking the driving test, he steals Fred's car to go on the date and winds up in a high-speed chase with the police.

8. "THE SITTING" 11/18/90
Miguel Furman, Marjorie Cross, Adam Resnick / David Steinberg

Chris gets a job as a housesitter for a woman along his paper route, but the house turns out to be haunted.

9. "BORED STRAIGHT" 12/02/90
Marjorie Gross / David Mirkin

After accidentally straying into the bad side of town and being taunted by a street gang, Chris decides tries to try and rehabilitate the young ruffians.

10. "ZOO ANIMALS ON WHEELS" 12/16/90
Adam Resnick / Peter Baldwin

Much to Sharon's horror, Chris auditions for her local theater group and is cast as the male-lead in their latest musical production. [Note: the end credits feature Chris dancing to "Alley Cat"]

11. "ROOTS" 01/06/91
Adam Markowitz, Bill Freiberger / Dwayne Hickman

While searching through a box in the attic, Chris finds an old receipt and a photo of himself as a baby with an Amish couple. Chris realizes he must have been adopted and his real name is "Emmett". He then leaves on a quest to find his real parents. Fred and Gladys must find him.

12. "THE COUNTERFEIT WATCH STORY" (90312) 02/03/91
Adam Resnick / David Mirkin

Chris saves up to buy a $100 Chrono-Sync 2000 underwater watch, but it falls apart the very first time in the shower. He then becomes part of a sting operation in an attempt to catch the crooks who are responsible. [end: Chris gets shot in the head by a cop]

13. "CHRIS VS. DONALD" 02/10/91
Adam Resnick / Dwayne Hickman

The Peterson's have their annual family reunion, but Chris dreads the appearance of Donald, his more-successful arch rival in the family.

14. "CHRIS WINS A CELEBRITY" 02/24/91
Adam Resnick / Dean Parisot

Chris enters a contest and wins a dream weekend living with his favorite TV talk show host Sandy Connors. [music: Afternoon Delight]

15. "HOUSEBOY 2000" 03/10/91
Marjorie Gross / Peter Baldwin

When Chris burns down Sharon's kitchen, he agrees to act as her servant to pay for the damage. She then proceeds to break his will and turn Chris into her willing slave. Larry must try and deprogram him. [music: Master and Servant]

16. "MARRIED" 03/24/91
David Mirkin / David Mirkin

Chris falls in love with his soul-mate: leggy supermodel Nicolette Preston. They have a whirlwind romance, marriage, and divorce all in one day. [end: Chris is killed when one of those giant boulders falls on him]

17. "CAMPING 2000" 03/31/91
Steve Pepoon / Dean Parisot

It's time for Fred's regular solo camping trip, but Chris and Larry manage to convince Fred to let them go along. Once Fred manages to lose them in the woods, Chris and Larry eat wild berries which cause them to believe Fred is a homicidal maniac out for blood.

18. "THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER SHOW" {7.2/12} 04/07/91
Adam Resnick / David Mirkin

Chris idolizes construction workers, and his dream comes true when Fred hires three of them to extend the kitchen. Chris will do anything to be accepted by them, but his loyalties are tested when they try to rip-off his father. Chris is forced to engage in a dreaded tool-belt fight.

19. "THE BIG CITY" 04/21/91
Marjorie Gross / Peter Baldwin

Chris decides to finally visit the big city, but upon arriving somebody slips him a mickey and his wallet is missing. When a newspaper reporter hears the story, her article dubs Chris "Walletboy" and he becomes the darling of the city. Everything crumbles when it is discovered that he actually just left the wallet at home. [end: Chris dies and turns into a skeleton while waiting for the City to forgive him; end credits feature Chris the skeleton being given a parade]

20. "NEPTUNE 2000" 04/28/91
Steve Pepoon / David Mirkin

The $19.99 submarine Chris ordered 20 years earlier finally arrives, but he has to persuade Fred to help him build it. They then become trapped underwater while taking the new sub for a test ride in the shower. [end: Chris dies an old man, waiting for a refund to show up]

21. "CHRIS AND LARRY SWITCH LIVES" 05/12/91
Ed Hall / David Mirkin

Chris activates a curse when he removes an arrowhead from an indian burial ground. The punishment: he must live his worst nightmare and trade lives with Larry.

