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The Best Episodes of ALF

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The Best Episodes of ALF

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

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  1. Background image for ALF's Special Christmas
    8.3/10(615 votes)

    #1 - ALF's Special Christmas

    S2:E12

    ALF and the Tanners prepare to spend Christmas in a cabin. When the owner comes to visit them, ALF accidently jumps into his trunk and he is taken to a hospital and given away as a Christmas gift to a little girl.

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  2. Background image for The Boy Next Door
    8.3/10(520 votes)

    #2 - The Boy Next Door

    S2:E13

    ALF befriends the Ochmoneks' belligerent nephew, Jake.

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  3. Background image for Working My Way Back to You
    7.8/10(369 votes)

    #3 - Working My Way Back to You

    S2:E1

    ALF is relocated to the family garage as a result of his mischievous behavior.

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    Director:Nick Havinga
  4. Background image for Take a Look at Me Now
    7.8/10(333 votes)

    #4 - Take a Look at Me Now

    S2:E3

    Mrs. Ochmonek thinks she's gone crazy when she spots ALF in the backyard.

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  5. Background image for Some Enchanted Evening
    7.8/10(375 votes)

    #5 - Some Enchanted Evening

    S2:E6

    ALF becomes the star attraction at the Tanners' Halloween party.

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  6. Background image for Night Train
    7.7/10(338 votes)

    #6 - Night Train

    S2:E9

    Willie and ALF hop on board a freight train in search of adventure.

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  8. Background image for We Gotta Get Out of This Place
    7.7/10(313 votes)

    #7 - We Gotta Get Out of This Place

    S2:E18

    ALF moves in with his blind friend, Jody, and learns some important lessons about life without sight.

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  9. Background image for We Are Family
    7.7/10(323 votes)

    #8 - We Are Family

    S2:E24

    ALF fantasizes that he reveals his existence to the world and serves as substitute host on David Letterman's show.

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    Director:Nick Havinga
  10. Background image for Something's Wrong with Me
    7.6/10(326 votes)

    #9 - Something's Wrong with Me

    S2:E8

    ALF gets a severe case of hiccups after being excluded from Dorothy and Whizzer's wedding party.

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  11. Background image for Someone to Watch Over Me (2)
    7.6/10(321 votes)

    #10 - Someone to Watch Over Me (2)

    S2:E17

    It's up to Willie to save ALF from the SWAT team surrounding the Ochomonek house, in which ALF had been chasing a prowler.

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  12. Background image for We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert
    7.5/10(314 votes)

    #11 - We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

    S2:E15

    ALF believes that he scared Willie's uncle to death.

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    Director:Nick Havinga
    Writer:Paul Fusco
  13. Background image for Someone to Watch Over Me (1)
    7.5/10(320 votes)

    #12 - Someone to Watch Over Me (1)

    S2:E16

    ALF lends a hand with the neighborhood block patrol and ends up confronting a prowler in the Ochmoneks' house.

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    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #13 - A.L.F.

    S1:E1

    Gordon Shumway, last known survivor from the planet Melmac, crash-lands his spaceship into the Tanner family's suburban garage. Willie dubs him "ALF", short for Alien Life Form. After convincing a military officer that they are not harboring a space creature, the Tanners decide to take ALF in as a member of the family.

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    Director:Tom Patchett
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    7.4/10(339 votes)

    #14 - Prime Time

    S2:E5

    The Tanners become a TV-ratings family and ALF decides to rig the system so that his favorite program becomes a hit.

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  16. Background image for Isn't It Romantic?
    7.4/10(314 votes)

    #15 - Isn't It Romantic?

    S2:E10

    ALF and the Tanner kids give Willie and Kate a second honeymoon.

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  17. Background image for Can I Get a Witness?
    7.4/10(314 votes)

    #16 - Can I Get a Witness?

    S2:E14

    ALF demands a fair trial after being accused of throwing a football through the Ochmoneks' window.

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  18. Background image for Movin' Out
    7.4/10(305 votes)

    #17 - Movin' Out

    S2:E21

    Willie has problems trying to sell the house because ALF keeps scaring off potential buyers with phony ghosts.

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  19. Background image for I'm Your Puppet
    7.4/10(302 votes)

    #18 - I'm Your Puppet

    S2:E22

    ALF's mail-order ventriloquist's dummy takes on a life of its own, and it takes a visit from a psychiatrist to cure him.

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  20. Background image for Tequila
    7.4/10(320 votes)

    #19 - Tequila

    S2:E23

    Kate's friend, a known drinker, sees ALF in the kitchen and thinks she's hallucinating.

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    Director:Nick Havinga
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Varsity Drag
    7.4/10(310 votes)

    #20 - Varsity Drag

    S2:E25

    ALF takes a job as a paper carrier when he learns that the cost of his upkeep is preventing Lynn from attending her first-choice college.

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  22. Background image for The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
    7.3/10(385 votes)

    #21 - The Ballad of Gilligan's Island

    S2:E2

    ALF dreams he visits "Gilligan's Island", with castaways Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor and Mary Ann.

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  23. Background image for Wedding Bell Blues
    7.2/10(322 votes)

    #22 - Wedding Bell Blues

    S2:E4

    ALF joins a monastery after learning that his parents were married before he was born -- a disgrace on the planet Melmac.

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  24. Background image for Oh, Pretty Woman
    7.2/10(321 votes)

    #23 - Oh, Pretty Woman

    S2:E7

    ALF helps Lynn boost her self-confidence by enrolling her in a beauty pageant.

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  25. Background image for Hit Me with Your Best Shot
    7.2/10(306 votes)

    #24 - Hit Me with Your Best Shot

    S2:E20

    Willie abandons his belief in pacifism after meeting the hostile father of the bully who's been pushing Brian around.

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  26. Background image for Strangers in the Night
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Strangers in the Night

    S1:E2

    ALF decides to have some fun while a nervous Mrs. Ochmonek baby-sits Brian.

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Best Episodes Summary

"ALF's Special Christmas" is the best rated episode of "ALF". It scored 8.3/10 based on 615 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by Steven Hollander, it aired on 12/14/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Boy Next Door".