Episode 313: Getting to Know You


 * Written by: David A. Caplan and Brian Lapan
 * Directed by: Mark Brull
 * Taped: August 17, 1992
 * Aired: January 15, 1993

Plot Summary
After Earl throws her a disastrous birthday party, Charlene feels totally alienated from her whole family and signs up for a Species Exchange Program at school. She lives with a family of squawking, arrogant, annoying, bird-like creatures, and runs away. In exchange, the Sinclairs' get a teenaged version of this hideous species. Pushed to the edge, the Baby eats the exchange student. Earl creates a fake kid and returns it to the family, and then discovers that he's brought home a Charlene impostor. When the real Charlene returns, father and daughter make a pact to get to know one another better.

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