ALF

ALF

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A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

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A.L.F.

1. A.L.F.

Air Date: 1986-09-22

Gordon Shumway, last known survivor from the planet Melmac, crash-lands his spaceship into the Tanner family's suburban garage. Willie dubs him "ALF", short for Alien Life Form. After convincing a military officer that they are not harboring a space creature, the Tanners decide to take ALF in as a member of the family.

Strangers in the Night

2. Strangers in the Night

Air Date: 1986-09-29

ALF decides to have some fun while a nervous Mrs. Ochmonek baby-sits Brian.

Looking for Lucky

3. Looking for Lucky

Air Date: 1986-10-06

When Lucky the cat disappears, everyone pins the blame on ALF.

Pennsylvania 6-5000

4. Pennsylvania 6-5000

Air Date: 1986-10-13

ALF calls the president to address his concerns about nuclear weapons.

Keepin' the Faith

5. Keepin' the Faith

Air Date: 1986-10-20

ALF takes a job selling cosmetics over the phone.

For Your Eyes Only

6. For Your Eyes Only

Air Date: 1986-11-03

ALF befriends a lonely blind girl.

Help Me, Rhonda

7. Help Me, Rhonda

Air Date: 1986-11-10

Willie helps homesick ALF arrange a trip to Melmac.

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?

8. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?

Air Date: 1986-11-17

ALF has a crush on Lynn, so he makes a music video to impress her.

Jump

9. Jump

Air Date: 1986-11-24

On his 45th birthday, Willie feels unfulfilled, so ALF suggests he go skydiving.

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

10. Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Air Date: 1986-12-01

ALF sells parts of his spaceship to buy Lynn a Ferrari.

On the Road Again

11. On the Road Again

Air Date: 1986-12-08

Willie loses his temper with ALF during a family camping trip.

Oh, Tannerbaum

12. Oh, Tannerbaum

Air Date: 1986-12-22

It's Christmastime. Unfortunately ALF chops the Christmas tree into firewood before anyone notices. The Tanners then have two tasks: to teach ALF all about Christmas and find a new Christmas tree.

Mother and Child Reunion

13. Mother and Child Reunion

Air Date: 1987-01-12

ALF heads for the garage when Kate's mother pays a visit.

A Little Bit of Soap

14. A Little Bit of Soap

Air Date: 1987-01-19

ALF submits scripts to his favorite soap opera.

I've Got a New Attitude

15. I've Got a New Attitude

Air Date: 1987-02-02

ALF plays matchmaker for Kate's mother.

Try to Remember (1)

16. Try to Remember (1)

Air Date: 1987-02-09

ALF hits his head and is convinced he is an insurance salesman. The Tanners try reviewing past events to try and jog his memory.

Try to Remember (2)

17. Try to Remember (2)

Air Date: 1987-02-09

The Tanners continue to try and jog ALF's memory, and deal with the police at the same time.

Border Song

18. Border Song

Air Date: 1987-02-16

ALF befriends a young Mexican immigrant.

Wild Thing

19. Wild Thing

Air Date: 1987-03-02

ALF goes through a 24-hour period of bizarre behavior.

Going Out of My Head Over You

20. Going Out of My Head Over You

Air Date: 1987-03-16

Willie and ALF both talk to a psychologist.

Lookin' Through the Windows

21. Lookin' Through the Windows

Air Date: 1987-03-23

ALF thinks he witnessed a murder at a neighbor's house.

It Isn't Easy ... Bein' Green

22. It Isn't Easy ... Bein' Green

Air Date: 1987-03-30

ALF comes to Brian's aid when the boy has to play an asparagus in the school play.

The Gambler

23. The Gambler

Air Date: 1987-04-06

ALF develops a gambling habit and winds up in trouble with his bookie.

Weird Science

24. Weird Science

Air Date: 1987-04-13

Brian causes trouble at school when he repeats some of ALF's intergalactic knowledge.

La Cucaracha

25. La Cucaracha

Air Date: 1987-05-04

A cockroach from outer space invades the Tanner home.

