We return during the third season, which seems to be full of great comedy events. The season begins, where it turns out that Dick is very afraid of those upcoming events involving the possibility of physical testing. Meanwhile, Sally and Tommy sit at Albright's house on Halloween night unexpectedly. Things seem to be bad because this is bad news for fooling the neighborhood or treating it. On the other hand, Harry stays at home alone, except for some strange noise with him.
High-pitched farce is 3rd Rock's stock-in-trade, and sometimes it just wears us out. But we marvel at how skillfully the writers and directors keep the balls in the air as they juggle as many as three situations per episode.
Can there be a more grating sitcom than 3rd Rock from the Sun? Using a screaming, one-note performance by John Lithgow as its axis, this series shamelessly spins the same joke over and over again.
