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Season 3 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Stop in the Name of Love

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1988

Stop in the Name of Love

Lynn breaks up with her boyfriend and becomes depressed. ALF gets a self-help book of love for her and asks her to confide in him. When Lynn reveals she likes a guy, ALF decides to help her get his attention literally by the book. Uh-oh.

Stairway to Heaven

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1988

Stairway to Heaven

With the help of his guardian angle, ALF finds out what life would be like for the Tanners if they had never met him.

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1988

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Jake pops by because Raquel and Trevor are fighting. This time she throws him out. Kate offers to let him stay in their house. Trevor soon becomes a nuisance, so ALF decides to solve the problem.

Tonight, Tonight: Part 1

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1988

Tonight, Tonight: Part 1

"And heeeere's Alfie!" ALF hosts The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson instead ofJohnny Carson. Is it a dream? Is it an "What if...?" story?

Tonight, Tonight: Part 2

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1988

Tonight, Tonight: Part 2

ALF fills in forJohnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, alienating regulars and guests alike.

Promises, Promises

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1988

Promises, Promises

Lynn has barely turned 18 and she's already moved on from boys her own age to - a man of Willie's generation. Lynn is forbidden from seeing this Eddie again. Will she obey her parents?

Turkey in the Straw: Part 1

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1988

Turkey in the Straw: Part 1

ALF already ate the Thanksgiving turkey - raw. Willie fails to find a new one, so Raquel invites the Tanners over. A storm arrives as does the neighborhood bum ("a homeless person"), since ALF has been leaving food and clothes for him.

Turkey in the Straw: Part 2

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1988

Turkey in the Straw: Part 2

Pete has called the Alien Task Force. He has been told to keep ALF occupied until Sergeant Fox and his men arrive to capture him. Dead or alive. Will Pete sell ALF out after he's talked with him for a while? Will he?

Changes

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1988

Changes

The social workers, which includes Willie, go on a strike that may last a while. Kate decides to take a job in order to bring money into the house. ALF is concerned about the repercussions. Well, about those that will affect him.

My Back Pages

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1988

My Back Pages

When Kate and Willie stop ALF's rummage in the attic, they find Willie's movie of Woodstock and want to watch it. When Willie tells ALF what he was like in college, ALF points out that Willie has turned from an idealist to a sell-out.

Alone Again, Naturally

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1988

Alone Again, Naturally

ALF reads a tabloid article about a couple in Barstow who live with a space alien, who sounds to ALF like his cousin Blinky. ALF persuades Willie to drive him there and to go investigate the couple. *Big* trouble ensues.

Do You Believe in Magic?

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1988

Do You Believe in Magic?

ALF gets interested in magic tricks, so Willie gives his old magic trick set to him. When ALF discovers he is no good at magic tricks even though he has the desire, he naturally concludes that he needs proper magician's tools.

Hide Away

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1989

Hide Away

ALF has ordered a non-refundable satellite dish. Willie carpools with a talkative guy Jim, who manipulates Willie into inviting him for dinner. There's more to Jim than meets the eye.

Fight Back

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1989

Fight Back

Willie realizes his car repairman is scamming him and decides to do something about it. While Willie refuses to admit that The System Has Failed, ALF and Jake set out on their own to acquire some hard evidence against the conman.

Suspicious Minds

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1989

Suspicious Minds

ALF has started to believe in one of the biggest urban legends - that Elvis is alive. When Raquel describes their new neighbor, ALF is convinced the man is Elvis. Since nobody believes ALF, he decides to venture into the man's house.

Baby Love

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1989

Baby Love

Now that Kate is pregnant and the focus is on her unborn child, ALF feels neglected. Raquel throws a surprise baby shower, to which Andrea from the neighborhood brings her baby. ALF, meet baby. Baby, meet ALF.

Running Scared

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1989

Running Scared

An anonymous caller demands $3,000 from ALF - otherwise he will turn ALF to the authorities. On the second call, the extortionist adds that the Tanners will go to jail for harboring an alien. ALF decides to take action.

Standing in the Shadows of Love

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1989

Standing in the Shadows of Love

Jake has a *huge* crush on a girl called Laura, but freezes every time he tries to approach or contact her. ALF offers to write a letter in Jake's name to Laura. Poor Jake still hasn't learned *not* to enlist ALF to help.

Superstition

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1989

Superstition

ALF accidentally burns Brian's History book in the oven. He then insists that he's now under a Melmacian curse: 14 years of increasing bad luck. First, the food on the electric stove bursts into flames. Then other things start to happen.

Torn Between Two Lovers

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1989

Torn Between Two Lovers

Lynn ends up with two dates for a dance through ALF's mishandled phone message

Funeral for a Friend

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1989

Funeral for a Friend

ALF wants a pet, so Willie decides to buy him an ant farm. ALF doesn't appreciate his new pets at first, but it will change.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1989

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

The start date of Brian's first overnight boy scout camp is almost at hand. But he is afraid of the dark. While Willie reminisces about his own boy scout days, ALF decides to help Brian.

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1989

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

Jake stops by to tell that her mother has come to the Ochmoneks. She comes to thank the Tanners and Racquel invites her to dinner at the Tanners. Jake, however, starts acting weirdly, and ALF decides to find out why.

Like an Old Time Movie

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1989

Like an Old Time Movie

The Tanners are going to a wedding and ALF is left home alone, Willie having rented him silent movies. ALF gets inspired to write his own silent movie. In which he also stars. He then imagines what it would be like.

Shake, Rattle and Roll

Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: May 1, 1989

Shake, Rattle and Roll

ALF experiences his first earthquake (there were no melmacquakes). When he is told that quakes can be a lot bigger, ALF starts to live in fear of the coming of a big one, even though Willie assures him they are prepared.

Having My Baby

Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: May 8, 1989

Having My Baby

ALF is preparing himself for the coming of Kate's baby because, in his opinion, Willie isn't prepared enough. Can ALF be persuaded to accept that Dick Van Dyke show is not an educational program that should be followed as an example?

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