List of ALF episodes
The following is a list of episodes of the American sitcom ALF. Most episode titles derive from those of American and British popular songs.[1]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 26 | September 22, 1986 | May 11, 1987 | #28 | 16.5[note 1] | |
| 2 | 26 | September 21, 1987 | May 9, 1988 | #10 | 18.8[note 2] | |
| 3 | 26 | October 3, 1988 | May 8, 1989 | #15 | 17.5[note 3] | |
| 4 | 24 | September 18, 1989 | March 24, 1990 | #39 | 13.7[note 4] | |
Notes:
- Tied with Hunter
- Tied with The Wonder Years
- Tied with Monday Night Football
- Tied with Family Matters and Jake and the Fatman[2]
Episodes
Season 1 (1986–87)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "A.L.F." | Tom Patchett | Tom Patchett | September 22, 1986 | 1001 |
| 2 | 2 | "Strangers in the Night" | Peter Bonerz | Paul Fusco & Thad Mumford | September 29, 1986 | 1004 |
| 3 | 3 | "Looking for Lucky" | Peter Bonerz | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | October 6, 1986 | 1006 |
| 4 | 4 | "Pennsylvania 6-5000" | Peter Bonerz | Donald Todd | October 13, 1986 | 1003 |
| 5 | 5 | "Keepin' the Faith" | Peter Bonerz | Laurie Gelman | October 20, 1986 | 1008 |
| 6 | 6 | "For Your Eyes Only" | Peter Bonerz | Mitzi McCall & Adrienne Armstrong | November 3, 1986 | 1005 |
| 7 | 7 | "Help Me, Rhonda" | Peter Bonerz and Rick Gough | Tom Patchett & Lloyd Garver | November 10, 1986 | 1010 |
| 8 | 8 | "Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue?" | Tom Patchett | Jerry Stahl | November 17, 1986 | 1011 |
| 9 | 9 | "Jump" | Peter Bonerz | Gary Markowitz | November 24, 1986 | 1009 |
| 10 | 10 | "Baby, You Can Drive My Car" | Nancy Heydorn | Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman | December 1, 1986 | 1013 |
| 11 | 11 | "On the Road Again" | Peter Bonerz | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | December 8, 1986 | 1002 |
| 12 | 12 | "Oh, Tannerbaum" | Rick Gough | Donald Todd | December 22, 1986 | 1012 |
| 13 | 13 | "Mother and Child Reunion" | Tom Patchett | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | January 12, 1987 | 1014 |
| 14 | 14 | "A Little Bit of Soap" | Tom Patchett | Laurie Gelman | January 19, 1987 | 1015 |
| 15 | 15 | "I've Got a New Attitude" | Nancy Heydorn | Thad Mumford | February 2, 1987 | 1017 |
| 16 17 | 16 17 | "Try to Remember" | Tom Patchett | Laurie Gelman, Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson & Donald Todd | February 9, 1987 | 1023 |
| 18 | 18 | "Border Song" | Tom Patchett | Donald Todd | February 16, 1987 | 1016 |
| 19 | 19 | "Wild Thing" | Nancy Heydorn | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | March 2, 1987 | 1018 |
| 20 | 20 | "Going Out of My Head Over You" | Nancy Heydorn | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | March 16, 1987 | 1019 |
| 21 | 21 | "Lookin' Through the Windows" | Nancy Heydorn | Bob Bendetson | March 23, 1987 | 1021 |
| 22 | 22 | "It's Not Easy Bein' Green" | Peter Bonerz | Wendy Graf & Lisa Stotsky | March 30, 1987 | 1007 |
| 23 | 23 | "The Gambler" | Gary Shimokawa | Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman | April 6, 1987 | 1022 |
| 24 | 24 | "Weird Science" | Paul Fusco | Paul Fusco | April 13, 1987 | 1020 |
| 25 | 25 | "La Cucaracha" | Peter Baldwin | Jerry Stahl | May 4, 1987 | 1025 |
| 26 | 26 | "Come Fly With Me" | Peter Baldwin | Nelson Costello | May 11, 1987 | 1024 |
Season 2 (1987–88)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Working My Way Back to You" | Nick Havinga | Steve Pepoon | September 21, 1987 | 2003 |
| 28 | 2 | "Somewhere Over the Rerun" "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" | Nick Havinga | Scott Spencer Gorden | September 28, 1987 | 2004 |
| 29 | 3 | "Take a Look at Me Now" | Gary Shimokawa | Steve Pepoon | October 5, 1987 | 2006 |
| 30 | 4 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Lisa A. Bannick | October 12, 1987 | 2010 |
| 31 | 5 | "Prime Time" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Lisa A. Bannick | October 19, 1987 | 2009 |
| 32 | 6 | "Some Enchanted Evening" | Gary Shimokawa | Seth Weisbord | October 26, 1987 | 2005 |
