Mork & Mindy (season 2)
| Mork & Mindy (season 2) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 16, 1979 – May 1, 1980 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the second season of Mork & Mindy.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Sunday at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) from September to December 16, 1979 and Thursday at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) from January 3 to May 1, 1980.
DVD release
The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 26/27 | 1/2 | "Mork in Wonderland" | Howard Storm | Dale McRaven & Bruce Johnson | September 16, 1979 |
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Mork takes an earthling cold capsule that shrinks his nasal membranes. It turns out though that he is entirely made of membrane, so Mindy helplessly watches Mork shrink to nothing. While shrunk, Mork finds himself in an odd 'alternate universe' called Mirth, where humor has been outlawed. NOTES: One-hour episode; Tom Poston's first episode as a regular; Filming for the shrinking effect was provided by Magicam (only used in Part 1) | |||||
| 28 | 3 | "Stark Raving Mork" | Howard Storm | April Kelly | September 23, 1979 |
| Hearing about 'kissing and making up' from Mr. Bickley and Remo, Mork starts an argument with Mindy and gets thrown out of the house. When it comes to the making up part, Mork turns to Remo for help. | |||||
| 29 | 4 | "Mork's Baby Blues" | Howard Storm | David Misch & April Kelly | September 30, 1979 |
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Due to a misunderstanding about Monopoly money, gold-digger Kathy Cumberland believes Mork is rich and claims she is carrying his child. Guest Star: Dinah Manoff as Kathy Cumberland | |||||
| 30 | 5 | "Dr. Morkenstein" | Harvey Medlinsky | Bruce Kalish & Philip John Taylor | October 7, 1979 |
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Working as a security guard in a science museum where a Science Exhibition is being held, Mork befriends a robot named Chuck who will soon end up in the junk pile. Guest Star: Roddy McDowall as the voice of Chuck the Robot | |||||
| 31 | 6 | "Mork vs. Mindy" | Howard Storm | David Misch | October 14, 1979 |
| 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 against each other for the same job. | |||||
| 32 | 7 | "Mork Gets Mindy-itis" | Howard Storm | Tom Tenowich | October 21, 1979 |
| Mork discovers he is allergic to Mindy when he gets uncontrollable fits of laughter (the Orkan equivalent to sneezing) around her. Mork gets advice from Jeanie on what do to cure his allergies. While Mindy helps with Nelson's election, Exidor returns and tells Mork that he has moved into a boss pad with his invisible girlfriend. | |||||
| 33 | 8 | "A Morkville Horror" | Howard Storm | Tom Tenowich & Ed Scharlach | October 28, 1979 |
| On Halloween, Mork and Mindy believe the house she grew up in and is selling to Mr. Bickley is haunted by ghosts. After an encounter with Exidor (who mistook Mindy's old house for a private getaway), Mork and Mindy encounter the ghosts of the house's builder Dirdre and Lucinda LaFitte. | |||||
| 34 | 9 | "Mork's Health Hints" | Howard Storm | David Misch | November 4, 1979 |
| Mindy goes to the hospital for a Tonsillectomy. But due to a typographical error, Mindy is mistaken for another patient and nearly ends up getting brain surgery instead. Fortunately, her knight in shining suspenders is up to the job. | |||||
| 35 | 10 | "Dial 'N' for Nelson" | Howard Storm | David Misch & April Kelly | November 11, 1979 |
| When Nelson receives threatening phone calls, Mork and Mindy investigate a shady club. | |||||
| 36/37 | 11/12 | "Mork vs. the Necrotons" | Howard Storm | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | November 18, 1979 |
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Mork is captured by a female Necroton warrior named Captain Nirvana and her minions Kama and Sutra. She uses feminine charms to get information about Earth out of Mork's mind. Kama and Sutra capture Mindy in order to lure Mork to Captain Nirvana. Mork and Mindy are soon trapped by the Necrotons, but Mork uses his slapstick to defeat his enemy.