Come Fly with Me

26. Come Fly with Me

Air Date: 1987-05-11

When Mr. Ochmonek becomes sick during a flight, ALF flies the plane.

Working My Way Back to You

1. Working My Way Back to You

Air Date: 1987-09-21

ALF is relocated to the family garage as a result of his mischievous behavior.

The Ballad of Gilligan's Island

2. The Ballad of Gilligan's Island

Air Date: 1987-09-28

ALF dreams he visits "Gilligan's Island", with castaways Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor and Mary Ann.

Take a Look at Me Now

3. Take a Look at Me Now

Air Date: 1987-10-05

Mrs. Ochmonek thinks she's gone crazy when she spots ALF in the backyard.

Wedding Bell Blues

4. Wedding Bell Blues

Air Date: 1987-10-12

ALF joins a monastery after learning that his parents were married before he was born -- a disgrace on the planet Melmac.

Prime Time

5. Prime Time

Air Date: 1987-10-19

The Tanners become a TV-ratings family and ALF decides to rig the system so that his favorite program becomes a hit.

Some Enchanted Evening

6. Some Enchanted Evening

Air Date: 1987-10-26

ALF becomes the star attraction at the Tanners' Halloween party.

Oh, Pretty Woman

7. Oh, Pretty Woman

Air Date: 1987-11-02

ALF helps Lynn boost her self-confidence by enrolling her in a beauty pageant.

Something's Wrong with Me

8. Something's Wrong with Me

Air Date: 1987-11-09

ALF gets a severe case of hiccups after being excluded from Dorothy and Whizzer's wedding party.

Night Train

9. Night Train

Air Date: 1987-11-16

Willie and ALF hop on board a freight train in search of adventure.

Isn't It Romantic?

10. Isn't It Romantic?

Air Date: 1987-11-23

ALF and the Tanner kids give Willie and Kate a second honeymoon.

Hail to the Chief

11. Hail to the Chief

Air Date: 1987-12-07

Kate dreams that she and ALF are rival presidential candidates.

ALF's Special Christmas

12. ALF's Special Christmas

Air Date: 1987-12-14

ALF and the Tanners prepare to spend Christmas in a cabin. When the owner comes to visit them, ALF accidently jumps into his trunk and he is taken to a hospital and given away as a Christmas gift to a little girl.

The Boy Next Door

13. The Boy Next Door

Air Date: 1988-01-04

ALF befriends the Ochmoneks' belligerent nephew, Jake.

Can I Get a Witness?

14. Can I Get a Witness?

Air Date: 1988-01-11

ALF demands a fair trial after being accused of throwing a football through the Ochmoneks' window.

We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

15. We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

Air Date: 1988-01-25

ALF believes that he scared Willie's uncle to death.

Someone to Watch Over Me (1)

16. Someone to Watch Over Me (1)

Air Date: 1988-02-08

ALF lends a hand with the neighborhood block patrol and ends up confronting a prowler in the Ochmoneks' house.

Someone to Watch Over Me (2)

17. Someone to Watch Over Me (2)

Air Date: 1988-02-15

It's up to Willie to save ALF from the SWAT team surrounding the Ochomonek house, in which ALF had been chasing a prowler.

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

18. We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Air Date: 1988-02-22

ALF moves in with his blind friend, Jody, and learns some important lessons about life without sight.

You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

19. You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

Air Date: 1988-02-29

ALF, jealous of the attention a stray dog is getting, gives the pooch to a mean old woman who claims to be the owner.

Hit Me with Your Best Shot

20. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Air Date: 1988-03-07

Willie abandons his belief in pacifism after meeting the hostile father of the bully who's been pushing Brian around.

Movin' Out

21. Movin' Out

Air Date: 1988-03-14

Willie has problems trying to sell the house because ALF keeps scaring off potential buyers with phony ghosts.

I'm Your Puppet

22. I'm Your Puppet

Air Date: 1988-03-21

ALF's mail-order ventriloquist's dummy takes on a life of its own, and it takes a visit from a psychiatrist to cure him.

Tequila

23. Tequila

Air Date: 1988-03-28

Kate's friend, a known drinker, sees ALF in the kitchen and thinks she's hallucinating.

