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Season 1, Episode 13 – Aired: 4/2/1996
Angry Dick
The Solomons learn about the give and take necessary to human friendships when they turn their anthropological gaze to the next-door neighbors.

Season 1, Episode 14 – Aired: 4/9/1996
The Dicks They Are A-Changin"
Harry joins a CD club and finds the responsibilities of membership overwhelming. When Nina tells Dick that Stanford has no graduate records on him and Dick reacts defensively, Dr. Albright observes that it"s virtually impossible to get a straight answer from Dick about his past. As Dr. Albright reminisces about her wild, rebellious times at Berkeley and Mrs. Dubcek contributes some colorful recollections, Dick chides Tommy that, as information officer, he failed to brief the crew on the crucial sixties decade. Dr. Albright becomes convinced that Dick is actually Manny Rosenberg, a sixties activist whom she knew briefly and who has been in hiding from the FBI for decades. Dick denies this but soon realizes that his presumed identity has somehow made him more attractive to Dr. Albright. Later, at Dr. Albright"s apartment, Dick thinks that they"ll at last be having sex, but Dr. Albright angrily reveals that she and Manny had an upsetting encounter that she still hasn"t gotten over, and she asks Dick to leave. But they share a warm moment afterward with confessions that they both used Dick"s "Manny" identity to serve their own ends.

Season 1, Episode 15 – Aired: 4/21/1996
I Enjoy Being A Dick
Dick dons a dress to infiltrate Dr. Albright"s women-only study group, Sally and Harry get jobs at a pancake restaurant and Tommy ponders telling August the truth about where he comes from.

Season 1, Episode 16 – Aired: 4/23/1996
Dick Like Me
The Solomons discover that everyone on Earth has roots but them. During a chat with Tommy"s teacher Mr. Randell, Dick learns that the teenager isn"t "fitting in" at school. "Of course I"m not fitting in," snaps Tommy, "to fit in, you have to be something." The question is, what to be? Dick grabs an anthropology book for the answer. "It"s loaded with every possible genre of human," he marvels. "It"s like a catalogue. We can take our pick." Dick picks the Italians because, according to a swooning Dr. Albright, they"re the sexist people on the planet. Meanwhile, Sally"s swooning, too -- for Mr. Randell.

Season 1, Episode 17 – Aired: 4/30/1996
Assault With A Deadly Dick
After visiting the mall, the Solomons" car radio is stolen. Reporting the crime to the police doesn"t get the radio back, but Sally does find some common ground with a police officer. Dick enjoys his new ATM card until he"s mugged at the ATM machine and Sally starts to implement security measures. Dick orders Tommy to join the Basketball team, but he just isn"t cut out for it.

Season 1, Episode 18 – Aired: 5/7/1996
Father Knows Dick
Dick decides the reason Harry"s"odd" is because he lacks a father, and sets out nurture the suddenly rebellious Harry -- who then learns that he has a"thing" in his head, a communications device the others knew about all along. Meanwhile, sparks fly when Sally meets the hostile mother of her boyfriend.