| 33 | 7 | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Alicia Marie Schudt | November 2, 1987 | 2001 |
| 34 | 8 | "Something's Wrong With Me" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Steve Pepoon | November 9, 1987 | 2011 |
| 35 | 9 | "Night Train" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Bob Bendetson | November 16, 1987 | 2013 |
| 36 | 10 | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Gary Shimokawa | Seth Weisbord | November 23, 1987 | 2008 |
| 37 | 11 | "Hail to the Chief" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Lisa A. Bannick | December 7, 1987 | 2014 |
| 38 39 | 12 13 | "ALF's Special Christmas" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Steven Hollander | December 14, 1987 | 2040 |
| 40 | 14 | "The Boy Next Door" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Al Jean & Michael Reiss | January 4, 1988 | 2015 |
| 41 | 15 | "Can I Get a Witness?" | Gary Shimokawa | Nelson Costello | January 11, 1988 | 2007 |
| 42 | 16 | "We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert" | Nick Havinga | Paul Fusco | January 25, 1988 | 2016 |
| 43 44 | 17 18 | "Someone to Watch Over Me" | Gary Shimokawa | Lisa Stotsky & Wendy Graf | February 8, 1988 February 15, 1988 | 2019 2020 |
| 45 | 19 | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | Gary Shimokawa | Marjorie Gross | February 22, 1988 | 2018 |
| 46 | 20 | "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" | Gary Shimokawa | Scott Spencer Gorden | February 29, 1988 | 2002 |
| 47 | 21 | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | Gary Shimokawa | Kevin Abbott | March 7, 1988 | 2021 |
| 48 | 22 | "Movin' Out" | Tony Csiki and Nick Havinga | Alicia Marie Schudt | March 14, 1988 | 2022 |
| 49 | 23 | "I'm Your Puppet" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Al Jean & Michael Reiss | March 21, 1988 | 2012 |
| 50 | 24 | "Tequila" | Nick Havinga | Story by : Sandy Gillis Teleplay by : Art Everett | March 28, 1988 | 2023 |
| 51 | 25 | "We Are Family" | Nick Havinga | Steve Pepoon | May 2, 1988 | 2024 |
| 52 | 26 | "Varsity Drag" | Gary Shimokawa | Lisa A. Bannick | May 9, 1988 | 2017 |
Season 3 (1988–89)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Stop in the Name of Love" | Nick Havinga | Skip Frank & Gwyn Gurian | October 3, 1988 | 3001 | 29.6[3] | 18.3/29[3] |
| 54 | 2 | "Stairway to Heaven" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Philip Whitehill | October 10, 1988 | 3005 | 28.7[4] | 17.6/27[4] |
| 55 | 3 | "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" | Nick Havinga | Steve Pepoon | October 17, 1988 | 3002 | 30.2[5] | 18.6/30[5] |
| 56 57 | 4 5 | "Tonight, Tonight" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Lisa A. Bannick, Steve Pepoon, Al Jean & Michael Reiss | October 24, 1988 | 3006 | 30.2[6] | 18.5/28[6] |
| 58 | 6 | "Promises, Promises" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Beverly Archer | October 31, 1988 | 3004 | 24.2[7] | 15.1/24[7] |
| 59 60 | 7 8 | "Turkey in the Straw" | Nick Havinga | Tom Patchett & Steve Hollander | November 14, 1988 November 15, 1988 | 3008 | 29.7[8] 30.0[8] | 18.0/27[8] 18.0/27[8] |
| 61 | 9 | "Changes" | Nick Havinga | Lisa A. Bannick | November 21, 1988 | 3007 | 29.9[9] | 18.0/28[9] |
| 62 | 10 | "My Back Pages" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Ron Burla | November 28, 1988 | 3012 | 24.2[10] | 15.6/23[10] |
| 63 | 11 | "Alone Again, Naturally" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Paul Fusco | December 5, 1988 | 3013 | 24.0[11] | 15.5/23[11] |
| 64 | 12 | "Do You Believe in Magic?" | Tony Csiki | Scott Spencer Gorden | December 12, 1988 | 3009 | 30.9[12] | 18.6/28[12] |
| 65 | 13 | "Hide Away" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Steve Pepoon | January 9, 1989 | 3014 | 28.7[13] | 17.6/26[13] |
| 66 | 14 | "Fight Back" | Nick Havinga | Seth Weisbord | January 16, 1989 | 3016 | 30.8[14] | 18.1/27[14] |
| 67 | 15 | "Suspicious Minds" | Nick Havinga | Al Jean & Michael Reiss | January 23, 1989 | 3010 | 34.0[15] | 20.4/30[15] |
| 68 | 16 | "Baby Love" | Nick Havinga | Lisa A. Bannick | February 6, 1989 | 3011 | 38.9[16] | 22.8/32[16] |
