The first set of Dinosaurs contains 2 seasons. Season 1 is all of 5 episodes long. Season 2 is a more standard 24 episodes and makes up the rest of the set for a total of 29 episodes.
Season 1:
1) The Mighty Megalosaurus
Earl tells Baby about domesticated dinos and the struggles of family life.
-This one is stiff and dry. As far as quality it’s the worst of the set though still worth watching.
2) The Mating Dance
Fran is tired from being up with Baby. She’s about to snap, and Earl tries to figure out how to make her happy again.
-This starts to pick up with better sound and better flowing of story and action. While the comedy is good the quality is still not at the same level as other episodes.
3) Hurling Day
Old dinos are thrown into a tar pit and it’s Fran’s mother’s time to go. Earl is ecstatic but the family doesn’t want Ethyl to go.
-The show starts hitting stride pretty well here.
4) High Noon
A huge dino has his eye on Fran and challenges Earl to a fight to the death. Earl prepares to die as the old ways and domestication clash.
5) The Howling
It’s time for Robbie to become a man by howling. He doesn’t understand the meaning behind it so he can’t do it. When he refuses everyone thinks the world will end since that’s what they been taught. It doesn’t, of course, but trouble begins brewing in the tempers of all male dinos.
-This is one of my favorite episodes. It has a great story and some of the best jokes. That ends season 1.
Season 2:
1) The Golden Child
Baby grows a horn which legend says makes him king of the dinos. The attention goes to Earl’s head until the elders take Baby away. Earl realizes how much the boy really means to him.
2) Family Challenge
Fran is tired of TV keeping her family from talking. Shortly thereafter the TV is destroyed by a meteorite. To win a new TV the family enters a game show, but the teamwork threatens to pull them closer together as a family.
3) I Never Ate For My Father
Robbie doesn’t think he’s cut out to be a carnivore, but being an herbivore is taboo. Earl takes him out to teach him about the food chain. He learns the hard way when a giant swamp creature eats him.
4) Charlene’s Tale
Charlene is self-conscious about her yet-to-develop tail. She gets a prosthetic, but it doesn’t help. Earl has a hard time with his little girl growing up.
5) Endangered Species
Earl buys an endangered species for his anniversary dinner. Robbie realizes that these are the last 2 of their kind and sets out to save them.
6) Employee Of The Month
Robbie doesn’t want to dissect a caveman at school and brings it home. Earl is named employee of the month and honored by his boss coming to his house for dinner.
7) When Food Goes Bad
Baby lets the spoiled food out of the fridge. They haunt the house like gremlins and threaten to eat the kids.
8) Career Opportunities
Robbie is told by a job counselor that he’s meant to be a tree pusher. How does everyone express their disappointment without making Earl feel bad?
9) Unmarried With Children
Fran meets a divorced woman then finds out her own marriage license is expired. Earl’s poor memory prevents a renewal so he moves out. Fran turns to her divorced friend for help coping while Earl searches for a way to salvage the relationship.
10) How To Pick Up Girls
Robbie wants a girl but doesn’t know how to go about winning one over. He meets Spike who teaches him all the wrong ways to get female attention.
11) Switched At Birth
It’s Baby’s birthday, and Fran realizes she has the wrong nest. Could she have the wrong egg, too? Baby looks more like Mr. Molehill and his kid looks like Earl.
12) Refrigerator Day
A Christmas-like holiday brings a likewise similar bonus which Earl is looking forward to. Even Richfield is in the spirit, or so it would seem. The Sinclairs are about to learn the true meaning of the season.
13) What Sexual Harris Meant
Monica applies for a tree pushing job. Her supervisor Harris makes veiled advances and fires her when she doesn’t reciprocate. She decides to fight back in court.
14) Fran Live
Fran has an idea for an advice show and ends up on TV. The family is not so sure they like her being gone, but the money is good. They must all decide what their priorities are.
15) Power Erupts
Robbie comes up with an idea that could revolutionize the generation of heat and power. Now he’s in a battle against big corporations who want to retain control of the industry.
16) The Clip Show
An archaeologist looks for clues about dinosaurs with clips of the show punctuating his findings.
17) A New Leaf
Robbie leaves home after fighting with Earl and finds a plant that makes him feel better… way better. Now everyone is centering their lives around the plant, and it’s destroying them.
18) The Last Temptation Of Ethyl
Ethyl is dead and in the afterlife. So Earl buries her only to find out she’s not dead afterall. Ethyl becomes a celebrity talking about her experiences.
19) Nuts To War I
Pistachios are running low because sauropods encroach on the area where they grow. Now an army is put together to face them down. Robbie wants to negotiate, but aggression is the answer most want. Meanwhile Baby carries on his own battle against the cookie creature.
-Set as a melodramatic mini-series, it has it’s own credits and bumpers.
20) Nuts To War II
Fran has sent Earl and Roy to the front lines to find Robbie. The government is publishing propaganda, but Earl is no longer buying into it.
21) And The Winner Is
Baby is to be named “Ugh Ugh I’m Dying You Idiot Sinclair.” The naming elder dies and Richfield is running for the position. He chooses Earl to run against him for an easy win.
22) Slave To Fashion
Charlene and her friend want desperately to fit in with the popular crowd and think an expensive coat will do the trick. The coat is intelligent and begins helping Charlene become a socialite at the expense of her old friends. Charlene is reduced to stealing to remain fashionable.
23) Leader Of The Pack
A dino gang has whipped Robbie. Spike offers to help and lets Robbie join a rival gang. In a twist of fate he ends up the leader. Now death is the only way out.
24) WESAYSO Knows Best
The company at which Earl works wants a family image, and the Sinclairs become the spokes family. The photographer, though, likes Roy’s look better and swaps him out for Earl. The company responds by forcing Earl to move out. How can Earl keep his family and his job?