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Season 1

Season 1

1978
25 Episodes

This is a list of episodes from the first season of Mork & Mindy.

Episodes

Pilot (1)
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1. Pilot (1)

Sep 14, 1978
30 min
5.5

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.

Pilot (2)
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2. Pilot (2)

Sep 14, 1978
30 min

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.

Mork Moves In
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3. Mork Moves In

Sep 21, 1978
30 min
8.0

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.

Mork Runs Away
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4. Mork Runs Away

Sep 28, 1978
30 min
7.0

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'.

Mork in Love
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5. Mork in Love

Oct 5, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork's Seduction
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6. Mork's Seduction

Oct 12, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork Goes Public
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7. Mork Goes Public

Oct 19, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

To Tell the Truth
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8. To Tell the Truth

Nov 2, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork the Gullible
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9. Mork the Gullible

Nov 9, 1978
30 min
7.0

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

A Mommy for Morky
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10. A Mommy for Morky

Nov 16, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork's Greatest Hits
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11. Mork's Greatest Hits

Nov 23, 1978
30 min
7.0

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

Old Fears
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12. Old Fears

Nov 30, 1978
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork's First Christmas
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13. Mork's First Christmas

Dec 14, 1978
30 min
7.0

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

Mork and the Immigrant
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14. Mork and the Immigrant

Jan 11, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Mork the Tolerant
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15. Mork the Tolerant

Jan 18, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Young Love
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16. Young Love

Jan 25, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head
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17. Sky Flakes Keep Falling on My Head

Feb 1, 1979
30 min
7.0

Mork and Mindy vacation in a cabin in the woods.

Mork Goes Erk
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18. Mork Goes Erk

Feb 8, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
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19. Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Feb 15, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Mork's Mixed Emotions
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20. Mork's Mixed Emotions

Feb 22, 1979
30 min
8.0

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

Mork's Night Out
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21. Mork's Night Out

Mar 8, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

In Mork We Trust
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22. In Mork We Trust

Mar 15, 1979
30 min
7.0

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

Mork Runs Down
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23. Mork Runs Down

Apr 12, 1979
30 min
7.0

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'.

It's a Wonderful Mork
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24. It's a Wonderful Mork

May 3, 1979
30 min
7.0

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.

Mork's Best Friend
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25. Mork's Best Friend

May 10, 1979
30 min
7.0

Mork gets a pet caterpillar which he names Bob.