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Working My Way Back To You is the first episode of ALF's second season. This is the season premiere. It originally aired on September 21, 1987.
Plot Summary[]
Prologue[]
ALF is teaching Brian how to play skleen ball a Melmacian sport where you fling a can of anchovies into a laundry basket with a dustpan. Kate walks in and ALF demostrates it but hits the painting over the fireplace which falls down. Kate that brings it into the kitchen to see if it can be repaired, but then ALF flings another can which rips a hole in the painting.
Act One[]
ALF has been evicted to the garage and asks tries to convince Willie to let him back into the house. ALF want's to bring something from the house with him to which Willie accepts. Late that night, Kate discovers that there is furniture missing from the living room and things they've been robbed. They then hear "Stop in the Name of Love" playing loudly in the garage. They run over to find ALF has taken everything in. Kate demands that ALF bring everything back into the house before morning or he'll be out there permanently. Before they leave, ALF asks to be given a second chance and that he'll be have impeccably for a whole week, or be out in the garage for good..
Act Two[]
That morning Kate realizes the painting has been fixed and when she and Willie enter the kitchen they see ALF is wearing tuxedo and has made them breakfast. He then speaking in a British accent says that he's cleaned the whole house. The kids come in to see the breakfast. Trevor comes in and asks about who painted the Tanner's fence and they tell him they have a manservant for the week whom Trevor dubs "Jeeves"
That night Willie continues to fawn over all the good work ALF is doing, and Kate says they're making her feel inadequate. While Kate and Willie are kissing in bed, they are interrupted by the squeaky sounds ALF is making washing their windows which kills the mood they're in. On his final day ALF is waxing the floors again. Kate is growing tired of ALF's charm and decides to take the family out for the day when ALF is expected to change back to his old self. On their way out, ALF asks Willie if he could do one final favor, and he tells him that Kate has never been able to get duck a'lorange quite right. While the family is out, ALF is getting ready for preparing the meal, and goes into the kitchen. He realizes he forgets to light the oven and does so only after the gas has been running for a while and blows up the kitchen. Trevor is in the Tanner's messy living room watching TV waiting for them to come home. When they arrive Trevor says he the fire department chopped down the door to get in and that he was watching the house until they got home. Lynn finds ALF hiding in the dryer with Dorothy's rosary. ALF is asked what happened, to which he said the kitchen blew up because he lit the gas on the oven too late, and that the thought the gas he smelled was dill. He plans to turn himself into the Alien Task Force, but the family tell him not to leave and that he's show he is more than capable of thelming the family
Epilogue[]
ALF is in the garage and shows Willie some lawn flamingos he bought which glow in the dark.
Background information[]
Production history[]
- Premiere airdate: September 21, 1987
- Production number: 2003
Trivia[]
- This is one of the episodes where Kate is extremely strict towards ALF, such as threatening to force him to stay in the garage permanently.
- Lucky the cat runs out of the kitchen before it explodes; later Lynn finds Alf hiding in the laundry room with Lucky and Dorothy's rosary.
- This marked the first episode where Willie wears reading glasses.
- The reference to Marvin Hagler at the beginning was replaced with the boxer Maguila (Adílson Rodrigues) in the Brazilian dub.
Title Reference[]
"Working My Way Back to You" is a song that was originally recorded by The Four Seasons.
Goofs[]
- At the beginning of the episode, a white round laundry basket is replaced by a rectangular brown laundry basket in the very next shot after ALF said, "It's not nice to rat on your friends". This is a transition error.