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
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Rank	Rating
	1	26	September 22, 1986 (1986-09-22)	May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11)	#28	16.5^{[note 1]}
	2	26	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)	May 9, 1988 (1988-05-09)	#10	18.8^{[note 2]}
	3	26	October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03)	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08)	#15	17.5^{[note 3]}
	4	24	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)	#39	13.7^{[note 4]}

^ 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
1	1	"A.L.F."	Tom Patchett	Tom Patchett	September 22, 1986 (1986-09-22)
2	2	"Strangers in the Night"	Peter Bonerz	Paul Fusco & Thad Mumford	September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29)
3	3	"Lookin' for Love"	Peter Bonerz	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06)
4	4	"Pennsylvania 6-5000"	Peter Bonerz	Donald Todd	October 13, 1986 (1986-10-13)
5	5	"Keepin' the Faith"	Peter Bonerz	Laurie Gelman	October 20, 1986 (1986-10-20)
6	6	"For Your Eyes Only"	Peter Bonerz	Mitzi McCall & Adrienne Armstrong	November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03)
7	7	"Help Me, Rhonda"	Peter Bonerz and Rick Gough	Tom Patchett & Lloyd Garver	November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10)
8	8	"Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue?"	Tom Patchett	Jerry Stahl	November 17, 1986 (1986-11-17)
9	9	"Jump"	Peter Bonerz	Gary Markowitz	November 24, 1986 (1986-11-24)
10	10	"Baby, You Can Drive My Car"	Nancy Heydorn	Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman	December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01)
11	11	"On the Road Again"	Peter Bonerz	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08)
12	12	"Oh, Tannerbaum"	Rick Gough	Donald Todd	December 22, 1986 (1986-12-22)
13	13	"Mother and Child Reunion"	Tom Patchett	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	January 12, 1987 (1987-01-12)
14	14	"A Little Bit of Soap"	Tom Patchett	Laurie Gelman	January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19)
15	15	"I've Got a New Attitude"	Nancy Heydorn	Thad Mumford	February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02)
16 17	16 17	"Try to Remember"	Tom Patchett	Laurie Gelman, Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson & Donald Todd	February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09)
18	18	"Border Song"	Tom Patchett	Donald Todd	February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16)
19	19	"Wild Thing"	Nancy Heydorn	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	March 2, 1987 (1987-03-02)
20	20	"Going Out of My Head Over You"	Nancy Heydorn	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	March 16, 1987 (1987-03-16)
21	21	"Lookin' Through the Windows"	Nancy Heydorn	Bob Bendetson	March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23)
22	22	"It Isn't Easy ... Bein' Green"	Peter Bonerz	Wendy Graf & Lisa Stotsky	March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30)
23	23	"The Gambler"	Gary Shimokawa	Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman	April 6, 1987 (1987-04-06)
24	24	"Weird Science"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco	April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13)
25	25	"La Cuckaracha"	Peter Baldwin	Jerry Stahl	May 4, 1987 (1987-05-04)
26	26	"Come Fly With Me"	Peter Baldwin	Nelson Costello	May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11)

Season 2 (1987–88)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"Working My Way Back to You"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)
28	2	"Somewhere Over the Rerun" "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"	Nick Havinga	Scott Spencer Gorden	September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)
29	3	"Take a Look at Me Now"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)
30	4	"Wedding Bell Blues"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	October 12, 1987 (1987-10-12)
31	5	"Prime Time"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	October 19, 1987 (1987-10-19)
32	6	"Some Enchanted Evening"	Gary Shimokawa	Seth Weisbord	October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26)
33	7	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Alicia Marie Schudt	November 2, 1987 (1987-11-02)
34	8	"Something's Wrong With Me"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Pepoon	November 9, 1987 (1987-11-09)
35	9	"Night Train"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Bob Bendetson	November 16, 1987 (1987-11-16)
36	10	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Gary Shimokawa	Seth Weisbord	November 23, 1987 (1987-11-23)
37	11	"Hail to the Chief"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	December 7, 1987 (1987-12-07)
38 39	12 13	"ALF's Special Christmas"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steven Hollander	December 14, 1987 (1987-12-14)
40	14	"The Boy Next Door"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	January 4, 1988 (1988-01-04)
41	15	"Can I Get a Witness?"	Gary Shimokawa	Nelson Costello	January 11, 1988 (1988-01-11)
42	16	"We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert"	Nick Havinga	Paul Fusco	January 25, 1988 (1988-01-25)
43 44	17 18	"Someone to Watch Over Me"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa Stotsky & Wendy Graf	February 8, 1988 (1988-02-08) February 15, 1988 (1988-02-15)
45	19	"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"	Gary Shimokawa	Marjorie Gross	February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22)
46	20	"You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog"	Gary Shimokawa	Scott Spencer Gorden	February 29, 1988 (1988-02-29)
47	21	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"	Gary Shimokawa	Kevin Abbott	March 7, 1988 (1988-03-07)
48	22	"Movin' Out"	Tony Csiki and Nick Havinga	Alicia Marie Schudt	March 14, 1988 (1988-03-14)
49	23	"I'm Your Puppet"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	March 21, 1988 (1988-03-21)
50	24	"Tequila"	Nick Havinga	Story by : Sandy Gillis Teleplay by : Art Everett	March 28, 1988 (1988-03-28)
51	25	"We Are Family"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	May 2, 1988 (1988-05-02)
52	26	"Varsity Drag"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa A. Bannick	May 9, 1988 (1988-05-09)

