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]

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Season	Episodes	Originally released		Rank	Rating
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released	Rank	Rating
1	25	September 22, 1986 (1986-09-22)	May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11)	#28	16.5^{[note 1]}
2	24	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)	May 9, 1988 (1988-05-09)	#10	18.8^{[note 2]}
3	24	October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03)	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08)	#13	17.7^{[note 3]}
4	24	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)	#39	13.7^{[note 4]}

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Rating/share (households)
1	1	"A.L.F."	Tom Patchett	Tom Patchett	September 22, 1986 (1986-09-22)	1001	15.6/24^[3]
2	2	"Strangers in the Night"	Peter Bonerz	Paul Fusco & Thad Mumford	September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29)	1004	13.8/21^[4]
3	3	"Looking for Lucky"	Peter Bonerz	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06)	1006	15.1/23^[5]
4	4	"Pennsylvania 6-5000"	Peter Bonerz	Donald Todd	October 13, 1986 (1986-10-13)	1003	14.4/21^[6]
5	5	"Keepin' the Faith"	Peter Bonerz	Laurie Gelman	October 20, 1986 (1986-10-20)	1008	15.6/23^[7]
6	6	"For Your Eyes Only"	Peter Bonerz	Mitzi McCall & Adrienne Armstrong	November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03)	1005	15.5/23^[8]
7	7	"Help Me, Rhonda"	Peter Bonerz and Rick Gough	Tom Patchett & Lloyd Garver	November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10)	1010	15.7/23^[9]
8	8	"Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue?"	Tom Patchett	Jerry Stahl	November 17, 1986 (1986-11-17)	1011	21.5/31^[10]
9	9	"Jump"	Peter Bonerz	Gary Markowitz	November 24, 1986 (1986-11-24)	1009	13.8/20^[11]
10	10	"Baby, You Can Drive My Car"	Nancy Heydorn	Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman	December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01)	1013	15.1/22^[12]
11	11	"On the Road Again"	Peter Bonerz	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08)	1002	15.9/24^[13]
12	12	"Oh, Tannerbaum"	Rick Gough	Donald Todd	December 22, 1986 (1986-12-22)	1012	15.4/25^[14]
13	13	"Mother and Child Reunion"	Tom Patchett	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	January 12, 1987 (1987-01-12)	1014	18.1/26^[15]
14	14	"A Little Bit of Soap"	Tom Patchett	Laurie Gelman	January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19)	1015	18.4/25^[16]
15	15	"I've Got a New Attitude"	Nancy Heydorn	Thad Mumford	February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02)	1017	15.1/23^[17]
16	16	"Try to Remember"	Tom Patchett	Laurie Gelman, Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson & Donald Todd	February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09)	1023	17.3/25^[18]
16	16	"Try to Remember"
17	17	"Border Song"	Tom Patchett	Donald Todd	February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16)	1016	18.2/25^[19]
18	18	"Wild Thing"	Nancy Heydorn	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	March 2, 1987 (1987-03-02)	1018	18.3/27^[20]
19	19	"Going Out of My Head Over You"	Nancy Heydorn	Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson	March 16, 1987 (1987-03-16)	1019	17.0/25^[21]
20	20	"Lookin' Through the Windows"	Nancy Heydorn	Bob Bendetson	March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23)	1021	17.2/26^[22]
21	21	"It's Not Easy Bein' Green"	Peter Bonerz	Wendy Graf & Lisa Stotsky	March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30)	1007	18.5/26^[23]
22	22	"The Gambler"	Gary Shimokawa	Thad Mumford & Laurie Gelman	April 6, 1987 (1987-04-06)	1022	17.0/26^[24]
23	23	"Weird Science"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco	April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13)	1020	17.4/28^[25]
24	24	"La Cucaracha"	Peter Baldwin	Jerry Stahl	May 4, 1987 (1987-05-04)	1025	16.4/26^[26]
25	25	"Come Fly With Me"	Peter Baldwin	Nelson Costello	May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11)	1024	14.1/25^[27]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Rating/share (households)
26	1	"Working My Way Back to You"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)	2003	17.9/29^[28]
27	2	"Somewhere Over the Rerun" "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"	Nick Havinga	Scott Spencer Gorden	September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)	2004	20.3/32^[29]
28	3	"Take a Look at Me Now"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)	2006	18.5/30^[30]
29	4	"Wedding Bell Blues"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	October 12, 1987 (1987-10-12)	2010	19.9/31^[31]
30	5	"Prime Time"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	October 19, 1987 (1987-10-19)	2009	17.7/27^[32]
