Brains and Eggs

"Brains And Eggs" is the pilot episode of the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. The episode depicts an extraterrestrial research expedition coming to Earth in the guise of what they think is a typical human family. In the town of Rutherford, Ohio, the aliens appear in their human forms aboard a 1964 Rambler convertible. The High Commander has become family patriarch Dick Solomon, the Security Officer is his sister Sally and the Information O... more

"Brains And Eggs" is the pilot episode of the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. The episode depicts an extraterrestrial research expedition coming to Earth in the guise of what they think is a typical human family. In the town of Rutherford, Ohio, the aliens appear in their human forms aboard a 1964 Rambler convertible. The High Commander has become family patriarch Dick Solomon, the Security Officer is his sister Sally and the Information Officer (who is actually the oldest of the aliens) has become Tommy, Dick's teenage son. Another alien, who has no obvious purpose as of yet, has taken on the form of Dick's brother Harry. The first discovery they all make is that none of them can swivel their heads around a hundred and eighty degrees and thus cannot lick their backs, apparently a common practice on their home planet. Shortly thereafter, Dick scrounges up a job as a physics professor at nearby Pendelton State University and the aliens rent a loft apartment from Mrs. Mamie... less