The following is an episode list for the ABC sitcom television series Mork & Mindy. The series ran from September 14, 1978 to May 27, 1982 airing 95 episodes.
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| Season | Episodes | Season Premiere |
Season End |
DVD Region 1 release date |
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| 1 | 25 | September 14, 1978 | May 10, 1979 | September 7, 2004 | |
| 2 | 26 | September 16, 1979 | May 1, 1980 | April 17, 2007 | |
| 3 | 22 | November 13, 1980 | May 14, 1981 | November 27, 2007 | |
| 4 | 22 | October 8, 1981 | May 27, 1982 | 2011 | |
Season 1: 1978–1979 |
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| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Summary |
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| 01 | "Pilot (1)" | September 14, 1978 | Mork's boss, Orson, assigns Mork to study the planet Earth. After landing in the woods near Boulder, Colorado, he meets Mindy McConnell who was stranded there by her lecherous boyfriend. 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 Arthur Fonzarelli arranged a date for him with Laverne De Fazio. Special Guest Appearances: Henry Winkler as Fonzie, Penny Marshall as Laverne. |
| 02 | "Pilot (2)" | September 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. |
| 03 | "Mork Moves In" | September 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 (bezurb) on ginger ale. |
| 04 | "Mork Runs Away" | September 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". |
| 05 | "Mork In Love" | October 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 heel for the lovely Dolly, oblivious to the fact that she's a mannequin. |
| 06 | "Mork's Seduction" | October 12, 1978 | A new customer at the music store turns out to be Mindy's old rival, Susan Taylor (played by Morgan Fairchild). Susan sets her sights on Mork, as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school. |
| 07 | "Mork Goes Public" | October 19, 1978 | At the music store, 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. |
| 08 | "To Tell the Truth" | November 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 Wanker is their friend, and brings him back from the dead. |
| 09 | "Mork the Gullible" | November 9, 1978 | Mork learns something about gullibility. |
| 10 | "A Mommy for Morky" | November 16, 1978 | When Mindy is reunited with her ex-fiance, Dan (Barry Van Dyke), 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 3 years old. |
| 11 | "Mork's Greatest Hits" | November 23, 1978 | After Mork rescues Mindy from a man's unwanted advances, the masher starts looking for the alien, who he feels humiliated him. Although Mork has an aversion to violence, he must find a way to deal with his vengeful enemy. |
| 12 | "Old Fears" | November 30, 1978 | When a friend of Cora's passes away, she goes into a funk. When Mork hears she needs more friends her age, he decides to become one. Mork reveals his alien nature to Cora in this episode. |
| 13 | "Mork's First Christmas" | December 14, 1978 | Mork learns about the meaning of Christmas, and helps remind everyone else about it when he invites the obnoxious Susan Taylor to spend Christmas with the McConnell's because she's got no one to celebrate with. |
| 14 | "Mork and the Immigrant" | January 11, 1979 | Mork thinks Russian immigrant Sergei Krushnev is an alien like him, and tries to help welcome him. Trouble ensues when Sergei tells Mork that 'aliens' need to be registered. |
| 15 | "Mork the Tolerant" | January 18, 1979 | Mindy is irritated by her grouchy new neighbor, Mr. Bickley, but Mork is determined to be friends with him. Guest Star: Tom Poston |
| 16 | "Young Love" | January 25, 1979 | Mork performs a wedding ceremony to marry his friend Eugene and his girlfriend, Holly. |
| 17 | "Snowflakes Keep Dancing on my Head" (a.k.a. "Sky Flakes Keep Falling on my Head") | February 1, 1979 | Exidor returns with a plan to become Emperor of Earth, and in return for Mork's help, lets him use his summer home so Mindy can get some R&R. |
| 18 | "Mork Goes Erk" | February 8, 1979 | Mork reveals that Orson has reassigned him to another planet. Meanwhile, Susan Taylor returns, and is trying to get everyone to join ERK, a self-help program called Ellsworth Revitalization Konditioning.
