Episode
Mork & Mindy: Pilot (2)
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Mork & Mindy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1978-09-14
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Pilot (2) is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Mork & Mindy. It aired on 1978-09-14. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 1: Pilot (1)
Mork's boss, Orson, assigns Mork to study the planet Earth and, shortly after landing in the woods near Boulder, Colorado, he meets Mindy McConnell. 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 Fonzie arranged a date for him with Laverne.
Episode 3: Mork Moves In
After constant hounding from Fred, Mork agrees to move out of Mindy's apartment. But Mork's plans are complicated when he becomes drunk on ginger ale.
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Episode 4: Mork Runs Away
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'.
Episode 5: Mork in Love
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 heels for the lovely Dolly, oblivious to the fact that she's a mannequin.
Episode 6: Mork's Seduction
A new customer at the music store turns out to be Mindy's old rival, Susan, who promptly sets her sights on Mork, as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school.
Episode 7: Mork Goes Public
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.
Episode 8: To Tell the Truth
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 that Wanker is their friend, and brings him back from the dead.
Episode 9: Mork the Gullible
Mork is jailed for freeing an escaped convict who's captured at the music store. Exidor begins worshiping O.J. Simpson.
Episode 10: A Mommy for Morky
When Mindy is reunited with her ex-fiance, 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 5 years old.
Episode 11: Mork's Greatest Hits
Mork meets a bully who wants to dance with Mindy but Mork is opposed to violence. Humility is Mork's weapon.
Episode 12: Old Fears
Happiness and loneliness haunts us all. Mork activates his time machine to age himself to be a companion to Mindy's grandmother after she feels all her friends have passed.
Episode 13: Mork's First Christmas
Mork learns about Christmas, and his thoughtful gifts are unforgettable.