The WORST episodes of ALF

Every episode of ALF ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of ALF!

The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he misses his home planet, there's a lot to be said for Earth: the Tanners are willing to concede anything as long as he doesn't announce his presence. Oh yeah, the Tanners also have a cat, which looks rather tasty...

Last Updated: 9/19/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Tonight, Tonight (2)
star
6.23
179 votes

#1 - Tonight, Tonight (2)

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1988

Tonight, Tonight (1)
star
6.33
233 votes

#2 - Tonight, Tonight (1)

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1988

ALF hosts "The Tonight Show", with Ed McMahon.

Consider Me Gone
star
6.69
388 votes

#3 - Consider Me Gone

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1990

It's a sad day in the Tanner household as ALF announces he's leaving Earth to settle on another planet with Skip and Rhonda, but ALF is captured by the Alien Task Force before he can get to their spaceship.

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Oh, Pretty Woman
star
7.23
328 votes

#4 - 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.

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Hail to the Chief
star
7.30
322 votes

#5 - Hail to the Chief

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1987

Kate dreams that she and ALF are rival presidential candidates.

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Movin' Out
star
7.31
276 votes

#6 - Movin' Out

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1988

Willie has problems trying to sell the house because ALF keeps scaring off potential buyers with phony ghosts.

Directors: Nick Havinga
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Standing in the Shadows of Love
star
7.35
329 votes

#7 - Standing in the Shadows of Love

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1989

ALF ghostwrites Jake's love letters.

Directors: Nick Havinga
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Like an Old Time Movie
star
7.39
229 votes

#8 - Like an Old Time Movie

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/17/1989

ALF imagines in black and white that he and the Tanners are silent-movie stars.

Directors: Nick Havinga
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Somewhere Over the Rerun (aka The Ballad of Gilligan's Island)
star
7.40
362 votes

#9 - Somewhere Over the Rerun (aka 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.

Directors: Nick Havinga
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I'm Your Puppet
star
7.41
333 votes

#10 - I'm Your Puppet

Season 2 - Episode 23 - 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.

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Take a Look at Me Now
star
7.41
462 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Steve Pepoon
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Isn't It Romantic?
star
7.44
325 votes

#12 - Isn't It Romantic?

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1987

ALF and the Tanner kids give Willie and Kate a second honeymoon.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
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A Little Bit of Soap
star
7.45
346 votes

#13 - A Little Bit of Soap

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1987

ALF submits scripts to his favorite soap opera.

Directors: Tom Patchett
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Mother and Child Reunion
star
7.46
356 votes

#14 - Mother and Child Reunion

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1987

ALF heads for the garage when Kate's mother pays a visit.

Directors: Tom Patchett
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Try to Remember (1)
star
7.47
346 votes

#15 - Try to Remember (1)

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1987

ALF hits his head and is convinced he is an insurance salesman. The Tanners try reviewing past events to try and jog his memory.

Directors: Tom Patchett
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It's Not Easy Being Green
star
7.47
332 votes

#16 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/1987

ALF comes to Brian's aid when the boy has to play an asparagus in the school play.

Directors: Peter Bonerz
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Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
star
7.48
312 votes

#17 - Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1990

ALF considers the future with the Tanners, who will age faster than the ageless alien.

Directors: Nick Havinga
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Night Train
star
7.49
325 votes

#18 - Night Train

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1987

Willie and ALF hop on board a freight train in search of adventure.

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
star
7.51
303 votes

#19 - We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1988

ALF moves in with his blind friend, Jody, and learns some important lessons about life without sight.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
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Gimme That Old Time Religion
star
7.53
335 votes

#20 - Gimme That Old Time Religion

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1990

As a newly ordained Melmacian minister, ALF must officiate a ceremony on Earth.

Directors: Paul Fusco
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ALF's Special Christmas (1)
star
7.54
326 votes

#21 - ALF's Special Christmas (1)

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.

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Jump
star
7.55
391 votes

#22 - Jump

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1986

On his 45th birthday, Willie feels unfulfilled, so ALF suggests he go skydiving.

Directors: Peter Bonerz
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We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert
star
7.55
308 votes

#23 - We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1988

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

Directors: Nick Havinga
Writer: Paul Fusco
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Wedding Bell Blues
star
7.58
395 votes

#24 - 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.

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Oh, Tannerbaum
star
7.60
417 votes

#25 - Oh, Tannerbaum

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1986

It's Christmas time. Unfortunately ALF chops the Christmas tree into firewood before anyone notices. The Tanners then have two tasks: to teach ALF all about Christmas and find a new Christmas tree.

Directors: Rick Gough
Writer: Donald Todd
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