The first episode title is based on the Judy Garland song "Over the Rainbow". The second is based on Gilligan's Island theme song The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle.
When the Tanners become part of the new Thompson Rating System, ALF rigs the ratings in order to prevent his favorite show, Polka Jamboree, from being cancelled.
Reminiscing his younger and more carefree days when he was known as "Boxcar Willie", Willie takes ALF to the train switchyard where they jump a moving freight train.
ALF and the Tanners prepare to spend Christmas in a cabin. ALF accidentally ends up with a group of toys that is sent to a hospital, where he then befriends a terminally ill little girl (Keri Houlihan) and helps deliver a baby to a young woman (Molly Hagan).
Note: Officially, this one-hour special is considered a stand-alone Christmas special independent of the series. In syndication, it was split into a two-part episode and incorporated into the series syndication package. The special is notably the only piece of ALF media outside the series to feature the Tanner family. The special is also shot on film and does not use any sets from the series proper.
Willie's Uncle Albert (Elisha Cook) visits the Tanners, and collapses from a heart attack after getting a glimpse of the alien, causing ALF to feel grief thinking he caused the death.
Part 1: Willie is chosen by the neighborhood to lead a neighborhood watch. But ALF takes control of the radio and starts to talk as if he was Willie.Part 2: ALF spots a criminal by his neighbor's house, and walks inside to investigate.
The episode title is based on the Gershwin song.
Willie tries to teach Brian nonviolence in dealing with a school bully, but changes his ways when the bully's lowlife father comes to the Tanner residence and insults the entire family.
Willie gets a promotion that relocates him to San Diego, however despite hating the new job and proclaiming how much he loves the house they currently live in, it takes drastic moves by ALF to make him realize what he's doing.
After realizing that Willie and Kate have emptied Lynn's college fund to support him, a guilty ALF gets ten newspaper routes to earn money for the family.