ALF

The Tanner family is having an ordinary life until late that night a UFO crashes into their garage, leaving them with a being from another world.

Alien life form Gordon Shumway crash lands into the garage of the Tanner family. The Tanners call him "ALF" decide to keep his presence a secret so that the U.S. Government will not take away the space being and subject him to experiments.

When everyone is leaving the house for the night except Brian and ALF, Kate doesn't want ALF to babysit him, so they ask Mrs. Ochmonek to babysit. When Mrs. Ochmonek starts to watch Psycho (1960), ALF tries to sneak out of the bedroom.

Lucky is missing and the evidence suggests that ALF ate Lucky, although he claims to be innocent.

ALF, having lost his planet in an explosion, becomes very concerned about earth's nuclear proliferation. He uses Willie's short wave radio to contact the President aboard Air Force One - to the great displeasure of the FBI.

ALF is insulted that the Tanners consider him a parasite. He tries to make money to be less of a burden on the family, but puts Willie's credit card over the limit purchasing "Terry Faith Cosmetics" to sell at a house party.

Alf becomes the friend of a lonely blind woman.

To cheer up the sad ALF, Brian and Willie start broadcasting a message into space - and are very surprised when old friends of ALF answer them and offer to pick up ALF.

ALF develops a crush on Lynn and starts to sabotage the dates with her boyfriend Scott while trying to come up with something to impress her.

When ALF finds an old bucket list of Kate and Willie, Willie starts to have second thoughts about the things he did not do in life - he decides to do a parachute jump he always wanted to dare.

ALF buys a car for Lynn after the family car continues to be unreliable.

Leaving ALF alone is a recipe for disaster so the family takes him along in the RV. The weather turns stormy and ALF gets bored sitting in the RV and starts complaining. Willie goes mental and kicks out ALF. In defiance, ALF wanders off.

It's Christmas time. 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 as well.

Kate's mother arrives for a surprise visit that forces the Tanners to lock ALF in the garage. The problem is that ALF just can't stand being not allowed to roam around in the house, so he just has to do something.

Dorothy thinks ALF's favorite TV soap opera is sleaze, and shows him her favorite which ALF thinks is boring. Angered, ALF argues that he could write a better script than the writers. So ALF actually writes a script and sends it in.

ALF plays matchmaker with Dorothy and her new boyfriend Whizzer.

ALF bumps his head and loses his memory. All he knows is that his name is Wayne Schlagel and that he's an insurance agent. The Tanners try to make ALF remember who he really is.

ALF still believes that his name is insurance agent Wayne Schlagel and has also called the police to the Tanners. The Tanners have only a short while, so they try to make ALF remember who he really is by telling more stories from the past.

While ALF now is into gardening, Willie has a problem at work: A lost Mexican boy is at his office and Willie is trying to track down his father. When that fails, Willie has no option but to bring the boy home.

ALF enters a phase where his erratic behavior and hunger for cats will, as he says, make him into a lunatic. He wants Willie to build a cage where he can be locked in until the phase is over. But ALF has the great ability to deceive.

Tired of lying to keep ALF a secret to others, Willie goes to see a therapist.

During a power outage, ALF believes that Raquel was murdered by Trevor when he watches them have arguments through their windows.

Willie is making the final changes to Brian's song in the school pageant where the kids dress as vegetables. Unfortunately, Brian forgets the lyrics. ALF, who has been introduced to rap music by Lynn, offers to help.

ALF discovers the alluring world of horse racing thanks to Kate's mom who bets on them. When the concept of a bookie is explained to ALF, he gets the bright idea of getting the Tanners some money through betting.

Brian needs to come up with a project for the Science Carnival. On his own, Brian creates a model of the Solar System. ALF points out that there are inaccuracies and offers to help. He tells Brian that there are two more planets.

An insect from Melmac has an unexpected reaction when exposed to earthly chemicals.

When ALF wins a free weekend at a vacation home, Trevor offers to fly everyone there with his plane. ALF, who doesn't want to pass on the free holiday, smuggles himself aboard as cargo.

ALF breaks Kate's precious $1,000 painting and gets confined in the garage. ALF can't handle a single night there and makes a bargain with Kate: unless he can behave 7 days in the house, ALF has to move into the garage permanently.

ALF has taken a liking to watching Gilligan's Island (1964). He dresses accordingly and has coconut drinks. He's bored at the Tanners' house and takes things one step too far towards Gilligan's Island (1964).

In one of those moments, when ALF lets his mind wander, he unintentionally walks into Mrs. Ochmonek's sight and greets her. Cue Mrs. Ochmonek panicking and deciding to warn the neighborhood about the "space creature".

Lynn is researching the Tanner Family Tree for a school project. Kate suggests ALF do the the Shumway Family Tree, hoping it will occupy him for some time. However, digging the past may not be a good thing.

The Tanners get the chance to participate in a new TV ratings system. With clever arguments, ALF gets Kate to let him use the system. After learning his favorite programs might get canceled, ALF decides to tweak the numbers a bit.

