Aliens in America Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Pilot

Mon, Oct 1, 200722 mins

Justin Tolchuck, a 16-year-old teenager, is struggling to have a satisfactory social life in high school in Wisconsin. Franny, Justin's mother, is concerned about his lack of friends and in order to fix this she signs up with the school's international exchange student program believing that an outsider would make her son cooler with his influence. However, the exchange student turns out to be a Muslim named Raja Musharaff, who belongs to a small village in Pakistan. Despite differences between Raja and Justin, they become good friends.

Episode 2

No Man Is an Island

Mon, Oct 8, 2007

Raja explains to his class how close he and Justin are, prompting rumours that the two are couple to spread throughout the school. Thus, Justin turns to Claire for help, who advises him to completely ignore Raja. This later causes Justin to be more alone than ever because Raja instead befriends the geekiest kid in school. Meanwhile, Gary decides to get involved when Claire decides to call it quits with Jeffrey.

Episode 3

Rocket Club

Mon, Oct 15, 2007

When Franny loses her sense of boundaries and requests that Gary remove the locks from all the doors, Justin and his friends find time for themselves by creating the Rocket Club, which is their secret excuse to hang out and do whatever they want. Raja, however, does not fit in well with the group because he does not like the fact that all they do is nothing. He tries creating a real model rocket, which ends up getting the police involved.

Episode 4

The Metamorphosis

Mon, Oct 22, 2007

When Raja encourages Anita, the hottest girl in school, to dress modestly and act intelligently, Justin thinks that he may have a shot with her. Meanwhile, Claire suddenly becomes the head of the A-List crowd and Franny decides to focus her attention to Gary's wardrobe once Justin tells her that it's time for him to get his own clothes.

Episode 5

Help Wanted

Gary gives the boys a speech about finances, motivating Raja to get a job at a convenience store. Gary loses his job but is afraid to tell Franny. Raja chooses not to sell beers to the high school students and gets fired for it. Justin is cool for a little while.

Episode 6

Homecoming

Mon, Nov 5, 2007

Justin's aspirations to serve on the Homecoming Junior Float committee like previous years go down the drain when Raja gets chosen over him, creating a feud between the two. At the same time, Franny tries on Claire's Homecoming dress, which Gary finds attractive. However, when he finds out that the dress belongs to Claire, he forbids her from wearing it outside of house because it is too sexy.

Episode 7

Purple Heart

Mon, Nov 12, 2007

Much to the family's surprise, Raja begins smoking due to midterms stress. Meanwhile, Claire is heartbroken when Jeffrey breaks up with her and when Justin tries to cheer her up she embarrasses him in front of the kids at school. However, Claire soon finds herself trying to regain Justin's affections.

Episode 8

My Musky, Myself

Mon, Nov 19, 2007

Claire forces Justin to become the school's mascot, but performing in front of an audience makes him very nervous, which results in him giving the responsibility to Raja. Raja's moves are loved by the crowd. Meanwhile, Gary finds himself creating a relationship with a very welcoming family.

Episode 9

Junior Prank

Mon, Nov 26, 2007

When Raja is invited to join in on the yearly junior prank, Justin uses this opportunity to spend some time with the cool kids.

Episode 10

Church

Mon, Dec 10, 2007

After Raja claims that the local shopping center is like the Tolchucks' version of church, Franny decides that the family should begin attending church again. Justin abuses the power of prayer and Claire wants to go on the pill.

Episode 11

Mom's Coma

Sun, Mar 2, 2008

Justin is terrified by the school bully, Trey. However, he finds a way out of getting beaten up: by lying about his Mom's health. Meanwhile, Franny gets involved in a minor fender bender but Gary makes things worse when he tries to prevent her from taking responsibility.

Episode 12

Hunting

Sun, Mar 9, 2008

After taking a career aptitude test, Raja believes he is destined to become a doctor, but Justin finds that his test results show no aptitude or preference for anything, which disturbs his father. Justin learns that Dooley's father is a stay-at-home dad and decides that he wants to make that his life's goal. Concerned about Justin's masculinity, Gary takes him hunting, with Raja accompanying them.

Episode 13

Community Theater

Sun, Mar 16, 2008

A community theater group is putting on "Rent." Franny wants Justin to audition, but he won't, so she convinces him to join the crew. After Justin meets Zoe, a cute actress, he auditions for the male lead and gets the part. Meanwhile, Claire joins the school's teen hotline.

Episode 14

One Hundred Thousand Miles

Sun, Mar 23, 2008

The Tolchucks are going on a vacation, but Raja causes an incident at the airport. After some ill-judged words are exchanged, Raja decides to run away. How will the Tolchucks find him when they know hardly anything about him?

Episode 15

The Muslim Card

Sun, Apr 27, 2008

Raja has trouble with a girl named Mindy. He starts spending time with her and finds out that she is annoying. After Justin tells Raja that Mindy believes that she is dating him, Raja lies to her in order to let her down. He tells her that they can't date because of their religious differences, but things get complicated when Mindy converts to Islam. Franny and Gary deal with a neighbour who is a registered sex offender.

Episode 16

Smutty Books

Sun, May 4, 2008

When the PTA protests about smutty books at school, Justin and Franny are forced to read the books for the first time. Claire uses the protest as an excuse to getting out of reading "Pride and Prejudice". Justin turns to Raja when his parents find out that he has been drawing pictures of naked women.

Episode 17

Wake at the Lake

Sun, May 11, 2008

Raja is organising an event to help support Students Against Drunk Driving. They are having a fake funeral for someone. Everyone wants it to be for Dan Archer, but Raja wants it to be for Justin. Things get heated in the competition but Justin soon realises what the event is really about.

Episode 18

Raja at Sixteen

Sun, May 18, 2008

Raja becomes infatuated with Sadika Sadaqatmal, a local Muslim girl. Franny gets excited and plans a big date for them, which includes both sides of the family. Gary and Franny comment on how Justin doesn't even have a girlfriend yet, which causes him to ask out a neurotic girl named Donna. Claire begins dating the German exchange student staying with the Sadaqatmals.