Aliens in the Family (US) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Meet the Brodys

First aired: Mar/15/1996
Writer: Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Aaron Eckhart (Unknown), Bruce Lanoil (Muppet), Peter Linz (Muppet), Kristanna Loken (Tiffany Kindall)

Bobut uses mind control to get Doug an undeserved promotion at work. Meanwhile, Sally starts work for the Brody's as Bobut's quickly-haggard nanny; and Adam and Snizzy re-animate a dead frog -- that begins to terrorize the town.

2 :01x02 - Bobut Conquers All

First aired: Mar/22/1996
Writer: Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Joanna Kerns (Herself)

Doug's germs mutate (and talk) and get everyone in the family sick except Adam, who desperately wants to be ill to get out of phys ed. Meanwhile, Sally thinks that she's found the man of her dreams, oblivious to the fact that Bobut's used mind control to get him to woo her.

3 :01x03 - Cookie Makes Some Dough

First aired: Jul/27/1996
Writer: Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich

Cookie gets a job at Doug's company and becomes vice-president after a single day at work, but problems arise when an efficient robot that she's brought to work becomes a threat to all of her co-workers' jobs. Meanwhile, Heather gets a zit, so Snizzy conjures up some anti-zit cream.

4 :01x04 - You Don't Have a Pet to Be Popular

First aired: Aug/03/1996
Writer: Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: James Van Der Beek (Ethan)

Spit's pet, Varch, comes to live with the family and quickly becomes a nuisance to Heather. Meanwhile, Sally puts Bobut on a strict diet that doesn't include his beloved pudding.

5 :01x05 - Too Good to Be True

First aired: Aug/10/1996
Writer: Patricia Marx
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Corey Mystyshyn (Technician)

Snizzy invents a duplicating machine that makes "nicer" clones. Bobut, annoyed that his parent's won't buy him a disgusting Stinky Stevie doll, clones himself and sneaks off to the toy factory, but while his insipid clone is coddled by his parents, the real Bobut winds up in the clutches of two obnoxious rich children.

6 :01x06 - Respect Your Elders

First aired: Aug/17/1996
Writer: Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Robert Westenberg (High Elder Prissy), Kristanna Loken (Tiffany Kindall)

The Elders of the Neurtron Galactic Federation pay a visit to see how future leader Bobut is being raised, and are quickly unimpressed with his upbringing. Meanwhile, Heather uses her brother, Spit, to impress a clique of popular girls with gross-outs.

7 :01x07 - Dissected and Neglected

First aired: Aug/24/1996
Writer: Charlie Ruben
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Sally Jessy Raphael (Herself), Jack Gilpin (Carl Wattman), Elon Gold (Voice), Haviland Morris (Holly Turner Wattman)

Cookie's in a conundrum when she meets Doug's boss's wife, Holly, and realizes that she once abducted the human and dissected her brain. Meanwhile, Snizzie creates a breed of mutant Yuccles, a candy that she loves; and Sally tries to teach Bobut his ABC's with little success.

8 :01x08 - A Very Brody Tweeznax

First aired: Aug/31/1996
Writer: Susan Borowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Allison Janney (Principal Sherman), Kristanna Loken (Tiffany Kindall)

Spit invents an alien holiday to get out of schoolwork, but Bobut overhears and expects a Tweenax celebration. Meanwhile, Doug makes plans for a family vacation, but Sally has difficulty getting Bobut's passport photo taken when Bobut decides to terrorize the clown photographer.