Dinosaurs

1. S01E01The Mighty MegalosaurusApril 26, 1991 7.8Earl lays an egg when he asks his boss for a raise, and Fran lays an egg--literally.
2. S01E02The Mating DanceMay 3, 1991 7.6Family duties and the baby combine to frazzle Fran, and Earl can't figure out her problem.
3. S01E03Season's bestHurling DayMay 10, 1991 8.1Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."
4. S01E04High NoonMay 17, 1991 7.0A monstrous male who notices Fran in the supermarket challenges Earl to a fight to the death.
5. S01E05The HowlingMay 24, 1991 7.3Robbie questions howling as a rite of passage--an act that puts Earl and Roy at odds with each other.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01The Golden ChildSeptember 18, 1991 7.5When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.
2. S02E02Family ChallengeSeptember 25, 1991 7.5When the Sinclairs' TV is wrecked, Earl enters the family on a game show to win a new set.
3. S02E03I Never Ate for My FatherOctober 2, 1991 7.7When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association, Earl fears his son may be a herbivore.
4. S02E04Charlene's TaleOctober 9, 1991 7.7Charlene gets a tail, which whips up strange feelings in Earl, whose little girl is no longer so little.
5. S02E05Endangered SpeciesOctober 16, 1991 8.2Earl buys Fran two rare grapdelites for dinner, unaware that they are the last of their species.
6. S02E06Employee of the MonthOctober 23, 1991 7.3Earl anticipates a promotion as he awaits a dinner with Richfield; Robbie brings home a "pet" human.
7. S02E07When Food Goes BadOctober 30, 1991 6.7Lurking in the Sinclair refrigerator are delectable creatures that go bad, very bad, while Charlene watches the baby.
8. S02E08Career OpportunitiesNovember 6, 1991 7.3Robbie objects to the career--tree pusher--assigned to him by the "Job Wizard."
9. S02E09Unmarried ... With ChildrenNovember 13, 1991 7.7A liberated single female's ideas make Fran reconsider renewing her marriage license.
10. S02E10How to Pick Up GirlsNovember 20, 1991 7.0Robbie gets pointers on how to approach girls from a streetwise contemporary named Spike.
11. S02E11Switched At BirthNovember 27, 1991 7.0The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.
12. S02E12Refrigerator DayDecember 11, 1991 7.7Earl's fridge is repossessed as the dinosaurs celebrate Refrigerator Day and the gift of cold storage.
13. S02E13What Sexual Harris MeantDecember 18, 1991 7.3Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.
14. S02E14Fran LiveJanuary 8, 1992 7.7Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs, leaving Earl to learn how to cope with a wife who works.
15. S02E15Power EruptsJanuary 15, 1992 7.7A power struggle erupts between the Wesayso Corp. and Robbie after he invents a way to generate energy as a science project.
16. S02E16The Clip ShowJanuary 22, 1992 8.0An archaeologist documents dinosaurs' way of life as they may have existed long ago, but clips from previous episodes tell a different story
17. S02E17A New LeafFebruary 5, 1992 7.5A wild plant has a weird effect on the dinosaurs--it makes them dopey and happy, to the exclusion of everything else.
18. S02E18The Last Temptation of EthylFebruary 12, 1992 7.5Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.
19. S02E19Nuts To War (1)February 19, 1992 7.5The four-legged dinosaurs encroach on the pistachio-nut supply of the "normal" dinosaurs...and that means war.
20. S02E20Season's bestNuts To War (2)February 26, 1992 9.0Earl, Roy and Charlene pose as entertainers and rush to the front to retrieve Robbie.
21. S02E21And The Winner Is...March 25, 1992 8.5Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richf
22. S02E22Slave to FashionApril 1, 1992 8.0Charlene wants to make a fashion statement with an expensive coat, but the coat leads her into a vain attempt to achieve status.
23. S02E23Leader of the PackApril 22, 1992 7.0When Robbie can't beat a gang of hoods (who keep beating him), he joins them.
24. S02E24WESAYSO Knows BestMay 8, 1992 7.5Wesayso insists Roy replace Earl as the father of the Sinclairs, who are selected as the Wesayso spokesfamily.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Nature CallsSeptember 18, 1992 6.5Earl is in charge of potty training the baby, who escapes to do his business any way he wants.
2. S03E02Baby TalkOctober 2, 1992 7.5Earl does the dirty work of organizing a civic protest against the TV powers-that-be when the baby repeats (constantly) a dirty word that he
3. S03E03Network GeniusOctober 16, 1992 7.5Earl is hired as a network executive when his answers on a test for new television shows prove to be surprisingly accurate.
4. S03E04The DiscoveryOctober 23, 1992 7.5Earl hits a bad golf shot that sails off the edge of the known world and into a new one -- new, that is, to the dinosaurs.
5. S03E05Little Boy BooOctober 30, 1992 7.0Robbie weaves a frightening tale for the Baby about Robbie turning into a caveman monster, which proves a little too hairy for the little gu
6. S03E06Germ WarfareNovember 6, 1992 7.0The Baby becomes sick from a dirty pacifier and a visit to the modern doctor has the family suspecting he is selling them high priced snake
7. S03E07Hungry for LoveNovember 13, 1992 7.0Robbie dates Richfield's daughter, whose gluttonous reputation gives Robbie food for thought: he may be her next meal.
8. S03E08License to ParentNovember 20, 1992 7.0When Earl is caught by the Parent Police losing his temper at the baby, he loses his parenting license.
9. S03E09Charlene's Flat WorldDecember 4, 1992 8.0Charlene is charged with heresy and jailed after submitting her homework assignment claiming that the world is round and not flat.
10. S03E10Wilderness WeekendDecember 18, 1992 8.0The males, including Earl, Robbie, and the Baby, go into the wilderness to rediscover their ""reptiles within,"" while back home the girls w
11. S03E11The Son Also RisesJanuary 8, 1993 7.5After failing to mow the lawn, Robbie challenges Earl for male domination of the family... and wins.
12. S03E12Getting to Know YouJanuary 15, 1993 7.0Charlene signs up for a foreign student exchange program to get away from her family who doesn't understand her; and the Sinclairs get a bit
13. S03E13Green CardJanuary 29, 1993 8.5The four-leggers are blamed for the failing economy and legislation is passed to make their presence in Pangea illegal.
14. S03E14Out of the Frying PanFebruary 5, 1993 6.5Baby becomes a hit sensation when he and Earl star in a series of commercials for a new frying pan. Earl is fired from the commercials and h
15. S03E15Steroids to HeavenFebruary 12, 1993 8.0Robbie resorts to using Thornoids in an attempt to impress a girl at school.
16. S03E16Honey, I Miss the KidsFebruary 19, 1993 8.0Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household
17. S03E17Swamp MusicFebruary 26, 1993 8.0Robbie crosses over to the swamps and gets sold on the mammals' "swamp music", but they're liable to be sold out in a dinosaur record deal,
18. S03E18Season's bestDirty Dancin'March 12, 1993 9.0When overwhelming urges to do the mating dance arise in Robbie, Earl prefers not to discuss it, but Fran waltzes into Robbie's classroom to
19. S03E19If I Were a TreeApril 16, 1993 8.5Ethel reads the Baby a story called "If You Were a Tree" about a dinosaur tree pusher who gets struck by lightning and swaps souls with the
20. S03E20We Are Not AloneMay 2, 1993 8.0Robbie poses as a space alien and orders Earl to get involved in cleaning up Earth, never imagining that he would quit his job to launch an
21. S03E21Charlene and Her Amazing HumansMay 9, 1993 7.2Charlene feels her family is neglecting her, so she gets their attention by winning the school talent show but her rising fame is riding on
22. S03E22The Clip Show IIJuly 2, 1993 9.0Another one of the infomercial for a home course in how to become a paleontologist is supplemented by clips from previous episodes. Featurin