22. "PSYCHIC 2000" 05/19/91
David Mirkin / David Mirkin

Chris chokes to death while eating his morning cereal, he then comes back to life with the ability to see "flashbacks" from the future. He has a vision of Sharon being murdered, but nobody believes him. [end: Sharon strangles Chris to death]

23. "CHRIS MOVES OUT" (201) 11/09/91
David Mirkin, Adam Resnick / David Mirkin

Much to his parents amazement (and joy), Chris finally leaves home and rents a room with a "garage motif" from gruff ex-cop Gus Borden. [music: Georgy Girl; the end credits feature Gus sharpening his axe in the garage, while Chris sleeps in the background]

24. "LARRY ON THE LOOSE" (202) 11/16/91
Bob Odenkirk / David Mirkin

Following a talk from Chris, Larry decides to leave Sharon and run away from home. Chris and Gus search the town for him, but after seeing Chris again Larry is gone for good. [Note: the end credits feature Chris playing in a tennis match]

25. "MEAT LOCKER 2000" (203) 11/23/91
Jace Richdale / David Mirkin

When Chris chases off Sharon's new boyfriend, she must use him to take her former beau's place at a dinner party. Chris and Sharon get trapped in her walk-in living room meat locker, and are forced to share warmth". Chris tells Sharon that while he has considered her an evil, castrating, she-creature from hell, he also always found her to be quite shapely. [Note: the end credits feature clips of Sharon beating up Chris

26. "HEALTH INSPECTOR 2000" (204) {3.1/5} 11/30/91
Steve Pepoon / Dean Parisot

Chris joins the glamorous world of food inspecting but he is sickened by what he finds, until the $5 bribes start coming in. When his conscience catches up with him, Chris agrees to testify before a special committee. [music: "Money"; end: Chris has a hole shot through his stomach; the end credits feature Chris singing in his front yard, with a cat strapped to his face]

27. "CHRIS GETS HIS TONSILS OUT" (205) {4.0/7} 12/07/91
Andrew Gordon, Eileen Conn / David Mirkin

Chris goes to the doctor after having a sore throat, and is terrified when told he needs a tonsillectomy. With his voice gone after the operation, Sharon torments Chris. His voice returns just in time for Chris to drop dead as one of the .001% who die from tonsillectomies.

28. "PRISONER OF LOVE" (206) {3.4/6} 12/14/91
Charlie Kaufman / David Mirkin

When his pen-pal Irma Jane Cooley is released from jail, Chris falls in love and convinces her to move in. Unfortunately Irma starts rebuilding her criminal empire, and Chris becomes her hostage when the police raid the place. [end: Chris dies after Gus accidentally shoots him about five times; news report it says: "Today's tense hostage situation thankfully resulted in only one death, 58 year-old moron paperboy Chris Peterson"; the end credits feature Chris pleading out the window to the police that he is a real hostage]

29. "CHRIS THE ESCORT" (207) {4.3/8} 12/21/91
Adam Resnick / John Fortenberry

Chris goes to work at an escort service and becomes the kept man of an older woman, at least until her husband returns from the hospital. [Note: this episode has a "Benny Hill" chase scene ending; the end credits feature footage from a riot at a european soccer match]

30. "GIRLFRIEND 2000" (208) {6.1/10} 01/12/92
David Mirkin / David Mirkin

After being hit by her car, Chris becomes madly obsessed with a woman scientist named Tricia Paddington. He decides to start stalking her until she goes out with him. Meanwhile, another woman stalks Chris. [music: "Obsesion"; end: Chris is stabbed to death by his stalker; the end credits feature Chris laying in the street being run over; this episode aired Sunday, at 10:00pm]

31. "CHRIS' BRAIN" (209) {6.5/10} 01/19/92
Steve Pepoon / John Fortenberry

The neighborhood is overrun by toxic waste, but Chris and Gus refuse to leave the house. After almost dying, they wake up to discover Chris has become a genius and Gus has an aptitude for origami. Chris decides the best use for his new abilities is to win every spelling bee. [Note: the extended version of the title for this episode is: "Chris' Brain Starts Working"; music: Strange Brew]

32. "BAD FISH" (210) {4.5/7} 02/02/92
Bob Odenkirk / David Mirkin

Chris decides to throw a party, and gets a wheelbarrow of shellfish as the main course. Nobody but Sharon shows up, and the fish turns out to be spoiled. It causes anyone who eats it to have temporary amnesia. Chris convinces them that they enjoy everything he does, such as dancing to "Alley Cat" all n