David Letterman guest stars. |
| 19 | "Yes Sir, That's my Baby" | February 15, 1979 | Sally returns with her newborn son, and Mork loves him so much he wants a baby of his own. |
| 20 | "Mork's Mixed Emotions" | February 22, 1979. | When Mindy kisses Mork, it releases his emotions, creating a number of unfortunate results. |
| 21 | "Mork's Night Out" | March 8, 1979 | When Mindy goes away for the weekend, Mork and Mr. Bickley goes to a single bar for a night out. Guest Star: Tom Poston |
| 22 | "In Mork We Trust" | March 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 age. Guest Star: Tom Poston |
| 23 | "Mork Runs Down" | April 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". |
| 24 | "It's a Wonderful Mork" | May 3, 1979 | When Mork inadvertently costs Mindy a potential job, he wishes he had never come to Earth. Orson then shows him what would have happened to Mindy over the last year had he not been there. |
| 25 | "Mork's Best Friend" | May 10, 1979 | Mork brings up a pet caterpillar which he names Bob. |
Season 2: 1979–1980 |
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| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Summary |
| 26 | "Mork in Wonderland (1)" | September 16, 1979 | Mork takes an earthling cold capsule that shrinks his nasal membranes. It turns out though that he is entirely made of membrane, so Mindy helplessly watches Mork shrink to nothing. This is Tom Poston's first episode as a regular. |
| 27 | "Mork in Wonderland (2)" | September 16, 1979 | While shrunk, Mork finds himself in an odd world called Mirth, where humor has been outlawed. |
| 28 | "Stark Raving Mork" | September 23, 1979 | Hearing about 'kissing and making up', Mork starts an argument with Mindy. |
| 29 | "Mork's Baby Blues" | September 30, 1979 | Due to a misunderstanding about Monopoly money, gold-digger Kathy believes Mork is rich and claims she is carrying his child.
Guest Star: Dinah Manoff as Kathy Cumberland |
| 30 | "Dr. Morkenstein" | October 7, 1979 | Working as a security guard in a science museum, Mork befriends a robot named Chuck.
Guest Star: Roddy McDowall as the voice of Chuck the Robot |
| 31 | "Mork vs. Mindy" | October 14, 1979 | After Mork and Mindy are hired as campaign workers by Mindy's cousin, Nelson Flavor, who is running for city councilman, they end up competing for the same job. |
| 32 | "Mork Gets Mindy-itis" | October 21, 1979 | Mork discovers he is allergic to Mindy when he gets uncontrollable fits of laughter (the Orkan equivalent to sneezing) around her. |
| 33 | "A Morkyville Horror" | October 28, 1979 | On Halloween, Mork and Mindy believe the house she grew up in is haunted. |
| 34 | "Mork's Health Hints" | November 4, 1979 | Mindy is scheduled for brain surgery. |
| 35 | "Dial 'N' for Nelson" | November 11, 1979 | When Nelson receives threatening phone calls, Mork and Mindy investigate a shady club. |
| 36 | "Mork vs. The Necrotons (1)" | November 18, 1979 | Mork is captured by a female alien. She uses feminine charms to get information out of Mork's mind. Guest Star: Racquel Welch |
| 37 | "Mork vs. The Necrotons (2)" | November 18, 1979 | Mork and Mindy are trapped by the Necrotons, but Mork uses his slapstick to defeat his enemy. |
| 38 | "Hold That Mork" | November 25, 1979 | Mork becomes a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos, making him pro football's first male cheerleader. |
| 39 | "Exidor Affair" | December 2, 1979 | Exidor wants to propose to a meter maid named Ambrosia and asks Mork for help. |
| 40 | "The Mork Syndrome" | December 9, 1979 | Mork goes on a secret mission for the Air Force. |
| 41 | "Exidor's Wedding" | December 16, 1979 | Exidor's mother shows up and tries to keep her son from getting married. |
| 42 | "A Mommy for Mindy" | January 3, 1980 | When Mindy's dad visits with a younger woman he has just married, Mork is happy, but Mindy is not. Guest Stars: Conrad Janis, Shelley Fabares, Missy Francis |
| 43 | "The Night They Raided Mind-skis" | January 10, 1980 | Mindy is targeted by a bigoted group of fanatics. |
| 44 | "Mork Learns to See" | January 17, 1980 | When Mr. Bickley's blind son comes to visit, Mork learns to see the world differently. |
| 45 | "Mork's Vacation" | January 24, 1980 | Needing a vacation, Mork gets Orson's permission to swap bodies with other aliens. |