31	6	"Some Enchanted Evening"	Gary Shimokawa	Seth Weisbord	October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26)	2005	18.5/28^[33]
32	7	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Alicia Marie Schudt	November 2, 1987 (1987-11-02)	2001	18.2/27^[34]
33	8	"Something's Wrong With Me"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Pepoon	November 9, 1987 (1987-11-09)	2011	18.9/28^[35]
34	9	"Night Train"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Bob Bendetson	November 16, 1987 (1987-11-16)	2013	19.7/30^[36]
35	10	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Gary Shimokawa	Seth Weisbord	November 23, 1987 (1987-11-23)	2008	18.9/29^[37]
36	11	"Hail to the Chief"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick	December 7, 1987 (1987-12-07)	2014	17.2/26^[38]
37	12	"ALF's Special Christmas"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steven Hollander	December 14, 1987 (1987-12-14)	2040	21.1/31^[39]
37	12	"ALF's Special Christmas"
38	13	"The Boy Next Door"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	January 4, 1988 (1988-01-04)	2015	20.4/29^[40]
39	14	"Can I Get a Witness?"	Gary Shimokawa	Nelson Costello	January 11, 1988 (1988-01-11)	2007	19.8/29^[41]
40	15	"We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert"	Nick Havinga	Paul Fusco	January 25, 1988 (1988-01-25)	2016	17.3/25^[42]
41	16–17	"Someone to Watch Over Me"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa Stotsky & Wendy Graf	February 8, 1988 (1988-02-08)	2019	19.2/28^[43]
41	16–17	"Someone to Watch Over Me"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa Stotsky & Wendy Graf	February 15, 1988 (1988-02-15)	2020	18.6/27^[44]
42	18	"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"	Gary Shimokawa	Marjorie Gross	February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22)	2018	18.2/27^[45]
43	19	"You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog"	Gary Shimokawa	Scott Spencer Gorden	February 29, 1988 (1988-02-29)	2002	20.5/32^[46]
44	20	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"	Gary Shimokawa	Kevin Abbott	March 7, 1988 (1988-03-07)	2021	18.5/29^[47]
45	21	"Movin' Out"	Tony Csiki and Nick Havinga	Alicia Marie Schudt	March 14, 1988 (1988-03-14)	2022	19.1/29^[48]
46	22	"I'm Your Puppet"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	March 21, 1988 (1988-03-21)	2012	19.3/30^[49]
47	23	"Tequila"	Nick Havinga	Story by : Sandy Gillis Teleplay by : Art Everett	March 28, 1988 (1988-03-28)	2023	19.4/30^[50]
48	24	"We Are Family"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	May 2, 1988 (1988-05-02)	2024	15.5/27^[51]
49	25	"Varsity Drag"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa A. Bannick	May 9, 1988 (1988-05-09)	2017	16.3/27^[52]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
50	1	"Stop in the Name of Love"	Nick Havinga	Skip Frank & Gwyn Gurian	October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03)	3001	29.6^[53]	18.3/29^[53]
51	2	"Stairway to Heaven"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Philip Whitehill	October 10, 1988 (1988-10-10)	3005	28.7^[54]	17.6/27^[54]
52	3	"Breaking Up is Hard to Do"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	October 17, 1988 (1988-10-17)	3002	30.2^[55]	18.6/30^[55]
53	4	"Tonight, Tonight"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lisa A. Bannick, Steve Pepoon, Al Jean & Michael Reiss	October 24, 1988 (1988-10-24)	3006	30.2^[56]	18.5/28^[56]
53	4	"Tonight, Tonight"
54	5	"Promises, Promises"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Beverly Archer	October 31, 1988 (1988-10-31)	3004	24.2^[57]	15.1/24^[57]
55	6	"Turkey in the Straw"	Nick Havinga	Tom Patchett & Steve Hollander	November 14, 1988 (1988-11-14)	3008	29.7^[58]	18.0/27^[58] 18.0/27^[58]
55	6	"Turkey in the Straw"	Nick Havinga	Tom Patchett & Steve Hollander	November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)	3008	30.0^[58]	18.0/27^[58] 18.0/27^[58]
56	7	"Changes"	Nick Havinga	Lisa A. Bannick	November 21, 1988 (1988-11-21)	3007	29.9^[59]	18.0/28^[59]
57	8	"My Back Pages"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Ron Burla	November 28, 1988 (1988-11-28)	3012	24.2^[60]	15.6/23^[60]
58	9	"Alone Again, Naturally"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Paul Fusco	December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05)	3013	24.0^[61]	15.5/23^[61]
59	10	"Do You Believe in Magic?"	Tony Csiki	Scott Spencer Gorden	December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12)	3009	30.9^[62]	18.6/28^[62]
60	11	"Hide Away"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Pepoon	January 9, 1989 (1989-01-09)	3014	28.7^[63]	17.6/26^[63]
61	12	"Fight Back"	Nick Havinga	Seth Weisbord	January 16, 1989 (1989-01-16)	3016	30.8^[64]	18.1/27^[64]
