"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.
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25 episodes • 1978Avg: 7.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot (1) | Sep 14, 1978 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Pilot (2) | Sep 14, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mork Moves In | Sep 21, 1978 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Mork Runs Away | Sep 28, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Mork in Love | Oct 5, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Mork's Seduction | Oct 12, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Mork Goes Public | Oct 19, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 8 | To Tell the Truth | Nov 2, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Mork the Gullible | Nov 9, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 10 | A Mommy for Morky | Nov 16, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Mork's Greatest Hits | Nov 23, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Old Fears | Nov 30, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Mork's First Christmas | Dec 14, 1978 | 7.0 |
| 14 | Mork and the Immigrant | Jan 11, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Mork the Tolerant | Jan 18, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Young Love | Jan 25, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head | Feb 1, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Mork Goes Erk | Feb 8, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Feb 15, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Mork's Mixed Emotions | Feb 22, 1979 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Mork's Night Out | Mar 8, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 22 | In Mork We Trust | Mar 15, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Mork Runs Down | Apr 12, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 24 | It's a Wonderful Mork | May 3, 1979 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Mork's Best Friend | May 10, 1979 | 7.0 |
26 episodes • 1979Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mork in Wonderland (1) | Sep 16, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mork in Wonderland (2) | Sep 16, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Stark Raving Mork | Sep 23, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mork's Baby Blues | Sep 30, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dr. Morkenstein | Oct 7, 1979 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Mork vs. Mindy | Oct 14, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mork Gets Mindy-itis | Oct 21, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Morkville Horror | Oct 28, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mork's Health Hints | Nov 4, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Dial 'N' for Nelson | Nov 11, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mork vs. The Necrotons (1) | Nov 18, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mork vs. The Necrotons (2) | Nov 18, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hold That Mork | Nov 25, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Exidor Affair | Dec 2, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Mork Syndrome | Dec 9, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Exidor's Wedding | Dec 16, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Mommy for Mindy | Jan 3, 1980 | 7.0 |
| 18 | The Night They Raided Mind-skis | Jan 10, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Mork Learns to See | Jan 17, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mork's Vacation | Jan 24, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Jeanie Loves Mork | Jan 31, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Little Orphan Morkie | Feb 7, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies | Feb 14, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Clerical Error | Feb 28, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Invasion of the Mork Snatchers | Mar 20, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Way Mork Were | May 1, 1980 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1980
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putting the Ork Back in Mork (1) | Nov 13, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Putting the Ork Back in Mork (2) | Nov 13, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mork in Never Never Land | Nov 20, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Dueling Skates | Nov 27, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mork the Prankster | Dec 4, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mork, the Monkey's Uncle | Dec 11, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gunfight at the Mor-Kay Corral | Dec 18, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mork's New Look | Jan 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Alas, Poor Mork, We Knew Him Well | Jan 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mork and the Bum Rap | Jan 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mindy Gets Her Job | Jan 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Twelve Angry Appliances | Feb 5, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 13 | There's a New Mork in Town | Feb 12, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mork Meets Robin Williams | Feb 19, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Mindy, Mindy, Mindy | Feb 26, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mork, the Swinging Single | Mar 12, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mork and Mindy Meet Rick and Ruby | Mar 26, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mork and the Family Reunion | Apr 9, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Old Muggable Mork | Apr 16, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 20 | I Heard It Through the Morkvine | Apr 30, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mindy and Mork | May 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Reflections and Regrets | May 14, 1981 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1981Avg: 5.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limited Engagement (1) | Oct 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Wedding (2) | Oct 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Honeymoon (3) | Oct 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Three the Hard Way | Oct 29, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mama Mork, Papa Mindy | Nov 5, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 6 | My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody | Nov 12, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Long Before We Met... | Nov 19, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Rich Mork, Poor Mork | Nov 26, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Alienation | Dec 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 10 | P.S. 2001 | Dec 17, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Pajama Game II | Jan 7, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Present Tense | Jan 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Metamorphosis- the TV Show | Jan 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Drive, She Said | Feb 4, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 15 | I Don't Remember Mama | Feb 11, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mork, Mindy and Mearth Meet MILT | Feb 18, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Midas Mork | Apr 15, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cheerleaders in Chains | Apr 22, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Gotta Run (1) | May 6, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Gotta Run (2) | May 13, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gotta Run (3) | May 20, 1982 | 5.0 |
| 22 | The Mork Report | May 27, 1982 | 0.0 |