| 46 | "Jeanie Loves Mork" | January 31, 1980 | Mindy secretly takes over a lonely hearts column, recognizes a letter from her friend Jeanie, and advises her on finding "Mr. Right". Meanwhile, Mork is also trying to help Jeanie by hanging out with her, walking her home, and trying to be a good friend, not realizing that Jeanie wants to be "more than friends". |
| 47 | "Little Orphan Morkie" | February 7, 1980 | Mork could be deported, unless he marries an American or finds someone to adopt him. |
| 48 | "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies" | February 14, 1980 | Mork recruits his friends to turn the hour devoted to Nelson's 7am, Saturday morning campaign speech into a variety show for kids. |
| 49 | "Clerical Error" | February 28, 1980 | Mork tries to become a priest, dresses up in a black jacket and white collar, and begins advising church parishioners. |
| 50 | "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers" | March 20, 1980 | Mork cannot handle advertising and becomes a "buy-a-holic", causing problems for Mindy. |
| 51 | "The Way Mork Were" | May 1, 1980 | When marital problems plague Mindy's father, he turns to Mork and Mindy for help. A clip show. Guest Star: Conrad Janis |
Season 3: 1980–1981 |
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| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Summary |
| 52 | "Putting the Ork Back in Mork (1)" | November 13, 1980 | Mindy's efforts to make Mork act like a normal earthling backfire, radically changing his personality. Orson sends the most respected Orkan elder to Earth to help Mork regain his Orkan traits. Conrad Janis, returns as a regular. |
| 53 | "Putting the Ork Back in Mork (2)" | November 13, 1980 | The Elder (whose name is actually the sound of "blowing a raspberry") converts the attic to a typical Orkan house, hoping it will help Mork revert to his old Orkan ways. |
| 54 | "Mork in Never Never Land" | November 20, 1980 | Mork discovers that his penpal is living at an insane asylum, and believes that he is Peter Pan. |
| 55 | "Dueling Skates" | November 27, 1980 | To save the daycare center where he works from becoming a parking lot, Mork challenges a champion skater to a Rocky Mountain race. |
| 56 | "Mork the Prankster" | December 4, 1980 | Mindy teaches Mork about practical jokes, but Mork doesn't quite get the hang of pranks. After a disastrous prank, Mindy moves out to live with Glenda Faye for a while. Glenda convinces Mindy to take Mork back. |
| 57 | "Mork, the Monkey's Uncle" | December 11, 1980 | Mork kidnaps a chimp from the zoo, saying he was being treated badly. Exidor investigates at the zoo and learns that the chimp's mother was rushed to the hospital. Mork sneaks in to the zoo and reunites the chimp and its mother. |
| 58 | "Gunfight at the Mork-Kay Corral" | December 18, 1980 | Mork dresses up as his favorite hero, Squellman the Yellow. One boy at the day care idolizes Billy the Kid and starts imitating him in a dangerous game. Mork and Mindy teach him a lesson about violence. |
| 59 | "Mork's New Look" | January 1, 1981 | Mindy's dad wants to get plastic surgery to look younger. He says everyone could use a little improvement, which inspires Mork to go to a plastic surgeon. His make-over surprises everyone. |
| 60 | "Alas, Poor Mork, We Knew Him Well" | January 8, 1981 | An insurance salesman scares Mork about dying from natural disasters. He seals himself into a glass bubble in the living room. |
| 61 | "Mork and the Bum Rap" | January 15, 1981 | Although Mork doesn't understand the concept of charity, he is determined to help Mindy raise money for the children's hospital. He tries his Morkathon performance to no avail and ends up dressing as a bum to collect money. |
| 62 | "Mindy Gets a Job" | January 22, 1981 | Mindy applies for a job at a TV station. After speaking her mind to the station manager, she get hired. A blizzard keeps newscasters from getting to the station, so Mindy has to do the whole newsshow herself, with help from Mork. |
| 63 | "Twelve Angry Appliances" | February 5, 1981 | Mindy has a broken record player that the repairman won't fix for a second time. Mork and Mindy want to get revenge on the repairman, so Mork puts him on trial before a jury of broken appliances. |
| 64 | "There's a New Mork in Town" | February 12, 1981 | Mork is beside himself when he hears that Xerko is coming from Ork to visit him. Xerko turns out to be an arrogant and egotistical man and he wants Mork's job of reporting back to Orson. Xerko and Mork duel to see who will get the job.