Season 3 (1988–89)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
53	1	"Stop in the Name of Love"	Nick Havinga	Skip Frank & Gwyn Gurian	October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03)	29.6^[3]	18.3/29^[3]
54	2	"Stairway to Heaven"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Philip Whitehill	October 10, 1988 (1988-10-10)	28.7^[4]	17.6/27^[4]
55	3	"Breaking Up is Hard to Do"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	October 17, 1988 (1988-10-17)	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 (1988-10-24)	30.2^[6]	18.5/28^[6]
58	6	"Promises, Promises"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Beverly Archer	October 31, 1988 (1988-10-31)	24.2^[7]	15.1/24^[7]
59 60	7 8	"Turkey in the Straw"	Nick Havinga	Tom Patchett & Steve Hollander	November 14, 1988 (1988-11-14) November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)	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 (1988-11-21)	29.9^[9]	18.0/28^[9]
62	10	"My Back Pages"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Ron Burla	November 28, 1988 (1988-11-28)	24.2^[10]	15.6/23^[10]
63	11	"Alone Again, Naturally"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Paul Fusco	December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05)	24.0^[11]	15.5/23^[11]
64	12	"Do You Believe in Magic?"	Tony Csiki	Scott Spencer Gorden	December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12)	30.9^[12]	18.6/28^[12]
65	13	"Hide Away"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Pepoon	January 9, 1989 (1989-01-09)	28.7^[13]	17.6/26^[13]
66	14	"Fight Back"	Nick Havinga	Seth Weisbord	January 16, 1989 (1989-01-16)	30.8^[14]	18.1/27^[14]
67	15	"Suspicious Minds"	Nick Havinga	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23)	34.0^[15]	20.4/30^[15]
68	16	"Baby Love"	Nick Havinga	Lisa A. Bannick	February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06)	38.9^[16]	22.8/32^[16]
69	17	"Running Scared"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13)	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 (1989-02-20)	30.7^[18]	18.4/27^[18]
71	19	"Superstition"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	February 27, 1989 (1989-02-27)	29.1^[19]	17.6/26^[19]
72	20	"Torn Between Two Lovers"	Nick Havinga	Beverly Archer	March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06)	34.2^[20]	20.7/30^[20]
73	21	"Funeral for a Friend"	Paul Fusco	Scott Spencer Gorden	March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20)	30.0^[21]	18.0/28^[21]
74	22	"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"	Nick Havinga	Alicia Marie Schudt	March 27, 1989 (1989-03-27)	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 (1989-04-10)	28.1^[23]	17.6/28^[23]
76	24	"Like an Old Time Movie"	Nick Havinga	Nelson Costello	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)	22.7^[24]	14.7/26^[24]
77	25	"Shake, Rattle and Roll"	Nick Havinga	Ron Burla	May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01)	24.0^[25]	14.5/24^[25]
78	26	"Having My Baby"	Nick Havinga	Lisa A. Bannick	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08)	25.1^[26]	15.7/27^[26]

Season 4 (1989–90)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
79	1	"Baby, Come Back"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)
80	2	"Lies"	Paul Miller	Jordan Tabat & Wesley Stern	September 25, 1989 (1989-09-25)
81	3	"Wanted: Dead or Alive"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	October 2, 1989 (1989-10-02)
82	4	"We're in the Money"	Paul Miller	Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano	October 9, 1989 (1989-10-09)
83	5	"Mind Games"	Nick Havinga	Jerry Stahl	October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16)
84	6	"Hooked on a Feeling"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23)
85	7	"He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick	October 30, 1989 (1989-10-30)
86	8	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick	November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06)
87	9	"Live and Let Die"	Tony Csiki	Steve Pepoon	November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13)
88	10	"Break Up to Make Up"	Tony Csiki	Anne Meara	November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20)
89	11	"Happy Together"	Paul Fusco	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	November 27, 1989 (1989-11-27)
90	12	"Fever"	Paul Miller	Bruce David	December 4, 1989 (1989-12-04)
91	13	"It's My Party"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	December 11, 1989 (1989-12-11)
92	14	"Make 'Em Laugh"	Nick Havinga	Howard Bendetson	January 8, 1990 (1990-01-08)
93	15	"Love on the Rocks"	Nick Havinga	Cecile Alch & Patricia Niedzialek	January 15, 1990 (1990-01-15)
94	16	"True Colors"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	January 22, 1990 (1990-01-22)
95	17	"Gimme That Old Time Religion"	Paul Fusco	Leslie Ann Podkin	January 29, 1990 (1990-01-29)
96	18	"Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05)
97	19	"When I'm Sixty-Four"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12)
98	20	"Mr. Sandman"	Paul Miller	Steve Pepoon	February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19)
99	21	"Stayin' Alive"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	February 26, 1990 (1990-02-26)
100	22	"Hungry Like the Wolf"	Nick Havinga	Paul Fusco	March 3, 1990 (1990-03-03)
101	23	"I Gotta Be Me"	Paul Miller	Beverly Archer	March 10, 1990 (1990-03-10)
102	24	"Consider Me Gone"	Nick Havinga	Story by : Ian Praiser Teleplay by : Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, Stephen Sustaric & Victor Fresco	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)

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[2] Tied with Hunter

[3] Tied with The Wonder Years

[4] Tied with Monday Night Football

[6] Tied with Family Matters and Jake and the Fatman^[2]

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List of ALF episodes

Contents

Series overview[]

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1986–87)[]

Season 2 (1987–88)[]

Season 3 (1988–89)[]

Season 4 (1989–90)[]

See also[]

References[]