What It's Like Being Alone

Season

2006

Canada

6.7

About freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Being Alone for Beginners

Lucy discovers that not only is she an orphan but she is also not a princess.

S1 • E2

Do Orphans Dream of Electric Parents

After Brian Brain is rejected by like-minded Adopters, he creates robotic parents to fill the void.

S1 • E3

An Orphans' Life Indeed

Princess Lucy accidentally clones herself in an effort to find the perfect BFF.

S1 • E4

The Perfect Lesson

The Orphans put on a play to prospective Adopters, with disastrous results.

S1 • E5

The Poster Child

Aldous has a chance to avoid a deadly curse by being adopted by Corporate Executives.

S1 • E6

Fire the Reverend

Reverend Gamble mistakes Charlie for the Devil, until the real Satan shows up looking for his son.

S1 • E7

Red, White and Orphanage

After 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.

S1 • E8

Sammy's Episode

Sammy is convinced he's being watched by a TV audience, and is consequently diagnosed by Brian Brain as being a megalomaniac.

S1 • E9

A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness

After a bad day, the Orphans try to find true happiness in the hapless forest.

Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em

S1 • E10

Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em

Princess Lucy obsesses over the high she gets from gambling, resulting in dire consequences.

S1 • E11

Armie Loves Cigarettes

Armie takes up smoking after idolizing Cool Carl, the only Orphan ever to be adopted from the Gurney.

S1 • E12

The Frightful Flu

After all the Orphans come down with the flu, a reformed wicked witch, Karen, is hired to get them under control.

S1 • E13

Silver Screen Lucy

Famed A-list Director, Steven Franchise, has the Orphans compete by making films to impress him into adopting them.

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Cast

Adam Greydon Reid

Armie

Andrew Sabiston

Brian Brain

Julie Lemieux

Sammy

Peter Cugno

Charlie

Stacey DePass

Aldous

Dwayne Hill

Princess Lucy

Dwayne Hill

Princess Lucy

Rob Tinkler

Geoffrey

Carol Schulte

Aldous