Lyle Waggoner guest stars |
| 65 | "Mork Meets Robin Williams" | February 19, 1981 | Robin Williams is in town and Mindy can't get an interview. Mork doesn't think he looks anything like Robin Williams, but he gets chased by a mob of fans. Mork gets Mindy and himself into Robin Williams' dressing room, leading to a face-to-face interview with him. |
| 66 | "Mindy, Mindy, Mindy" | February 26, 1981 | Mindy goes away for the weekend, and Mork goes crazy missing her. The Orkan elder comes to visit and regrets that Mindy isn't there. He tries to clone Mindy, but each clone is worse than the last. |
| 67 | "Mork, the Swinging Single" | March 12, 1981 | Mindy tells Mork she thinks they should date other people. He takes lessons from a swinger named T.N.T. and turns into a party animal. |
| 68 | "Mork and Mindy Meet Rick and Ruby" | March 26, 1981 | Remo fires Ruby, the pregnant singer of the restaurant's band. Mindy takes in Rick and Ruby and she tries to convince Remo to rehire them. She makes a bet with Remo, so he rehires the group. Ruby goes into labor during a performance and Mork takes her place. |
| 69 | "Mork and the Family Reunion" | April 9, 1981 | Fred's successful, but domineering brother, Dave, comes to dinner. Mindy accidentally eats an Orkan dessert which makes her behave strangely. Things get even worse when Uncle Dave eats some of the dessert. |
| 70 | "Old Muggable Mork" | April 16, 1981 | Grandma Cora comes to visit, but the trip takes a turn for the worse when she gets mugged. Cora feels very scared; Mork thinks up a plan to get even with the muggers. |
| 71 | "I Heard It Through the Morkvine" | April 30, 1981 | Mork learns about gossip after Mindy gets her own gossip show. Mindy thinks she won't be able to get those kinds of stories, so Mork gets some for her. While taking her place on the show, he spreads gossip about his friends. Mindy makes Mork apologize on the air; Mork also convinces Mr. Sternhagen to drop the show. |
| 72 | "Mindy and Mork" | May 7, 1981 | Mindy is working a lot and Mork can't adjust. Mork and Mindy switch places for a morning to see how the other feels. |
| 73 | "Reflections and Regrets" | May 14, 1981 | At Mr. Bickley's 50th birthday party, everyone shares what they regret in their life. Mindy makes excuses to put off her turn, but after everyone leaves, she shares her regret with Mork. This is Tom Poston's final episode as a regular. |
Season 4: 1981–1982 |
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| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Summary |
| 74 | "Limited Engagement (1)" | October 8, 1981 | After decorating the apartment with flowers, Mork gets down on his knee and proposes to Mindy. Choosing between logic and her emotions, Mindy tells him that she cannot marry him. Mork asks for 24 hours to get her to change her mind. |
| 75 | "The Wedding (2)" | October 15, 1981 | Orson forbids Mork to marry Mindy because marriage is outlawed on Ork. Because Mork goes ahead with the wedding anyway, Orson turns him into a dog. After a chat with Orson, Mork and Mindy finally got married. Guest Star: Tom Poston |
| 76 | "The Honeymoon (3)" | October 22, 1981 | Mork and Mindy take their honeymoon on Ork, but Mindy becomes a tourist attraction. Things keep going wrong and Mork doesn't understand Earth honeymoon customs. He confesses to Mindy that he's scared of being married. |
| 77 | "Three the Hard Way" | October 29, 1981 | Dr. Exidor determines that Mork is pregnant. Mork gives birth to an egg via his navel. Mindy has trouble accepting that in the egg is their child. The egg grows and hatches a full grown, elderly man as Mork and Mindy's baby.
Jonathan Winters guest stars as Mearth before becoming a regular before the show's cancellation eighteen episodes later. |
| 78 | "Mama Mork, Papa Mindy" | November 5, 1981 | Mearth learns to walk and talk, but calls Mindy 'shoe'. Mindy starts avoiding Mearth until Mork gives her an opportunity to bond with her son.
Jonathan Winters first official episode as a regular as Mearth. |
| 79 | "My Dad Can't Beat Up Anyone" | November 12, 1981 | Mork becomes insecure when he thinks he doesn't have Mearth's respect. Mearth finds Mork's spacesuit and Mork wears it as a superhero costume. Mork and Mearth go to a bar, looking for some bad guys and they find more than they bargained for. |
| 80 | "Long Before We Met..." | November 19, 1981 | Mork accompanies Mindy to her high school reunion and gets upset when Mindy associates with an old boyfirend. Mork then attempts to go back in time to the prom and do away with the boyfriend and he succeeds. When Mork comes back to reality Mindy then assures him that he is the only one she loves.
