

It's a weird and wonderful world
A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
Garry Marshall
ABC
95
30 min

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.
Sep 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.
Sep 14, 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.
Sep 21, 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'.
Sep 28, 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.
Oct 5, 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.
Oct 12, 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.
Oct 19, 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.
Nov 2, 1978

Mork is jailed for freeing an escaped convict who's captured at the music store. Exidor begins worshiping O.J. Simpson.
Nov 9, 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.
Nov 16, 1978

Mork meets a bully who wants to dance with Mindy but Mork is opposed to violence. Humility is Mork's weapon.
Nov 23, 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.
Nov 30, 1978

Mork learns about Christmas, and his thoughtful gifts are unforgettable.
Dec 14, 1978

Mork meets an Immigrant from Russia and Mindy teaches Mork about democracy. An illegal alien has a new meaning for Mork.
Jan 11, 1979

Mork and Mindy get a new neighbor and invite him to dinner, where Mork cooks.
Jan 18, 1979

Mork performs a wedding ceremony to marry his friend Eugene and his girlfriend.
Jan 25, 1979

Mork and Mindy vacation in a cabin in the woods.
Feb 1, 1979

Mork tells Mindy that he's been transferred to another planet and will be leaving in a few days.
Feb 8, 1979

Mork wants to know more about where babies come from. A man offers to sell him one.
Feb 15, 1979

A kiss from Mindy brings out Mork's suppressed emotions.
Feb 22, 1979

When Mindy goes away for the weekend, Mork and Mr. Bickley go for a night out at a singles bar.
Mar 8, 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.
Mar 15, 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'.
Apr 12, 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.
May 3, 1979

Mork gets a pet caterpillar which he names Bob.
May 10, 1979

Mork

Mindy McConnell

Fred McConnell

Orson (Voice)