We Are Family

24. We Are Family

Air Date: 1988-05-02

ALF fantasizes that he reveals his existence to the world and serves as substitute host on David Letterman's show.

Varsity Drag

25. Varsity Drag

Air Date: 1988-05-09

ALF takes a job as a paper carrier when he learns that the cost of his upkeep is preventing Lynn from attending her first-choice college.

Stop in the Name of Love

1. Stop in the Name of Love

Air Date: 1988-10-03

ALF hides out in the back seat during Lynn's date at the drive-in.

Stairway to Heaven

2. Stairway to Heaven

Air Date: 1988-10-10

In a fantasy sequence, ALF's guardian angel shows him what the Tanners' lives would be like without him.

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

3. Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Air Date: 1988-10-17

The Tanners let Trevor Ochmonek stay at their house after he has a fight with his wife.

Tonight, Tonight (1)

4. Tonight, Tonight (1)

Air Date: 1988-10-24

ALF hosts "The Tonight Show", with Ed McMahon.

Tonight, Tonight (2)

5. Tonight, Tonight (2)

Air Date: 1988-10-24

ALF hosts "The Tonight Show", with Ed McMahon.

Promises, Promises

6. Promises, Promises

Air Date: 1988-10-31

Betrayed confidences cause a falling-out between ALF and Lynn.

Turkey in the Straw (1)

7. Turkey in the Straw (1)

Air Date: 1988-11-14

The Tanners are invited to a Thanksgiving dinner with the Ochmonek's bizarre relatives.

Turkey in the Straw (2)

8. Turkey in the Straw (2)

Air Date: 1988-11-15

ALF must avoid the Alien Task Force when a bum blows the whistle on him.

Changes

9. Changes

Air Date: 1988-11-21

Kate goes back to work when a strike sends Willie home.

My Back Pages

10. My Back Pages

Air Date: 1988-11-28

In a nightmare, Willie dreams ALF is his school roommate.

Alone Again, Naturally

11. Alone Again, Naturally

Air Date: 1988-12-05

ALF mistakenly believes his cousin is living in Barstow, when he reads an article in the National Inquisitor.

Do You Believe in Magic?

12. Do You Believe in Magic?

Air Date: 1988-12-12

ALF makes Brian disappear with a mail-order magic kit.

Hide Away

13. Hide Away

Air Date: 1989-01-09

ALF is convinced gangsters are chasing the Tanners' houseguest.

Fight Back

14. Fight Back

Air Date: 1989-01-16

ALF's expose earns Willie a guest spot on David Horowitz's consumer advocate show.

Suspicious Minds

15. Suspicious Minds

Air Date: 1989-01-23

ALF is convinced that a reclusive neighbor is actually Elvis Presley.

Baby Love

16. Baby Love

Air Date: 1989-02-06

ALF has an allergic reaction to a baby.

Running Scared

17. Running Scared

Air Date: 1989-02-13

An extortionist threatens to turn ALF in to the immigration authorities for being an ""illegal alien"".

Standing in the Shadows of Love

18. Standing in the Shadows of Love

Air Date: 1989-02-20

ALF ghostwrites Jake's love letters.

Superstition

19. Superstition

Air Date: 1989-02-27

ALF blames his streak of bad luck on a Melmac superstition.

Torn Between Two Lovers

20. Torn Between Two Lovers

Air Date: 1989-03-06

Lynn ends up with two dates for a dance through ALF's mishandled phone message.

Funeral for a Friend

21. Funeral for a Friend

Air Date: 1989-03-20

Desperate for a pet of his own, ALF acquires an ant farm.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

22. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Air Date: 1989-03-27

ALF and Jake suggest Brian camp out to overcome his fear of the dark.

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

23. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

Air Date: 1989-04-10

ALF sees Jake's kleptomaniac mother arrives for a visit, and steals a broach from Kate.

Like an Old Time Movie

24. Like an Old Time Movie

Air Date: 1989-04-17

ALF imagines in black and white that he and the Tanners are silent-movie stars.

Shake, Rattle and Roll

25. Shake, Rattle and Roll

Air Date: 1989-05-01

ALF prepares for the worst after experiencing a mild earthquake.

