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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!

A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:ABC
Episodes
25
Avg. Rating
7.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.6
7.3
7.4

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "Mork & Mindy" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 270 votes. Directed by Howard Storm and written by Dale McRaven, it aired on 9/14/1978. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".

  • Pilot (1)
    7.6/10(270)

    #1 - Pilot (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/14/1978

    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

  • Pilot (2)
    7.3/10(209)

    #2 - Pilot (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/14/1978

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork Moves In
    7.4/10(169)

    #3 - Mork Moves In

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 9/21/1978

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork Runs Away
    7.3/10(170)

    #4 - Mork Runs Away

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 9/28/1978

    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

  • Mork in Love
    7.5/10(166)

    #5 - Mork in Love

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/5/1978

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork's Seduction
    7.6/10(168)

    #6 - Mork's Seduction

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/12/1978

    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

  • Mork Goes Public
    7.4/10(145)

    #7 - Mork Goes Public

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 10/19/1978

    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

  • To Tell the Truth
    7.7/10(156)

    #8 - To Tell the Truth

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/2/1978

    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

  • Mork the Gullible
    7.3/10(156)

    #9 - Mork the Gullible

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/9/1978

    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

  • A Mommy for Morky
    7.5/10(151)

    #10 - A Mommy for Morky

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/16/1978

    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

  • Mork's Greatest Hits
    7.6/10(145)

    #11 - Mork's Greatest Hits

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 11/23/1978

    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

  • Old Fears
    7.6/10(179)

    #12 - Old Fears

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 11/30/1978

    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: N/A

    Writer: April Kelly

  • Mork's First Christmas
    7.3/10(151)

    #13 - Mork's First Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/14/1978

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork and the Immigrant
    7.3/10(140)

    #14 - Mork and the Immigrant

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/11/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork the Tolerant
    7.2/10(151)

    #15 - Mork the Tolerant

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/18/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Young Love
    7.5/10(135)

    #16 - Young Love

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/25/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head
    7.3/10(160)

    #17 - Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/1/1979

    Mork and Mindy vacation in a cabin in the woods.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork Goes Erk
    7.3/10(135)

    #18 - Mork Goes Erk

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/8/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Yes Sir, That's My Baby
    7.7/10(166)

    #19 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/15/1979

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

    Director: Meredith M. Nicholson

    Writer: April Kelly

  • Mork's Mixed Emotions
    7.2/10(136)

    #20 - Mork's Mixed Emotions

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/22/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork's Night Out
    7.2/10(130)

    #21 - Mork's Night Out

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 3/8/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In Mork We Trust
    7.1/10(133)

    #22 - In Mork We Trust

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 3/15/1979

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork Runs Down
    7.6/10(146)

    #23 - Mork Runs Down

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 4/12/1979

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's a Wonderful Mork
    7.3/10(137)

    #24 - It's a Wonderful Mork

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 5/3/1979

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mork's Best Friend
    7.0/10(1)

    #25 - Mork's Best Friend

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 5/10/1979

    Mork gets a pet caterpillar which he names Bob.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A