Paul Reubens guest stars. |
| 81 | "Rich Mork, Poor Mork" | November 26, 1981 | Mork turns to Exidor for money advice, and invests all the family's money in Exidor's boutique. |
| 82 | "Alienation" | December 3, 1981 | Mork and Mindy tell Mearth he's an alien. Mearth gets upset and runs away. He's captured by a cult of Utopians and Mork and Mindy pretend to be part of the cult to rescue him. |
| 83 | "P.S. 2001" | December 17, 1981 | Mearth wants to go to school and gets sent to school on Ork. Mearth comes home crying because the other kids made fun of him and he hates the teacher. Mork and Mindy take Mearth back to class and Mearth uses his parents as a show-and-tell item which gains the respect of his classmates. |
| 84 | "Pajama Game II" | January 7, 1982 | Mearth is allowed to have some of his Orkan friends over and Zelka ends up spending the night. Mork and Mindy explain the facts of life to Mearth when they assume something happened between him and Zelka. |
| 85 | "Present Tense" | January 14, 1982 | Mearth goes on a trip with Fred so Mork and Mindy have a week to spend alone together. They find that without Mearth at home, they have nothing to talk about. They have a fight. So, to make up, Mork takes Mindy to the place they first met. |
| 86 | "Metamorphosism, the TV Show" | January 21, 1982 | Mr. Sternhagen, the station manager where Mindy works, gets fired. KTNS's new boss is very young and ready to fire people. He holds a party to meet all the employees' families. A short circuit switches Mork's mind with Mearth's. |
| 87 | "Drive, She Said" | February 4, 1982 | Mindy is tired of coming from work and then having to go out on errands in the evening. Mork goes to a driving school where TNT is his instructor. When Mork takes his driving test, he thinks his examiner is the devil. |
| 88 | "I Don't Remember Mama" | February 11, 1982 | Mork has been making boring reports to Orson, so Orson erases all of Mork's memories of his family. Mindy and Mearth do everything they can to get Mork to remember them. Mindy finally breaks the memory dam by kissing him. |
| 89 | "Mork, Mindy and Mearth Meet MILT" | February 18, 1982 | Mork uses Orkan components to assemble a home computer named M.I.L.T. MILT is so sophisticated and tyrannical that it decides to hold its creator, Mindy, and Mearth, as hostages. Guest Stars: William Shatner, John Houseman |
| 90 | "Midas Mork" | April 15, 1982 | After hearing about how Rumplestilskin spun straw into gold, Mork and Mearth try to make polyester into gold. Mindy dreams that they become millionaires and live in a mansion with servants. |
| 91 | "Cheerleader in Chains" | April 22, 1982 | Mindy gets jailed when she won't reveal a source for one of her stories. Mork tries to go through political channels to get her out. Then he tries to spring her out, but gets arrested himself.
Barbara Billingsley guest stars |
| 92 | "Gotta Run (1)" | May 6, 1982 | Mork and Mindy are overjoyed when they meet Kalnik, an alien from Neptune who has also married an Earthling. Things go awry when they become suspicious of Kalnik's true intentions. Tracy reveals that she is a bomb, demolishes Mork and Mindy's apartment, and sends them on the run.
Joe Regalbuto and Ilene Graff guest stars. |
| 93 | "Gotta Run (2)" | May 13, 1982 | After the evil Kalnik has bombed their apartment, leaving them on the run, Mork, Mindy and Mearth decide their only chance of surviving is to go public about Mork's real roots.
Joe Regalbuto guest stars |
| 94 | "Gotta Run (3)" | May 20, 1982 | Kalnik discovers Mork and Mindy in their demolished apartment. Mork clicks the heels of his magic shoes in an effort to escape with Mindy to Rome, but the shoes have been damaged, and Mork and Mindy wind up with prehistoric tribesmen in an Okus cave.
Joe Regalbuto guest stars |
| 95 | "The Mork Report" | May 27, 1982 | Mork bucks hard for a promotion from leader Orson on planet Ork, and unintentionally comes up with a report on how to stay happily married on Earth.
This episode was filmed before Gotta Run, but was aired last because of the show's cancellation to give the series a more concluded feel instead of ending it on the intended cliffhanger. |