Having My Baby

26. Having My Baby

Air Date: 1989-05-08

ALF prepares for the baby's arrival by re-enacting scenes from "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

Baby, Come Back

1. Baby, Come Back

Air Date: 1989-09-18

ALF earns the right to baby-sit Eric, but almost blows it when the child disappears.

Lies

2. Lies

Air Date: 1989-09-25

Tabloid photographers accidentally photograph ALF, so the Tanners have to get the film back.

Wanted: Dead or Alive

3. Wanted: Dead or Alive

Air Date: 1989-10-02

ALF shields Willie when a criminal resembling him is profiled on a crime-stopper TV show, but Trevor turns him in.

We're in the Money

4. We're in the Money

Air Date: 1989-10-09

Using Willie's home computer, ALF discovers and later becomes addicted to the art of making stock-market deals.

Mind Games

5. Mind Games

Air Date: 1989-10-16

After a visit from a psychologist, ALF subjects the Tanners to a barrage of unwanted psychoanalysis.

Hooked on a Feeling

6. Hooked on a Feeling

Air Date: 1989-10-23

Willie, in an effort to curb ALF's cotton addiction, holds a support group meeting in his living room.

He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother

7. He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother

Air Date: 1989-10-30

ALF, forced to hide, plots the removal of Willie's visiting brother Neal.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Air Date: 1989-11-06

ALF gets peeved about having to remain hidden while Willie's brother extends his visit.

Live and Let Die

9. Live and Let Die

Air Date: 1989-11-13

ALF's attitude toward cats changes after his first encounter with kittens.

Break Up to Make Up

10. Break Up to Make Up

Air Date: 1989-11-20

Whizzer comes face-to-face with ALF when he searches for Dorothy at the Tanners.

Happy Together

11. Happy Together

Air Date: 1989-11-27

ALF, on the outs with the Tanners, is offered a place to stay by Neal.

Fever

12. Fever

Air Date: 1989-12-04

The Tanners pamper ALF after he catches his first Earth cold.

It's My Party

13. It's My Party

Air Date: 1989-12-11

ALF is relegated once again to the attic when the Tanners throw a Hawaiian luau.

Make 'em Laugh

14. Make 'em Laugh

Air Date: 1990-01-08

ALF dreams he's a famous stand-up comic.

Love on the Rocks

15. Love on the Rocks

Air Date: 1990-01-15

Neal and his ex-wife Margaret reconcile, but ALF goes a long way to prove her motives are less than honest.

True Colors

16. True Colors

Air Date: 1990-01-22

ALF enters the art world after he earns praise for a still life made from food.

Gimme That Old Time Religion

17. Gimme That Old Time Religion

Air Date: 1990-01-29

As a newly ordained Melmacian minister, ALF must officiate a ceremony on Earth.

Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

18. Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Air Date: 1990-02-05

ALF considers the future with the Tanners, who will age faster than the ageless alien.

When I'm Sixty-Four

19. When I'm Sixty-Four

Air Date: 1990-02-12

ALF encounters youth-seeking senior citizens when he's discovered sneaking into a retirement home.

Mr. Sandman

20. Mr. Sandman

Air Date: 1990-02-19

ALF and Willie scour Death Valley for buried treasure after discovering an old map.

Stayin' Alive

21. Stayin' Alive

Air Date: 1990-02-26

A morally outraged ALF writes nasty letters to a pollution-producing company.

Hungry Like a Wolf

22. Hungry Like a Wolf

Air Date: 1990-03-03

ALF takes to the park in search of food after his diet fails.

I Gotta Be Me

23. I Gotta Be Me

Air Date: 1990-03-10

ALF is the only one excited by the idea of Lynn moving in with her boyfriend.

Consider Me Gone

24. Consider Me Gone

Air Date: 1990-03-24

It's a sad day in the Tanner household as ALF announces he's leaving Earth to settle on another planet with Skip and Rhonda, but ALF is captured by the Alien Task Force before he can get to their spaceship.

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Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

1986-09-22

Episodes

101 (4 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Alien Productions