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Mork & Mindy: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1979 Updated Oct 30, 2026

Mork and Mindy is a television sitcom that centers on Mork, a wacky alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork to study its residents, and Mindy McConnell, a human woman. Mork lands outside of Boulder, Colorado, where he finds Mindy abandoned by her date and tells her about his background. After Mork begins boarding with Mindy, the life of the human woman is never the same. The series is a spin-off from Happy Days

Previously on Mork & Mindy

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Mork is a wacky extraterrestrial who arrives on Earth from the planet Ork.
  • ⚡ Mork lands outside of Boulder, Colorado, where he first meets Mindy McConnell after she is abandoned by her date.
  • ⚡ Mork boards with Mindy McConnell, which changes the life of the human woman forever as he studies Earth residents.
  • ⚡ The series originates as a spin-off following a successful episode of Happy Days titled My Favorite Orkan.
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Season overview

Mork and Mindy is a television sitcom that centers on Mork, a wacky alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork to study its residents, and Mindy McConnell, a human woman. Mork lands outside of Boulder, Colorado, where he finds Mindy abandoned by her date and tells her about his background. After Mork begins boarding with Mindy, the life of the human woman is never the same. The series is a spin-off from Happy Days and originally aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. This season consists of a list of episodes documenting the continued adventures of the extraterrestrial and his human companion in a weird and wonderful world.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S2·E3 Core

Stark Raving Mork

Sep 23, 1979 · 24 min

To keep excitement in his relationship with Mindy, Mork starts fights with her and then wants to kiss and make up.

S2·E4 Core

Mork's Baby Blues

Sep 30, 1979 · 30 min

Due to a misunderstanding about Monopoly money, gold-digger Kathy believes Mork is rich, and claims she is carrying his child.

S2·E5 Core

Dr. Morkenstein

Oct 7, 1979 · 30 min

Working as a security guard in a science museum, Mork befriends a robot.

S2·E6 Core

Mork vs. Mindy

Oct 14, 1979 · 30 min

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.

S2·E7 Core

Mork Gets Mindy-itis

Oct 21, 1979 · 30 min

Mork discovers he is allergic to Mindy, when he has uncontrollable fits of laughter (the Orkan equivalent to sneezing) around her.

S2·E8 Core

A Morkville Horror

Oct 28, 1979 · 30 min

On Halloween, Mork and Mindy believe the house she grew up in is haunted.

S2·E9 Core

Mork's Health Hints

Nov 4, 1979 · 30 min

While in the hospital, Mindy is mistakenly scheduled for brain surgery.

S2·E10 Core

Dial 'N' for Nelson

Nov 11, 1979 · 30 min

When Nelson receives threatening phone calls, Mork and Mindy investigate a shady club.

S2·E13 Core

Hold That Mork

Nov 25, 1979 · 30 min

Mork becomes a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos, making him pro football's first male cheerleader.

S2·E14 Core

The Exidor Affair

Dec 2, 1979 · 30 min

Exidor wants to propose to a meter maid and asks Mork for help.

S2·E15 Core

The Mork Syndrome

Dec 9, 1979 · 30 min

Mork goes on a secret mission for the Air Force.

S2·E16 Core

Exidor's Wedding

Dec 16, 1979 · 30 min

Exidor's mother shows up and tries to keep her son from getting married.

S2·E17 Core

A Mommy for Mindy

Jan 3, 1980 · 30 min

When Mindy's dad visits with a younger woman he has just married, Mork is happy, but Mindy is not.

S2·E19 Core

Mork Learns to See

Jan 17, 1980 · 30 min

When Mr. Bickley's blind son comes to visit, Mork learns to see the world differently.

S2·E20 Core

Mork's Vacation

Jan 24, 1980 · 30 min

Needing a vacation, Mork gets Orson's permission to swap bodies with other aliens.

S2·E21 Core

Jeanie Loves Mork

Jan 31, 1980 · 30 min

Mindy secretly writes for a newspaper's lonely hearts column and unknowingly gives advice to Jeanie, who then falls for Mork.

S2·E22 Core

Little Orphan Morkie

Feb 7, 1980 · 30 min

Mork could be deported, unless he marries an American or finds someone to adopt him.

S2·E23 Core

Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies

Feb 14, 1980 · 30 min

Mork recruits his friends to turn the hour devoted to Nelson's 7am, Saturday morning campaign speech into a variety show for kids.

S2·E24 Core

Clerical Error

Feb 28, 1980 · 30 min

Mork thinks he is a priest when he dresses in a black jacket and white collar, and begins advising church parishioners.

S2·E25 Mytharc

Invasion of the Mork Snatchers

Mar 20, 1980 · 30 min

When Mork becomes addicted to advertising, he becomes a ""buy-a-holic"", causing problems for Mindy.

S2·E26 Mytharc

The Way Mork Were

May 1, 1980 · 30 min

When marital problems plague Mindy's father, he turns to Mork and Mindy for help.

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