Halloween is approaching and ALF wants to go trick-or-treating. Kate, of course, objects, but ALF persists. He argues that he has a natural costume and tries offering Willie a deal he can't refuse... Lynn presents Lizard to her parents.

ALF learns the concept of Earthly beauty pageant. Since Lynn, having been dumped, is suffering from low self-esteem, ALF enters her in Miss Southland pageant to prove she is pretty and uses the prizes to lure Lynn to participate.

Kate's mother has decided to get married in the Tanners' house. Unfortunately, ALF develops a Melmacian Hiccup, that keeps getting louder and louder, threatening to draw everyone's attention within a 100 meters (give or take).

ALF reminisces his "adventures" on Melmac. Willie reveals that when he was 17, he hopped on trains and crossed the whole country. ALF gets excited about the idea and talks Willie into taking him to the rail yard.

Willie and Kate no longer share activities, because one of them has to always stay at home keeping eye on ALF. ALF concludes that they are about to break up and in order to prevent that, decides to add romance to their life.

ALF is frustrated because he can't vote in the presidential election. He watches a televised debate with Kate and offers his "better" ideas on how to solve the world's problems. This gives Kate some weird nightmares.

The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets lost.

ALF is still in the hospital with Tiffany and Mr. Foley. He convinces Tiffany to help him get back to the Tanners, but changes his mind when he hears about Tiffany's condition.

Mr. Ochmonek's nephew Jake comes to live with the Ochmoneks. The Ochmoneks tell the Tanners that Jake is a problem kid and ask their advice on how to deal with him. ALF can't resist investigating Jake's persona.

When a football shatters the Ochmoneks' picture window, ALF gets the blame and he demands his day in "Tanner Family Court".

A visit from Willie's Uncle Albert surprises the Tanners and causes ALF great distress.

A series of robberies in the neighborhood prompts ALF to want to help with Neighborhood Watch, when Willie is voted block captain.

Neighborhood Watch volunteers quit as the robberies continue. ALF decides to take direct action, causing chaos at the Ochmoneks' house.

Jody loses her apartment when the building becomes a condominium, so ALF tries to help her "adjust" to a new home.

A stray dog makes ALF jealous, so he gives her to the first (and obviously wrong) person who responds to a "found dog" poster.

It's the Tanners who learn a lesson while trying to passively resist a belligerent father and son.

The Tanners may need to sell their house because Willie has been promoted to a supervisory position in San Deigo.

ALF tries ventriloquism. The attitude of his new "friend", Paul the dummy, turns contentious - then things get weird.

ALF assists Kate's alcoholic friend realise that she needs help.

A dejected ALF wants to expose his existence to the world. Willie has an idea to help him through the crisis.

ALF discovers that he is responsible for Lynn not being able to attend Amherst College, and makes another attempt to find employment.

Lynn's date at the drive-in goes well until she discovers ALF hiding in the back of the car.

With the help of his guardian angel, ALF finds out what life would be like for the Tanners if they never met him.

Jake pops by because Raquel and Trevor are fighting. This time she throws him out. Kate offers to let him stay in their house. Trevor soon becomes a nuisance, so ALF decides to solve the problem.

ALF hosts The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) instead of Johnny Carson and exchanges cheerful banter with Ed McMahon while also showing a clip show from previous episodes.

ALF fills in for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), alienating regulars and guests alike. Tommy Newsom and Ed McMahon appear as themselves.

Lynn has barely turned 18 and she's already moved on from boys her own age to - a man of Willie's generation. Lynn is forbidden from seeing this Eddie again. Will she obey her parents?

ALF already ate the Thanksgiving turkey - raw. Willie fails to find a new one, so Raquel invites the Tanners over. A storm arrives as does the neighborhood bum ("a homeless person"), since ALF has been leaving food and clothes for him.

Pete has called the Alien Task Force. He has been told to keep ALF occupied until Sergeant Fox and his men arrive to capture him. Dead or alive. Will Pete sell ALF out after he's talked with him for a while? Will he?

The social workers, which includes Willie, go on a strike that may last a while. Kate decides to take a job in order to bring money into the house. ALF is concerned about the repercussions. Well, about those that will affect him.

When Kate and Willie stop ALF's rummage in the attic, they find Willie's movie of Woodstock and want to watch it. When Willie tells ALF what he was like in college, ALF points out that Willie has turned from an idealist to a sell-out.

ALF reads a tabloid article about a couple in Barstow who live with a space alien, who sounds to ALF like his cousin Blinky. ALF persuades Willie to drive him there and to go investigate the couple. *Big* trouble ensues.

ALF gets interested in magic tricks, so Willie gives his old magic trick set to him. When ALF discovers he is no good at magic tricks even though he has the desire, he naturally concludes that he needs proper magician's tools.

ALF has ordered a non-refundable satellite dish. Willie carpools with a talkative guy Jim, who manipulates Willie into inviting him for dinner. There's more to Jim than meets the eye.

Willie realizes his car repairman is scamming him and decides to do something about it. While Willie refuses to admit that The System Has Failed, ALF and Jake set out on their own to acquire some hard evidence against the conman.

