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The Best Episodes of ALF Season 2

Every episode of ALF Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of ALF Season 2!

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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".

  • Working My Way Back to You
    7.8/10(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

  • The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
    7.3/10(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

  • Take a Look at Me Now
    7.8/10(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

  • Wedding Bell Blues
    7.2/10(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

  • Prime Time
    7.4/10(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

  • Some Enchanted Evening
    7.8/10(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

  • Oh, Pretty Woman
    7.2/10(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

  • Something's Wrong with Me
    7.6/10(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

  • Night Train
    7.7/10(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

  • Isn't It Romantic?
    7.4/10(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

  • Hail to the Chief
    7.0/10(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

  • ALF's Special Christmas
    8.3/10(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

  • The Boy Next Door
    8.3/10(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

  • Can I Get a Witness?
    7.4/10(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

  • We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert
    7.5/10(304)

    #15 - We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/25/1988

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

    Director: Nick Havinga

    Writer: Paul Fusco

  • Someone to Watch Over Me (1)
    7.5/10(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

  • Someone to Watch Over Me (2)
    7.6/10(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

  • We Gotta Get Out of This Place
    7.7/10(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

  • You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
    7.1/10(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

  • Hit Me with Your Best Shot
    7.2/10(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

  • Movin' Out
    7.4/10(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

  • I'm Your Puppet
    7.4/10(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

  • Tequila
    7.4/10(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

  • We Are Family
    7.7/10(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

  • Varsity Drag
    7.4/10(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