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Four aliens arrive on earth, form human bodies and assume the identities of Dick, Sally, Harry and Tommy -- the Solomon family -- for the purpose of conducting experiments and observing life on this planet. The Solomons find an apartment in Rutherford, Ohio, a college town where they landed and meet their new landlady, Mrs. Dubcek. Dick secures a job as physics professor at the university. He's fascinated by Nina, his secretary, and finds himself strangely attracted to Dr. Mary Albright, his office-mate, but a misunderstanding over her thesis leaves her angry while Dick is frustrated and confused. Harry and Sally get a cooking lesson from Mrs. Dubcek, which sends Sally screaming from the kitchen. Dick gets his own lesson in "feelings" from his physics class, while Tommy, in the throes of puberty and in hot pursuit of the girls' volleyball team, longs to get out of his body and off the planet. But at Dean Sumner's faculty party, Dick decides that the mission must be extended for further "experiments" with Dr. Albright, after which departure is postponed indefinitely.
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