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The Best Episodes of Mork & Mindy Season 1

Every episode of Mork & Mindy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mork & Mindy Season 1!

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A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot (1)
    6.0/10(304 votes)

    #1 - Pilot (1)

    S1:E1

    Mork's boss, Orson, assigns Mork to study the planet Earth and, shortly after landing in the woods near Boulder, Colorado, he meets Mindy McConnell. Back at Mindy's apartment, she discovers that Mork is an alien, and offers to help him study Earth. In a flashback sequence, Mork tells Mindy about a previous visit to Earth when Fonzie arranged a date for him with Laverne.

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writer:Dale McRaven

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  2. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot (2)
    0.0/10(244 votes)

    #2 - Pilot (2)

    S1:E2

    Mork continues his story about his date with Laverne. When Mindy's father, Fred, discovers that Mork had moved in with Mindy, Deputy Tilwick offers to scare Mork off. Tilwick believes Mork is insane and tries to have him committed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 3 - Mork Moves In
    8.5/10(197 votes)

    #3 - Mork Moves In

    S1:E3

    After constant hounding from Fred, Mork agrees to move out of Mindy's apartment. But Mork's plans are complicated when he becomes drunk on ginger ale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 4 - Mork Runs Away
    7.5/10(196 votes)

    #4 - Mork Runs Away

    S1:E4

    Realizing that his living with Mindy is making it difficult for her to date, Mork decides to move out. While looking for a flop house, he stumbles upon Exidor, the delusional leader (and only tangible member) of 'The Friends of Venus'.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:April Kelly

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  5. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 5 - Mork in Love
    7.5/10(188 votes)

    #5 - Mork in Love

    S1:E5

    When Mindy tells Mork that he has to experience love in order to understand the human experience, he takes her advice and falls head over heels for the lovely Dolly, oblivious to the fact that she's a mannequin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 6 - Mork's Seduction
    7.0/10(192 votes)

    #6 - Mork's Seduction

    S1:E6

    A new customer at the music store turns out to be Mindy's old rival, Susan, who promptly sets her sights on Mork, as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school.

    Director:Harvey Medlinsky
    Writer:Neil Lebowitz

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  7. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 7 - Mork Goes Public
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    #7 - Mork Goes Public

    S1:E7

    Mork has a run in with Clint Mullet, a reporter for a tabloid that is offering $25,000 for proof of alien life. After Fred saves Mork's life, Mork decides to turn himself in to pay for Fred's plumbing bills and Mindy's college tuition.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:April Kelly

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  8. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 8 - To Tell the Truth
    7.5/10(177 votes)

    #8 - To Tell the Truth

    S1:E8

    When Mork tricks Mindy into believing that he can predict the weather, Mindy tells him that he should never lie. The music store's despicable landlord, Arnold Wanker, dies while trying to evict Fred from the music store. Mork, hearing the family try to comfort his widow, assumes that that Wanker is their friend, and brings him back from the dead.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:April Kelly

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  9. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 9 - Mork the Gullible
    8.0/10(174 votes)

    #9 - Mork the Gullible

    S1:E9

    Mork is jailed for freeing an escaped convict who's captured at the music store. Exidor begins worshiping O.J. Simpson.

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writer:Neil Lebowitz

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  10. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 10 - A Mommy for Morky
    6.5/10(169 votes)

    #10 - A Mommy for Morky

    S1:E10

    When Mindy is reunited with her ex-fiance, she wonders what it would be like to raise a family, while Mork wonders what it would have been like to have had a mother. Mork kills two birds with one stone by using his Orkan Age Machine to regress himself to 5 years old.

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writer:Tom Tenowich

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  11. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 11 - Mork's Greatest Hits
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    #11 - Mork's Greatest Hits

    S1:E11

    Mork meets a bully who wants to dance with Mindy but Mork is opposed to violence. Humility is Mork's weapon.

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writer:David Misch

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  12. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 12 - Old Fears
    7.5/10(200 votes)

    #12 - Old Fears

    S1:E12

    Happiness and loneliness haunts us all. Mork activates his time machine to age himself to be a companion to Mindy's grandmother after she feels all her friends have passed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:April Kelly

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  13. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 13 - Mork's First Christmas
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #13 - Mork's First Christmas

    S1:E13

    Mork learns about Christmas, and his thoughtful gifts are unforgettable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 14 - Mork and the Immigrant
    7.0/10(157 votes)

    #14 - Mork and the Immigrant

    S1:E14

    Mork meets an Immigrant from Russia and Mindy teaches Mork about democracy. An illegal alien has a new meaning for Mork.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 15 - Mork the Tolerant
    7.0/10(169 votes)

    #15 - Mork the Tolerant

    S1:E15

    Mork and Mindy get a new neighbor and invite him to dinner, where Mork cooks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 16 - Young Love
    7.0/10(151 votes)

    #16 - Young Love

    S1:E16

    Mork performs a wedding ceremony to marry his friend Eugene and his girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 17 - Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head
    7.5/10(180 votes)

    #17 - Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head

    S1:E17

    Mork and Mindy vacation in a cabin in the woods.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 18 - Mork Goes Erk
    7.3/10(152 votes)

    #18 - Mork Goes Erk

    S1:E18

    Mork tells Mindy that he's been transferred to another planet and will be leaving in a few days.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 19 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
    7.5/10(183 votes)

    #19 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    S1:E19

    Mork wants to know more about where babies come from. A man offers to sell him one.

    Director:Meredith M. Nicholson
    Writer:April Kelly

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  20. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 20 - Mork's Mixed Emotions
    8.5/10(154 votes)

    #20 - Mork's Mixed Emotions

    S1:E20

    A kiss from Mindy brings out Mork's suppressed emotions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 21 - Mork's Night Out
    7.5/10(145 votes)

    #21 - Mork's Night Out

    S1:E21

    When Mindy goes away for the weekend, Mork and Mr. Bickley go for a night out at a singles bar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 22 - In Mork We Trust
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #22 - In Mork We Trust

    S1:E22

    When Mr. Bickley steals Mork's age machine, he unknowingly causes Mork's age to change from that of a baby to middle aged.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 23 - Mork Runs Down
    7.0/10(162 votes)

    #23 - Mork Runs Down

    S1:E23

    Mork's attempt to find a new job is complicated by his 'birthday', a potentially fatal condition that causes him to behave stranger than usual unless he recharges himself with his egg-like 'gleek'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 24 - It's a Wonderful Mork
    8.0/10(152 votes)

    #24 - It's a Wonderful Mork

    S1:E24

    When Mork inadvertantly costs Mindy a potential job, he decides to return to Ork. Orson then shows him what would have happened to Mindy over the last year had Mork not been there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 25 - Mork's Best Friend
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Mork's Best Friend

    S1:E25

    Mork gets a pet caterpillar which he names Bob.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "Mork & Mindy" season 1. It scored 6/10 based on 304 votes. Directed by Howard Storm and written by Dale McRaven, it aired on 9/14/1978. This episode is rated 6.0 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".