62	13	"Suspicious Minds"	Nick Havinga	Al Jean & Michael Reiss	January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23)	3010	34.0^[65]	20.4/30^[65]
63	14	"Baby Love"	Nick Havinga	Lisa A. Bannick	February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06)	3011	38.9^[66]	22.8/32^[66]
64	15	"Running Scared"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13)	3017	30.0^[67]	17.8/27^[67]
65	16	"Standing in the Shadows of Love"	Nick Havinga	David Cohen & Roger S.H. Schulman	February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20)	3015	30.7^[68]	18.4/27^[68]
66	17	"Superstition"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Pepoon	February 27, 1989 (1989-02-27)	3020	29.1^[69]	17.6/26^[69]
67	18	"Torn Between Two Lovers"	Nick Havinga	Beverly Archer	March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06)	3021	34.2^[70]	20.7/30^[70]
68	19	"Funeral for a Friend"	Paul Fusco	Scott Spencer Gorden	March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20)	3023	30.0^[71]	18.0/28^[71]
69	20	"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"	Nick Havinga	Alicia Marie Schudt	March 27, 1989 (1989-03-27)	3022	28.0^[72]	17.1/27^[72]
70	21	"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"	Howard Storm	Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick	April 10, 1989 (1989-04-10)	3026	28.1^[73]	17.6/28^[73]
71	22	"Like an Old Time Movie"	Nick Havinga	Nelson Costello	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)	3003	22.7^[74]	14.7/26^[74]
72	23	"Shake, Rattle and Roll"	Nick Havinga	Ron Burla	May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01)	3018	24.0^[75]	14.5/24^[75]
73	24	"Having My Baby"	Nick Havinga	Lisa A. Bannick	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08)	3019	25.1^[76]	15.7/27^[76]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
74	1	"Baby, Come Back"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)	4002	22.5^[77]
75	2	"Lies"	Paul Miller	Jordan Tabat & Wesley Stern	September 25, 1989 (1989-09-25)	4003	22.4^[78]
76	3	"Wanted: Dead or Alive"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	October 2, 1989 (1989-10-02)	4004	22.3^[79]
77	4	"We're in the Money"	Paul Miller	Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano	October 9, 1989 (1989-10-09)	4001	22.7^[80]
78	5	"Mind Games"	Nick Havinga	Jerry Stahl	October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16)	3024	23.4^[81]
79	6	"Hooked on a Feeling"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23)	4005	22.6^[82]
80	7	"He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick	October 30, 1989 (1989-10-30)	4006	21.4^[83]
81	8	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Paul Fusco	Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick	November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06)	4007	23.9^[84]
82	9	"Live and Let Die"	Tony Csiki	Steve Pepoon	November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13)	4008	24.4^[85]
83	10	"Break Up to Make Up"	Tony Csiki	Anne Meara	November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20)	4009	22.9^[86]
84	11	"Happy Together"	Paul Fusco	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	November 27, 1989 (1989-11-27)	4010	22.6^[87]
85	12	"Fever"	Paul Miller	Bruce David	December 4, 1989 (1989-12-04)	3025	22.7^[88]
86	13	"It's My Party"	Nick Havinga	Steve Pepoon	December 11, 1989 (1989-12-11)	4012	23.2^[89]
87	14	"Make 'Em Laugh"	Nick Havinga	Howard Bendetson	January 8, 1990 (1990-01-08)	4011	23.5^[90]
88	15	"Love on the Rocks"	Nick Havinga	Cecile Alch & Patricia Niedzialek	January 15, 1990 (1990-01-15)	4014	21.7^[91]
89	16	"True Colors"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	January 22, 1990 (1990-01-22)	4015	18.8^[92]
90	17	"Gimme That Old Time Religion"	Paul Fusco	Leslie Ann Podkin	January 29, 1990 (1990-01-29)	4016	20.9^[93]
91	18	"Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05)	4013	20.5^[94]
92	19	"When I'm 64"	Paul Miller	David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12)	4018	29.3^[95]
93	20	"Mr. Sandman"	Paul Miller	Steve Pepoon	February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19)	4019	21.0^[96]
94	21	"Stayin' Alive"	Nick Havinga	Victor Fresco	February 26, 1990 (1990-02-26)	4020	21.9^[97]
95	22	"Hungry Like the Wolf"	Nick Havinga	Paul Fusco	March 3, 1990 (1990-03-03)	4021	17.4^[97]
96	23	"I Gotta Be Me"	Paul Miller	Beverly Archer	March 10, 1990 (1990-03-10)	4017	17.5^[98]
97	24	"Consider Me Gone"	Nick Havinga	Story by : Ian Praiser Teleplay by : Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic & Victor Fresco	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)	4022	21.7^[99]

List of ALF episodes

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1986–87)

Season 2 (1987–88)

Season 3 (1988–89)

Season 4 (1989–90)

See also

References

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