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My Parents Are Aliens Season 4 Episodes

13 Episodes 2002 - 2002

Episode 1

Textual Relations

Mon, Sep 9, 2002 30 mins

To celebrate their "phone-iversary" Josh convinces Sophie and Brian to buy him a new mobile phone. Sophie also gives a mobile phone to Brian, however the phone wipes his mind of all his alien memories. Meanwhile, Josh believes his mathematics teacher has fallen for him. Josh, Lucy and Wendy all discover love through texting.

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Episode 2

Beauty and the Breast

Mon, Sep 16, 2002 30 mins

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Episode 3

Beauty and the Breast

Mon, Sep 23, 2002 30 mins

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Episode 4

The Naked Truth

Mon, Sep 30, 2002 24 mins

When Lucy gets in trouble with one of her teachers for apparently copying homework, Brian and Sophie discover the power of punishment. Poppy writes an article in the school magazine criticising Josh. Mel accidentally kills the school budgie and Josh writes this in his own school magazine. To get revenge, Mel gets Brian to morph into Josh and take naked pictures of himself to give to Poppy to print in her magazine.

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Episode 5

Operation Date

Mon, Oct 7, 2002 30 mins

Today Mel is fed up with Lucy's controlling behaviour and decides to move out of their bedroom and into the attic. Sophie sees this as the perfect opportunity to step in as Lucy's new sister. Lucy is incensed, but when Sophie and Wendy abandon her too, she begins to wonder whether she might be in the wrong after all. Josh is desperate to scam Frankie's signed united football shirt from him, and Brian agrees to morph into Mel as part of a cunning plan.

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Episode 6

Rat's Entertainment

Mon, Oct 14, 2002 30 mins

Brian feels rejected when Sophie chooses to watch repeats of Geoff Jefferson, Criminal Prosecutor, on cable TV, instead of taking part in his indoor Olympic Games. Josh also has grievances with Sophie's television hogging – the wrestling team have paid him in advance for tapes of special shows. This is not true. Lucy cuts the cable on the TV to end the suffering, but it ends up with Sophie putting Brian's pet rat on trial. Brian is devastated, so tries to put the blame on himself.

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Episode 7

Fish Fingers

Mon, Oct 21, 2002 30 mins

Brian has a new pet: Fluffy the goldfish, but when she's fed on a diet of fried egg, bacon and beans, the unfortunate Fluffy soon floats off to the big fish tank in the sky, leaving Brian devastated. He then holds a funeral for his beloved Fluffy, which goes well. Josh attempts a challenge at the diner: eating 50 courses. He asks Brian to morph into him, and eat 48 of the courses. The first course is fish fingers, devastating Brian. He quits, leaving Josh to eat all the food.

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Episode 8

Secrets and Lies

Mon, Oct 28, 2002 30 mins

Josh is confident that his "treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen" tactics will eventually win the heart of his school friend Tanya. Sophie decides that humans tell lies all the time, making her highly suspicious of everything her family says. Mel persuades Trent to let her stand in for him as school magazine agony aunt, but can she really summon up as much sensitivity as he does? Mel's determined to prove to him that she can.

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Episode 9

Just My Luck

Mon, Nov 4, 2002 30 mins

When Lucy insists that there's no such thing as luck (it's all just a question of mathematical probability), Brian is determined to prove her wrong. He purchases a pair of Josh's 'lucky' underpants and is delighted to immediately win a free pen and a pound.

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Episode 10

The Opposites

Mon, Nov 11, 2002 30 mins

Josh is woken by a trumpet-playing Brian and is offered tiddlywinks for breakfast. His sisters may be technically human but they still can't behave like normal people. Why can't his family just be different in every way? A bump on the head makes Josh's wish come true, throwing him into a world of complete opposites.

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Episode 11

The Invosibibble Mam

Mon, Nov 18, 2002 30 mins

Lucy and Wendy have an argument that might end their friendship for ever. Josh has laryngitis, but despite Sophie's best efforts to nurse him back to health, he quickly loses patience with her bedside manner. Sophie finds that being ignored can make you feel like you don't exist at all. Brian is jealous that Trent has given Mel a music festival ticket and morphs into 'Spam' – a hip and trendy girl that will catch Trent's eye.

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Episode 12

Musical

Mon, Nov 25, 2002 30 mins

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Episode 13

Brian of the Brownies

Mon, Dec 2, 2002 30 mins

In the Season 4 finale, when Lucy decides to rejoin the Brownies, Brian distracts her in the most unpredictable - and dangerous - way.

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