NOTE: one-hour episode Orkan Fact: Orkans and Necrotons have been enemies for millennia, yet prior to this episode, Orkans have no idea what Necrotons look like, paralleling a similar situation in the Star Trek season one episode Balance of Terror, in which the U.S.S. Enterprise crew has no idea what Romulans look like before encountering them in said episode Orkan Fact: Upon learning Necrotons are coming to Earth, Orson straightforwardly advises Mork to hide; this is consistent with the fact that Orkans consider it humiliating to engage in battle and honorable to avoid violence at any cost, as revealed in the season one episode Mork's Greatest Hit. | |||||
| 38 | 13 | "Hold That Mork" | Howard Storm | Bruce Kalish & Philip John Taylor | November 25, 1979 |
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Mork becomes a member of the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders, making him pro football's first male cheerleader. Nelson uses the idea of Mork being a cheerleader to further his campaign. NOTE: Portions were filmed at Mile High Stadium on November 11, 1979 before a game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots. Guest Star: Linda Henning as Pam Stockhaus | |||||
| 39 | 14 | "The Exidor Affair" | Howard Storm | Dale McRaven & Bruce Johnson | December 2, 1979 |
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Exidor wants to propose to a pretty meter maid named Ambrosia Malspa and asks Mork for help. When Exidor's invisible friend Pepe ruins the dinner date, Mork ends up taking Exidor in. While Mork tries to keep Exidor from leaving, Mindy tries to get Ambrosia to take Exidor back. Guest Star: Georgia Engel as Ambrosia Malspa | |||||
| 40 | 15 | "The Mork Syndrome" | Howard Storm | April Kelly & David Patrick O'Malley | December 9, 1979 |
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Mork mistakes the Air Force as a travel club and joins up as Lt. Mork Fromork. Mork goes on a secret mission for the Air Force and unintentionally blows the cover on irresponsible behavior regarding nuclear waste. Orkan Fact: Although Ork, like Earth, uses nuclear energy, the resultant "tell-tale nuclear waste" is easily disposed of via a spray called "Nuke-Away." Mork is incredulous that any planet would use nuclear energy without being able to dispose of such waste; the revelation that humans store nuclear waste in "cans" outright frightens him. | |||||
| 41 | 16 | "Exidor's Wedding" | Howard Storm | Dale McRaven & Bruce Johnson | December 16, 1979 |
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Exidor's long-lost mother Princess Lusitania shows up and tries to keep her son from getting married. Now Mork and Mindy must find a way to convince Princess Lusitania to let Exidor get married. (Princess Lusitania might have been Mindy's roommate in "Mork's Health Hints.") Guest Star: Georgia Engel as Ambrosia Malspa | |||||
| 42 | 17 | "A Mommy for Mindy" | Howard Storm | April Kelly | January 3, 1980 |
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When Fred visits with a younger woman he has just married, Mork is happy, but Mindy is not. Guest Stars: Conrad Janis as Fred McConnell, Shelley Fabares as Cathy McConnell, Missy Francis as Little Mindy. NOTE: Jim Staahl's first episode as a regular. | |||||
| 43 | 18 | "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's" | Howard Storm | Ed Scharlach & Tom Tenowich | January 10, 1980 |
| Mork unknowingly goes into a meeting house for a group of Ku Klux Klan-like fanatics to support Nelson's campaign. When the fanatics vandalize Mindy's apartment upon learning that she is half-Polish, Mork resorts to his antics to turn the tide against them. | |||||
| 44 | 19 | "Mork Learns to See" | Howard Storm | Ed Scharlach & Tom Tenowich | January 17, 1980 |
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When Mr. Bickley's blind son Tom comes to visit, Mork learns from him to see the world differently. Guest Star: Tom Sullivan as Tom Bickley | |||||
| 45 | 20 | "Mork's Vacation" | Howard Storm | Tom Tenowich & Ed Scharlach | January 24, 1980 |
| Needing a vacation, Mork gets Orson's permission to swap bodies with other aliens from Murow and HMM-HMM-HMM. This causes more problems than usual on the home front when the minds of the aliens inhabit Mork's body. | |||||
| 46 | 21 | "Jeanie Loves Mork" | Howard Storm | Teleplay by: Ed Scharlach & Tom Tenowich Story by: Steve Kreinberg & Andy Guerdat | January 31, 1980 |
| Mindy secretly takes over a lonely hearts column, recognizes a letter from her friend Jeanie and advises her on finding "Mr. Right". Meanwhile, Mork is also trying to help Jeanie by hanging out with her, walking her home, and trying to be a good friend. Mork doesn't realize that Jeanie wants to be "more than friends". | |||||
| 47 | 22 | "Little Orphan Morkie" | Howard Storm | Bruce Kalish & Philip John Taylor | February 7, 1980 |
| Following the events of his last visit to the Department of Immigrants, Mork could be deported unless he either marries an American citizen or finds someone to adopt him. Yet the person who ends up adopting Mork is Exidor. | |||||
| 48 | 23 | "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies" | Howard Storm | Tom Tenowich & Ed Scharlach | February 14, 1980 |
| Mork recruits his friends to turn the hour devoted to Nelson's 7:00 AM Saturday morning campaign speech into a variety show for kids. | |||||
| 49 | 24 | "Clerical Error" | Howard Storm | April Kelly | February 28, 1980 |
| Mork tries to become a priest, dresses up in a black jacket and white collar, and begins advising church parishioners. | |||||
| 50 | 25 | "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers" | Howard Storm | Tom Tenowich & Ed Scharlach | March 20, 1980 |
| TV commercials cause Mork to become addicted to shopping. This causes problems for Mindy. | |||||
| 51 | 26 | "The Way Mork Were" | Howard Storm | April Kelly & David Misch | May 1, 1980 |
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When marital problems plague Fred, he turns to Mork and Mindy for help. NOTE: clip show | |||||