ALF: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of ALF Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Baby, Come Back
Sep 18, 1989
ALF earns the right to baby-sit Eric, but almost blows it when the child disappears.
Lies
Sep 25, 1989
Tabloid photographers accidentally photograph ALF, so the Tanners have to get the film back.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Oct 2, 1989
ALF shields Willie when a criminal resembling him is profiled on a crime-stopper TV show, but Trevor turns him in.
We're in the Money
Oct 9, 1989
Using Willie's home computer, ALF discovers and later becomes addicted to the art of making stock-market deals.
Mind Games
Oct 16, 1989
After a visit from a psychologist, ALF subjects the Tanners to a barrage of unwanted psychoanalysis.
Hooked on a Feeling
Oct 23, 1989
Willie, in an effort to curb ALF's cotton addiction, holds a support group meeting in his living room.
He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother
Oct 30, 1989
ALF, forced to hide, plots the removal of Willie's visiting brother Neal.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Nov 6, 1989
ALF gets peeved about having to remain hidden while Willie's brother extends his visit.
Live and Let Die
Nov 13, 1989
ALF's attitude toward cats changes after his first encounter with kittens.
Break Up to Make Up
Nov 20, 1989
Whizzer comes face-to-face with ALF when he searches for Dorothy at the Tanners.
Happy Together
Nov 27, 1989
ALF, on the outs with the Tanners, is offered a place to stay by Neal.
It's My Party
Dec 11, 1989
ALF is relegated once again to the attic when the Tanners throw a Hawaiian luau.
Love on the Rocks
Jan 15, 1990
Neal and his ex-wife Margaret reconcile, but ALF goes a long way to prove her motives are less than honest.
True Colors
Jan 22, 1990
ALF enters the art world after he earns praise for a still life made from food.
Gimme That Old Time Religion
Jan 29, 1990
As a newly ordained Melmacian minister, ALF must officiate a ceremony on Earth.
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Feb 5, 1990
ALF considers the future with the Tanners, who will age faster than the ageless alien.
When I'm Sixty-Four
Feb 12, 1990
ALF encounters youth-seeking senior citizens when he's discovered sneaking into a retirement home.
Mr. Sandman
Feb 19, 1990
ALF and Willie scour Death Valley for buried treasure after discovering an old map.
Stayin' Alive
Feb 26, 1990
A morally outraged ALF writes nasty letters to a pollution-producing company.
Hungry Like a Wolf
Mar 3, 1990
ALF takes to the park in search of food after his diet fails.
I Gotta Be Me
Mar 10, 1990
ALF is the only one excited by the idea of Lynn moving in with her boyfriend.
Consider Me Gone
Mar 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 c