ALF has started to believe in one of the biggest urban legends - that Elvis is alive. When Raquel describes their new neighbor, ALF is convinced the man is Elvis. Since nobody believes ALF, he decides to venture into the man's house.

Now that Kate is pregnant and the focus is on her unborn child, ALF feels neglected. Raquel throws a surprise baby shower, to which Andrea from the neighborhood brings her baby. ALF, meet baby. Baby, meet ALF.

An anonymous caller demands $3,000 from ALF - otherwise he will turn ALF to the authorities. On the second call, the extortionist adds that the Tanners will go to jail for harboring an alien. ALF decides to take action.

Jake has a *huge* crush on a girl called Laura, but freezes every time he tries to approach or contact her. ALF offers to write a letter in Jake's name to Laura. Poor Jake still hasn't learned *not* to enlist ALF to help.

ALF accidentally burns Brian's History book in the oven. He then insists that he's now under a Melmacian curse: 14 years of increasing bad luck. First, the food on the electric stove bursts into flames. Then other things start to happen.

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

ALF wants a pet, so Willie decides to buy him an ant farm. ALF doesn't appreciate his new pets at first, but it will change.

The start date of Brian's first overnight boy scout camp is almost at hand. But he is afraid of the dark. While Willie reminisces about his own boy scout days, ALF decides to help Brian.

Jake stops by to say that his mother is visiting. When she comes to thank the Tanners, Raquel invites her to dinner. But Jake starts acting strangely and ALF decides to find out why.

The Tanners are going to a wedding and ALF is left home alone, Willie having rented him silent movies. ALF gets inspired to write his own silent movie. In which he also stars. He then imagines what it would be like.

ALF experiences his first earthquake (there were no melmacquakes). When he is told that quakes can be a lot bigger, ALF starts to live in fear of the coming of a big one, even though Willie assures him they are prepared.

ALF is preparing himself for the coming of Kate's baby because, in his opinion, Willie isn't prepared enough. Can ALF be persuaded to accept that Dick Van Dyke show is not an educational program that should be followed as an example?

When Kate has to unexpectedly go in to work, she has no choice but to leave ALF in charge of the baby. While babysitting, ALF faces a huge dilemma when he goes outside and finds the baby missing.

ALF is accidentally photographed by a tabloid photographer. ALF sneaks into their van to eat the film while Willie uses his memory of Star Trek episodes to make up extraterrestrial stories, whose credulity actually amazes the paparazzi.

ALF is worried about Willie when a criminal resembling him is profiled on a crime-stopper TV show.

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

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

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

ALF plots the removal of Willie's visiting brother Neal after ALF is made not to leave his attic apartment at any time.

With ALF upset over Willie's brother frequently coming to the house, Willie decides that the best thing to do is finally introduce his brother to ALF.

When the Tanners' cat Lucky dies, ALF decides to answer a giveaway ad in the paper for kittens so that he can eat them, only to find out that he likes having them as pets.

ALF gets upset when his anniversary party is interrupted by Kate's mother who flies in after a fight with her husband.

Following a fight with Willie, ALF decides to move in with Neal. It doesn't take long for him to wear out his welcome.

When ALF gets really sick, Willie and Kate consider taking him to a doctor.

ALF is relegated to the attic when the Tanners throw a luau, the first party they have hosted since ALF's arrival on Earth.

Alf thinks he's a stand-up comedian. NBC offers him a show, he's famous and rich and everybody loves him. In his dream he sends Willie and Kate to the attic, where they usually send him.

When Neal decides to drive to Las Vegas and remarry his ex-wife, ALF sneaks into the back of their car in a effort to try and talk Neal out of it.

ALF develops an interest in art after one of Lynn's professors compliments one of his paintings.

In order to become a minister, ALF must preside over a ceremony. So he suggests that Willie and Kate renew their vows on the 22nd anniversary.

Realizing he will outlive the Tanners, ALF daydreams about the future, after the children have grown up and moved out.

With Willie and Kate going out for the night, ALF sneaks into a retirement home in the hopes of meeting a once-famous actress, whose glory days are far behind her.

ALF and Willie scour Death Valley for buried treasure after discovering an old map. Will ALF succeed in driving Willie insane?

Outraged, ALF writes nasty letters to SENDRAX, a pollution-producing company. Taken with the letter-writing, SENDRAX offers Willie a lucrative job.

Fearing that he might "internally blow up" due to his high calorie consumption, ALF decides to cut meat from his diet. However after a few days, ALF turns into a "wolf" and steals the Tanner's car in an effort to hunt for food.

Lynn and Kate have a disagreement after Lynn floats around the idea of moving in with her boyfriend.

ALF hears from his friends Skip and Rhonda, who have established the colony of New Melmac and invite ALF to live with them. But when the Air Force's Alien Task Force finally capture ALF as he is about to depart Earth, is all hope lost?

ALF dreams of what it would be like if he controlled NBC. When no one else is able to host "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)", ALF steps in to interview guests Margaret Thatcher and former President Ronald Reagan.