| 69 | 17 | "Running Scared" | Gary Shimokawa | Steve Pepoon | February 13, 1989 | 3017 | 30.0[17] | 17.8/27[17] |
| 70 | 18 | "Standing in the Shadows of Love" | Nick Havinga | David Cohen & Roger S.H. Schulman | February 20, 1989 | 3015 | 30.7[18] | 18.4/27[18] |
| 71 | 19 | "Superstition" | Gary Shimokawa | Steve Pepoon | February 27, 1989 | 3020 | 29.1[19] | 17.6/26[19] |
| 72 | 20 | "Torn Between Two Lovers" | Nick Havinga | Beverly Archer | March 6, 1989 | 3021 | 34.2[20] | 20.7/30[20] |
| 73 | 21 | "Funeral for a Friend" | Paul Fusco | Scott Spencer Gorden | March 20, 1989 | 3023 | 30.0[21] | 18.0/28[21] |
| 74 | 22 | "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" | Nick Havinga | Alicia Marie Schudt | March 27, 1989 | 3022 | 28.0[22] | 17.1/27[22] |
| 75 | 23 | "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" | Howard Storm | Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick | April 10, 1989 | 3026 | 28.1[23] | 17.6/28[23] |
| 76 | 24 | "Like an Old Time Movie" | Nick Havinga | Nelson Costello | April 17, 1989 | 3003 | 22.7[24] | 14.7/26[24] |
| 77 | 25 | "Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Nick Havinga | Ron Burla | May 1, 1989 | 3018 | 24.0[25] | 14.5/24[25] |
| 78 | 26 | "Having My Baby" | Nick Havinga | Lisa A. Bannick | May 8, 1989 | 3019 | 25.1[26] | 15.7/27[26] |
Season 4 (1989–90)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 1 | "Baby, Come Back" | Paul Miller | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | September 18, 1989 | 4002 |
| 80 | 2 | "Lies" | Paul Miller | Jordan Tabat & Wesley Stern | September 25, 1989 | 4003 |
| 81 | 3 | "Wanted: Dead or Alive" | Nick Havinga | Victor Fresco | October 2, 1989 | 4004 |
| 82 | 4 | "We're in the Money" | Paul Miller | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | October 9, 1989 | 4001 |
| 83 | 5 | "Mind Games" | Nick Havinga | Jerry Stahl | October 16, 1989 | 3024 |
| 84 | 6 | "Hooked on a Feeling" | Nick Havinga | Victor Fresco | October 23, 1989 | 4005 |
| 85 | 7 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother" | Paul Fusco | Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick | October 30, 1989 | 4006 |
| 86 | 8 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Paul Fusco | Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick | November 6, 1989 | 4007 |
| 87 | 9 | "Live and Let Die" | Tony Csiki | Steve Pepoon | November 13, 1989 | 4008 |
| 88 | 10 | "Break Up to Make Up" | Tony Csiki | Anne Meara | November 20, 1989 | 4009 |
| 89 | 11 | "Happy Together" | Paul Fusco | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | November 27, 1989 | 4010 |
| 90 | 12 | "Fever" | Paul Miller | Bruce David | December 4, 1989 | 3025 |
| 91 | 13 | "It's My Party" | Nick Havinga | Steve Pepoon | December 11, 1989 | 4012 |
| 92 | 14 | "Make 'Em Laugh" | Nick Havinga | Howard Bendetson | January 8, 1990 | 4011 |
| 93 | 15 | "Love on the Rocks" | Nick Havinga | Cecile Alch & Patricia Niedzialek | January 15, 1990 | 4014 |
| 94 | 16 | "True Colors" | Paul Miller | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | January 22, 1990 | 4015 |
| 95 | 17 | "Gimme That Old Time Religion" | Paul Fusco | Leslie Ann Podkin | January 29, 1990 | 4016 |
| 96 | 18 | "Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" | Nick Havinga | Victor Fresco | February 5, 1990 | 4013 |
| 97 | 19 | "When I'm 64" | Paul Miller | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | February 12, 1990 | 4018 |
| 98 | 20 | "Mr. Sandman" | Paul Miller | Steve Pepoon | February 19, 1990 | 4019 |
| 99 | 21 | "Stayin' Alive" | Nick Havinga | Victor Fresco | February 26, 1990 | 4020 |
| 100 | 22 | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Nick Havinga | Paul Fusco | March 3, 1990 | 4021 |
| 101 | 23 | "I Gotta Be Me" | Paul Miller | Beverly Archer | March 10, 1990 | 4017 |
| 102 | 24 | "Consider Me Gone" | Nick Havinga | Story by : Ian Praiser Teleplay by : Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic & Victor Fresco | March 24, 1990 | 4022 |
See also
- Project ALF, a 1996 TV movie that functions as a sequel to the final episode (although with many different actors thus getting bad reviews)
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