- 7.8/10356 votes7.8/10(356)
#1 - Working My Way Back to You
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/21/1987
ALF is relocated to the family garage as a result of his mischievous behavior.
Director: Nick Havinga
Writer: Steve Pepoon
- 7.3/10373 votes7.3/10(373)
#2 - The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/28/1987
ALF dreams he visits "Gilligan's Island", with castaways Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor and Mary Ann.
Director: Nick Havinga
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
- 7.8/10323 votes7.8/10(323)
#3 - Take a Look at Me Now
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 10/5/1987
Mrs. Ochmonek thinks she's gone crazy when she spots ALF in the backyard.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Steve Pepoon
- 7.2/10312 votes7.2/10(312)
#4 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 10/12/1987
ALF joins a monastery after learning that his parents were married before he was born -- a disgrace on the planet Melmac.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Lisa A. Bannick
- 7.4/10329 votes7.4/10(329)
#5 - Prime Time
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 10/19/1987
The Tanners become a TV-ratings family and ALF decides to rig the system so that his favorite program becomes a hit.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Lisa A. Bannick
- 7.8/10364 votes7.8/10(364)
#6 - Some Enchanted Evening
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 10/26/1987
ALF becomes the star attraction at the Tanners' Halloween party.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Seth Weisbord
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- 7.2/10312 votes7.2/10(312)
#7 - Oh, Pretty Woman
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 11/2/1987
ALF helps Lynn boost her self-confidence by enrolling her in a beauty pageant.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Alicia Marie Schudt
- 7.6/10314 votes7.6/10(314)
#8 - Something's Wrong with Me
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 11/9/1987
ALF gets a severe case of hiccups after being excluded from Dorothy and Whizzer's wedding party.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Steve Pepoon
- 7.7/10324 votes7.7/10(324)
#9 - Night Train
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 11/16/1987
Willie and ALF hop on board a freight train in search of adventure.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.4/10302 votes7.4/10(302)
#10 - Isn't It Romantic?
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 11/23/1987
ALF and the Tanner kids give Willie and Kate a second honeymoon.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Seth Weisbord
- 7.0/10302 votes7.0/10(302)
#11 - Hail to the Chief
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 12/7/1987
Kate dreams that she and ALF are rival presidential candidates.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Lisa A. Bannick
- 8.3/10596 votes8.3/10(596)
#12 - ALF's Special Christmas
Season 2 Episode 12
Aired 12/14/1987
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.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Steven Hollander
- 8.3/10501 votes8.3/10(501)
#13 - The Boy Next Door
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 1/4/1988
ALF befriends the Ochmoneks' belligerent nephew, Jake.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss
- 7.4/10304 votes7.4/10(304)
#14 - Can I Get a Witness?
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 1/11/1988
ALF demands a fair trial after being accused of throwing a football through the Ochmoneks' window.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Nelson Costello
- 7.5/10304 votes7.5/10(304)
#15 - We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert
Season 2 Episode 15
Aired 1/25/1988
- 7.5/10311 votes7.5/10(311)
#16 - Someone to Watch Over Me (1)
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 2/8/1988
ALF lends a hand with the neighborhood block patrol and ends up confronting a prowler in the Ochmoneks' house.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Wendy Graf, Lisa Stotsky
- 7.6/10310 votes7.6/10(310)
#17 - Someone to Watch Over Me (2)
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/15/1988
It's up to Willie to save ALF from the SWAT team surrounding the Ochomonek house, in which ALF had been chasing a prowler.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Wendy Graf, Lisa Stotsky
- 7.7/10302 votes7.7/10(302)
#18 - We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/22/1988
ALF moves in with his blind friend, Jody, and learns some important lessons about life without sight.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Marjorie Gross
- 7.1/10286 votes7.1/10(286)
#19 - You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 2/29/1988
ALF, jealous of the attention a stray dog is getting, gives the pooch to a mean old woman who claims to be the owner.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
- 7.2/10296 votes7.2/10(296)
#20 - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 3/7/1988
Willie abandons his belief in pacifism after meeting the hostile father of the bully who's been pushing Brian around.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Kevin Abbott
- 7.4/10295 votes7.4/10(295)
#21 - Movin' Out
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 3/14/1988
Willie has problems trying to sell the house because ALF keeps scaring off potential buyers with phony ghosts.
Director: Tony Csiki, Nick Havinga
Writer: Alicia Marie Schudt
- 7.4/10292 votes7.4/10(292)
#22 - I'm Your Puppet
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 3/21/1988
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.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss
- 7.4/10307 votes7.4/10(307)
#23 - Tequila
Season 2 Episode 23
Aired 3/28/1988
Kate's friend, a known drinker, sees ALF in the kitchen and thinks she's hallucinating.
Director: Nick Havinga
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10310 votes7.7/10(310)
#24 - We Are Family
Season 2 Episode 24
Aired 5/2/1988
ALF fantasizes that he reveals his existence to the world and serves as substitute host on David Letterman's show.
Director: Nick Havinga
Writer: Steve Pepoon
- 7.4/10302 votes7.4/10(302)
#25 - Varsity Drag
Season 2 Episode 25
Aired 5/9/1988
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.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Lisa A. Bannick
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Genres:FamilyComedyDrama
Network:NBC
Episodes
25
Avg. Rating
7.5
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.8
7.3
7.8
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Working My Way Back to You" is the best rated episode of "ALF" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 356 votes. Directed by Nick Havinga and written by Steve Pepoon, it aired on 9/21/1987. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island".