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- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF tries ventriloquism. The attitude of his new "friend", Paul the dummy, turns contentious - then things get weird.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonAlf 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.
- DirectorPeter BonerzRick GoughStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonTo 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.
- DirectorPeter BonerzStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonAlf becomes the friend of a lonely blind woman.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonKate'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).
- DirectorTony CsikiStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF 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.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonMr. 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.
- DirectorTom PatchettStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonAlien 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.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonThe 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.
- DirectorTony CsikiStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonWhen 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.
- DirectorNancy HeydornStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF buys a car for Lynn after the family car continues to be unreliable.
- DirectorGary ShimokawaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonAn 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.
- DirectorTom PatchettStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonKate'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.
- DirectorPeter BonerzStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonWhen everyone is leaving the house for the evening except Brian and ALF, Kate doesn't want ALF to babysit Brian, so they ask Mrs. Ochmonek to babysit. When Mrs. Ochmonek starts to watch "Psycho", ALF tries to sneak out of the bedroom.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonJake 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.
- DirectorPaul MillerStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF 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.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF 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).
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF is relegated to the attic when the Tanners throw a luau, the first party they have hosted since ALF's arrival on Earth.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF 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.
- DirectorPaul FuscoStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonBrian 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.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonFearing 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.
- DirectorGary ShimokawaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonWillie 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.
- DirectorPeter BonerzStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF, 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.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonALF 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.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonA visit from Willie's Uncle Albert surprises the Tanners and causes ALF great distress.