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Monster Under the BedJune 1, 1994 8.4The Baby swears there's a monster under his bed, but no one believes him--until it starts dragging victims into its hole.
2. S04E02Earl, Don't Be a HeroJune 8, 1994 8.2Earl assumes the powers of a superhero, but he's bound to use his might only for the Wesayso Corp.
3. S04E03The Greatest Story Ever SoldJune 22, 1994 8.2Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."
4. S04E04Driving Miss EthylJune 29, 1994 7.0Earl drives Ethyl to her reunion, and the kids drive Fran crazy when she tries to get them to pose for a portrait.
5. S04E05Earl's Big JackpotJuly 6, 1994 7.0A workplace injury ends up costing Earl his job but it pays off big for him in court.
6. S04E06Terrible TwosJuly 13, 1994 7.5Fran and Earl face an untimely extinction when the baby enters his "terrible twos."
7. S04E07Season's bestChanging NatureJuly 20, 1994 9.0Efforts to solve an environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the road to doomsday.
8. S04E08Georgie Must DieSeptember 6, 1995 7.8The baby goes gaga over a hippo named Georgie, the latest children's idol. But when Earl dresses up as Georgie, he's arrested for copyright
9. S04E09Into the WoodsSeptember 20, 1995 9.0Earl, Robbie and Roy stumble into a tar pit when they take the Baby into the forest for the traditional dinosaur Wilderness Rite of Passage.
10. S04E10Variations on a Theme ParkNovember 6, 1995 9.0When too many overworked employees drop dead from exhaustion, businesses give dinosaurs two weeks off for a vacation; B.P. Richfield advises
11. S04E11Life in the Faust LaneNovember 7, 1995 6.8Earl makes a deal with the devil (which is a wierd inconsistency in the show) after watching a late night show, "Lifestyles of Those We Envy
12. S04E12Working GirlNovember 8, 1995 9.0Charlene becomes her father's boss when Richfield is pressured into hiring women. The only problem is, Dad won't listen to her.
13. S04E13Earl and PearlNovember 9, 1995 7.8Robbie and Charlene go against Earl's orders and sneak out to see his estranged sister, Pearl, a country star, perform. Roy falls in love wi
14. S04E14Scent of a ReptileNovember 10, 1995 7.7Charlene's scent gland comes in and Fran explains the one boy who is attracted to her scent is the one she's destined to marry. But Charlene

Season 4 ranked & reviewed