

What It's Like Being Alone
A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Being Alone for Beginners
26-06-200630 minLucy discovers that not only is she an orphan but she is also not a princess.
- Ep 2
2.Do Orphans Dream of Electric Parents
03-07-200630 minAfter Brian Brain is rejected by like-minded Adopters, he creates robotic parents to fill the void.
- Ep 3
3.An Orphans' Life Indeed
10-07-200630 minPrincess Lucy accidentally clones herself in an effort to find the perfect BFF.
- Ep 4
4.The Perfect Lesson
17-07-200630 minThe Orphans put on a play to prospective Adopters, with disastrous results.
- Ep 5
5.The Poster Child
24-07-200630 minAldous has a chance to avoid a deadly curse by being adopted by Corporate Executives.
- Ep 6
6.Fire the Reverend
31-07-200630 minReverend Gamble mistakes Charlie for the Devil, until the real Satan shows up looking for his son.
- Ep 7
7.Red, White and Orphanage
07-08-200630 minAfter a shiny, new orphanage appears overnight, Brian Brain realizes he wouldn't give up being a free-thinker for all the power and possessions in the world.
- Ep 8
8.Sammy's Episode
14-08-200630 minSammy is convinced he's being watched by a TV audience, and is consequently diagnosed by Brian Brain as being a megalomaniac.
- Ep 9
9.A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness
21-08-200630 minAfter a bad day, the Orphans try to find true happiness in the hapless forest.
- Ep 10
10.Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em
28-08-200630 minPrincess Lucy obsesses over the high she gets from gambling, resulting in dire consequences.
- Ep 11
11.Armie Loves Cigarettes
04-09-200630 minArmie takes up smoking after idolizing Cool Carl, the only Orphan ever to be adopted from the Gurney.
- Ep 12
12.The Frightful Flu
11-09-200630 minAfter all the Orphans come down with the flu, a reformed wicked witch, Karen, is hired to get them under control.
- Ep 13
13.Silver Screen Lucy
18-09-200630 minFamed A-list Director, Steven Franchise, has the Orphans compete by making films to impress him into adopting them.
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